Beta patch 1.08H

[calvinus]

Hello everybody,

here you can find an updated beta patch 1.08H.

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

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


This is a candidate for official patch, so please report here if you find some glitches or major issues.


Herewith I listed all news...

[Version 1.0.8g]
[Version 1.0.8h]
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New features:
- Army roster now indicates if there are wounded corps
- 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

(*) 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)

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

Core news of 1.08H are highlighted in bold.

Best regards,
Calvinus.

[Mowers]

Woot

I'll test this over the weekend

[count taaffe]

Woot

I'll test this over the weekend

Yes and me too!!! Thank you so much for all your support Calvinus!!!

[calvinus]

Tell me also if the game performance is improved. On my PCs the game now runs 20-25% faster and smoother.

[Mowers]

Calvinus can you check a few things for me with this save.

Are you able to move the Russian fleets out of harbour? I am not.

Can you go down the Russian line from Riga down to the caucauses and select each and every unit. Some take 5 seconds to load up, others are instantaneous. It was not doing this before, its how it was back in patch c for me.

I was not able to place any diplomats prior to this save. All my diplomats had been removed from the various countries they were assigned to and it looked like no diplomats were assigned to any country bar about 4 for all countries diplomats.

Check the Austrian and Turkish units that appear out of supply and also those behind my lines that are not out of supply on the Russian front, it doesnt look right to me but that could be an turn issue, please let me know if it works after a turn or not.

Thanks
Mowers

[06 Maestro]

Well, I could not wait for the weekend-I saw this after another couple hours of play and decided to give it a whirl.

I only played through a save from just before a reinforcement phase and a little into the military phase. The reinforcement phase was the toughest one for my PC-it would take over a minute to complete the starting of that phase. With this new patch, that time has been reduced by about 80%-maybe more. It also seems that the cursor moves even more freely over the map-like it couldn't get better -
first impression-absolutely fabulous. Of course, there will be more in depth playing soon.

Question; for the multi core fix, is there an option or is it automatic? I did not see any option- Also, was that applicable to quad core only or duel cores also?

I hope this is not too soon ...but, is there a way to have screen shots go into a specified folder in the game folder instead of just a pack of pictures mixed with the actual game files? I normally use a screen capture utility during play and I can save where I want. However, with the looming MP game I may not be able to do that. The F11 key will be very handy. However, to make a habit of dragging dozens of pictures out of the game folder seems a little risky-especially as I may be half awake (like right now) while doing that little chore.

While I'm on the subject of in game screen shots; why BMP? Is it possible to have those shots from the in game utility to take it in JPG? It is not that big a deal for me to convert the pictures, but if that is something that could be change easily I would be interested in doing that.

Anyway-the patch is a big improvement as is. Thanks for you dedication to making this a super game.

[calvinus]

Question; for the multi core fix, is there an option or is it automatic? I did not see any option- Also, was that applicable to quad core only or duel cores also?

There's a new link in WW1 menu folder:

World War One (single-CPU mode)

[calvinus]

While I'm on the subject of in game screen shots; why BMP? Is it possible to have those shots from the in game utility to take it in JPG? It is not that big a deal for me to convert the pictures, but if that is something that could be change easily I would be interested in doing that.

BMP is a must because so you have the best image quality!
Then if you want a JPG you can simply convert the file...

[calvinus]

Calvinus can you check a few things for me with this save.

Are you able to move the Russian fleets out of harbour? I am not.

Can you go down the Russian line from Riga down to the caucauses and select each and every unit. Some take 5 seconds to load up, others are instantaneous. It was not doing this before, its how it was back in patch c for me.

I was not able to place any diplomats prior to this save. All my diplomats had been removed from the various countries they were assigned to and it looked like no diplomats were assigned to any country bar about 4 for all countries diplomats.

Check the Austrian and Turkish units that appear out of supply and also those behind my lines that are not out of supply on the Russian front, it doesnt look right to me but that could be an turn issue, please let me know if it works after a turn or not.

