New Official Patch 1.08I

[calvinus]

Hello everybody,

a new official patch 1.08I for WW1 Gold is online!

Here you can download the patch for the full version:
http://ageoddl.telechargement.fr/3rdParty/WW1 GOLD/Patches/WW1_Patch_v1.0.8i.exe

And here for the demo version:
http://ageoddl.telechargement.fr/3rdParty/WW1 GOLD/Patches/WW1_DemoPatch_v1.0.8i.exe

Finally here the free pre-Gold 1.07I version:
http://ageoddl.telechargement.fr/3rdParty/WW1 GOLD/Patches/WW1_Patch_v1.0.7i.exe

And now the news...


[Version 1.0.7g]
[Version 1.0.7h]
[Version 1.0.7i]
[Version 1.0.8g]
[Version 1.0.8h]
[Version 1.0.8i]
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New features:
- New 1914 "Guns of August" scenario
- Army roster now indicates if there are wounded corps (not for the free pre-Gold 1.07)
- Game can now be launched in sinlge-core-CPU mode

Improvements:
- Landings on enemy beach-heads is allowed now only through friendly controlled sea zones (so including also coastal areas)
- Naval control missions now have effect also on coastal areas bordering the open sea zone targeted by the naval mission
- Naval control of sea zones is now kept till the end of next Interphase
- At the end of Interphase, control of open sea zones is resetted
- At the end of Interphase, control of coastal sea areas to set back to original nationality
- Introduced some corrections in Events draw procedure following the War-Plans adoption
- Military AI improved to send more troops in Grand Offensives' battles
- Military AI improved for the play of battle stratagems
- Military AI of nations outside Europe has been improved to better allow naval trasports of expeditionary forces
- Military AI improved to allow a faster conquest of enemy countries through a progressive advance into enemy ungarrisoned territory
- Military AI improved to allow a smarter check for the appropriate administrative movement type required in case of long distances
- Game can now use universal WinMM audio drivers (good for those problematic audio cards)
- Reduced game lags occurring when message popups are opened during AI think or FOW update time
- Introduced a new modding parameter in AI for land battles to handle in a more flexible way the retreat choices
- Chances for success on tests for adoption of Combat Doctrines have been a bit improved
- A and M shortcut keys now work also for armies without HQ
- Army Roster now displays also armies without HQ
- In army-by-army activation mode, units can now be trasfered only from/to noy yet activated armies
- "Expeditionary Force" political actions now introduce a rule that allow mixed composition of international forces within the concerned armies (German XI Sud Army, Russian XII Zentr, Frrench VII Orient Army, Austrian V Alpine Army)
- Introduced some performace improvements in key moments of gameplay to avoid lags and freezes
(*) Introduced several corrections in diplomacy for supply grants
- Numerical superiority in battle is no more calculated taking into account the units in the Rear
- Reinforcement units during battles in Trench warfare are now added to Reserves box, no more in Rear
- Improved game performance during setup of Reinforcements phase
- Introduced some performance improvements in game map database
- Corrected picture of Russian general Plehve
- Liberation of national areas can now take place only for countries at war
- Military AI improved to concentrate forces during attacks
- Naval AI improved to give more priority to escape procedures for damaged fleets
- Naval battles: fire range required to engage immediately a duel also against smaller fleets has now more chances to be settled (100% of cases in coastal sea zones)
- Army Roster information are now updated every time a wounded corps is refilled to full strength
- Military AI now pays the appropriate importance to scenario goals accoring to the VP bonus/penalty value of target areas

(*) Scenario corrections:
- 1914 scenario: corrected events draw penalty value for Russian warplan option "Volunteers and Munitions"
- All scenarios: introduced rule for expeditionary armies that allow mixed composition of international forces (German XI Sud Army, Russian XII Zentr, Frrench VII Orient Army, Austrian V Alpine Army)
- All scenarios: the rule for NW losses caused by naval raids have been reworked and now most major powers can be affected
- All scenarios: Tampere in Finland Box is no more a port on Gold Edition map
- All scenarios: Persia is no more bordering with British Indies box

Fixed bugs:
- Fixed bug in naval path calculation
- Fixed bug in Naval Control missions
- Fixed an erratic game freeze occurring when evacuating fleets from port
- Fixed a bug that made impossible for human players to play battle stratagems in many situations
- Fixed a display bug in army list window for reinforcements placement
- Fixed a display bug in recruitments window in the tooltip of contruction timeline of corps
- Fixed a bug that made naval minefields attack nearly impossible to happen
- Weird movement paths still displayed outside the boundaries of the map screen are no more displayed

(*) : not working for older savegames

Have fun!
Calvinus

[Franciscus]

Thank you Calvinus

Your hard work is much appreciated.

(Too bad Italy is out from the World Cup...)

[oldspec4]

Thank you sir...I've run a number of turns after updating from 1.08H to 1.08I. It seems to be runnin' very fine .

[06 Maestro]

The new scenario is great. However, not to nit pick, but where are the those little Austro/Hungarian mortars at-the ones that are supposed to be with the second Army?

[count taaffe]

Thank you Calvinus

Your hard work is much appreciated.

