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Build 14 Alpha 7

konradk

konradk

Privateer
Storm Modder
Storm Modeller
Hello all.

I've just uploaded update 7 of experimental Build 14. It's available <a href="http://www.s31clan.com/pietersmods/potc_downloads/build14/Build14A7.exe" target="_blank">here</a> (59,3 MB). It should be installed over Build 14 Alpha 6.

Instalation:
1. Execute installer. When asked select main game directory (where ENGINE.EXE is).
2. After instalation file postinstall.exe can be removed.
3. Start a new game (sorry).

Here's a changelist:
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Build Version: Sunday 6 May 2007
Build 14 Alpha 7

==========================
New mod and improved mods:
==========================

- Black Pearl 2.0 a
Latest model of the Black Pearl.
> By Kazeite

- Wicked Wench
Model of the Wicked Wench.
> By Pieter Boelen

- Updated Surprise
Now Surprise has opened lower gunports.
> By Merciless Mark

- Latest victories in Location Remodeling Campaign
Remodeled Port au Prince port and town. New buildings added in Santo Domingo.
> By Couchcaptain Charles

- Pirates of the Caribbean Characters
The mod containing characters from Pirates of the Caribbean (Jack Sparrow,
Commodore Norrington, Mr Gibbs), as well as Napoleonic English and French
soldiers derived from Deringer mod. Officers are soldiers are toggleable.
> By Thomas the Terror, Kazeite, Deringer

- Bartolomeu quest
Added a new quest.
> By Bartolomeu o Portugues with Pieter Boelen improvements

- Blockdamage mod
Blockdamage mod was improved.
> By HawkerT

- Updates and fixes to Maximus mods
Self explanatory.
> By Maximus

- Loading screens
New loading screens for Tortuga and additional taverns, stores and guardhouse.
> By Pieter Boelen

- Visiting deck
When that's mod is turned on, main character will go to the deck from land
or from sea. The icon to skip this is available.
> By Pieter Boelen

- More quick-action icons
Quick-action icons show what is the next location or what kind of thing would
be done.
> By Maximus

- Corpsemode 4 and other dead
Added some fixes.
> By pirate_kk

- New item:
Normal Compass: Enables advanced on-sea interface if equipped
Enhanced Compass: Displays others attitude toward you in on-sea interface if
equipped.
> Item added to the game and given functionality by pirate_kk

- Battle Interface
Cannons status is visible without any compass. Fixed glitch when interface
showed loaded amunition even on unarmed ship.
> By pirate_kk

- Updated Choose Sails interface
Added purewhite sails with national emblems (but without Portugal and
personal design) and sails with Che Guevara picture (made by SKULL(y)76).
> By pirate_kk

- Music Scheme in interface
Music scheme can be set in "Sound" section of the interface.
> By pirate_kk

- Changed Upgrade Cannons interface
Main character has more control on buying or selling guns. That might work
incorrectly!
> By pirate_kk

- Boarding changes
When fighting in the last location (usually enemy ship cabin) main character
will face captain of the ship. However, main character and his officers won't
be magically healed anymore when moving from one deck to other.
> By pirate_kk

- Enhanced localization
National keyboard is available when using one of supported languages. Added
support for Polish language.
> By pirate_kk

- Modified Escalated Battleship
The model has total of 80 guns (6 on stern instead of 2). Unfortunately I
didn't manage to find out how to make them visible. Fleurs de lis pattern
removed from hers borts - it looked good, but strange if ship wasn't french.
> By pirate_kk

I'd like to excuse everyone who work I missed here...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Please note that with this download only English version is available. Other versions (Russian, French, etc) will be uploaded and available later. I didn't update the internet page yet.

Thank you for attention and I'm sorry for extremely long delay. I hope to become better in the future...

pirate_kk
 
Argh! 31.5 MB! Too much to download for me. Could you please make a version excluding all files I already have? Or could somebody download some stuff for me and send it to me on a CD or something? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />
 
Installed per instructions and got this error message...

<img src="http://serv2.imagehigh.com/imgss/5773392_potc14a7-01.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

backup cap:
<a href="http://img164.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=01917_potc14a7_01_122_352lo.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img164.imagevenue.com/loc352/th_01917_potc14a7_01_122_352lo.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>

Then clicking anything gives the "ENGINE.exe" error

FYI - was using 14a6 prior with absolutely no problems...

Thanks...

kevin
 
<!--quoteo(post=0:date=:name=Pieter Boelen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pieter Boelen)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Could you please make a version excluding all files I already have?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Certainly, I'll do that when I'll fix what I damaged here - after I make sure that update is functional, upload everything and update page.


<!--quoteo(post=193664:date=May 7 2007, 01:59 AM:name=KevinAtlanta)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(KevinAtlanta @ May 7 2007, 01:59 AM) [snapback]193664[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Installed per instructions and got this error message...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Could you please enable error.log, compile.log and system.log and upload them? To do it you must edit [script] section of the engine.ini file to look like this:<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->[script]
debuginfo = 1
codefiles = 0
runtimelog = 1<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

I'm terribly sorry. Try to extract attached file to your main game directory and start it again. You'll need download current version, but you'll need to apply that anyway.

pirate_kk
 
i've seen that error before. it's caused, in my experience, by the wrong buildsettings file.
 
That error could be caused by anything, not just by BuildSettings.h.