Thanks
Mowers

I see that a large part of map (Russia, Turkey...) does belong to nobody!
I want now to understand if your .MAP file is corrupted or if the cause is a terrible side-effect the performace improvements in Map DB engine...

[calvinus]

Mowers, your .MAP file is totally corrupted.

Since area Id 1467 till the last one, all area Unique Identication Ids (Tag) are empty!!!

See below (bold):

BeginAreaMap
Id=1467
Disabled=No
Type=0
Tag=
Name=Emidag
Terrain=TT_Same
Town={|0|0|0|0|0}
IdMapAreaGroup=0
Harbour=HT_NoHarbour
...
EndAreaMap

How that happened???

This is the cause of your problems.

I tried to load a game with 1.08H and save it immediately. No corrupted. Everything works ok.

I will do some further tries later.

Please all others report similar problems with max urgency!

[Mowers]

Thanks Calvinus, that would explain alot! I never touch the files myself.
So what do i need to do, sorry I didnt follow you entirely there.
Should I load and then save and then reload to make it work?
Mowers

[Drakken]

Reloading from my save game, I encounter the following bug.

In the Reinforcement phase, I am unable to place further Reinforcements in the Russian III Army, which is my Eastern Front main army due to Czar Plan, because it contains the usual maximum of 7 Corps.

In fact, I should be able to place up to 12 Corps in that Army.

I send you the save game.

[calvinus]

Thanks Calvinus, that would explain alot! I never touch the files myself.
So what do i need to do, sorry I didnt follow you entirely there.
Should I load and then save and then reload to make it work?
Mowers

The savegame is corrupted, it's useless now!

Do you have a savegame before???

What did you do exactly after installing the 1.08H? Was the save corrupted by 1.08H? And how?

[calvinus]

Reloading from my save game, I encounter the following bug.

In the Reinforcement phase, I am unable to place further Reinforcements in the Russian III Army, which is my Eastern Front main army due to Czar Plan, because it contains the usual maximum of 7 Corps.

In fact, I should be able to place up to 12 Corps in that Army.

I send you the save game.

No bug! You simply forgot the stacking limits.
In Lemberg you have HQ V and HQ III....

You can assign the reinforcements to the detachment of III army in neighboring Busk, north of Lemberg.

[Mowers]

The savegame is corrupted, it's useless now!

Do you have a savegame before???

What did you do exactly after installing the 1.08H? Was the save corrupted by 1.08H? And how?

I do have a save game from the previous turn, I am using that happily enough for the moment.

I have no idea what happened to the save, perhaps something had gone wrong before and patch H tried, and failed, to correct it?

Anyway, lets not worry for now. I will play with my old save and see what occurs.

[calvinus]

I do have a save game from the previous turn, I am using that happily enough for the moment.

I have no idea what happened to the save, perhaps something had gone wrong before and patch H tried, and failed, to correct it?

Anyway, lets not worry for now. I will play with my old save and see what occurs.

The key question is: the save you have posted here has been generated by 1.08H???

[Mowers]

The key question is: the save you have posted here has been generated by 1.08H???

No, it was generated by the previous patch

[calvinus]

No, it was generated by the previous patch

Good to know! I was very worried!
Now I'm curious to know what sequence of operations made you get such a corrupted savegame!

I'm already doing tons of tests, with no corruption.

[06 Maestro]

I was able to resume a saved game without problem.

The reduction in time for the reinforcement update is great-the only thing that would be faster is instantaneousness.

The CPU usage remains the same, but the RAM usage is drastically reduced-from the previous amount of approx 1.3GB down to .8GB-that makes a difference. (game usage-total was previously 2.3GB and now 1.8GB).

One little oddity, I now have two games listed; one WW1 Gold with the one item of single CPU mode, and the real WW1-both are version H. They both seem to be in the same location (C/Ageod/WW1) , but there are two folders on the start menu

Anyway-I am going to get in some good gaming time today-will report more later.

