HCE - 2008.041

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- Chg:0000 GE Made changes to allow the four new official battlesets.

- Chg:2422 GE Improve ARMs against groups where the central unit's radars

are already destroyed. (thanks Herman)

http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showtopic=2333

- Chg:0000 GE Randomly pick between four splash screen graphics at startup.

- Chg:0000 GE Use Matrix Games provided game icon instead of the old admiral.

- Chg:B021 GE Fixed range rings so that they center on the group icon.

(thanks Herman)

- Chg:0000 SE Made changes to allow the four new official battlesets.

- Chg:0000 BB Fixed but that prevented any battleset from being made in

normal use.

- Chg:0000 BS Added Caribbean Basin BattleSet hdsn.res, hdsn.rsr, *.SCs, *.hps

- Chg:0000 BS Added South Atlantic BattleSet hdso.res, hdso.rsr, *.SCt, *.hpt

- Chg:0000 BS Added South Africa BattleSet hdsp.res, hdsp.rsr, *.SCu, *.hpu

- Chg:0000 BS Added Middle East BattleSet hdsq.res, hdsq.rsr, *.SCv, *.hpv

- Chg:0000 DB HCDB-080602 included in the package.

 

Lots and lots to test guys, once you get thru the backlogged release notes we may be able to release this beast.

I DL'ed and installed, and now when I try to open up HCE, the game hangs and stops responding. I have not been able to open the GE since I installed this patch.

I DL'ed and installed, and now when I try to open up HCE, the game hangs and stops responding. I have not been able to open the GE since I installed this patch.

 

 

Opens fine here...

I DL'ed and installed, and now when I try to open up HCE, the game hangs and stops responding. I have not been able to open the GE since I installed this patch.

 

How far does it make it when opening the game? It might be good for you to zip and post your ge.log file as well.

It makes it to the new splash screen, but then it won't load up the Battleset selection screen like it is supposed to. GE Log attatched.

Ge.zip

BTW, went back to an older version of the GE and it works fine. So I'm really stumped on this one.

It makes it to the new splash screen, but then it won't load up the Battleset selection screen like it is supposed to. GE Log attatched.

 

You didn't by chance install the USNI version to the same directory did you? That could cause issues.

 

Please go thru your battleset files and remove your custom BS if you have one and the new USNI battlesets if you had installed USNI to the same directory.

 

keep:

GIUK.RES

NACV.RES

MEDC.RES

IOPG.RES

 

HDS1.RES

HDS2.RES

HDS3.RES

HDS4.RES

 

HDS5.RES

HDS6.RES

HDS7.RES

HDS8.RES

 

HDS9.RES

HDSA.RES

HDSB.RES

HDSC.RES

 

HDSD.RES

HDSE.RES

HDSF.RES

HDSG.RES

 

hdsh.res

hdsi.res

hdsj.res

hdsk.res

 

hdsl.res

 

hdsn.res (it is correct to not have hdsm.res)

hdso.res

hdsp.res

hdsq.res

 

commondb.res

 

So anything not in that list that ends in .res, remove it from that directory and see if the 2008.041 GE behaves.

 

What does the 2008.041 SE do?

 

The ge.log didn't give enough detail to narrow things down much, I'll add more logging if the above doesn't turn up anything promising.

That fixed it. I did find the following in the directory (I apparantly had installed USNI and not realized it or forgotten).

 

USNI.res, hdsm.res, and hdsu.res

 

removed those 3 and it works fine now. And FYI, the SE never did have a problem, it was only the GE that would hang and not load.

HCE - 2008.041

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- Chg:0000 GE Made changes to allow the four new official battlesets. Yes.

- Chg:2422 GE Improve ARMs against groups where the central unit's radars are already destroyed. (thanks Herman) http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showtopic=2333 Based on playing this saved game, this seems to be fixed.

- Chg:0000 GE Randomly pick between four splash screen graphics at startup. Yes.

- Chg:0000 GE Use Matrix Games provided game icon instead of the old admiral. Yes, but keep the old admiral available for use; call it the sentimentalist in me.

- Chg:B021 GE Fixed range rings so that they center on the group icon. (thanks Herman) Yes.

