Alpha Centauri 2

Community => Chiron News Network => Topic started by: Yitzi on December 20, 2015, 02:01:11 AM

Title: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Yitzi on December 20, 2015, 02:01:11 AM

Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b

http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=313 (http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=313)
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=320 (http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=320)

Fixed an old bug in my patch, in which Nano Factory would not properly halve upgrade cost.

Now it will halve upgrade cost, though it still will not afterward round down to the next 10 as in the unpatched version.  If the ability to add rounding is requested, it will be placed in the next full patch version.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Lord Avalon on December 21, 2015, 12:36:19 AM

I'm still getting 404 Attachment not found.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Buster's Uncle on December 21, 2015, 12:56:23 AM

 ;clenchedteeth

It looks like there's been 45 attempts to download in the last 22 hours, and only a report now.  I'll bring this to the attention of our tech doodz...

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: gwillybj on December 21, 2015, 05:31:04 PM

Quote from: Lord Avalon on December 21, 2015, 12:36:19 AM

I'm still getting 404 Attachment not found.

ditto

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Yitzi on December 21, 2015, 08:26:18 PM

Ditto.

If you need me to re-upload it, just let me know and I can re-do it (once I found how, it's literally just changing two bytes) and re-upload.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Dio on December 21, 2015, 09:43:59 PM

The same problem that appeared with my patch release occurs with the release of Yitzi's patch. I cannot help but feel a certain sense of satisfaction as the people continue to writhe with anticipation. ;sarc

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: demon59 on December 24, 2015, 08:16:20 AM

Still seems to be a problem. No luck with download.  :(

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: BuDDaH on January 01, 2016, 10:57:29 AM

SMAX crashes to desktop after I installed the patch. Before this the original unpached game ran fine.
The issue occurs only in Win 7 32 bit
In Vista 32 bit and Win 8 64 bit the patched game runs perfectly.
The crash happens when I click on a unit to choose it.
Sorry for the Russsin error message. I'll translate it if you need

  Имя события проблемы:   APPCRASH
  Имя приложения:   terranx.exe
  Версия приложения:   0.0.0.0
  Отметка времени приложения:   31313931
  Имя модуля с ошибкой:   terranx.exe
  Версия модуля с ошибкой:   0.0.0.0
  Отметка времени модуля с ошибкой:   31313931
  Код исключения:   c0000005
  Смещение исключения:   001e076d
  Версия ОС:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.11
  Код языка:   1049
  Дополнительные сведения 1:   5bd0
  Дополнительные сведения 2:   5bd064078c548da574372566ec75cc9d
  Дополнительные сведения 3:   eec3
  Дополнительные сведения 4:   eec30f1af01715400bb0c6a5a9378ae8


Another issue in Win 7 is that the game can not be minimized to tray or to window. Actually I can neither switch to another window or to desktop. ALT+Tab, Win, Win+D do not work.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Yitzi on January 01, 2016, 05:48:25 PM

Quote from: BuDDaH on January 01, 2016, 10:57:29 AM

SMAX crashes to desktop after I installed the patch. Before this the original unpached game ran fine.
The issue occurs only in Win 7 32 bit
In Vista 32 bit and Win 8 64 bit the patched game runs perfectly.
The crash happens when I click on a unit to choose it.
Sorry for the Russsin error message. I'll translate it if you need

  Имя события проблемы:   APPCRASH
  Имя приложения:   terranx.exe
  Версия приложения:   0.0.0.0
  Отметка времени приложения:   31313931
  Имя модуля с ошибкой:   terranx.exe
  Версия модуля с ошибкой:   0.0.0.0
  Отметка времени модуля с ошибкой:   31313931
  Код исключения:   c0000005
  Смещение исключения:   001e076d
  Версия ОС:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.11
  Код языка:   1049
  Дополнительные сведения 1:   5bd0
  Дополнительные сведения 2:   5bd064078c548da574372566ec75cc9d
  Дополнительные сведения 3:   eec3
  Дополнительные сведения 4:   eec30f1af01715400bb0c6a5a9378ae8


Another issue in Win 7 is that the game can not be minimized to tray or to window. Actually I can neither switch to another window or to desktop. ALT+Tab, Win, Win+D do not work.

A translation might help, I can't know for sure until I get it.

I myself run it in Windows 7 Home Premium, and it's a 32 bit application, and I can minimize it, so I'm not sure what the issue is.

