ODS SP2 internal beta

[Ender Wiggin]

i was looking for that thread, i kept thinking it was ODS, not europe. If you havent seem them already, i got some pics for ya at the altitude thread. Thanks

[Ender Wiggin]

Searched for all of them, didnt work. Man this sux!

[Snake Man]

You manually deleted all the Falcon 4 + ODS files in the dir?

And you ctrl-f searched the registry for all "sp2 desert storm" entries (and found few of those), removing them?

Reboot and ODS does not want to install?

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Snake Man

[Ender Wiggin]

Got them all, ODS is reinstalled. Thanks Snake Man. BTW, hows ODS coming along? sounds folder can be switched now, so comms can be done. Did MP ever work properly?

[Snake Man]

Multiplayer does not like our campaign, it gets hung on "Receiving units" part.

Other than that campaign has been build on, nothing fancy though. Today I created the missing Armenia, Cyprus, Qatart and UAE features.

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Snake Man

[codec]

Multiplayer hangs because there are duplicate IDs in the desert strom campaign.
Once these are removed, it works fine!

Upgrading tacedit to check for these as we speak.

Julian.

[Snake Man]

Thats interesting. Send it over then its ready to ship.

Oh and great work on the PAK exe fix.

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Snake Man

[Snake Man]

ODS SP2 beta upgrade!

This upgrade is aimed for SP3 0405 build. It fixes the PAK map image and multiplayer receiving units hung.

Reciving units should work also on SP2 final, I'm not sure.

It also has the latest campaign file where teams (countries) are changed and some objectives have edited.

Known bugs in this upgrade is the Priority window in campaign which is full screen right now. This will be fixed soon.

Upgrade size is 440kb.

The zip is located in the same dir as the installer, beta testers read the old email you got or if its gone email me again requesting the link to nospam

Give some feedback of how it works, multiplayer especially and does the edited campaign give you any trouble.

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Snake Man

[Ender Wiggin]

Got it, gonna try it later.

[prelude]

Does anyone have any idea when the "SP3" will be out for download to everyone?

[Ender Wiggin]

no idea prelude, Snake Man, was the kneemaps ever fixed? i wasnt sure if anyone is making one or had made one.

[Snake Man]

Prelude: No idea, really... even when I'm reading the forums multiple times a day, there is no dates or deadlines yet.

Ender Wiggin: Kneemap is not done yet.

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Snake Man

[Snake Man]

Tested the upgraded campaign in SP3 0405 build and it works in MultiPlayer now!

Problem was in the campaign file itself, nothing to do with 128 size theater.

This concerns all campaigns out there, the
ID's 4008, 4010-4016, 4020, 4022-4028 and 5997-6004 cannot be used for objectives as they are reserved for teams and something else in the air/ground/naval tasks.

Could someone else confirm this please?

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Snake Man

[Washout]

Hi

This rings bells with me from the V1.0 Balkans development - I think there may actually be more than those ranges needed as the missions generated by the ATO also need ID numbers as well.

As usual Manfred is the man with the info on what F4 uses in this respect (I might have some old posts on the F4Terrain group if he doesn't jump in here).

Later


Chris

PS. Should put this in our respective tutorials.

[codec]

Latest tacedit will now report duplicate ID's - so hopefully it won't be a problem now - provided I've got them all!

Julian.

[Atze]

I encountered some problems with the theater switcher. When I tried to recover the Korean Theater, ODS was still enabled and there where some errors appeared (e.g. Map of Iraq was overlaid with borders of Korea; by the Initialisation of the theatre Falcon crashed). I'm using SP2 final. Could this be the cause?

I have some further general questions, too:
- will the campaign be the same like in the earlier versions or will there be changes (better allied offensive capabilities)?
- Will the "Red Base" you can choose at the Beginning be functional (Now F4 everytimes crashes when I choose it)?
- Is it planned to insert new cockpits and skins for all flyable aircraft-types into the Theater Installer?

I have to test some problems in-flight more intensively before I can write about it.
Until then...

Atze

[Snowfalcon]

Just got through testing the last beta of ODS with the newest build(SP3 20422). Flew 2 TE's without problems. Was able to switch theatres in Game with no anomillies. Looks good for the future!

Posted this on F4SP btest site as well

[Joe Zrodlowski]

I've been testing the ODS beta for the past few days. So far, I've encountered only one problem. When I switched to Orbit View in Campaign, the sim froze and I had to reboot. Other than that, it's A-OK! Even set up a sightseeing flight literally around the whole theater with some SAM's and AAA thrown in to keep things lively. Again, NOT ONE PROBLEM! I'm going to build some TE's to test the functionality of the Mission Builder and TacEdit. I'll keep you posted on it.

[Snowfalcon]

Tested ODS and Europe with latest build SP3 20507 both switched in and out OK and flew fine. No conflicts with in game switcher so far.

[Joe Zrodlowski]

Sorry for not posting lately on ODS beta. I have to report that I've been CTD'ing on DL view. Also screen freeze up in Orbit View whenever I try to rotate the POV.

[Snake Man]

quote:Originally posted by Headhunter:
Sorry for not posting lately on ODS beta.

No worries.

quote:I've been CTD'ing on DL view.

DL as in Down Left?

If thats the case, its fixed in SP3.

quote:Also screen freeze up in Orbit View whenever I try to rotate the POV.

Does this happen in Korea?

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Snake Man

[Joe Zrodlowski]

Negative. Freeze up occurs in ODS. I uninstalled and then reinstalled the beta with the same result.
I meant to indicate "Kneemap View".I should have been more specific.

[Snake Man]

Operation Desert Storm SP2 internal beta testing has now been closed.

I'd like to thank all testers, we much appreciate your efforts. Hope it was fun for you guys.

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Snake Man