Could somebody give me the PROGRAM and RESOURCE\INI folders for Alpha 7? The resource files themselves are too much for me to download. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":modding" border="0" alt="modding.gif" />
 
I updated the page (http://www.s31clan.com/pietersmods/b14_alpha.htm)

BTW, I have some question: did someone tried to install corrected version (that 59.3 MB)? Does it still breaks the game?

pirate_kk
 
I got some problems with Build 14 Alpha 7.

After installation I've got an abnormal programm termination
The error log says that SOUND.H can't be loaded
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->COMPILE ERROR - file: globals.c; line: 1
can't load file: Sound\sound.h<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->
Then I copy the old sound.h into the program\sound folder. So I can start the game.

But now I have no music in the Main Menu. There was no error log created but the system.log say:
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->Scanning modules\
Loading modules...
Loaded 0
Reset...
Initializing CORE...
Creating atoms space: 128
done
initializing complete
Initializing DirectX 8
Techniques: 9 shaders compiled.
Techniques: 180 techniques compiled.
Techniques: compiled by 749292146 ticks.
BeginScene
The method call is invalid For example, a method's parameter may have an invalid value
resource\sounds\MUSIC\CutthroatIsland_Main_Theme.ogg: Can`t open file
resource\sounds\MUSIC\CutthroatIsland_Main_Theme.ogg: Can`t open file<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->
But I didn't have the CutthroatIsland_Main_Theme file cause I use my own music files.
So what did I have to change to use my own music in Main Menu?
The music.ini is correct, but it seems the music.ini file isn't responsible for this any more.

The next problem I've got is that I can't open the options menu. Every time I click the "Option" button in the Main Menu I got a CTD. No error.log is created. Only thing I found was in the system.log
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1--> Scanning modules\
Loading modules...
Loaded 0
Reset...
Initializing CORE...
Creating atoms space: 128
done
initializing complete
Initializing DirectX 8
Techniques: 9 shaders compiled.
Techniques: 180 techniques compiled.
Techniques: compiled by 749292146 ticks.
BeginScene
CreateVertexBuffer::CreateVertexBuffer
The method call is invalid For example, a method's parameter may have an invalid value
CreateIndexBuffer::CreateIndexBuffer<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->


Can anybody help to fix that, please? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bookish.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mm" border="0" alt="bookish.gif" />


[edit] I use the 59,3 MB version of Alpha 7[/edit]
 
how about the aliases file? i've discovered that if there isn't a track to play programmed in for a location, the game crashes.
 
Well, I must explain what I've done with music and sounds.

In some point I observed that there were some sounds missing due to limitations in RESOURCE\INI\ALIASES\sound_alias.ini. So, I rewrote the code so it uses "double" methods: uses sound_alias.ini and, additionally, sounds from PROGRAM\sound\alias\sounds_<language>.c. I also wanted ensure that player would automatically select correct sounds, greetings, etc after switching a language, without necessity of copying or renaming any external files. The similar system I've used for music, but now it's required that "standard" music is directly in RESOURCE\Sounds\MUSIC. I stupidly assumed that everyone uses 'music packs' which were available from Pieters' Pirates Page (Pirates Gold!, Cutthroat Island, Master & Commander or PotC Movie music), so interface "assumes" identically. Now one can have many "music packs" on the disk and switch between them in interface, but only between those. So, the whole thing ignoresRESOURCE\INI\ALIASES\music_alias.ini and gets mad when in directory is something different than were originally in former versions...

pirate_kk
 
Jack Black said:
I got some problems with Build 14 Alpha 7.

After installation I've got an abnormal programm termination
The error log says that SOUND.H can't be loaded
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->COMPILE ERROR - file: globals.c; line: 1
can't load file: Sound\sound.h<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->
Then I copy the old sound.h into the program\sound folder. So I can start the game.
[\quote]

Could you try to download attached file, extract it to main directory and execute it?
Click to expand...
 
No, it's possible. I wrote external program which converts ini files from resource\ini\aliases\*.ini to c files from program\sound\alias. However, I'd need to improve interface more so it would accept some other, external configuration...
 
goooooooood. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":))" border="0" alt="smile2.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo(post=193879:date=May 8 2007, 07:48 PM:name=pirate_kk)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pirate_kk @ May 8 2007, 07:48 PM) [snapback]193879[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Could you try to download attached file, extract it to main directory and execute it?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I tried it but unfortunately it doesn't work. I got the same runtime error again.
 
Did you get any error.log file?

I'm sorry I'm doing debugging this way but I have very little HD space and don't want do destroy my version - if I did, restoring everything would be more difficult...

pirate_kk
 
Error.log say the same as before (see post above)

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->COMPILE ERROR - file: globals.c; line: 1
can't load file: Sound\sound.h<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

That is everything that is located in the error.log

Copying an old sound.h file into program\sound folder solves the problem and I've been able to start the game.


But can you explain what I have to do to hear my own music in the game? Please explain it for dummies (for me) <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

And finally I got the same problem with the Options Button in the Main Menu. Pressing the Options Button caused a crash to desktop without creating an error.log file.
All other Main Menu Buttons (Save,Load, Credits etc.) work correctly.
 
I don't understand this! One of the first thing postinstall.bat should do is moving sound.h to the proper place... What operating system you have? Did postinstall.bat produce any errors?

pirate_kk
 
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