The inability to minimize might be related to PRACX though (it has resulted in some minimization issues before); you might want to see if disabling PRACX fixes that.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Guynemer on January 03, 2016, 06:22:03 PM

Quote from: Lord Avalon on December 21, 2015, 12:36:19 AM

I'm still getting 404 Attachment not found.

Same story here.

I'm shivering with antici..............

........
........
........pation.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Buster's Uncle on January 03, 2016, 06:37:53 PM

Quote from: Yitzi on December 21, 2015, 08:26:18 PM

Ditto.

If you need me to re-upload it, just let me know and I can re-do it (once I found how, it's literally just changing two bytes) and re-upload.

Please.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Vidsek on January 04, 2016, 05:24:58 AM

 @Guynemer:  Was that a Time Warp in your comment (again)?

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Guynemer on January 04, 2016, 01:29:50 PM

Quote from: Vidsek on January 04, 2016, 05:24:58 AM

@Guynemer:  Was that a Time Warp in your comment (again)?

Madness takes its toll.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Yitzi on January 04, 2016, 02:44:12 PM

Quote from: BUncle on January 03, 2016, 06:37:53 PM

Quote from: Yitzi on December 21, 2015, 08:26:18 PM

Ditto.

If you need me to re-upload it, just let me know and I can re-do it (once I found how, it's literally just changing two bytes) and re-upload.

Please.

On take 4, I got it to work by zipping it first, so now to download it will require unzipping just like the full patch versions...so you can approve that and delete takes 1-3 and my testing uploads.

It seems that sometime after I uploaded 3.3b, the site upload mechanism changed to cap the size of uploaded files, probably at 2 MB; the unzipped .exe is bigger than that, so it didn't work properly.  Zipping is a workaround, but it would still probably be a good idea to contact Sisko about that limit.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: cysten on January 09, 2016, 05:46:25 PM

I have a problem with the datalinks. I click on upgrade costs under nano factory and the link goes nowhere. Also no explanation for pop boom.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Yitzi on January 10, 2016, 12:37:10 AM

Quote from: cysten on January 09, 2016, 05:46:25 PM

I have a problem with the datalinks. I click on upgrade costs under nano factory and the link goes nowhere. Also no explanation for pop boom.

Ok, I'll try to take a look.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Yitzi on January 10, 2016, 05:19:13 PM

Quote from: cysten on January 09, 2016, 05:46:25 PM

I have a problem with the datalinks. I click on upgrade costs under nano factory and the link goes nowhere. Also no explanation for pop boom.

Yeah, apparently these both date back to the unpatched game; pop boom is explained only under Cloning Vats, and there's a bad link in Nano Factory.

If you want to just remove the bad link, you can open up the file helpx.txt, search for #HELPPROJ22, and then where it says "$LINK<Upgrade units=10019>" just replace it with "upgrade units".  If you're not interested in doing anything else, I can also include the updated datalinks in my next patch.

If, on the other hand, you want to write the "missing" datalinks entries, just post the text, with any links to other datalinks entries that you want, and I can tell you how to change the .txt file to reflect the new entries (and then post that with my next patch).

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: cysten on January 21, 2016, 07:39:04 PM

Ok I seem to have another problem. Some of my cities are going into revolt when their is a balanced number of talents and drones.

Here is the save file.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: cysten on January 21, 2016, 10:44:00 PM

In terms of the datalinks you did not include the conceptx file. Is this deliberate? I would like to go through all the datalinks and update. The missing links really annoy me. Also earlier today I tried to open a pod with an artifact and it destroyed my artifact. Thinking it was a fluke I decided to open the next pod with an artifact also... Things like this should be documented >.< But I need to know what conceptx file you are using.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Yitzi on January 22, 2016, 03:25:05 PM

Quote from: cysten on January 21, 2016, 10:44:00 PM

In terms of the datalinks you did not include the conceptx file. Is this deliberate?

Since there's no real changes, there's no point in including it.

Quote

I would like to go through all the datalinks and update. The missing links really annoy me. Also earlier today I tried to open a pod with an artifact and it destroyed my artifact. Thinking it was a fluke I decided to open the next pod with an artifact also... Things like this should be documented >.

I seem to remember that "opening a pod with an artifact can destroy it" is documented somewhere-or-other.

Quote

< But I need to know what conceptx file you are using.

I think the default one.

And I'll check out the save file.

Title: Re: Yitzi's unofficial SMAX patch 3.4b
Post by: Yitzi on January 25, 2016, 06:17:24 PM

Well...I checked out the save file, and didn't get any riots.

Which drone rules code are you using, and where did you get the riots?