[calvinus]

The CPU usage remains the same, but the RAM usage is drastically reduced-from the previous amount of approx 1.3GB down to .8GB-that makes a difference. (game usage-total was previously 2.3GB and now 1.8GB).

Very strange! I improved game performance by adding indexes and caches to map engine! So the memory consumption should increase rather than decrease, in favor of a better game performance, as usual in all such cases!
But anyway better so!

One little oddity, I now have two games listed; one WW1 Gold with the one item of single CPU mode, and the real WW1-both are version H. They both seem to be in the same location (C/Ageod/WW1) , but there are two folders on the start menu

Damned Win7 strangeness?

[Franciscus]

Good job, calvinus, patch looks great.

Just a minor thing:
The shortcut to the single cpu batch is created in a new start menu submenu (World War One > World War One (single CPU mode)), different from the World War one menu (which, in my case is a submenu of an "Ageod" entry. At least in my 2 PCs, where I have WW1, gold and patch installed, in that order (see attached pic).

This may make it difficult to find and should be corrected in a final patch, IMHO

Regards

PS: I see Maestro also found this . And, no, it happens both in my WinXP and Win7, this at least is not Win7 fault.

[calvinus]

Good job, calvinus, patch looks great.

Just a minor thing:
The shortcut to the single cpu batch is created in a new start menu submenu (World War One > World War One (single CPU mode)), different from the World War one menu (which, in my case is a submenu of an "Ageod" entry. At least in my 2 PCs, where I have WW1, gold and patch installed, in that order (see attached pic).

This may make it difficult to find and should be corrected in a final patch, IMHO

Regards

PS: I see Maestro also found this . And, no, it happens both in my WinXP and Win7, this at least is not Win7 fault.

Grrr... this is why you installed the Gold Upgrade Kit...
It means I will have to build two different patches???
One for those people who bought the Kit and one for those people who bought WW1 Gold full???

[Franciscus]

Grrr... this is why you installed the Gold Upgrade Kit...
It means I will have to build two different patches???
One for those people who bought the Kit and one for those people who bought WW1 Gold full???

It is no big deal, and I have no problem at all with it. But it can make some confusion to other players...

Sorry, Calvinus, life is tough...

But the good news is: the batch works great. I even think that the recommendation to load all map at start and change mouse sensitivity in Win 7 are not really necessary, things are very fluid right now,even without those options checked in. It was a wonderful solution to all the lag we had

[06 Maestro]

Very strange! I improved game performance by adding indexes and caches to map engine! So the memory consumption should increase rather than decrease, in favor of a better game performance, as usual in all such cases!
But anyway better so!

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I use two monitors-I always have the resource monitor and/or task manager up while playing. I do this with all games. I am in "tune" with what is being utilized. I only played for 20 minutes last night and this morning. 20 minutes does not verify a standard, but it was consistent in both instances. It is a rather large difference-and there is no possibility that this was due to some other program not running.

Damned Win7 strangeness?

I actually still use Vista-I'm used to it now

[calvinus]

There's nothing wrong in the patch installer.

In fact it asks you where is the WW1 folder inside the Start Menu of Windows!

Look at this screenshot...

[Franciscus]

Yes, Calvinus, but as in my case (gold upgrade kit) I have no World War One Gold submenu it gets created in a different submenu from the of the original game (without gold in it's name). But again, no big deal

[calvinus]

Yes, Calvinus, but as in my case (gold upgrade kit) I have no World War One Gold submenu it gets created in a different submenu from the of the original game (without gold in it's name). But again, no big deal

In fact in your case you should select the "World War One" folder.
The default displayed is "World War One Gold". In fact, if I change the default, the problem arises for all people who bought the full version, who are less experienced than the Kit buyers!

[Franciscus]

I agree . Leave it as it is, and let's move on (btw, you have no weekends ? )

[patrat]

i agree. leave it.

as you say people who have the gold update kit will have no problem finding it.

i know i didn't.

[count taaffe]

Hi Calvinus!

You did once again a great job - thank you. This patch provides a huge game-speed-improvement. It's fantastic

Cheers,

Peter