BUGS and Fixes
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THIS IS NOW THE OLD BUG AND FIXES FORUM ARCHIVE: FOR NEW BUG REPORTS PLEASE GO HERE: https://buccaneersreef.com/forums/topic/new-bugs-and-fixes-2019-2020-current/
WARNING: DO NOT PUT YOUR DOWNLOAD ON TOP OF ANY OTHER GAME VERSION. IT IS STAND ALONE AND ONCE DL’d AND PUT INTO A NEWLY CREATED EMPTY GAME FOLDER OF YOUR CHOICE THAT YOU HAVE NAMED YOURSELF ON YOUR DESKTOP – ALL THAT IS REQUIRED IS TO OPEN THE FOLDER AND PRESS START If you put your download on top of another game or mod, it will mess everything up and you will have to delete everything and start again. MK
Please read the “read me” file in GOF ERAs to get an idea of the bugs that are already there.
This is a place to post new bugs, problems, or if you have the fix for something to share.
The first bug I am trying to fix is the promotion code that I wrote that adds all of the new titles. Almost have it working right and will post a patch when I do.
I almost have the character index and faces/portraits bug fixed as well. I would say another month or two on this one.
I think fixing that one will automatically fix the occasional crashing on the treasure quests when encountering Spanish ships as its character/officer related. That’s why if you reload a couple of times the officers are randomly generated and you will get a clean load without the unindexed character confusing the game.
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About the bug, I noticed it once i switched to a 20 gun frigate, apparently the enemy was mostly boarding me and I thought in the beginnings that the boarding didnt work because my skillset was too low.
But at some point when youre standing 20 meters away from the enemy ship, perfectly aligned, everyones ready to baord, but youre not able to do it, you scratch your head a bit^^
I noticed that boarding probability is higher when your sails are not hoisted, also, theres some ships, that for some reason cannot be boarded at all.
There was 2 hours ago a battle, where 2 frigates from a dutch military convoy were chasing after me so, i started to fight them and one couldnt be boarded, while the one i have now, it was the one i couldnt board, charged at me and i took it, a pretty fine ship she is now 😉*Offtopic: Seems like edit post, seems to work now. Sorry for clogging up the bugfix thread^^
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ok since everything works now, heres the update:
marchant lugger and ketch of the english, caused a ctd after the transition when you finished boarding the ship and after allocating whether to sink it or take it, no matter what option you choose, it will ctd.
The only option i found that worked was to not board these ships and just destroy em. Im in year 1667 now and boardings are as rare as someone coming to you to ask you for help when youre a shark reputation XDBut somehow this makes the money income pretty stagnant so you really dont end up with trillions of coins.
On other terms, the treasure rewards are way over the top, if you ask me. You will literally spent hours dragging the loot from the cave to the ship, my ship is full of gold and silver and all that stuff. But if you take the gold you trade at the trader and the gold you trade on the streets, it really isnt realistic, and the prices should be lowered, since one just has to run one treasure hunt now and he can feed his man o war for a year and a half. Or am I missing something?Also i saw now an increase in ctds lately, I dunno whats the reason for it but Im starting to get corrupt saves and ctds when saving, ctds when switching from sea to mapview (though this only happened 2 times overall), but its more of a feeling that ctds are increasing, in the beginning its almost ctd free in comparison.
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OK a couple more questions….I have played this version to level34 year1667 with no problems like you describe. The fact that you can board and kill the captain tells me this is something other than the character index problem I thought.
– So what character are you?
– What nation are you?
– What ship are you using?
– What nationality are these ships that are producing the CTD?
– Have you run the debugger and can you get me an error log file to look at?
– Are any of your ships dismasted?
– How many ships do you have in your current fleet/squadron?I have one thing I want you to try the next time this happens. DO NOT EXCHANGE ANY CARGO with the captured ship and see if it still CTDs. If it doesn’t then I know what the problem is.
The virtual function call is an old problem and usually associated with a violation of boundaries like the ships weight increase from looted cargo causing it to sit too low…even under the water which will cause CTD – or a mast missing causing a loopback that confuses the game.
I have received the criticism on treasures already. I need to tweak the probability factors to make them more rare. However I have so many new things that I want everyone to see them so I don’t want them so rare that you never find them either.
ERAs is still a work in progress. Keep sending me the input DT its very valuable to me. Also data received. Thanks very much. You’re awesome!
MK
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Welcome to the Reef Kuroi!
I am sorry about the crash. However from my perspective I am so glad you are telling me about it – ELATED actually. What you’re telling me is really important. For sometime I have been trying to isolate a crash that happens on treasure quests with Spanish convoys when you take a treasure quest mission to attack the convoys.
I first assumed it was a specific ships causing the crash. So I carefully tested every ship looked at where its names might be corrupted throughout the code. Then I turned to the NPCs aboard. I have always assumed the problem was in the character index and naming as I changed this drastically from vanilla and without documenting everything as I went.
I thought it was with the officers because I made so many changes. However, what you are telling me is that it is a merchant ship you’re going after so there would be no Spanish military officers aboard. This is logical to me because I thought I finally had the Spanish officers correct so that you should be able to encounter and board the Spanish minor-quest ships. SO I need to rename the Spanish civilian NPCs back to vanilla values and this crash problem is solved.
It should have been right in front of me all along. I was looking in the wrong place. I have been trying to fix this problem for months. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it being the civilian NPCs. Thats the solution! THANK YOU.
I will be producing the new patch very soon, because with this information I will finally be able to fix this problem. THANKS!!!
Oh one other thing I need to ask. You didn’t actually ever see the ship right? Its when you tried to go from strategic world-view to sail mode that the crash occurs during the loading screen – right?
MK
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@Craiggo: The fmodex sound file that I ended up using is not even from an Akella game. I ripped it open and added to it. It works better than any other fmodex file I have tried. Is this with the no hud mod that its doing this? Usually I only lose sound for a few seconds with the new file.
