Pressing 5 to View Supply Path Freezes the Game?!

This new stand alone release based on the legendary War in the Pacific from 2 by 3 Games adds significant improvements and changes to enhance game play, improve realism, and increase historical accuracy. With dozens of new features, new art, and engine improvements, War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition brings you the most realistic and immersive WWII Pacific Theater wargame ever!

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Pressing 5 to View Supply Path Freezes the Game?!

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Whenever I click on a base and press 5 see the supply paths my game would just freeze, forcing me to restart the computer. I'm running on 1126B beta. Is this normal? Anyone experience the same thing? I could keep playing without seeing supply paths but it's unfair for me. :oops:
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Try pressing "5" instead.
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RangerJoe wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 1:42 pm Try pressing "5" instead.
That was my bad I mean press 5 to view supply freezes the game.
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The "5" key slows down the game to a crawl, to the point that it appears to be frozen. However, it just takes a bloody long time to activate - and to deactivate - the supply path display. In solo games it takes like 2o seconds on my machine, in PBEM even longer.
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No problem with "5" on my machine, an i3 laptop.
My switches:
"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -altFont -skipVideo -archive -deepColor -dd_sw -px1366 -py768
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LargeSlowTarget wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 2:12 pm The "5" key slows down the game to a crawl, to the point that it appears to be frozen. However, it just takes a bloody long time to activate - and to deactivate - the supply path display. In solo games it takes like 2o seconds on my machine, in PBEM even longer.
I've tested it out at least 5 times. Every time I would wait up to a few minutes and the game would still be frozen lol. I could barely pull up Alt + Ctrl + Delete every time and would have to restart the whole PC.
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Yaab wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 2:28 pm No problem with "5" on my machine, an i3 laptop.
My switches:
"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -altFont -skipVideo -archive -deepColor -dd_sw -px1366 -py768
Hmmm Maybe it has something to do with my switch. I'll double check it today. Thanks.
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IIRC, I had to use the -dd_sw switch to get the calculation to speed up.
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It works but takes a while for calculations even with Ryzen 7.

-SingleCpuOrders or -cpu# : (cpu1, cpu2, cpu3, cpu4) switches might make difference sometimes.
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Yaab wrote: Tue Sep 03, 2024 2:28 pm No problem with "5" on my machine, an i3 laptop.
My switches:
"C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition\War in the Pacific Admiral Edition.exe" -altFont -skipVideo -archive -deepColor -dd_sw -px1366 -py768
Okay. This WORKED. You're the goat. :lol: My switch was missing the -dd_sw and -skipVideo -archive and I guess it must have something to do with the -dd_sw.

For anyone who has trouble pressing 5, just add -dd_sw to your switch!! To anyone reading this in the future: you are welcome 8-).
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I did a short test. Press "5" and try scrolling. I get a sort of a very stuttered scrolling, with 4-5 seconds lag. Thus, I can display tracing values but they are not probably ment to be activated while scrolling.
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In my comp -dd_sw causes transparency problems. Aka desktop items will show through the game, especially after Alt-Tabbing back and forth.

But generally it has been a good switch in past.
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New update: I had to delete the -dd_sw off my switch because it cause visuals glitches. Since I play on fullscreen to fully immerse myself into the Pacific, items from my desktop would appear on the map often. In the end I had to trade off not being able to see supply path (is it that important anyway?) to have stable graphics. :evil:
Sardaukar wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 10:05 am In my comp -dd_sw causes transparency problems. Aka desktop items will show through the game, especially after Alt-Tabbing back and forth.

But generally it has been a good switch in past.
This is so true I'm glad I'm not the only one.
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Nazcatraz wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 1:34 pm New update: I had to delete the -dd_sw off my switch because it cause visuals glitches. Since I play on fullscreen to fully immerse myself into the Pacific, items from my desktop would appear on the map often. In the end I had to trade off not being able to see supply path (is it that important anyway?) to have stable graphics. :evil:
Depending upon where in the game you are, supply path is frequently crucial
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Nazcatraz wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2024 1:34 pm New update: I had to delete the -dd_sw off my switch because it cause visuals glitches. Since I play on fullscreen to fully immerse myself into the Pacific, items from my desktop would appear on the map often. In the end I had to trade off not being able to see supply path (is it that important anyway?) to have stable graphics. :evil:
It is welll known that when played on a full screen the game can cause major display problem. It does mine and always has no mater what switches I try. You can use the -pxf/-pyf switch to set a screen to whatever size you want and play in a window.
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It' moments like this when WITP AE really shows its age :cry: I just want to play the game in full screen and not have any problem, but I can't. For how popular the game still is (at least to the Matrix community), I wish someone from the dev team could do something to fix problems like this. Could you imagine playing this game in 4K with upscaled & bigger UI like WITE2? Finger crossed for a WITP2! :roll:
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Nazcatraz wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 2:42 pm Finger crossed for a WITP2! :roll:
Which is the game you're currently playing. :mrgreen:
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Platoonist wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 4:04 pm
Nazcatraz wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2024 2:42 pm Finger crossed for a WITP2! :roll:
Which is the game you're currently playing. :mrgreen:
If you guys want to look at things that way, then my fingers are crossed for a WITP3. :mrgreen:
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Maybe Admiral"s Edition 2 Pacific Boogaloo.

Meh. Maybe not.
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