- Chg:0000 SE Made changes to allow the four new official battlesets. Yes

- Chg:0000 BB Fixed but that prevented any battleset from being made in normal use. Not a feature I'm likely to use.

- Chg:0000 BS Added Caribbean Basin BattleSet hdsn.res, hdsn.rsr, *.SCs, *.hps Yes.

- Chg:0000 BS Added South Atlantic BattleSet hdso.res, hdso.rsr, *.SCt, *.hpt Yes.

- Chg:0000 BS Added South Africa BattleSet hdsp.res, hdsp.rsr, *.SCu, *.hpu Yes.

- Chg:0000 BS Added Middle East BattleSet hdsq.res, hdsq.rsr, *.SCv, *.hpv Yes.

- Chg:0000 DB HCDB-080602 included in the package. Yes.

 

Additionally:

1) Option screen that linked to game, Scenario Editor, order Writer and Websites is missing.

2) USNI Battleset is missing.

That fixed it. I did find the following in the directory (I apparantly had installed USNI and not realized it or forgotten).

 

USNI.res, hdsm.res, and hdsu.res

 

removed those 3 and it works fine now. And FYI, the SE never did have a problem, it was only the GE that would hang and not load.

 

Cool, I expect is was the hdsm.res file then (those were the early battleset builder battlests), USNI.res should work fine (mine does) - that's the original USNI not the new one we are making (the new USNI res files are named GIUKUSNI.RES and WPACUSNI.RES). The hdsu.res file you had is probably okay too, if you get the time throw it back in and see what happens. That is the newer battleset builder .res file.

HCE - 2008.041

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- Chg:0000 BB Fixed but that prevented any battleset from being made in normal use. Not a feature I'm likely to use.

 

Additionally:

1) Option screen that linked to game, Scenario Editor, order Writer and Websites is missing.

2) USNI Battleset is missing.

 

Whoo hoo, thanks for doing this, I was really starting to think nobody is testing fixes and changes anymore! We've got some really old release notes that still need it too buys, on page 2 of this forum

 

So all that is left for 2008.041 testing is the BS Builder, perhaps you can verify that the BS Builder works and spits out a useable Battleset?

 

Thanks for the other notes, we've been told by DonG not to include the USNI Battleset, I can't claim to understand why but that's the word. One of these months we'll have the new USNI battleset anyway (the original scens rebuilt with a better database and the newer game mechanics).

 

The Matrix launcher indeed was not included. I think since you had decent results with this build I'll start work on the installers for a Matrix release and will then include the Matrix launcher.

HCE - 2008.041

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- Chg:0000 BB Fixed but that prevented any battleset from being made in normal use. Not a feature I'm likely to use.

 

Additionally:

1) Option screen that linked to game, Scenario Editor, order Writer and Websites is missing.

2) USNI Battleset is missing.

 

Whoo hoo, thanks for doing this, I was really starting to think nobody is testing fixes and changes anymore! We've got some really old release notes that still need it too buys, on page 2 of this forum

 

So all that is left for 2008.041 testing is the BS Builder, perhaps you can verify that the BS Builder works and spits out a useable Battleset?

 

Thanks for the other notes, we've been told by DonG not to include the USNI Battleset, I can't claim to understand why but that's the word. One of these months we'll have the new USNI battleset anyway (the original scens rebuilt with a better database and the newer game mechanics).

 

The Matrix launcher indeed was not included. I think since you had decent results with this build I'll start work on the installers for a Matrix release and will then include the Matrix launcher.

 

OK, tested the BS builder. It built my little Japan map just fine, but when you attempt to open it in GE or SE, you get the following message:

 

Unable to open the resource file c:/harpoon..... HDSU.rsr

 

Not sure if I've done somethign wrong or if it has.

OK, tested the BS builder. It built my little Japan map just fine, but when you attempt to open it in GE or SE, you get the following message:

 

Unable to open the resource file c:/harpoon..... HDSU.rsr

 

Not sure if I've done somethign wrong or if it has.

 

Take your pick on where the problem lies. You need to make an empty file called hdsu.rsr. Or copy the WestPac one, hdsl.rsr. I think I've been inconsistent in including the .rsr file.

Worked fine once I made the hdsu.rsr file. Guess we can confirm that the BS builder is working.

 

Also appears that the 4 new BS are loading correctly in GE as well.