@nnika (Blas de Lezo) WELCOME to the Reef! Love the name. Did you see he’s a character in the game? Some would say he’s the Spanish Nelson, but I prefer to say that Nelson was the English Blaz de Lezo.Yes I know about that problem and there is not much you can do about it. I will tell you that one thing that works well for me going in and out of here is to make all my ships furl sails except my own – before I enter the port. When I go to sail mode, I will do the same. Also if you immediately go to world view as soon as you get to sea from the dock that can keep your ships from being damaged when this happens.
Glad you like the mod and thanks for all the great compliments. It makes doing this worthwhile!
I will answer more questions but I need sleep now….
MK
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@nnika (Blas de Lezo)
I read the post again. Thanks for the correction from Blaz to Blas. Some English sources have it spelled with the “Z” and that’s why I made the mistake. I will have that fixed for the patch. Still I think I have a good variety of Spaniard NPCs in the mod.
That cannon bug is easy to fix. I got most of the ships with the problem but there are still a few out there. Thanks I will fix that one.
There are several ports that are not good when you have a large number of ships. One thing that will sometimes work for me also…..
If I stop all my ships at La Francois, and then cheat by transferring myself to the ship under attack at the same time relieving the ship of heavy cargo transferred the the ship I am on and giving the embattled ship as many men and wood/sail as I can, I can sometimes save her by getting her out of danger myself. It often depends on the wind at the time. I don’t know what I can do about this problem. Its obviously a spawning issue and La Francois and French fort on Martinique are not that far apart. I will put it on the list in case there is something we can do about spawn locators in the future.
Thanks again for the input.
MK
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Hello 🙂
First, i want t osay this mod is wonderful, everything i wanted in this game. Really good job
I only have two problems,
First one: i got sound bug when i’m on first person on ships. Ships sound effect (canon, sails, woods, etc..) dont work in first person mode except when i use scope, or when crosshair is visible. When crosshair disapear ships sound related disapear, only sea sounds play. Same with scope. Any idea on how to fix that ? its only do this with the mod.
Second one: I play with John Strong, im at Port Royal and want to go to “fort de france” with smuggler travel as i sold my ship. Everything work fine, except when im entering to the shore where i must take the boat (after payment) the game crash.
Thanks for your answer 🙂
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There is a camera location problem on Le Vaisseau Amiral du Roi. I believe this was a similar issue in the GOF SoleyRu, that was corrected by changing the model camera locator; I seem to recall downloading corrected files for that similar issue that fixed that particular ship.
Not entirely relevant, but heck, let’s go storytime 🙂
I was sailing the seas, minding my own business, when a 2-ship Dutch patrol gets pesky. Fine, let’s do this…
Another Day, Another Boarding
Their partner takes flight…good luck outrunning the Dog of War
After eventually dispatching that ship, go back to sea, merely trying to mind my own business, when I get accosted by a 4-ship French patrol. Take a look, and holy smokes! But, in a lapse of good judgment and arrogance, “What the heck, let’s do this.”
Tragic lunacy.
Because what I was dealing with, though I knew better and should have just fled, was Le Vaisseau du Roi 1st rater, Almirante Galeon 2nd rater and two French Capitol Warships 3rd raters…with my Corvette Dog of War, Brig Queen, French Cinquente Tireur, VOC Escort Frigate.
For pirating, I must say I like those VOC Escorts. They have good speed, nice holds, decent crew complement, and good armament, yet remain class 5, so I can usually take a couple into enemy ports with my stealth rating. Though they have no bow chasers, I usually do the chasing and simply swap cargo to them, or have them board ships in the midst of battles. I used to have two of them in my squadron, but unfortunately, that Cinquente tried to board one of my companion ships, lost, and of course my companion opted for the higher rated ship and took command. Sigh. Makes going to enemy port a little rougher with the additional 4th rater and we’ve had a few fort scrapes because of this.
Don’t mess with my companions. The first perks I give them are God of Death, Musket Volley, Quick Reloading and Foresight; they also all have Grappling bonus items, giving 90-100 grappling scores. We pepper with cannon fire from distance, as it closes, switch to chains, then when the enemy ships are near, I switch everyone to grapes and toggle Foresight on, while they go to town. By the time the ships draw near, I command them to board when it’s a lower or equal rating, the opponents are quickly dispatched and sunk…except in those cases like the Cinquente, where the enemy foolishly try to board and now I wind up with a nice ship, but unwanted nonetheless, LOL.
Anyway, employed those tactics as these ships were NOT going to be sunk quickly for sure, even with bombs…though we did employ them at first this time. We got rid of the Almirante, but not before my VOC was sunk. I thankfully was fairly near this, so picked up my companion captain in the lifeboat…phew, back on board! I’m dealing with my own mayhem, lost about half my workable cannons on the Dog of War, rapidly circling and firing grapes everywhere.
I think Corvette is the wrong term…that thing is really a Porsche. It is so fast, I usually circle a ship at either the bow/stern in the same direction the enemy is trying to turn broadside on me. Using the wind direction as my guide, I can usually stay perpendicular to them for half a dozen grape shots with my broadsides before their broadside finally reaches me for one shot; I board them right before they do so 🙂 But in this case, the ships carry too large a crew, and they were all over the place, so no boarding just yet.
So, in the thick of it…bad news. My Cinquente is gone. Frickin’ French Warship boarded the already decimated crew from when the Almirante tried to grapple and lost. But even worse, if I’m to get my companion back, I have to head over there and it’s upwind, and the 1st rater and 2 remaining Warships are pummeling me…Brig Queen is nearly decimated and I instruct to flee. F**** it…let’s go get her…we’ll pick up Morgan in the lifeboat and see if we make it out alive. I make a beeline, straight at the Warship that sunk Morgan’s ship, because they are still situated right where the lifeboat sits. I’m getting broadsided repeatedly by the Vaisseau and a Warship, the other off in the distance, chasing Queen I think.
I reach Morgan, she steps on board and I just keep going…right to board the Warship as I’ve got no chance unless I fight this thing out hand-to-hand. We on the Dog of War are severely outnumbered, but we’ve got the skills! My crew are Seadogs, I perk my fighters with everything I find, they get the bonuses, best weapons, armor, and yeah, it’s a cheat, but I always go for the Tenochtitlan ‘pistol’ and carry that baby. Also, in cases like these, where the enemy vastly outnumbers, the Berserk perk! I get my bearings and run toward the biggest horde of enemy I see, while running, just getting close, I’ve already got the <Enter> key displaying my icons, hovering over Berserk. Run up, click <Enter> to fire up Berserk and <Shift> attack. Sweeping blade that hits everyone near…3 fall immediately :). Step back and boom, boom, boom, boom…4 shots from my ‘pistol’, two more drop and I quickly lunge/pierce the remaining two where they stand, then just start hacking at anyone else.
We win, all my fighters intact, but quite a large hit to my crew. Hilariously, after my skimpy crew slaughtered the Warship’s, the captain just cowered and surrendered upon my cabin entry. Wuss! LOL I swap ships, I need the larger quantity guns because almost none are working on the Dog. They are slow to reload, but the hull of this ship is in very good shape, so I can take some hits from the Vaisseau. I tell the Dog, in which I left only a handful to operate, to get the heck out of here! Head toward the 1st rater and fire grapes when finally ready. I only get about one more swipe at them, but I have noticed a markedly increase in the amount of time it takes for them to fire, so I’m guessing over the course of this, our grape attacks have put a sizable dent in their crew…I’m about to find out.
We board.
Frickin’ mayhem. I’ve already lost crew, and so have they, but this ship carries over 1,000. Same tactics as before, and when all is said and done, my fighters remain standing and 10 of my crew. I transfer command of the 1st rater and continue on with my crew of 10 on the Warship to pursue our last nemesis, the other Warship. This one has now given up chase of the Queen, which is now out of battle range and has turned toward me. I fires at me a couple times, but I’ve gone on the suicide mission of ‘one more time!’ I keep heading toward them, fire once with grapes and know that reload is going to be impossible by the time this ship reaches us. No matter. The other Warship quickly asks to pay in lieu of further attack. I can see why, when such a meager force has taken your entire force down, LOL. But, since I was already sweating this out, I quickly agree. But you know, casually, “Sure, why not?” 😉
Phew.
That first photo of the camera problem shows the aftermath. Yikes. Lost all my lovely Seadog crew. I still have my entire set of officers; was able to pick up my two when we lost our VOC and Cinquente. Now we have a French Warship and Le Vaiseau du Roi…what the heck am I gonna do with those?! They’re not exactly low-profile, LOL
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Jeffrey,
Wow, Just Wow!!!
I love stories like that! This is one of the reasons I love this game so much. I am going to leave your narrative here, but I am also going to cut and paste it into the “How is your game going” topic. I have meant to write over there myself but have been so busy and so ill.
I have never played with the Vasseau Amiral du Roi myself so I didn’t know it had that bug. Is it everywhere on the ship, or just in certain parts? I was not aware of the fix for the Soleyru either but I have never played with that ship as well. What is the fix? I’d like it in here as part of the patch.
I am a purist on the historical authenticity front but have been criticized for not doing more with the ships speeds and turning rates and as a result our game is too “ARCADEY”. I agree but there is also fun factor to consider and as realistic and authentic as this game is, when you get special ships they should have very SPECIAL attributes so the fact that she moves like a “PORSCHE” to me is just part of the fun. At least its not like other games where everything in the game moves like that.
Speaking of that I saw a conversation over at PA (sorry for mentioning it in advance) where some guy says that some edits you gave him regarding turning slower, cause everything to turn into luggers. I was like WTF! I am wondering if he didn’t start a new game with the edits. Also, if he got the right answer somewhere else why isn’t he sharing it with everyone else there?
I know I’ve said I don’t like folks posting over there, but will someone please ask that knucklehead why he won’t post the correct solution for everyone if he is going to mention it. That really bothers me. Obviously I CAN’T post over there or ask.
Really enjoyed the narrative Jeffrey!
EDIT: I also enjoy the VOC Escort Frigatte as well for the same reasons. There is a reason why I added some very capable class 5 ships to the mix. My thoughts were that a lot of these mass produced ships would be easy to handle by more inexperienced captains. I think they bring a lot of game play balance.
MK
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I post this here because I don’t know where else to post it…
I wonder if it is possible to have better flags on the ships: I’ve noticed that some of the flags are really indiscernible, the texture looks so stretched that it’s impossible to discern the drawing in it.
This screenshot explains what I mean:
Is there something that can be done? Like higher resolution textures?
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Ascold fix. There has been a longstanding bug since AoP, where the body-switch in the Ascold quest makes your fighter officers disappear forever. I have been meaning to fix this and just got around to it. I don’t have an old save for that part, but the code snippet was tested in the debugger and works to simply remove the officer from the position, rather than vanish.
LeifEricson.c fix
This was the original AoP/GOF/ERAS code (same in all):
for (i=1; i<=3; i++) { string officers = "Fellows.Passengers.Officers."+"id"+i; if(CheckAttribute(pchar, officers)) { RemoveOfficersIndex(pchar, sti(pchar.(officers))); } }The intent, I’m sure, is so that your fighters don’t join the skeleton siege on the town with you, not to remove them forever. However, simply removing the index vaporizes characters that are only fighters, (if they multitask/jack-of-all-trades and hold another position, you still see them in that other position); they are gone forever. I looked at the screen code to remove an officer from a particular position and there is more that is needed:
for (i=1; i<=3; i++) { string officers = "Fellows.Passengers.Officers."+"id"+i; if(CheckAttribute(pchar, officers)) { //Fix for officers that are only fighters are gone forever, rather than just removed from position appointment int iOfficer = sti(pchar.(officers)); if(iOfficer > -1){ characters[iOfficer].isfree = sti(characters[iOfficer].isfree) - 1; if (sti(characters[iOfficer].isfree) <= 0) { DeleteAttribute(&characters[iOfficer], "isfree"); } RemoveOfficersIndex(pchar, iOfficer); DeleteAttribute(&characters[iOfficer], "fighter"); } } }.zip updated: https://mega.nz/#F!WtMDgRxK!hbeUg86kGLlQAqvWRNwTqg
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I have returned from the Dutch West Indies! WOW! Jeffrey you have been busy. Great work! I will simply modify the patch to encompass your additional work. I have no issues with changing the difficulty/level/stats of opponents as you suggest. The ships that you added names for were intentionally left blank because they are not supposed to appear. I did everything possible to make them not appear except take them out completely. I thought their rare appearance in Gentlemen of Luck or smuggler encounters was acceptable. They would be rare unique ships(even if from the wrong timeframe). I plan to change the names you chose slightly. I admit there should be something there rather than just leaving them blank.
