Matrix Games Forums

 Forums  Register  Login  Photo Gallery  Member List  Search  Calendars  FAQ 

My Profile  Inbox  Address Book  My Subscription  My Forums  Log Out

2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!!

 
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
Users viewing this topic: none
  Printable Version
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> Flashpoint Campaigns Series >> 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! Page: [1] 2 3   next >   >>
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 2:16:14 AM   
CapnDarwin


Posts: 8467
Joined: 2/12/2005
From: Newark, OH
Status: offline 		Red Storm Action at its best!

Please read the included What's New PDF to see all the fixes, enhancements and additions made for this release and the others in the 2.0.11 Beta.

This release comes in two flavors, Production and Debug. The Production version removes all the debug support and should run smoother.

You can find the files here on our Website: 2.0.11.6 Beta Update

The package was uploaded to Matrix for Steam Beta and Members Club downloads. It could take a number of days to filter through the system and go live in those venues.

Check it out and let us know what you think! The speed boost to game play from Jeff's optimization work should be very noticeable!!

If you are new to the updates, grab 11.2 first to get new maps done by William and then install 11.6.

Enjoy!!

_____________________________

OTS is looking forward to Southern Storm getting released!

Cap'n Darwin aka Jim Snyder
On Target Simulations LLC
Post #: 1
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 3:37:32 PM   
kevinkins


Posts: 2257
Joined: 3/8/2006
Status: offline 		Looking forward. Just downloaded. So what are the steps to go from virgin Steam to 11.6? Can a Steam player simply exchange EXE files? I see the maps from 11.2 are recommended as well. Can those be installed at a later time?

(in reply to CapnDarwin)
Post #: 2
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 3:52:16 PM   
CapnDarwin


Posts: 8467
Joined: 2/12/2005
From: Newark, OH
Status: offline 		You can copy over the new exe. The maps can be added later or they will be updated when the full update is released in a few weeks.

_____________________________

OTS is looking forward to Southern Storm getting released!

Cap'n Darwin aka Jim Snyder
On Target Simulations LLC

(in reply to kevinkins)
Post #: 3
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 4:39:29 PM   
JPFisher55

 

Posts: 589
Joined: 11/22/2014
Status: offline 		Will this update affect withdrawal by units. In the past, my units would refuse to follow movement orders away from enemy units that they had sighted and were engaging.

(in reply to CapnDarwin)
Post #: 4
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 5:02:57 PM   
CapnDarwin


Posts: 8467
Joined: 2/12/2005
From: Newark, OH
Status: offline 		JP, we did fix a bug that messed up some orders delay. That might help your situation. The better Withdrawal order is in the works for the Southern Storm game engine.

_____________________________

OTS is looking forward to Southern Storm getting released!

Cap'n Darwin aka Jim Snyder
On Target Simulations LLC

(in reply to JPFisher55)
Post #: 5
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 5:34:37 PM   
harry_vdk

 

Posts: 338
Joined: 6/10/2014
From: Drachten
Status: offline 		The intel reports are very nice, thanks.

(in reply to CapnDarwin)
Post #: 6
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 5:50:46 PM   
CapnDarwin


Posts: 8467
Joined: 2/12/2005
From: Newark, OH
Status: offline 		Harry, glad you like them. Have you seen an increase in the speed of play?

_____________________________

OTS is looking forward to Southern Storm getting released!

Cap'n Darwin aka Jim Snyder
On Target Simulations LLC

(in reply to harry_vdk)
Post #: 7
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 6:16:23 PM   
harry_vdk

 

Posts: 338
Joined: 6/10/2014
From: Drachten
Status: offline 		After one command cycle its to soon to tell.

But it wood be nice if this intel report can stay open while you give the orders, a bypass for now is printing this to pdf of fineprint.

(in reply to CapnDarwin)
Post #: 8
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 6:49:59 PM   
pekische

 

Posts: 184
Joined: 8/20/2012
From: Czech republic
Status: offline 		Is steam version supported?

(in reply to harry_vdk)
Post #: 9
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 7:00:44 PM   
CapnDarwin


Posts: 8467
Joined: 2/12/2005
From: Newark, OH
Status: offline 		Yes, you can use the zip file exe with Steam. The Beta update will get into Steams update system (beta) within a week (Matrix/Steam dependant).

_____________________________

OTS is looking forward to Southern Storm getting released!

Cap'n Darwin aka Jim Snyder
On Target Simulations LLC

(in reply to pekische)
Post #: 10
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 7:30:10 PM   
kevinkins


Posts: 2257
Joined: 3/8/2006
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Capn Darwin

You can copy over the new exe. The maps can be added later or they will be updated when the full update is released in a few weeks.
---------------------------------------------------------------

Up and running.

Thanks, Kevin

< Message edited by kevinkin -- 7/13/2016 7:34:10 PM >

(in reply to CapnDarwin)
Post #: 11
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 7:32:00 PM   
Stimpak


Posts: 632
Joined: 8/23/2015
From: BC, Canada
Status: offline 		Unfortunately I am still getting the "CPU leak" issue that slows the game down dramatically.

