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ORIGINAL: berto


Weeks, not months.

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ORIGINAL: Crossroads

Our first, full RELEASE CANDIDATE package is now available at the Opening Post.

It's a big one, for instance:

Latest exes from Berto

Recentered units from Mike

Data fixes from Jason

All Scenario Descriptions revisited, including Alan's three packages - Play Mode: H2H -> H2H/SIDE AB where feasible

Teaching Set Lua player briefings (do check them out Jason) - 1982 scenario: added Gunships, MANPADs, and a Recce sqd

\Manual subfolder rename: -> Manual\Guest Designer Documents -> Manual\NATO Symbols Explained

NATO Symbol Map + document updated.

Alan's Mods Enabled

AllUnitDisplays as a disabled Mod.

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ORIGINAL: berto

In the most advanced test sequences -- the ones with the fewest interruptions, on WinXP & Win8.1 -- the number of scenarios auto-tested is now ~145. Aside from the several issues mentioned earlier, no new problems to report, everything appears to be WAD. 145 scenarios down, with

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rober@Rob10rto /cygdrive/c/Games/Matrix Games/Middle East/middle_east/scenarios
$ ls -1 *.scn | wc -l
243

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nearly 100 more to go.

For csttrun, I implemented a -r, reverse scenario list feature. This allows one to auto-test the scenarios in reverse order, from largest to smallest, for example:

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rober@Rob10rto /cygdrive/c/Games/Matrix Games/Middle East/middle_east
$ ls -lS scenarios/*.scn
-rwxrwx---+ 1 rober rober 264088 Oct 15 21:03 scenarios/Duel_For_the_Golan_1985-Rafid.scn
-rwxrwx---+ 1 rober rober 146410 Oct 15 21:03 scenarios/Duel_For_the_Golan_1985-Night.scn
-rwxrwx---+ 1 rober rober 116358 Oct 15 21:03 scenarios/Deversoir.scn
-rwxrwx---+ 1 rober rober 69120 Oct 15 21:03 scenarios/Tournament_Set_C01.scn
-rwxrwx---+ 1 rober rober 63549 Oct 15 21:03 scenarios/Abu_Ageila_1967.scn
-rwxrwx---+ 1 rober rober 58993 Oct 15 21:03 scenarios/Rafah 67.scn
-rwxrwx---+ 1 rober rober 53422 Oct 15 21:03 scenarios/Ismaliyah_1973.scn
-rwxrwx---+ 1 rober rober 52701 Oct 15 21:03 scenarios/Khaldah_1982.scn
-rwxrwx---+ 1 rober rober 50355 Oct 15 21:03 scenarios/Abuagheila67.scn
-rwxrwx---+ 1 rober rober 48086 Oct 15 21:03 scenarios/Port_Said_1956.scn
...

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I tried a reverse test, with Duel_For_the_Golan_1985-Rafid.scn being the first scenario tested. Duel_For_the_Golan_1985-Rafid.scn is huge. Worse from a testing perspective, it is very long also -- 60 turns. After letting the scenario run for ~10 minutes, I could see where it would require perhaps a full day to run through entirely. We don't have time for that. So I aborted the test sequence and instead began (using the csttrun -s, -skip scenario option) with a scenario of more reasonable size, Tournament_Set_C01.scn. That scenario test took seven hours overnight to run through (successfully). In this new, reverse order testing sequence (on Win10), it is now Turn 41 (out of 50) in Abu_Ageila_1967.scn. Here too, so far so good.

Round-the-clock testing continues...

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ORIGINAL: berto

Tallying the score:

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rober@Rob10rto /cygdrive/c/Games/Matrix Games/Middle East/middle_east/mods/SpellingGrammarFixes/scenarios
$ diff '/cygdrive/c/Games/Matrix Games/Middle East/middle_east/scenarios' . | egrep -v "\.org|\.map|\.lua|\.bmp|\.ai|\.aix" | egrep "^<" | wc -l
789

rober@Rob10rto /cygdrive/c/Games/Matrix Games/Middle East/middle_east/mods/SpellingGrammarFixes/scenarios
$ ls -1 | wc -l
194

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789 fixes across 194 .sc[ln] files.

And with that, I am done!

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With the .sc[ln] files. I still have to do texts/unittext.txt. But being smarter, I will just run that through the MS Word spell/grammar checker straightaway.

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ORIGINAL: Crossroads

All test runs completed successfully. Seems we're good with W10 Fall Creator's Update edition as well. To be continued!

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ORIGINAL: Crossroads

I've now completed the Fall Creator's Update installation, and launched a random set of games (a snippet from the scenario listing) to run under automated testing til morning.

Ramtha_1970.scn
Rumani_1967.scn
Rumani_1973.scn
SAM_Hunting_1973.scn
Shadwan_Island_1970.scn
Sharm_el_Sheikh_1956.scn
Teaching_Set_A01.scn
Teaching_Set_A02.scn
Teaching_Set_A03.scn
Teaching_Set_A04.scn
Teaching_Set_A05.scn
Tel_al_Ful_1967.scn
Tel_Faher_1967.scn
Tel_Hermonit_1a_1973.scn
Tel_Masharah_1973.scn
Tel_Mashara_1_1973.scn
Thamad_1956.scn
Timimoun_1958.scn
Tournament_Set_A01.scn
Tournament_Set_A02.scn
Tournament_Set_A03.scn
Tournament_Set_A04.scn
Tournament_Set_B01.scn
Umm_Qatef_1948.scn
Winter_Lake_1973.scn
Yad_Mordechai_1948.scn

Me:

My computer:

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ORIGINAL: berto

On my part here, I have

Two systems (WinXP & Win8.1) resuming normal testing.