As for me, my batteries are recharged! I REALLY needed to get away. I am already halfway done with an illustrated article detailing the history of Curacao and the city of Willemstad – and showcasing Fort Amsterdam, the Fort Kerk(church) and the Maritime Museum there. Lots of pictures and historical discussion! The skies down that way are simply breathtaking! Look for it on the front page shortly. MK
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I didn’t put that map in. It was Officerpuppy’s work. He probably didn’t get it integrated into all the right places and I never bothered checking. Easy to fix though.
MK
EDIT: BTW I saw what Thagarr wrote on PA. Thanks for the excellent post over there. I plugged their web address into that google tool that you provided and it shows PA! as a website that puts malware on your PC. Yet he criticizes us??? WOW! Just wow! Those people just continue to amaze me. Maybe you should ask him what his “Very good reason” is. Because I haven’t got a clue. As I’ve said before, I have never attacked them and wouldn’t even have the ability to do that over this GoDaddy hosted wordpress plug in site. Also I am not and have never data mined. I have no reason to do that so I have no idea what he’s talking about. I am quite comfortable with my 100 percent colonel’s retirement pension and VA disability coming in every month and my part time consulting jobs. I don’t need to take time out to piddle around with their sad asses. He’s either a psycho or just very desperate to smear me and our site at this point. They seem almost dead over there now. Wonder why? With a few more comments like that I will have enough to slap a libel suit on them for defamation and if they continue to give me the ammunition boy will I ever do it to them – LEGALLY!
MK
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Jeffrey, VERY COOL!
Here’s what I’m working with. I think the solution for getting the icons to show up is in the appropriate interface files for the 8 ship max mod (regarding the GUI location of the icons) That’s the piece I haven’t had time to sort out.
Maybe you can do something with all of this and get it working because I am working on other stuff at the moment and was going to get back to this in a couple of days….
Files List
Playlogic\Age of Pirates 2\Program\INTERFACE\character_all.c
character_all.h
interface.c
interface.c.bak
interface_utils.c
utilite.c
Vorius_utils.c1. character_all.c
There are three places I made changes:First look for:
Code:case 9:
sHeader = XI_ConvertString(“fighter”);
sText1 = XI_ConvertString(“Officer_Descr”);
sText2 = XI_ConvertString(“Officer_Up”);
break;Copy and add 4 more similar code after that but change the case’s integer…
Code:// Increase to maximum fighters
case 10:
sHeader = XI_ConvertString(“fighter”);
sText1 = XI_ConvertString(“Officer_Descr”);
sText2 = XI_ConvertString(“Officer_Up”);
break;case 11:
sHeader = XI_ConvertString(“fighter”);
sText1 = XI_ConvertString(“Officer_Descr”);
sText2 = XI_ConvertString(“Officer_Up”);
break;case 12:
sHeader = XI_ConvertString(“fighter”);
sText1 = XI_ConvertString(“Officer_Descr”);
sText2 = XI_ConvertString(“Officer_Up”);
break;case 13:
sHeader = XI_ConvertString(“fighter”);
sText1 = XI_ConvertString(“Officer_Descr”);
sText2 = XI_ConvertString(“Officer_Up”);
break;
// END, Increase to maximum fightersSecond,
Code:case 9:
SetOfficersIndex(pchar, 3, iChar);
bNeedFollow = true;
break;Copy and add 4 more similar code after that but change the case and OfficersIndex’s integers…
Code:// Increase to maximum fighters
case 10:
SetOfficersIndex(pchar, 4, iChar);
bNeedFollow = true;
break;case 11:
SetOfficersIndex(pchar, 5, iChar);
bNeedFollow = true;
break;case 12:
SetOfficersIndex(pchar, 6, iChar);
bNeedFollow = true;
break;case 13:
SetOfficersIndex(pchar, 7, iChar);
bNeedFollow = true;
break;
// END, Increase to maximum fightersThird,
Code:case 9:
RemoveOfficersIndex(pchar, GetOfficersIndex(pchar, 3));
break;Again, copy and add 4 more similar code after that but change the case and OfficersIndex’s integers…
Code:// Increase to maximum fighters
case 10:
RemoveOfficersIndex(pchar, GetOfficersIndex(pchar, 4));
break;case 11:
RemoveOfficersIndex(pchar, GetOfficersIndex(pchar, 5));
break;case 12:
RemoveOfficersIndex(pchar, GetOfficersIndex(pchar, 6));
break;case 13:
RemoveOfficersIndex(pchar, GetOfficersIndex(pchar, 7));
break;
// END, Increase to maximum fighters—
2. character_all.h
Go to line 108 (mine GoF’s is here),
Code:for(int k=1; k<4; k++)
Change the integer 4 to 8,
Code:for(int k=1; k<8; k++) // Increase to maximum fighters
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3. interface.c
See strings at line 2177,
Code:string fighter1, fighter2, fighter3, fighter4, navigator, boatswain, cannoner, doctor, treasurer, carpenter;
Add fighter5, fighter6, fighter7 and fighter8 in the string,
Code:string fighter1, fighter2, fighter3, fighter4, fighter5, fighter6, fighter7, fighter8, navigator, boatswain, cannoner, doctor, treasurer, carpenter;
Then look //officers pictures below strings above
Code:// officers pictures
if( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,0) < 0 ) { fighter1 = "*"; } else { fighter1 = GetFaceGroupName( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,0) ); } if( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,1) < 0 ) { fighter2 = "*"; } else { fighter2 = GetFaceGroupName( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,1) ); } if( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,2) < 0 ) { fighter3 = "*"; } else { fighter3 = GetFaceGroupName( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,2) ); } if( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,3) < 0 ) { fighter4 = "*"; } else { fighter4 = GetFaceGroupName( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,3) ); } Copy all codes above, and paste them below fighter4. Make changes to all Index's, fighter's integer like these, Code: // Increase to maximum fighters if( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,4) < 0 ) { fighter5 = "*"; } else { fighter5 = GetFaceGroupName( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,4) ); } if( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,5) < 0 ) { fighter6 = "*"; } else { fighter6 = GetFaceGroupName( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,5) ); } if( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,6) < 0 ) { fighter7 = "*"; } else { fighter7 = GetFaceGroupName( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,6) ); } if( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,7) < 0 ) { fighter8 = "*"; } else { fighter8 = GetFaceGroupName( GetOfficersIndex(pchar,7) ); } Next look for //GetCurLocationName(), Code: //GetCurLocationName() string savedata = label + "@" + fighter1 + "," + fighter2 + "," + fighter3 + "," + fighter4 + "," + Add fighter5, fighter6, fighter7 and fighter8 Code: //GetCurLocationName() string savedata = label + "@" + fighter1 + "," + fighter2 + "," + fighter3 + "," + fighter4 + "," + fighter5 + "," fighter6 + "," fighter7 + "," fighter8 + "," + -- 4. interface.c.bak The changes I made here exactly same as above - file interface.c -- 5. interface.utils.c Look for, Code: case 9: ret = "fighter"; break; Copy and add 4 more similar code after that and change the case's integer... Code: // Increase to maximum fighters case 10: ret = "fighter"; break; case 11: ret = "fighter"; break; case 12: ret = "fighter"; break; case 13: ret = "fighter"; break; // End, Increase to maximum fighters -- 6. utilite.c Find //fighters, Code: //fighters for(n=1; n<4; n++) Change integer 4 to 8, Code: //fighters for(n=1; n<8; n++) // Increase to maximum fighters -- 7. Vorius.utils.c See, Code: for(int i=1; i<4; i++) Also change integer 4 to 8, Code: for(int i=1; i<8; i++) // Increase to maximum fighters,default i<4 -- Note: Every i<8, n<8 and k<8 the default value is 4 EDIT: FOR SOME REASON THE LAST HALF OF THIS POST WONT ALLOW ME TO INSERT SPACES??? MK -
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Compiles successfully and runs from source:
Stepping through debug mode, figured out that zero parameter thing was that they are extern now, rather native. Change that in the run-time files in the Program folder and that went away, along with the erroneous duplicate variable thing (probably confused by the other problem and just erroneous parsing after that…). Hit another snag with a bunch of these, throughout many programs:
COMPILE ERROR - file: net\net.c; line: 23 missing ')'That turned out to be a flaw in the expression.cpp code, which I fixed with a minor, one-line fix.
It runs, but with other issues for now. No sound (doesn’t like my FMOD version), and some function calls are now broken, per system.log and error.log obtained after merely reaching the menu screen (I have not attempted beyond that yet):
System.log
Loading modules (folder: modules\)... 44 loaded. Reset... Initializing CORE... Creating atoms space: 128 done initializing complete Starting DirectX 8 ERROR: Techniques: Find duplicate technique name: rain ERROR: in compile shader seaps_atireflect error: (1) : (Assembly Error) syntax error Techniques: 22 shaders compiled. Techniques: 230 techniques compiled. Techniques: compiled by 180035618 ticks. Error : You are using old FMOD version 00040805 ! Total logical: 4, Total cores: 2, Total physical: 1 Intel CPU: Yes, SSE: On, HyperThreading: On RESOURCE\models\mainmenu\AOPBoard.gm: can't open geometry file Warning! Interface Back Scene: invalid menu model mainmenu\AOPBoard or transform matrix RESOURCE\models\mainmenu\AOPBoard.gm: can't open geometry file Warning! Interface Back Scene: invalid menu model mainmenu\AOPBoard or transform matrix Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\BORTOUTCORVETTE1.TGA.tx Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\CARGO.TGA.tx Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\BORTOUTCORVETTE1.TGA.tx Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\BORTOUTCORVETTE1.TGA.tx Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\BORTOUTCORVETTE1.TGA.tx Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\BORTOUTCORVETTE1.TGA.tx Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\BORTOUTCORVETTE1.TGA.tx Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\BORTOUTCORVETTE1.TGA.tx Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\BORTOUTCORVETTE1.TGA.tx Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\BORTOUTCORVETTE1.TGA.tx Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\BORTOUTCORVETTE1.TGA.tx Can't load texture RESOURCE\textures\BORTOUTCORVETTE1.TGA.tx FMOD_SOUND:createStream error! (74) This subsound is already being used by another sound, you cannot have more than one parent to a sound. Null out the other parent's entry first. fmod_system->createStream(RESOURCE\sounds\music_MainMenu, FMOD_HARDWARE | FMOD_2D | dwMode, 0, &sound) FMOD:update error! (74) This subsound is already being used by another sound, you cannot have more than one parent to a sound. Null out the other parent's entry first. FMOD:update error! (74) This subsound is already being used by another sound, you cannot have more than one parent to a sound. Null out the other parent's entry first. FMOD:update error! (74) This subsound is already being used by another sound, you cannot have more than one parent to a sound. Null out the other parent's entry first.Error.log
RUNTIME ERROR - file: seadogs.c; line: 307 Invalid function call RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\AIShip.c; line: 4132 Invalid function call RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\AIShip.c; line: 4132 function 'SetTextureForShip' stack error RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\AIShip.c; line: 634 Invalid function call RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\AIShip.c; line: 634 process event stack errorCompile.log looks fine
Init encounters complete. How islands = 26 Init weathers complete. 35 weathers found. How islands = 26 Çàïîëíåíèå òðóïîâ ñ ïðåäìåòà 243 Antigua: 12 Barbados: 22 Jamaica: 37 Curacao: 46 Guadeloupe: 55 Santiago: 64 PuertoPrincipe: 68 Martinique: 82 Havana: 91 Nevis: 101 PuertoRico: 110 SentMartin: 120 Bermudes: 125 Trinidad: 134 PortPax: 143 SantoDomingo: 153 LaVega: 157 Tortuga: 167 Panama: 175 PortoBello: 184 Cartahena: 193 Caracas: 202 Cumana: 211 SantaCatalina: 220 Beliz: 229 Maracaibo: 238 Story: 247 ÂÑÅÃÎ ÍÏÑ Â ÈÃÐÅ (ñòàòèêîâ) = 247 Version = mod#2 ver 1. 5. 7 The Golden Age DEVThink it’ll run?
