Patch 07 - Unofficial Public Beta - 1126b updated 17 Sept 2016

[michaelm75au]

Installer 1118b

[LargeSlowTarget]

Not working with savegame, but with new game ok!

[Jace11]

Space bar message delay doesn't seem to be working in 1118b, or at least the pop-up telling you it is "on" or "off" isn't.

[janh]

Just wanted to say that the many improvements Michael made to menus, lists and such with the recent patches have made playing so much much easier, quicker and more fun. I don't even want to think back a year, and back to having to switch out pilots in the training sqrns manually.

Especially Michael and Andy provide awesome support! And that to a game that judged by normal production cycles would probably already be considered ancient. Thanks guys!

[LoBaron]

ORIGINAL: Jace11

Space bar message delay doesn't seem to be working in 1118b, or at least the pop-up telling you it is "on" or "off" isn't.

"5. Restored the 'space' key operation for AI games. Added Cntl-Z to act as the quick message
delay toggle instead"

[Rainer]

1118b does work with my last save (saved under 1117h).
Are you referring to your mod?

[michaelm75au]

1118c - Fixed some issues with the a/c weapon filters

[CyrusSpitama]

Thanks again, michaelm, for your dedication to this game and by extension, to us little folks out here

[Yaab]

1117h

I copied the WITP:AE folder from default directory at drive C to drive E ( I want to start a new campaign and have those 200 free save slots dedicated to it only). I install the patch07 but when I click the shorcut I get the following message "Error: Unable to find PW data". Is the beta patch only working if installed within the deafult installation folder at drive C?

My path to the folder on drive E looks like this:
E:\Games\War in the Pacific Admiral's Edition

Main exe in the new folder works just fine

PROBLEM SOLVED: Seems you can only have one shortcut to beta exe on your desktop screen. I have already created one and was manually creating the second one from the game folder which I had moved to drive E. This second shortcut wasn't valid.

[michaelm75au]

The beta shortcut is created by the installer based on the original installation directory.
If you move it elsewhere, you can edit the shortcut properties (Target and Start in ..) to point to the new 'installation' directory, and rename the shortcut to something else.

[Shark7]

ORIGINAL: michaelm

The beta shortcut is created by the installer based on the original installation directory.
If you move it elsewhere, you can edit the shortcut properties (Target and Start in ..) to point to the new 'installation' directory, and rename the shortcut to something else.

OK, before I do this let me make sure I'm 100% straight.

I have 2 instances installed. 1 (the original) where I do my mods, betas, etc and now I also have a 2nd install (named PBEM) so its obvious. If I use the installer, it will apply it to the original installation, but not my PBEM installation, right?

[michaelm75au]

Correct.
To apply to other just copy over the Beta2 directory to the second install, and create a copy of the shortcut changing it to refer to the new second beta directory.

[inqistor]

ORIGINAL: michaelm

1118c - Fixed some issues with the a/c weapon filters

Seems we are closer to solution, but there are still some issues. I think you have to add another bit for torpedo replacement for port attacks. Take a look at picture:

Torpedo have filter 18 (naval+port)
there are two 250 kg bombs. One with filter 20 (port, and torpedo replacement), and second with filter 52 (port, torpedo replacement, and airfield attack)

It seems, when plane uses torpedo for port attack, both bombs are also used, but when torpedo is substituted for 800 kg bomb, it works, as it should - only 800 kg bomb is used (but maybe there WERE planes, which used torpedo, AND bomb in the same time?). Airfield attacks works, as they should.

Surprisingly, when torpedo is at 0 filter (lower picture), it works, like with no patch - additional bombs are always used.

[michaelm75au]

Normally I haven't included torpedoes as a Port Attack option. Torpedo replacement automatically does checks for Port attack and replacing torpedo (with 800kg or deleting it so the alternate weapons can be used.

[Theages]

Michael, I would like to make two suggestions:
1. Is it possible to add the 'extension' of some unit types (eg.: 'HQ a') also on the troop loading screen (where you choose which units to load)? I think they are found everywhere else but here.
2. Is it possible to add a filter / toggle on the ship selection screen (task force creation) for ships in port / taskforce? Currently if you sort the list eg. by speed, ships in TFs show mixed with ships in port. With many ships in port and TFs at that base, looking up the correct ships could be sped up by this And you would / could not accidentally click on a ship already in a different TF.

[CyrusSpitama]

With the new patch(es), I noticed one behavior change with fleet formation. Previously, when I created a fleet while having another fleet window open, the new fleet gets the destination and home port of the 'parent' fleet. Other orders aren't the same but at least the destination and home are the same. Also, on your list of available ships for the new fleet, the spot in the list was 'saved' to reduce the need to scroll down when you made the next fleet. That is, more than one fleet created from a 'parent' fleet.

Currently, the ports carry over to the new fleet but this saved spot on the list no longer exists and you must fully scroll down the list to your previous spot in that list.

This is certainly no major issue, but I mention it in case it indicates something else has been effected by patch changes. With my task force number management, I noticed this behavior right away since you went to 118.

[michaelm75au]

ORIGINAL: CyrusSpitama

With the new patch(es), I noticed one behavior change with fleet formation. Previously, when I created a fleet while having another fleet window open, the new fleet gets the destination and home port of the 'parent' fleet. Other orders aren't the same but at least the destination and home are the same. Also, on your list of available ships for the new fleet, the spot in the list was 'saved' to reduce the need to scroll down when you made the next fleet. That is, more than one fleet created from a 'parent' fleet.

Currently, the ports carry over to the new fleet but this saved spot on the list no longer exists and you must fully scroll down the list to your previous spot in that list.

I don't see anything wrong here. The port carry overs was from a much earlier patch (released patch 5 or 6, this patch is 7)
The 'Form new TF' behaves as stated above. And the list stays centered on the position of the last selected ship. The exception is if you push a ship back into the available ship list or resort the list, it may need to reorder the list so the saved position is not correct anymore.
[edit] The position in the list does not necessarily carry over between each press of the 'Form new TF'. The list is rebuilt after each press of the 'Form new' button so the last position may not be relevant to that new list.
Did notice that in a failed attempt to form a tf, the current tf screen gets closed. It should stay open. Will fix that in the next beta. Also have found away to keep the list centered if a ship is transferred back to the top list from the bottom one.

[michaelm75au]

ORIGINAL: Theages

Michael, I would like to make two suggestions:
1. Is it possible to add the 'extension' of some unit types (eg.: 'HQ a') also on the troop loading screen (where you choose which units to load)? I think they are found everywhere else but here.

Yep, the HQ type got left out of that screen. The other types are there though "*cp"

2. Is it possible to add a filter / toggle on the ship selection screen (task force creation) for ships in port / taskforce? Currently if you sort the list eg. by speed, ships in TFs show mixed with ships in port. With many ships in port and TFs at that base, looking up the correct ships could be sped up by this And you would / could not accidentally click on a ship already in a different TF.

Sounds reasonable. Especially for PH

[michaelm75au]

Update 1118d
Changed Cancelling 'Form new TF' will return to original TF rather than close the TF screen
Added In port and TF filters to forming new TFs

[inqistor]

ORIGINAL: michaelm

Normally I haven't included torpedoes as a Port Attack option. Torpedo replacement automatically does checks for Port attack and replacing torpedo (with 800kg or deleting it so the alternate weapons can be used.

OK, so how to define torpedoes for port attack?

When they are set to 02, they are not used in port attack (at least 3 betas ago), and there is whole section in the manual, telling how port attack ordnance is selected, and surely torpedoes are there.