At this point, I'm thinking it might be Steam. Is there any way to ditch the steam version for a stand-alone download of the game?

(in reply to kevinkins)
Post #: 12
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 7:39:37 PM   
CapnDarwin


Posts: 8467
Joined: 2/12/2005
From: Newark, OH
Status: offline 		Stimpak, we would like to better understand what you are seeing. The exe for Steam and Matrix version are the same. It may be possible that the additional Steam specific code could be the issue, but none of it is involved during game play that I know of. Perhaps we can find a way to have a Skype meeting or similar to see first hand what is going on. It might also be a good idea to check file integrity or even do a reinstall of the game. I will make Rob aware that you are still seeing a problem with 11.6.

_____________________________

OTS is looking forward to Southern Storm getting released!

Cap'n Darwin aka Jim Snyder
On Target Simulations LLC

(in reply to Stimpak)
Post #: 13
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 7:55:54 PM   
pekische

 

Posts: 184
Joined: 8/20/2012
From: Czech republic
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Capn Darwin

Yes, you can use the zip file exe with Steam. The Beta update will get into Steams update system (beta) within a week (Matrix/Steam dependant).


When I start the zip file exe in my steam version then the game starts but after loading initial screen this message appears: "Steam initialisation failed. Is the Steam engine running? Please contact Metrix Games...". The steam is running of course and the previous 11.5 beta version was running without problems.

< Message edited by pekische -- 7/13/2016 8:09:18 PM >

(in reply to CapnDarwin)
Post #: 14
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 8:29:30 PM   
CapnDarwin


Posts: 8467
Joined: 2/12/2005
From: Newark, OH
Status: offline 		Pekische, I will check it out this evening. The exe should be valid for Steam. Very confusing. Sorry for the frustration. Delete the exe and do a file integrity check to have 11.5 reload.

_____________________________

OTS is looking forward to Southern Storm getting released!

Cap'n Darwin aka Jim Snyder
On Target Simulations LLC

(in reply to pekische)
Post #: 15
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 9:18:34 PM   
pekische

 

Posts: 184
Joined: 8/20/2012
From: Czech republic
Status: offline 		Done. File 11.6 deleted, file integrity in steam checked. Game engine runs again normally in 11.5 version. Where could be problem with 11.6?

(in reply to CapnDarwin)
Post #: 16
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 10:02:42 PM   
battlerbritain

 

Posts: 205
Joined: 11/2/2013
Status: offline 		My report:
It plays a lot faster and seems pretty good.

I continued a big 'Bad Neustadt' scenario that I'd been playing with 11.5 and it was playing good, right up till 2 mins game time to go when trying to allocate an Airstrike (one of lots) and a popup just said 'FPRS.exe has stopped responding', and it crashed.

Windows Application log gives a path to files for the crash, but they're not there. A Report.wer does exist and I'll try and attach it.

Attachment (1)

< Message edited by battlerbritain -- 7/13/2016 10:06:34 PM >

(in reply to pekische)
Post #: 17
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 11:36:05 PM   
CapnDarwin


Posts: 8467
Joined: 2/12/2005
From: Newark, OH
Status: offline 		@Pekische, Did you download the debug or production version of 11.6? I just dropped the 11.6 production into my steam setup of the game and all ran well.

@Battlerbritain, can you post a save game from before the crash? That might help us track down what happened. Thanks.

_____________________________

OTS is looking forward to Southern Storm getting released!

Cap'n Darwin aka Jim Snyder
On Target Simulations LLC

(in reply to battlerbritain)
Post #: 18
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/13/2016 11:55:01 PM   
kevinkins


Posts: 2257
Joined: 3/8/2006
Status: offline 		No problems with the production exe either in or out of Steam (limited test time).

Edit: Learned the *Fp9 files need to be kept along side the map *.png file. My mistake at first when adding in the new maps.

< Message edited by kevinkin -- 7/14/2016 2:17:21 AM >

(in reply to CapnDarwin)
Post #: 19
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/14/2016 2:48:30 AM   
budd


Posts: 2972
Joined: 7/4/2009
From: Tacoma
Status: offline 		Drop the exe. in my steam game folder played a couple of cycles without issue. William sure has steadily improved the maps, they look great. during the couple of cycles i played the game did seem to play faster, the map scrolled better for me. Nice changes, thank you.

_____________________________

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Be Yourself; Everyone else is already taken" ~Oscar Wilde

*I'm in the Wargamer middle ground*
I don't buy all the wargames I want, I just buy more than I need.

(in reply to kevinkins)
Post #: 20
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/14/2016 2:53:22 AM   
CapnDarwin


Posts: 8467
Joined: 2/12/2005
From: Newark, OH
Status: offline 		Budd, thanks for the info! Enjoy.

_____________________________

OTS is looking forward to Southern Storm getting released!

Cap'n Darwin aka Jim Snyder
On Target Simulations LLC

(in reply to budd)
Post #: 21
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/14/2016 5:43:58 AM   
pekische

 

Posts: 184
Joined: 8/20/2012
From: Czech republic
Status: offline 		The same alert message with production version...

(in reply to CapnDarwin)
Post #: 22
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/14/2016 4:42:21 PM   
pekische

 

Posts: 184
Joined: 8/20/2012
From: Czech republic
Status: offline 		I have reinstalled the game in steam engine and tried added 11.6 patch again. But the result is the same. I have to wait for the steam 11.6 update....

(in reply to pekische)
Post #: 23
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/14/2016 5:39:21 PM   
CapnDarwin


Posts: 8467
Joined: 2/12/2005
From: Newark, OH
Status: offline 		Pekische, as a long shot, load 11.5. Rename the exe, then copy in the 11.6 exe and try to run it. If it fails, just delete the 11.6 and rename the 11.5 exe back to what it was.

_____________________________

OTS is looking forward to Southern Storm getting released!

Cap'n Darwin aka Jim Snyder
On Target Simulations LLC

(in reply to pekische)
Post #: 24
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/14/2016 6:09:55 PM   
pekische

 

Posts: 184
Joined: 8/20/2012
From: Czech republic
Status: offline 		Capn Darwin, I have done it exactly by this way... game doesnt run unfortunately... is 11.6 planed as steam open beta update also?

(in reply to CapnDarwin)
Post #: 25
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/14/2016 6:35:01 PM   
CapnDarwin


Posts: 8467
Joined: 2/12/2005
From: Newark, OH
Status: offline 		It is. My hope is it works for you. I'm not sure why this is causing an error for you.

_____________________________

OTS is looking forward to Southern Storm getting released!

Cap'n Darwin aka Jim Snyder
On Target Simulations LLC

(in reply to pekische)
Post #: 26
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/14/2016 9:33:46 PM   
battlerbritain

 

Posts: 205
Joined: 11/2/2013
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Capn Darwin
..
@Battlerbritain, can you post a save game from before the crash? That might help us track down what happened. Thanks.


Email sent to JimS with game save (~4Mb) and Report.txt attached.

I'll try playing and saving regularly and see if I can get a more reproducible crash that doesn't need 2hrs+ of playing first before it goes bang.

(in reply to CapnDarwin)
Post #: 27
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/15/2016 1:49:21 PM   
cbelva


Posts: 1843
Joined: 3/26/2005
Status: offline 		To battlerbritain,

Can you give me some more info on what happened. I have the saved game file you sent to Capn D loaded. It is at 3 hours 35 minutes elapsed time with 2 hours 25 minutes remaining. It sounds like the game was almost over when it crashed it from your earlier post (2 minutes of game time remaining). Is my understanding correct?

Do you have the same game file from the turn where you were trying to issue the air strike that caused the crash, or the game turn just before that turn? That would help speed things up on my end in dx the problem.

Also, which aircraft unit were you giving orders to when the game crashed?

When it crashed, did it crash to desktop, quite responding, or did you get the auto bug report?

Any other info you can think may be helpful too. Thanks

(in reply to battlerbritain)
Post #: 28
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/15/2016 3:37:40 PM   
battlerbritain

 

Posts: 205
Joined: 11/2/2013
Status: offline 		Hi,

Yes, the game was almost over when it crashed to desktop.

The FPRS window instantly disappeared, it gave a little popup and progress bar that was there for about 2 seconds then disappeared. It wasn't the standard auto bug report with options of what you want to do with it. The popup just had a title of "FPRS.exe" and a progress bar.

It happened so fast all I had a chance to do was say "Nooooo!".

I hadn't been manually saving either and Windows indicated that in the Windows Application log that it had saved a dmp file, but when I looked nothing was there, except the Report.wer.

Checking through the Windows logs it appears that Windows was applying Windows updates at that time, without my instruction to do so even though I have Windows updates set to 'Prompt before download and apply' set.

What I think is happening is that the Airstrike is calling up some resource and the FPRS.exe can't get it (immediately) and it's going belly up.

I was trying to set one of the US F-4E airstrikes (there's about 5 of them all the same).

My machine is a quad-core with 4GB RAM and a 1Gb graphics card running Win8.1 . No other apps were running at the time.

I'm replaying the same game save and saving each turn and if it goes pop again I'll have something saved a bit closer to the bug (hopefully). I sent the game save I had that was closest: sorry it wasn't any closer, but the game was going fast so I didn't anticipate any problems.

< Message edited by battlerbritain -- 7/15/2016 3:44:36 PM >

(in reply to cbelva)
Post #: 29
RE: 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! - 7/15/2016 5:15:25 PM   
cbelva


Posts: 1843
Joined: 3/26/2005
Status: offline 		battlerbritan - thanks

< Message edited by cbelva -- 7/15/2016 5:18:28 PM >

(in reply to battlerbritain)
Post #: 30
Page:   [1] 2 3   next >   >>
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> Flashpoint Campaigns Series >> 2.0.11.6 Open Beta Released!!! Page: [1] 2 3   next >   >>
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts


Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET Advanced Edition 2.4.5 ANSI

0.688