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A few problems to work through…but a saved game loaded:
Still a bunch of invalid function calls needs resolving…
RUNTIME ERROR - file: seadogs.c; line: 307 Invalid function call RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\AIShip.c; line: 4132 Invalid function call RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\AIShip.c; line: 4132 function 'SetTextureForShip' stack error RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\AIShip.c; line: 634 Invalid function call RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\AIShip.c; line: 634 process event stack error RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\sea.c; line: 1368 Invalid function call RUNTIME ERROR - file: sea_ai\sea.c; line: 1368 function 'Sea_LoadIsland' stack error -
There was an issue with no loader screens displaying pictures, as the code had deprecated use of the FADER_PICTURE message, and replaced it with FADER_DATA. But that also uses an object property setting for the image name/path. I liked the idea as it obviates the need for long “lssffllss” type parameters with the corresponding parm list; you would just send “la” and an object with properties, like so:
object aMessage;
aMessage.Value1 = “val1”;
aMessage.Value2 = 2.0;
aMessage.Value3 = 1;
aMessage.Value$ = “val4”;SendMessage(&reload_fader, “la”,FADER_DATA, aMessage);
No more long strings for 2nd parm, and a bunch of other trailing parms…nice idea. But removing the old method breaks existing FADER_PICTURE messages, so I kept the new method, but also put back the old FADER_PICTURE handling.
Now, back to the fighter icon display…got that resolved too.
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Nice one Jeffrey!
Since you’re dealing with the dlls, I was wondering: is there any chance to get the interface widescreen? I mean the interface you get access to when you click F2, and the options screen, not what you see when you play.
I don’t know if this is understandable, but take a look at this screenshot from SDTEHO, where they solved this “problem” (or better, a heritage from the past): you can clearly see the interface is no longer stretched over the screen, there is like a square that contains all the elements, keeping the ratio to 1:1. On the sides, when it’s not possible to extend this square anymore without stretching, there is simply nothing, just the background.
I once tried to see if I could do anything, but I think (I’m not a programmer, so I’m just guessing) this resides in the dlls, probably XINTERFACE.dll, as I found this line in BaseInterface.c:
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I don’t think programming is needed. It looks like that is all done in the character INI file. For demonstration, I changed a few values in RESOURCE\INI\interfaces\character_all.ini to shift some things over:
You can move, resize, change font size, etc. It’s involved, but everything on the screen can be modified in that file. Don’t change names, just the position values: position = 588,78,792,326
Formatted as such: horizontalXstart, verticalYstart, horizontalXend, verticalYstart
To get current screen element sizes, for your own reference while doing so, you would subtract Xend – Xstart and Yend – Ystart.
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Jeffrey you are the MAN!!!!
YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This really makes my whole week! Thank you!
This is an AMAZING additional capability that players are really going to enjoy. It completely changes the usual mechanics. I can’t wait to go into some of the quest battles where you usually end up alone or maybe with one really good fighter left.
I can see so many new techniques using this. I may keep a core of favored strong fighters but recruit some fodder as well that I don’t care about losing. Caves may just be way too easy now.
Question? When you use your G and H keys for follow and hold, do all of the fighters still follow or hold?
So now after reading your explanations of how you did things it occurred to me that you might be able to assist me in another area that I am having problems with.
As it is now I have to use one set of models (that are all modeled together) for the world map. The only way to modify the world map view is to integrate new island models into the existing islands model. This is what I have been working on.
However it just occurred to me – what if I could somehow tell the game to recognize another set of models next to the existing set of models. OR (like in the case of Pirates of the Caribbean), tell the game to recognize each individual model added in addition to the big island model.
So what I am suggesting is somehow expanding the boundary of the current map playbox and getting the game to see another additional playbox – say to the east with the AOP1/SOFS/POTC archipelago. If this could be done, instead of me having to integrate all of the new colonies into the existing map, we could extend the Leeward antilles so that they are more geographically correct and historically correct.
I already know how to add the colonies with all of the new names, locations and characters. My problem has been when I sail to/from a new island I always end up at another island when I go to world view because the models aren’t integrated, so the only way to get back to the locations again is to go to the first person sea view and then the sail to button to the new location on the interface.
I will eventually be able to integrate these models into the existing island model, but it would just be so much easier if I could get the game to recognize additional map sheets/area with new islands.
I haven’t any clue where to look for that kind of function though as I just barely came up with the idea and need to think about it some more.
MK
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I am close on this…
It is all within XInterface. Most of it is in a set of code inode.cpp. I made adjustments for any aspect ratio with higher width to length measurements than 800×600. I am using 1360×768, which is just slightly higher, so the shifting is a little slight, but gives me the chance to review the results to make sure they line up. Right now, some of them don’t, but it turns out not everything is run through inode.
Turns out some elements don’t…TABLE is an example, and they were still messed up, so that required running table column widths in xi_table.cpp through my recalculation formula. When I inserted that, most of them turned out OK too, but some don’t, so I need to trace that. Probably a TABLE subset is going through another code routine that needs similar treatment. Pictures and picture borders, slider bars are also not right at the moment, but I will track that down.
But here’s what it looks like now. Granted my shifting is slight, but after I get them lined up, I think it will work for other resolutions as the math will be the same.
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Rock and roll!
Took awhile for the last piece as I found that the red background for the formatted text above things like the character picture was a bit obscure where it was handled…but I found it.
Tomorrow, I will load to one of my kids’ computers as I notice they have widescreen and see how that looks.
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Looks like the world map is fairly easily extended. I traced the code in debug mode and found out how. Here is a pic from stock AoP/GOF (the worldmap code is broken in the dev…run-time crash after a short while).