(Too bad Italy is out from the World Cup...)

I wholeheartedly second that.

Thanks again calvinus!!!!

[calvinus]

The new scenario is great. However, not to nit pick, but where are the those little Austro/Hungarian mortars at-the ones that are supposed to be with the second Army?

Austria is not present in this scenario, so the side effect is that the AH siege artillery is now absent. Sorry.

[06 Maestro]

Wow! That is a pretty strict game engine. Liege can still be taken in one turn-so I guess its ok. Player may find that they have to use "assault" to capture the fortress.

[Johnnie]

While applying the patch, the application stopped. As soon as I entered Task Manager to see what was going on, it started again. The game is patched and appears to run fine. Anyone ?

[06 Maestro]

While applying the patch, the application stopped. As soon as I entered Task Manager to see what was going on, it started again. The game is patched and appears to run fine. Anyone ?

It was tea time-all's well that ends well.

[Mowers]

Shame about the seige guns, perhaps Leige can be toned down to re-capture the previous balance.

Anyway, if anyone is interesting in trying this scenario in MP just message me, most times of the day will work for me.

[AndrewKurtz]

Austria is not present in this scenario, so the side effect is that the AH siege artillery is now absent. Sorry.

I haven't looked. Any chance it's been replaced with a german unit?

[06 Maestro]

I haven't looked. Any chance it's been replaced with a german unit?

It has not. The 2nd Army should have German coastal artillery with it ( which it does have) and the Austro/Hungarian siege artillery

Perhaps another German coastal artillery unit should be added. If Liege cannot be taken on the first turn, then the German plan will go to hell fast-most of the time.

[Willard]

Quick question - I purchased the WWI gold from Gamersgate. Does this patch work with that version or do I need to dl the patch elsewhere?

Thanks,

Willard

[calvinus]

The patch is compatible with all previous gold versions of WW1 (1.08 or later), whatever editor sells the game.

[count taaffe]

Hi Calvinus!

I installed the official patch 1.08i and started a new game as AH in a 4 players game. Everything still ran smooth , apart from one thing I noticed ( I'm playing in the army to army mode): whenever I activated an army, the small envelope icon in the army roster (on the right side of the screen) didn't come up anymore.

It does, but with a huge delay now, which isn't very helpful in the A-to-A mode .

Could you please have a look onto this?

Thank you and cheers,

Peter

[calvinus]

Hi Calvinus!

I installed the official patch 1.08i and started a new game as AH in a 4 players game. Everything still ran smooth , apart from one thing I noticed ( I'm playing in the army to army mode): whenever I activated an army, the small envelope icon in the army roster (on the right side of the screen) didn't come up anymore.

It does, but with a huge delay now, which isn't very helpful in the A-to-A mode .

Could you please have a look onto this?

Thank you and cheers,

Peter

Ok, I'm going to make the army roster display is updated every time you activate an army.

Thanks,
Calvinus.

[count taaffe]

Ok, I'm going to make the army roster display is updated every time you activate an army.

Thanks,
Calvinus.

Thank you Calvinus. I found this function very, very helpful when playing in the A-to-A mode

Cheers,

Peter

[Moff Jerjerrod]

count taaffe,

Did the small unopened envelope still appear on the stacks associated with the current activated army? (meaning the units on map)

I have not DL'd 1.08I but perhaps I should to help with the bug reporting?

[calvinus]

count taaffe,

Did the small unopened envelope still appear on the stacks associated with the current activated army? (meaning the units on map)

I have not DL'd 1.08I but perhaps I should to help with the bug reporting?

He refers only to Army Roster, not to the units on the map.

[count taaffe]

He refers only to Army Roster, not to the units on the map.

Yes I was referring to the Army Roster - which I find very, very helpful in the A-to-A mode.

I never used it in the WEGO-mode.

[calvinus]

It seems the files of the official patch 1.08I are lost!

For the time being you can use the latest beta patch 1.08K, here:
http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?t=18147

[Reckall]

It seems the files of the official patch 1.08I are lost!

For the time being you can use the latest beta patch 1.08K, here:
http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?t=18147

They are on Filefront:

http://www.filefront.com/thankyou.php?f=16861049&k=4ca8b315947adc30b6961bf3d872d68b0c029d72b7951d8354ae88b0dd2fdb84

The link is reachable from The Patches Scrolls (http://www.patches-scrolls.de)

[Baron Duroc]

Hello,

I have just downloaded the Demo version, and I have been experimenting the serious mouse jumpiness issues with Win7 other people have reported. I would like to see if the 1.08I patch solves that issue, but I can't find it.

Thanks!

[calvinus]

You can try the 1.08K, I have added the links a few posts before.

[Peeking Duck?]

Oops! This link appears to be broken.
Suggestions:
Go to telechargement. fr
Search on Google:

Thought it might just be Chrome playing up, but IE returning same result.

[J P Falcon]

I installed the beta patch and now the game does not recognize my serial number key...I retyped it in the configuration screen to no avail...any idea what happened?

[calvinus]

Check inside the WW1.ini & Serial.ini files.
Also, remember that the Gold Edition uses a different serial rather than one of WW1 base...