SUBSIM Radio Room Forums



SUBSIM: The Web's #1 resource for all submarine & naval simulations since 1997

Go Back   SUBSIM Radio Room Forums > Modern-Era Subsims > Dangerous Waters
Forget password? Reset here

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-02-06, 03:46 PM   #1
UglyMowgli
Grey Wolf
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Canada
Posts: 784
Downloads: 10
Uploads: 0


French version incompatibilities

After some experiences!

- LwAmi files are incompatible ith the french version (error code 13001)
- Can't play in MP with US and French version

It appear the db have not the same filename : FDB for french verison and EDB for english verison (??). We will try do more tests.
__________________
Modern Naval Warfare Community Manager
UglyMowgli is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-02-06, 03:58 PM   #2
nanucq
Swabbie
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Toulon (France)
Posts: 10
Downloads: 5
Uploads: 0
Default

It's a shame......Don't know if i'll buy the french version finally....
__________________
\"The first casuality of war is innocence\" (Platoon)
nanucq is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-02-06, 04:29 PM   #3
goldorak
Admiral
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,320
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by MSgalileo
After some experiences!

- LwAmi files are incompatible ith the french version (error code 13001)
- Can't play in MP with US and French version

It appear the db have not the same filename : FDB for french verison and EDB for english verison (??). We will try do more tests.
Wait, lets be clear about this : is the stock french version incompatible with the stock us version ? Or is the incompatibility only on the modded version ?
goldorak is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-02-06, 04:38 PM   #4
UglyMowgli
Grey Wolf
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Canada
Posts: 784
Downloads: 10
Uploads: 0


Default

At this time some can't play with LwAmi in SP and MP
Some can't play with FR Version with other in US (with/without LwAmi)
but others can do all with FR as we do with US version.
We are investigating about this problems.
__________________
Modern Naval Warfare Community Manager
UglyMowgli is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-02-06, 04:40 PM   #5
goldorak
Admiral
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,320
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by MSgalileo
At this time some can't play with LwAmi in SP and MP
Some can't play with FR Version with other in US (with/without LwAmi)
but others can do all with FR as we do with US version.
We are investigating about this problems.

Damn, this is bad news indeed.
goldorak is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-02-06, 05:37 PM   #6
Phullbrick
Seaman
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: France
Posts: 42
Downloads: 9
Uploads: 0
Default

Indeed

this + the very small french manual (1/5 of the english one) = less copies to sell here in France
__________________
Phullbrick is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-03-06, 02:55 AM   #7
JamesT73J
Medic
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 167
Downloads: 9
Uploads: 0
Default

If it's a matter of three letters, and the difference is the same throughout the DB, could a script be written to rename the relevant files, or is it more complex than that?
JamesT73J is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-03-06, 09:17 AM   #8
Phullbrick
Seaman
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: France
Posts: 42
Downloads: 9
Uploads: 0
Default

who knows

maybe someone from scs can answer that question (if they know) ?
__________________
Phullbrick is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-03-06, 11:53 AM   #9
Jamie
Sonalysts Inc.
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Middletown, CT (USA)
Posts: 204
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phullbrick
who knows

maybe someone from scs can answer that question (if they know) ?
We certainly did not intend anyone with the English, French, or German versions not to be able to play MP together... We'll take a look.

Thanks!
Jamie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-03-06, 03:49 PM   #10
Phullbrick
Seaman
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: France
Posts: 42
Downloads: 9
Uploads: 0
Default

That would be nice from you Jamie cause some of the new players have waited so long to get their FR release !

feel free to use our email to get in touch with us if needed :

webmaster@mile-sabords.com

Edit : Jamie we ran some testing to understand and let me show you

This is my DW version (US) database folder :



This is the French version 1.03 (without Lwami)


Finally the French version 1.03 + Lwami


As you can see the French vers comes with new prefixes "F" instead of "E" for mine. I guess the F stands for French when the E means E.

So in my understanding, the game simply doesn't care about what it doesn't know and with the "E" files.

Then we tried something else and uninstalled the Lwami to move back to the regular 1.03 game and try to play MP with a US game and a FR game.

And we got this :

- Client databases are different than the Host
- Client interface files are different than the host

__________________

Last edited by Phullbrick; 07-03-06 at 04:46 PM.
Phullbrick is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-03-06, 05:20 PM   #11
JamesT73J
Medic
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 167
Downloads: 9
Uploads: 0
Default

I wonder if renaming them (the LWAMI files) would work, or would this cause problems again?
JamesT73J is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-03-06, 05:28 PM   #12
Phullbrick
Seaman
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: France
Posts: 42
Downloads: 9
Uploads: 0
Default

we just tried, moved the lwami files from the /mod/lwami/database to the dw/database and renamed all files from exxxx to fxxxx

when connecting to the host (US version) we just get a message saying the interface files are not the same but nothing about the database files, that's maybe a good point but I hope it doesn't do weird things with the game ?
__________________
Phullbrick is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-03-06, 06:23 PM   #13
LuftWolf
Ocean Warrior
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Free New York
Posts: 3,167
Downloads: 2
Uploads: 0
Default

I think you guys may have the solution there.

If the game loads for the French players with the renamed files with no errors, and you guys can connect without database errors, then the problem should be solved.

In terms of the interface files, they were probably updated with french text for the firecontrol, etc., so that's probably what the error message is from, but I feel good that it won't effect gameplay.

Thanks for keeping us updated!

Cheers,
David
__________________
LW
LuftWolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-04-06, 02:54 AM   #14
Phullbrick
Seaman
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: France
Posts: 42
Downloads: 9
Uploads: 0
Default

I'm glad to hear your positive feedback Luftwolf and I thank you again for your fantastic mod

I have one more question for you or Jamie.

Let's say a host and a client have different database files. The game starts after the warning but what happens then ? What version counts ? host or client ? or a mix of both ?

ps : tonight is our weekly online training (for the french community) and we'll go through several games I believe, so we'll see what happens then.
__________________

Last edited by Phullbrick; 07-04-06 at 02:56 AM.
Phullbrick is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-04-06, 03:52 AM   #15
JamesT73J
Medic
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 167
Downloads: 9
Uploads: 0
Default

Phullbrick,

The host will be the 'master', if memory serves.


James
JamesT73J is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:00 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1995- 2025 Subsim®
"Subsim" is a registered trademark, all rights reserved.