I opened the WorldMap\islands\islands.gm in TOOL, found two labels: Min and Max. Change the X Positions from -1024,1024 to -2048,2048. Apply changes, save. Rename your old file, put the saved version in its place. Voila.
The code looks for those two labels in the locators group name and uses them to constrain the map boundary.
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Congratulations on getting this to work Jeffrey! This is quite an achievement. It is really too bad you weren’t around a couple of years ago before everything went sour. If this had existed then we probably could have got enough of a team together to actually begin porting New Horizons over to GOF. One of Boelen’s excuses for not moving that direction was that KK had run into a snag in getting the source code compiled. And now here you have done it!
I saw your announcement on PA! I truly hope some people comment or acknowledge what you’ve done over there. Because of the admin lack of COAS knowledge or support over there, they have generally been pretty cold towards anything done with COAS the last couple years which is a main reason no one is doing anything with it anymore but independent efforts like we are with ERAs, the Spaniards with the Kap Kronstad 1.2.4 effort which is dead now. The French ACKMOD, and the German MOTCS. All of us used to be on the same team. It would be wonderful if everyone could collaborate again, but I think the game is getting too old now and too many people have lost interest.
It would be wonderful if your hard work here could lead to something greater. If some synergy could be created again and there was a chance of a team being created to port Build 14 atop your newly compiled COAS source, I would completely swallow my pride, apologize for anything people think I have done wrong and move forward as part of a team effort once again – provided bans were removed.
Here’s hoping someone even acknowledges what you’ve done or makes a positive comment about it. If I were to bet on it though I would have to bet against that happening.
MK
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I think I found an unpleasant bug, which is not game-breaking, rather immersion-breaking.
It seems that inside ships (cabins and decks) the lighting files are not read/loaded from approximately 12:00 to 19:00. This means that light during those hours is very unnatural, far too bright without any relation with the corresponding time of the day.
I tried to understand if this is true for other locations like taverns and shops, but that wasn’t very clear. I need to check better.
I don’t have a GoF (without ERAS) version installed to see if it’s a problem of ERAS only or it was inherited from GoF.
One thing I discovered is that GoF broke part of the loclighter tool, which is used to generate the different light conditions for locations, so I think this bug may be related to that…Can somebody confirm this trying to enter a ship cabin from 12 to 19 and see how the light is? Does it look natural or is it very very bright and not convincing? (Try to look first at 18 – no proper lighting – then at 19 – proper lighting- to see the difference)
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Ok, problem solved… I was using the RESOURCE\INI folder from my original installation of ERAS, not the one provided with ERAS2Test.
Apparently the files in the two folders are somehow different, causing the crash when starting a new game…
Thinking about it, it was something I should’ve tested much earlier. Sorry Jeffrey if I caused you any trouble installing VS in other computers etc.
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I have found a bug in Eras 2 MOD in a random quest from Tavern (a random pirate approaches you and gives you a proposition to visit his ship). I visited his ship, he told me about his offer (about a caravan who has moored near Saint John’s, at Cape Boon). I sail there with the pirate captain, but when I land on Cape Boon, the battle doesn’t start. I have done this quest many, many times on the original GOF 1.2 and it rarely happened that the soldiers are missing on the island. I think there is a bug in Eras 2 MOD, because I have met more than 7 pirates in the tavern so far, and every time I missed the bounty because the soldiers were missing…
In GOF 1.2 the bug used to happen when in the quest log it was written: “has moored some-close to X location (for instance Havana). When the correct location of the island was given, for instance: “A caravan carrying gold has moored at the Trinidad and Tobago Lighthouse…” then I always encountered soldiers after landing to certain location. So far, I’ve met about 7 pirates and I had to fail all of them because there was no one on the island when I landed…
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I noticed this little bug in the Pirate quest in tavern (the one that asks you to visit him onboard). Every dialog with the pirate has this bug, where you, instead of asking him: “And your name is?” or “And you might be?” or “And your name, sir?” or something like that, we have a wrong question saying: “My name is.” After that, the pirate captain presents himself. Jeffrey, can you have a look into this?
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Possible bug… After boarding a ship, this is where I’m taken when I kill all enemies’ crew at the deck. Instead of taking me to the Captain’s quarters, I get this sea animation and the game is stuck there. I can only open Main menu. I can provide Save game if needed.
This is the ship that I boarded.
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Ok, I enabled it. Here are the .log files:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rt2d1jdve1cddz9/AAAvfZSFrjmpIbpKpSqT594Ta?dl=0
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Mmmm try to put the number in #define MAX_LOCATIONS back to 702.
I tried to replicate your problem, and when I changed that number to 703 the CTDs started.And putting back 702, the boarding didn’t crash anymore. Actually 702 is right, it was my mistake to make you change it.
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Jeffrey:
OK, with these 4 arrays, I can’t find a way to resize them and play a previous save game: Locations, Characters, Islands, Colonies. A new game must be started to avoid problems. Items, Ships, etc. are OK if a reinit is called and it’s because of where they are defined/stored…in .c code not of global scope.The Locations, Characters, etc. are defined in globals.c and they can’t be resized.
However, given we have the source code of the game, there is something that might work. I can create a resize function that is accessible from a call in the Program .c code (like console.c). It would serve to resize an array, but after the call, the array would be empty of data and a reinit would have to be called. For instance, in console.c, it would look something like this:
int NewSize = MAX_LOCATIONS;
ResizeArray(Locations, NewSize);
InitLocations();So this means the game will always crash when MAX_LOCATIONS, MAX_ISLANDS, MAX_COLONIES and MAX_CHARACTERS in globals.c are changed and an old save is used?
In this case I think it’s worth to try that other solution you proposed: it will make the mod more future-proof. We don’t know if new locations will be added, but if they will, at least a new game won’t be required, which is something I’m sure many players will appreciate.
To Samir: glad everything is working now!
