[TEC] SH5.exe patches to fix bugs and add functionality

[THE_MASK]

Regarding the radio reports .
Display Range To Opportunity Radio Contacts=250 ;[>0] kilometers
Display Range To Important Radio Contacts=500 ;[>0] kilometers

Any way to make these ranges variable to mimic relay ships , static interference ?

[SilentOtto]

I hate nagging, but I still can't use any of the new patchers (>1.0.60), getting that damned .NET 3.5 compatibility error in linux!

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by sober

Regarding the radio reports .
Display Range To Opportunity Radio Contacts=250 ;[>0] kilometers
Display Range To Important Radio Contacts=500 ;[>0] kilometers

Any way to make these ranges variable to mimic relay ships , static interference ?

Not following you

Originally Posted by SilentOtto

I hate nagging, but I still can't use any of the new patchers (>1.0.60), getting that damned .NET 3.5 compatibility error in linux!

I compiled against .NET 2.0 and forced the app to 32bit only in the latest version. I don't know what else I can do The only thing that is different now from the previous versions (~0.60) are the icons on the tree nodes. I wonder if that has something to do with it

[SilentOtto]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

I compiled against .NET 2.0 and forced the app to 32bit only in the latest version. I don't know what else I can do The only thing that is different now from the previous versions (~0.60) are the icons on the tree nodes. I wonder if that has something to do with it

Well then I can only thank you a lot (again!) for caring and helping me it's really considerate of you, and I mean it, since it seems no one else has this problem.

The icon issue, it would be incredible, but then so typically microsoftian

Everyone would hate me (and you ) if you spend more time on this issue... Meanwhile, I'll look around again for ideas on getting 3.5 working, though it is a bitch. Maybe when you're done with all this new stuff you can check it again, I'll bite my nails a bit in the meantime! (Though I'm doing fine with your 1.060, plus all the mod awesomeness).

[THE_MASK]

Originally Posted by sober

Regarding the radio reports .
Display Range To Opportunity Radio Contacts=250 ;[>0] kilometers
Display Range To Important Radio Contacts=500 ;[>0] kilometers

Any way to make these ranges variable to mimic relay ships , static interference ?

Any way to have these numbers random ?


Display Range To Opportunity Radio Contacts=250 ;[>0] kilometers
Random numbers from 0-250
Per 24 hours .
Display Range To Important Radio Contacts=500 ;[>0] kilometers

[Paco]

Originally Posted by SilentOtto

Well then I can only thank you a lot (again!) for caring and helping me it's really considerate of you, and I mean it, since it seems no one else has this problem.

The DotNet Framework is hell on earth for me, because of using a 64 Bit Linux... That causes my problems with installing Sh5.

As a workaround for Your Problem: Perhaps You could install a virtual-Box with a WinXP or Win7 Testinstallation. Share the SH5-Folder within VirtualBox and You could easily Patch Your sh5.exe without rebooting into a real Win7 environment?

BTW: Why are You using the 3.5 and not the 2 Patch 2?

Cheers,
Paco.

[Cybermat47]

i have a bit of a problem.I tried to test the new version of the patcher on a computer which i installed sh5 on but doesnt run it as well as my other one, and when i tried to open the patch, it came up with this message:
File is different version than expected!

Patch:Contact reports have random chance of calling in wolfpack
Change:4
Reason:Bytes read does not equal bytes expected by patch
Bytes read: E8D0333700CC
Bytes expected: 8BE55DC20400

Any idea why?
I had not installed any of the old patches, and sh5.exe was v 1.2.0.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

i have a bit of a problem.I tried to test the new version of the patcher on a computer which i installed sh5 on but doesnt run it as well as my other one, and when i tried to open the patch, it came up with this message:
File is different version than expected!

Patch:Contact reports have random chance of calling in wolfpack
Change:4
Reason:Bytes read does not equal bytes expected by patch
Bytes read: E8D0333700CC
Bytes expected: 8BE55DC20400

Any idea why?
I had not installed any of the old patches, and sh5.exe was v 1.2.0.

It appears you failed to remove all the old patches with the old version of the patcher before trying to patch with new version

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

It appears you failed to remove all the old patches with the old version of the patcher before trying to patch with new version

ok, thanks

[TheDarkWraith]

Started coding in the Bdu failed to dispatch subs messages. There will be no timer on this one. When you send in a contact report and Bdu fails to dispatch subs to you then you will immediately get a radio message back saying they couldn't dispatch subs.

[Cybermat47]

Just a quick question:can these patches be installed at any time, like official patches, or only in the bunker, as with mods?

[Sartoris]

Such exciting times for SH5! Keep up the great work, TDW!

[SilentOtto]

Originally Posted by Paco

The DotNet Framework is hell on earth for me, because of using a 64 Bit Linux... That causes my problems with installing Sh5.

As a workaround for Your Problem: Perhaps You could install a virtual-Box with a WinXP or Win7 Testinstallation. Share the SH5-Folder within VirtualBox and You could easily Patch Your sh5.exe without rebooting into a real Win7 environment?

BTW: Why are You using the 3.5 and not the 2 Patch 2?

Cheers,
Paco.

Oh no Paco, I'm using version 2, that's why I'm having these troubles. It seems a few people have been able to install 3.5, but even then, many apps don't work well or don't work at all, even if .NET "seems" to be installed.

Version 2 is quite stable (in 32 bit at least). It seems 3.5 changes so many things in its insides, starts 2 threads instead of one, has a different way of rendering, and it's really hard to get it running on anything not a real windows.

Your suggestion is not a bad idea... I'm sometimes also thinking of giving up and making a partition for a win xp install, I have a couple serials from past installations. But it would be a nuisance of rebooting to play the game and having all your stuff on the linux install. I'd surely get better sh5 performance though...

[TheDarkWraith]

I was being dumb. I thought I would have to add a whole new bit just to get the failed Bdu messages to use a timer but I don't. I can just simply give it a different value (2 instead of 1) Thus when Bdu fails to dispatch subs to your position the message will be on the same timer used by when they do dispatch subs to your position (meaning it could take up to 1 hour to receive this message)

[gap]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

I was being dumb. I thought I would have to add a whole new bit just to get the failed Bdu messages to use a timer but I don't. I can just simply give it a different value (2 instead of 1) Thus when Bdu fails to dispatch subs to your position the message will be on the same timer used by when they do dispatch subs to your position (meaning it could take up to 1 hour to receive this message)

Cool

by any chance, could you make % probability that subs are dispatched, and B.d.U. messages time delay user configurable?