Ha! Solved the strange flag issue…I introduced the problem when fixing the DoMove thing. In my change, during the case of MSG_FLAG_TO_NEWHOST message, I accidentally popped the same message twice, which then disrupts the order for all other processed messages, as each message type has a very specific number of parameters. When you pop them…[Read more]

Samir, I’ve also come across that large address post, but my machine doesn’t have more than 2gb memory, so it’s a moot point since I believe it only applies to 2+ gb. I’ve not been able to try it…in fact, I think I may have even downloaded it but seem to remember it telling me the app doesn’t support my meager memory.

Anyway, quick update.…[Read more]

OK, so those ‘random’ crashes of the game. They are not so random.

The first major culprit was in battle_interface and that had to do with a particular vertex buffer that the memory was directly manipulated beyond its allocated space, then when a pointer to that memory dereferenced, crash. That was identified (even an old PA! thread had someone…[Read more]

This should do it:

In engine.ini (or start.ini), change screen_x to your computers width setting and screen_y to your height. Make sure the values you change do not have a semicolon ; in front of them. Save file.

screen_x = 1366
screen_y = 768

This should do it:

In engine.ini (or start.ini), change screen_x to your computers width setting and screen_y to your height. Save file.

screen_x = 1366
screen_y = 768

There was a problem, since vanilla COAS, where the NPC captains would eventually disappear from the game. That should be fixed, but there are still some legitimate reasons why they don’t approach.

1. There may be no captains in your current town. You can check this with F10. Though with ERAS, it is far more likely they WILL be in your town,…[Read more]

There was a problem, since vanilla COAS, where the NPC captains would eventually disappear from the game. That should be fixed, but there are still some legitimate reasons why they don’t approach.

1. There may be no captains in your current town. You can check this with F10. Though with ERAS, it is far more likely they WILL be in your town,…[Read more]

I figured that was your aim, and understandable since Samir and I were plagued with horrible performance opening an item box, so a goal to minimize the size as much as possible makes sense. When I was reminded you had already done this, I compared and found that your compressed were different quality, so thinking MK might be unhappy with the…[Read more]

I am not 100% certain, because I haven’t fully traced everything that’s happening, but I do have an educated suspicion about why there is an increased delay from vanilla when going to Worldmap. There are several things that happen when switching that mode and one of them is to compute the various quest updates for the NPCs. Every one of those…[Read more]

I see no reason to split the item images at this point. I had forgotten that Orazio provided both reduced size and compressed item images, but there was a decent discovery in both his and my different approaches. What I found is that ideally, they do need to be resized to, at maximum, 512×512. But they don’t need the further compression to…[Read more]

I see no reason to split the item images at this point. I had forgotten that Orazio provided both reduced size and compressed item images, but there was a decent discovery in both his and my different approaches. What I found is that ideally, they do need to be resized to, at maximum, 512×512. But they don’t need the further compression to…[Read more]

Sounds like you’ve put some good time and effort into checking all the options. This is good information and I appreciate your review of the tools you’ve tried. Given your rave review, I will have to check into Inno.

Unrelated, but don’t you just love when you find a software tool that contains really nice features and does exactly what you…[Read more]

Hey, nice work Samir.

I have Advanced Installer (freeware), but have not packaged the DX8/DX9 projects yet. I wonder it it would shrink it to a similar size as your Inno. I like that icon and maybe should borrow it for the source compilation start.exe?

But since you’ve already done this for the original ERAS and with the other work folded into…[Read more]

Sure thing. I found no sig feature for my account, but will just copy/paste one in every post.

I feel pretty stupid not realizing the Release version was not executing the same as the Debug version. They are both compiled from the same source and I would play the Debug, thinking the Release would execute similarly. All along the save feature…[Read more]

Frustration! But finally resolved.

I thought the save-game was solved, but turns out that it was because I was running a debug compile. Every time I compiled for release to upload, apparently the fix wasn’t working the same. I mostly test the debug builds because a crash .dmp directs to the exact source line of the problem. Just yesterday, I…[Read more]

<sigh>

Yet again, the DX8 and DX9 compilations will need to be re-downloaded if you are using them. I found a save-game crash! Been a long time for me. But I fixed it and it’s available.

I also found a glitch in the sea-speak that is very minor, but an error was logged for outside array boundary of ‘rumors’. It was an error from the GOF 1…[Read more]

I don’t believe I’ve ever seen the camera go black during day at a certain angle before.

I have seen a case where at a certain night time hour, everything goes black and it’s impossible to see in town. I think it was back when I was mostly playing GOF 1.2. I had only seen it a couple times, and it was before I started looking into code to fix…[Read more]

Noticed I didn’t quite answer the question. Yes, it’s the ERAS2Test (and GOF/AoP), both 8 and 9. The problem was in the source. This is also why I don’t think it will help the INDEX -1 issue, because that is a problem in the Program .c code. I just prevent a game-crash that I encountered during a particular situation.

The Patch is now also…[Read more]

Noticed I didn’t quite answer the question. Yes, it’s the ERAS2Test (and GOF/AoP), both 8 and 9. The problem was in the source. This is also why I don’t think it will help the INDEX -1 issue, because that is a problem in the Program .c code. I just prevent a game-crash that I encountered during a particular situation.

The Patch is now also…[Read more]