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Another bug. I killed a bunch of bandits in the jungles near Panama. After that, I got +1 for personal abilities. I used that point on advanced defense, and after I closed the Character menu, camera changed to first person. I was unable to move. I was only able to rotate the camera 360 degrees. I cannot switch the camera to 3rd person. I can open the F2 menu and the Main menu, but cannot move at all. I needed that point on advanced defense because I’m currently doing the Austin quest, and I need as much defense as possible for the last killer. I haven’t tried using the point on other abilities, will try it now. I don’t know if the bug is related to me applying the Jeffrey’s patch, without starting a new game…
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Jeffrey, I have noticed, after applying your patch, when I press numbers 1,2,3, or 4 in naval combat, the icon of the ammunition doesn’t change, only I hear the sound telling “load the cannonballs” for instance, and the cannons start recharging, but the icon stays the same. For example, if I had cannonballs installed, and I press number 3 for chain shots, the icon doesn’t change… But when I press enter and change it via icons, then it works…
I have tested it twice to see if that’s the problem with MK’s 1.5.7 patch, but there it works correctly…
P.S. This is completely irrelevant bug, it doesn’t affect my gameplay, but just wanted to let you know about it.
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Any idea how to fix this camera? With this ship, it looks awkward, even when I zoom in, it’s not right… The screenshot is with the max zoom out. I use the vanilla cameras mod. My screen resolution is 1600×900. I tried various values in AiCameras.c, but I just can’t find the right one…
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That’s one of the reasons I made my camera modifications. It doesn’t look like that when I play with it because I can zoom out further and have a larger view playbox. With vanilla camera settings the only way to fix that is to modify the ship model itself which has what is called the high camera bug. I think it can be fixed with tool rather than in Maya. You simply have to change the center point of the camera center view coordinate. Based on where that coordinate is and what model part its attached to sometimes ships have to be modified in Maya. Usually their tafferel flagpole and mast models have to be broken up into smaller bits and then reimported.
If we only had more modelers around here. SIGH
MK
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Orazio, friend. Could you have a look at this ship also? Its called VOC Escort Frigate. It also has bad camera angle… Sorry for bothering you :/ I captured that ship and took it for myself because it has 36 guns. I gave Felipe1 to my officer.
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Has anyone had this problem? It happens when you turn the camera at certain angle. Never happened to me before. It’s daytime btw.
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Okay – first I tried again with the sound_alias.ini but to no avail. I’ve screws around with it before months ago trying to figure this out, changing all the variables – priorities, distance, etc and nothing changes the bug. ALL SOUND CUTS (- bar the ambient sea ogg/wav file) incl. cannons, sails up and the ship_water_lugger/frigate/corvette, etc. I’ve given up here because it’s not this .ini thats causing this. The problem is tied directly with the first-person crosshair/reticule. As soon as that is not visable – i.e. not in the cannons arc….silence. While testing to see if any changes were happening, I used the John Berry character who starts with a sail boat. It has zero cannons…and therefore there is no sound at all: no waves lapping, no sails unfurling… -? I do not understand how COAS vanilla and the GOF mods do not have this problem, but ERAS does…-??
Part two: I tried your source compile. I copied my ERAS 2 game over from an external HD (so, got a backup of my original- no worries). Then installed the dx9 version in separate folder and followed the start.ini instructions to the letter, triple checked its pointing to correct places, and alls fine. Then I extracted the ERAS.Patch over my original ERAS install (which was fully working apart from the sailing sound problem). I did the dx9 components update included with the patch. All fine so far…brace yourself!
I started a game using your Jacquotte char and….the water is completely transparent (!) as in in NO textures. Jumped to the world map and noticed the clouds have gone purple (!) – it’s very cool but not sure that was the intended effect? Reloaded, Same again – textureless water and purple clouds on the world map. Picked a fight in a harbour to test cannons/sounds in first-person: Cannons work great – no cut-out whether crosshair is visable or not. Noticed there was still no “boat ploughing through the waves” sound (ship_water_lugger, etc)… – ?
And I tried the debug F11 then F1 reinit as suggested in the Patch notes to get save games working. I didnt get the usual “…was successful” text when usually executing F11 commands…then CTD. Tried other saves from my original ERAS install, same result and now have a cluster of bad saves. LOL!
Any enlightenment?
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Okay – found your “old save” post and tried it: first it didnt work – realised I had missed a “}” at the end. So rectified that: still not working. Get the f4 “success” message, but it CTDs seconds after attempting saving, whether fresh save on blank spot or quicksave…
BTW – in system.log, this error:
“C:\Games\ERAs2 1.5.7\Age of Pirates 2\RESOURCE\models\mainmenu\AOPBoard.gm: can’t open geometry file
Warning! Interface Back Scene: invalid menu model mainmenu\AOPBoard or transform matrix”Remedied that by copying “AOPBoard.gm” from a GOF install. Maybe bundle it in with the patch? Just trying to do something for you since your helping me so much!
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Whoah, post too quick as I just had a thought.
Are you copying the same named folder into SAVE for those old games? I remember that it is essential that an old save is still inside a folder of the same name it was in…that is the profile name. If it’s different, that causes problems. So if you have SAVE\OldProfile\game1 – save, you have to copy or create the OldProfile subdirectory into the new place and put game1 – save inside that.
Also, that console.c change for the new try is not F11/click F1….this is different, copy that code above to Programs/console.c, launch, load the game, hit F4 and save.
I think i might know what it is – I’m just lump copying my Profiles over with the saves inside: including the OPTIONS-! Would that be whats screwing it up?
EDIT: removing ‘options’ from the profile didnt work either 🙁
Plus: I’m only using the F4 command now and the original Profile names with the saves inside have been copied over since you suggested it.
If tonight I go through and compare what I had changed in the original ERAS install and compare it with the patch and try and work out if something got overwritten…maybe this is whats causing the incompatibility?
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old savesOkay, here’s 3 saves (zipped) with their original profile folders for you to examine.
Just to clarify. Your patch was the last thing I overwrote the org ERAS install with. I have modded ONE thing since: pictures.ini – to include 2 officers I had introduced previously – that uses models and textures from ERAS already, and that change consisted of adding FACE_169 and FACE_186 to the ini. Haven’t touched anything else.
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