latest info the basic code is compleated, now starting testing at test stage 1. I will update as things alter. also can people tell me which mods have maps in them for test stage 4, please the more testing that I do the sooner the BUGFREE beta can be released. harpo
[quote quoting="post"] Just letting u know zonealarm does not like sins. It crashes to black screen + lockup. Ive been scratching my head over this one, downloaded the lastest video drver, uninstalled and reinstalled sins/entrenchment, finally thought to switch off zonealarm - no problem when it is off. [/quote] grim I have been using sins from 1.02 till present WITH zonealarm free v7.0.483.000 with no problema at all atmittedly not online. could theproble
this problem happened with map designer in beta 3.0/1.14.in 1.15/entrenchment 1.0 & 1.01 the cause of the lockup has been fixed the solution for beta 3 was to remove the galaxy files from the following directories, C:\Documents and Settings\"user name"\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Galaxy (xp) or C:\users\"user name"\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Galaxy(vista/windows7). hope
do you have "home planets" for each player? the home planets are the starting locations AND the latest map version number is 3 BUT DO NOT edit into the map as it WILL crash sins on start. there is a utility under development to convert old map old maps to the new format including all quickstart info for all planets and the version number update harpo
just a note to outline my test procedures for the map updater 1. I have a copy of ancient gifts from 1.13 and the 1.15 version 2. i run the updater on a test directory containing the two maps 3 after the run I will visually compare each line in both files, if any differences I will continue to debug the program & re-test untill there is no differences. 4 I will then test on several of my own maps and try loading them into sins 1.15 & entrenchment 1.00.
the required map version has been changed to 3 because of the quickstart option altering the map format, this is the cause of the maps causing crashes in beta3 & 1.14. I am in the process of writing a utility to update the maps to version 3 properly. to find out more read the map updater thread harpo
latest update the support code for th updater is complete, the only change from beta3 is the version number,the program will refuse to run unless the sins version is correct for the translation files and it will tell you that you have the wrong version if you do. the code to finish is the update the map file code which should be the last section, but the hardest section. the more messages I have to answer the longer the project will take harpo
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only one hour to install from disc"Wow" it take me two hour to download the 1.15, then about 5 minuite to install after each download harpo
the converter is about 40% complete, but the only code to write is the critical code for converting the maps. all the support code has been written & tested in xp32 &64 vista 32 & 64 AND windows7 32 & 64. I hope to finish by thursday next week unless rl gets in the road againas it is today. harpo
frustratingly ie7 on one of my machines crashes the os to a repair installation point every time I try to install it. bldy ie7. the computer is my most used machine so I do not want to re-install the computer and all 200 large packages every time that i use impulse. harpo
the custom maps folder is for map designer maps only. galaxy forge maps should be in the program files galaxy folder. harpo
but they insist on IE7 which is optional for xp and some people do not trust IE as it is too open to attack. personally I use firefoxchrome AND opera while reserving IE for windows updates ONLY harpo
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just a NEW mods directory each for sins (mods-v1.15) and entrenchment (mods-entrenchment v1.0) which suggests that any future versions of sins & entrenchment will get their own mods directory harpo
there probably was changes and they flowed into 1.15, as entrenchment is effectivly a LARGE MOD for sins harpo
entrenchment and sins both use the same map format, and it was changes to help entrenchment that required the changes in the map format especially the quickstart option harpo
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[quote who="Gundolf2056" reply="1" id="2075036"] Hey danman thanks for the mod is it compatible with 1.13 Could anyone please python him? : ) See above to be enlightened [/quote] gundolf even I know that 7deadlysins 1.3d is ONLY FOR sins 1.05 as will 2.0as is stated in the OP harpo
[quote who="SkyMan1134" reply="7" id="2075099"]So when we're updating our maps by hand, is it only the fast start lines that i need to add for ALL planets wormhols ect? Or are there other things to watch out for?[/quote] as of 1.14 yes, but for 1.15 i do not know yet, I will get to look at it tonight rwp harpo
please thank all involved especially for the map version number change harpo
I am downloading it at the moment in one of my testing machines, and I had to uninstall the entrenchment beta3 which killed the sins install again, so both the sins 1.15.047 and entrenchment 1.00.25 are downloading at the moment, and when they finish I will be analysing the map format to see what changes I need to make. hopefully it will be just a alteration in the input files rather than an alteration of code.
I am downloading it at the moment in one of my testing machines, and I had to uninstall the entrenchment beta3 which killed the sins install so both the sins 1.15.047 and entrenchment 1.00.25 are downloading at the moment, and when they finish I will be analysing the map format to see what changes I need to make. hopefully it will be just a alteration in the input files rather than an alteration of code. I will not know untill sins finishes downloading. harpo </p
WARNING to install entrenchment you MUST FIRST UNINSTALL THE BETA3.0 which also kills the sins again, then you get to re-install both sins and entrenchment again harpo
just checked impulse VERSION 1.00.025 entrenchment and sins 1.15.047 ARE AVALIABLE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! harpo
just checked impulse VERSION 1.00.025 entrenchment and sins 1.15.047 ARE AVALIABLE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! harpo
it's 5.00am on the 26th of feb here in australia harpo
centrurionjixra and astax, I am working on a utility to update maps to v1.14/beta3's new map format at present it is about 40% complete. the code to write & test is the CRITICAL code that analyses the map and inserts the changes to the map format. the complete 40% is all the support code that locates all galaxy files in the playable areas AND mods, loads the old map codes file , the new map codes file and list of all ironclad maps. all completed code has been tested to work on win