BZ2 1.3.7.0a130j posted

[GSH]

There is a new sub-build of 1.3.7.0 to be installed over 1.3.7.0a130 or a130g: download. This fixes a number of items such as mousewheel binding, targeting in MP, and weapon appearance in MP, plus pilot deaths in MW and some threading fixups. See the included changelog for complete details.

-- GSH

[squirrelof09]

Hosted a game with Red Devil, Commando, and Ashley, game was smooth. I have nothing urgent to report.

[Axeminister]

I like this patch, bravo to all involved.

[Zero Angel]

Another player reports they have seen the following things:
- Health regains in MP (e.g. try to destroy a weapon crate)
- Miscolored explosive scorches
- Mtr Bike healthbar shows in first person with high FoV
- Particles being destroyed early with high FoV
- No muzzle flashes on other players in multi
- Ctrl+Escape or Windows Key, does not tab game

[GSH]

- Miscolored explosive scorches
- No muzzle flashes on other players in multi

Should have gotten some wattention between a130g -> 130j. The second is harder to get perfect.

- Ctrl+Escape or Windows Key, does not tab game

Deliberate, and I think I set that up since 1.3.ta5. Many of the higher end mechanical keyboards provide lockouts for the Windows key to ensure it doesn't disrupt gaming.

-- GSH

[General BlackDragon]

Also while testing to confirm that ground chars are fixed (Yes, it is), I placed in IA 10 units in Groups 2 - 10, selected them in order of F2 - F10, then 9'ed them.

F7 - 10 were not selected, but had the yellow line going to them.

All of groups 8, 9, 10, and one unit in group 7 did not get the order.

Why can you only select 59 units at one time?

[GSH]

Why can you only select 59 units at one time?

Goes over the network max packet size (MTU minus headers) for some commands in certain pathological cases. Limiting to 59 makes it consistently behave in all cases.

-- GSH

[General BlackDragon]

Ah. Why is MP code being used in BZ2Edit Instant Action?

There was and possibly still is a case where, if you are in the editor too long, when you exit editor, you cannot move and console is spamming force move lag quit stuff.

[GSH]

Why is MP code being used in BZ2Edit Instant Action?

1) Simplicity, fewer code paths to debug. The max units selectable at once is a constant that's not really part of the network code. But it affects net, so the same constant is used in both exes.

2) In BZ2 1.0-1.3.5(ish), there was a separate 'NetworkManager' and a 'MoveManager' (BZ1-ish, with some added features). I unified them to remove redundant items, store in network-compressed form in memory, etc. Everything goes thru this compressed form code path, once again, to have fewer diverging code paths.

-- GSH

[General BlackDragon]

Ah.

Well, somewhere, being in the Editor makes that code think it's lagging. What's the timer on it?

[GSH]

Nothing comes to mind offhand. Bugzilla it.

-- GSH

[Spacecomber]

I think this is a known and standing issue, but playing through the Single Player Campaign, I ran into the problem of the Constructor on the Dark Planet mission failing to budge from the corner that he starts out in, never building a power supply or the factory. I tried a few restarts and changing the difficulty level from High to Medium but with no luck. The mission is still winnable, however.

[Red Devil]

Hey Spacecomber; welcome back/

check these fixes:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1205

[Spacecomber]

Hi Red Devil. I saw those files, but I wasn't clear on their relationship to the testing of the latest beta release. I was thinking that maybe they would be picked up and included in the beta releases by Nathan at some point. I think I'll play through the rest of the campaign with just the patch, and then go back and install the single player mission tweaks you've been working on to see if they help with any rough spots that I might run into. Does that make sense?

[Red Devil]

not really ;-p