Patch/Bug

[Hard Sarge]

not sure how to set this up, but basicly, a list of what we are either working on, or what we have fixed/done so far

[Hard Sarge]

Data base side

Vadi to Vati

removed RailYards and replace them with Area in the BoBs, those 3 targets now take damage correctly

BTR
501 squadron moved to 11 group
41 squadron moved to 83 group
I./JG 27 moved to Handorf
II./ZG 1 moved to Luft 3

Chiusi moved southeast some
touched up the Brighton area

[Hard Sarge]

Code work

don't want to step on Harley's toes, so will let him post what he wants to say about what he has gotten done

but, looks like we got some of the slow down, speed up working better

Hourglass no long shows when loading is complete

correction

correction

Goodie

Goodie

Goodie

[harley]

 Heh. I wasn't sure what we should say - some of the changes might not pass test. [:(]

This will wet their whistles - some are in test at present, others are completed in dev, but not yet passed to the testers.


Fixed the Vista cursor of infinite wait which didn't actually make you wait.
Added the affinity and Direct-Draw changes with the assistance of Bill and Michael from the WITP:AE team
Added the ability to set windowed mode (and the affinity modes) on the options page
Stopped AI from upgrading FACs on human control after turn 45.
Fixed sorting top pilots by mission.
Fixed an issue that prevented some ground forces from being created.
Fixed a bug preventing flight/intercept lines from showing up.
Fixed the tops and roundels when swapping BOB-BTR
Slowed down map scrolling.
Fixed a hanging scrollbar in reaction phase - review raids.
Fixed Raids hanging in late game.
Changed the way the AI finds new AC to upgrade to, to help the AI jump intermediate models if possible.
Added production stockpile to the "Production Requirements" screen.
Added the "Production List" button to the main defender movement/review screen.

[Hard Sarge]

roger, and as I said, wasn't sure what to say, but wanted people to know we have been working and some of there concerns are getting fixed

and I know you like to keep some surprises

[Nicholas Bell]

Nice!  [:)]

Will any of these break an game in progress?

Thanks!

[Hard Sarge]

anything with the OOB will need a new start, normally a Exe fix, can keep on going, unless it changes the way the save data is used

[SireChaos]

ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge

anything with the OOB will need a new start, normally a Exe fix, can keep on going, unless it changes the way the save data is used

So if I install the patch but continue a game already in progress, I will not get the OOB changes, but the rest will work - it won´t break anything?

[Hard Sarge]

unless something has changed in the way the exe does something with the data

is the normal way it works, we can't tell until we get done with it, but right now, a exe should work with a game save, but that does not mean it always will, it depends on what is done to the exe

[Steamfish]

Nice work, gentlemen! Thanks for continuing to polish a timeless classic. I'm looking forward to the patch.

[OttoVonBlotto]

touched up the Brighton area

Hard Sarge and all you are stars, cheers [&o] now when I bomb the c**p out of it I can be sure I'm hitting the right place.

[greg_slith]

what about resizing the bomber icons? I hate not being able to see my B-17's[:D]

[Hard Sarge]

ORIGINAL: ecwgcx

what about resizing the bomber icons? I hate not being able to see my B-17's[:D]

we would need new art work, I think we are using 72*72, we need 180*180

if we had that art work, we could have the planes scaled to size, and a much higher Res level to the art, and other good/better stuff

the art work details were sent off, before I was really in charge, so we had to work with, what we got

and to be honest, that is a lot of work for the artist, and I can not really ask someone, hey buddy, want to do me a favor

[Golden Bear]

[:)]

[LeeChard]

The scroll speed fix is what I'm most excited about. If I so much as touch the screen edge the map jumps to the other side of the map. Even the arrow keys are unmanageable. As it is I don't play the game so you can imagine how much I'm looking forward to this patch. [:)]

[Justascratch]

I had a week off last week and was able to put in some game time with this one. I had lots of fun, but on my machine I noticed the information (detail) reports on various air groups would show up on screen with some of the data and text lines overlaping each other by a couple of pixels. I would press the "Show Desktop" icon to close the game window & then reopen the window and everything is fine for about five minutes, then it starts again.

I went ahead and checked that all my hardware drivers were up to date, and the problem still persists.

My gut tells me this may be specific to my machine, but I thought I would bring it forward.

[joey]

ORIGINAL: Ranger5355

The scroll speed fix is what I'm most excited about. If I so much as touch the screen edge the map jumps to the other side of the map. Even the arrow keys are unmanageable. As it is I don't play the game so you can imagine how much I'm looking forward to this patch. [:)]

I second this one!

[harley]

ORIGINAL: Justascratch

I had a week off last week and was able to put in some game time with this one. I had lots of fun, but on my machine I noticed the information (detail) reports on various air groups would show up on screen with some of the data and text lines overlaping each other by a couple of pixels. I would press the "Show Desktop" icon to close the game window & then reopen the window and everything is fine for about five minutes, then it starts again.

I went ahead and checked that all my hardware drivers were up to date, and the problem still persists.

My gut tells me this may be specific to my machine, but I thought I would bring it forward.

I got bad news for you then...

I'm soooo overloaded on the information presented I've sqeezed things in as much as I can. If there's an overlap, it's 90% certain everyone sees it, but they probably aren't looking in the same place. I can try and resort things a little.

Your fix is actually a bug, and one that I have already found and fixed. [:D] To fit all that extra text in, I created a narrow font. It doesn't read as nice as the normal, but I use it for longer info such as Aircraft names, pilot names and bases when I can't fit everything. I have fixed the code that executes after a redraw to initialise the fonts differently, so the narrow text will not be the default any more. It never should have been, and it only was after the minimise-restore action.

It's not your drivers... Or your corrective eye-glasses... or LSD induced halucinations. It is what you see.

[Hard Sarge]

Sweet

[Golden Bear]

Huh, and here I thought it was the LSD coming back.