Implementing a race

[Vadam]

I've been fixing up an old mod that I like for quite a while. In the mod there is a previously unplayable race that I'm attempting to make playable. When I select them in Instant Action it works perfectly, but when I select one of their units in Multiplayer, the game claims my team has no commander and won't start. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[General BlackDragon]

make sure the appropriate *vrecy* is there, for whichever recycler variant is selected. Default is *vrecy_m , but there are many...

[Vadam]

Adding more recy variants nailed that problem, but a new one occurred. Whenever I try to join a game hosted by my friend (or if he tries to join one hosted by me), the game freezes and crashes. Here's the error that popped up.

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---- Battlezone II Log File ----
//=====================================================
App version: bzone 1.3.6.3d Public Beta Apr 27 2013 21:37:19
Windows version: Windows Version: 6.1.7601 'Service Pack 1' PlatformID=2

Last few battlezone.log lines (may or may not be relevant):
DIAG|         WSInterface:199  |16:13:20|16337  |Determined public IP address: 97.102.2.112
DIAG|         NetCommands:2061 |16:13:35|31001  |Join to 'sf test' / ip 0x00000000
DIAG|         NetCommands:2061 |16:13:37|32523  |Join to 'sf test' / ip 0x00000000
DIAG|          SessionMgr:585  |16:13:37|32529  |pSessionAddr = '99.141.21.36:17770'. pNiceName = 'sf test'
DIAG|       RaknetManager:448  |16:13:37|32830  |Raknet connect incoming with status code 16

DIAG|       RaknetManager:493  |16:13:38|33900  |Raknet Nat punchthru succeeded code 67

DIAG|       RaknetManager:448  |16:13:38|34231  |Raknet connect incoming with status code 16

DIAG|               iface:1430 |16:13:38|34364  |UnsetModal: throwing away [AskPassword]
(done)

Exception code: C0000005 (ACCESS VIOLATION) READING from 00000000h
Message :  Exception
Error occurred at 5/18/2013 16:13:40.
C:\Battlezone SF\bzone.exe, run by Zen.
C:\Battlezone SF\bzone.exe, run by Zen.
CPU: 2 processor(s), Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU      E5500  @ 2.80GHz
     x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10
Process Memory :   1599 MB free out of   2048 MB total
Physical memory:   1630 MB free out of   3328 MB total
Page(swap) file:   4131 MB free out of   6653 MB total
This exe is using 122 MB (20 MB dlmalloc), peak use 122 MB

Fault address:  00247427 01:000E6427 C:\Battlezone SF\bzone.exe

Registers:
EAX:00000000
EBX:00000000
ECX:216AB3A0
EDX:0619DECD
ESI:0CD16DD0
EDI:00000001
CS:EIP:001B:00247427
SS:ESP:0023:0619DFD8  EBP:0CE66688
DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003B  GS:0000
Flags:00210206

Call stack:
Address  Offset1  Offset2  Module              SourceFile
00247427 +000E7427 0000012A bzone            (bzone): : NetManager::Commands::SetupShellForClient

002629A3 +0

[Zero Angel]

Have you tried removing Starfleet's custom shell to see if that's causing any problems?

You can always put it back later, and then narrow down what the problem is.

[General BlackDragon]

Problem appears to be in the UI somewhere. Maybe remove the cfg part of SF for now?

I've got a 1.3 SF Work in Progress somewhere on my pc. Greenheart and I were working on it, but there wasn't much demand.

[Vadam]

I'll try both of your ideas. Hopefully one of them will solve it. My testing is a bit limited, since the guy who helps me test it isn't available much. What does your work in progress of sf add? Maybe we can combine them, just a thought though.

[General BlackDragon]

It's just trying to get Starfleet 0.7 working in 1.3

[Zero Angel]

My guess is that the problem lies somewhere in the client-side multiplayer cfgs (in the stock 1.3 shell, the client cfgs are designed to display the settings that the host has selected). You may be able to re-implement all of the starfleet cfgs up until the multiplayer ones (which you'll have to exclude or rename so that it falls back to using the normal 1.3 ones). For the most part, this should not change functionality and you will still be able to retain the green shell design (since that one is stored in bzgame_init.cfg), at which point you can copy the stock 1.3 multiplayer cfgs and modify those ones where necessary (e.g. to exclude recycler variant selection and all other superfluous options)

[Vadam]

I'll try that when I can, but like I said before, it might be a bit before I can get results due to the absence of the guy who helps me test.

[Zero Angel]

You could also try launching two different BZ2 sessions. I believe you can do that from the same computer.

[Vadam]

I yanked the cfgs from Starfleet. When I tried to enter my own game it let me, and even let me enter the world. I'm honestly surprised that had so much impact.

[MrTwosheds]

Be warned that many of SF's models are nightmare bodge ups created in threed, expect problems you cannot fix.

[TwinShadow]

SF 0.7 is a horribly old mod that hasn't seen any attention in years since its release. And I know what race you're talking about too. I think there was a reason it was never actually made playable because it was never a fully finished race or something.

Come to think of it, this is the first time I've seen this mod in particular being talked about in a very.. very long time..

[Vadam]

The reason why I'm fixing up this old mod is because for some reason it's always been my favorite mod. I spoke to GBD a while ago, asking if anybody was working on the mod, after he said no, I decided to try to get into modding. The Roton are playable now by the way, and I added a great deal of stuff to them. I would be happy to finish the buildings for them, but that involves modeling, which I have no intentions of going anywhere near due to it's complexity. I've been working on it for months and I could technically just release it now since the ISDF and Scion both work fine, with the exception of a few glitches.

[Red Devil]

GreenHeart was working on it awhile back and i got it working well in 1.3 awhile back.