One system (Win7) devoted to testing troublesome scenarios.

One system (Win10, my main dev system) for special purpose tests, and tests done in full debug mode.

Good luck to us all.

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ORIGINAL: Big Ivan

Good to see the Win7 testing, I'm liking it!!

Question for the dev team that came to mind a couple of days ago.

I did some modding to the battalion & brigade files to add leaders to the major combatants. Also added real Israeli & Arab names to the name files.

Is it safe to assume those battalion and Brigade oob's will be over written by the new CSME 2.0?

If so can I resave those files and overwrite the oob's and name files after I install 2.0 or will I gum up the works?

I'm not sure how those files have changed with the new 2.0 so figured I'd ask. If I have to do more extensive work after 2.0 install, I want to be prepared.

Thanks
John

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ORIGINAL: Big Ivan

Thanks Petri,

Good idea, I will mod those and tuck away for future safe keeping.

Cheers!
John

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ORIGINAL: budd

Think i mentioned this before but let me mention again the scenarios really could use some mission briefings for each side.

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ORIGINAL: Crossroads

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ORIGINAL: budd

Think i mentioned this before but let me mention again the scenarios really could use some mission briefings for each side.

Something we can now do, with CS Event Engine messages. We'll have something like 20 scenario briefings place for the initial release (among other events taking place in those scenarios). Expect to see more of them in future updates, or even in a mod pack before one.

Here's a sample from the Teaching Set 1973. Briefings were first implemented to Bootcamp scenarios and Teaching Sets, to aid in getting a feel for the game and eras it covers:

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ORIGINAL: berto

Apart from that, I will see about implementing that proposed Lua EE "spell checker", also crafting a testing tool to vet proper Lua EE operation.

This effort is going well.

Quite well indeed. By the time I am finished, maybe by tomorrow, we should have an automated tool to vet proper Lua EE operation -- most aspects, if not quite all -- across several turns of test scenario play.

And it's done!

Sample run:

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rober@Rob10rto /cygdrive/c/Games/Matrix Games/Middle East/middle_east
$ ~/cslint/csluaeechk
LuaEECheck1
243c243
< [DEBUG ID 10] (lua.cpp, line 423, l_log()) 2.9285714285714 average_morale ()
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> [DEBUG ID 10] (lua.cpp, line 423, l_log()) 2.8571428571429 average_morale ()

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The command '~/cslint/csluaeechk'

Launches a special LuaEECheck1.scn in automated test mode.

The scenario (an adaptation of Thamad_1956.scn) runs through its three turns.

As each Lua EE function is called, its value or effect is logged to lua.log

When the test scenario finishes, lua.log is stripped of its date/time stamps.

The filtered output is diff'ed against a known-good, vetted reference output file, ~/cslint/csluaeechk.ref.

In the above csluaeechk sample output, you will note the diff's between the reference and last-run average_morale() values. It's nothing to worry about; it's an artifact of the testing methodology. No, what is important is the absence of any other diffs -- an indication that the latest output compares well with the known-good reference output, that the current Lua EE is operating properly.

We now have a handy-dandy tool for running automated Lua EE QA checks whenever necessary, after significant code changes (that might impact the EE) for instance.

And if it's not clear: the Lua EE has been vetted (again) for CSME 2.0!

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ORIGINAL: K K Rossokolski

TYPE:OOB additions

DESCRIPTION:France 1948-1954, addition to supplement Catholic Militia.

1:These people were, in general semi-prosperous small farmers and merchants. Many would have owned bicycles (not the cargo jobs).
2. Their priests can reasonably be expected to hold positions of authority in the militias. To be included as leaders.
I seem to recall both of these elements were included in an earlier .org.

CODING REQUIRED?:Not for the bicycles, which are widespread throughout the CS OOB spectrum. Priests maybe.

EFFECT ON CURRENT SCENARIOS?: Merely an addition to scenarios under preparation.

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ORIGINAL: Warhorse

We DO have a NATO symbol for priests!!!

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ORIGINAL: Warhorse

Er, correction, we do in the WW2 games, not the new ones...yet, but I will!! I remembered making one for the Forgotten Battles Mod, for the Priests included in the West Front/East Front games. Just need to add it to the growing counter sheet!

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ORIGINAL: Crossroads

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ORIGINAL: Warhorse

Er, correction, we do in the WW2 games, not the new ones...yet, but I will!! I remembered making one for the Forgotten Battles Mod, for the Priests included in the West Front/East Front games. Just need to add it to the growing counter sheet!

What! We're missing a NATO symbol I thought the 450+ that's already there covers the world, and back

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ORIGINAL: Crossroads

Band, we definitively need a band!

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ORIGINAL: harry_vdk

We had packman within our company

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ORIGINAL: berto

CSEE How-To screenshot:

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ORIGINAL: berto

CSEE How-To screenshot:

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ORIGINAL: berto

CSEE How-To screenshot: