Public Beta 4 Bug Reports

[Red Devil]

Be careful what you wish for...  The options that improve their behavior are all optional, so they were not added to the stock units.  I will be posting a set of hovercraft that all behave as described.  Be prepared to run.

DM bots seem to have become worse at sub-attacking now. I can follow one who is doing its 'hunt' thing, and it won't fire upon me until I shoot it first.

On bot vs human, they seem to take a little more initiative, but some of them will just sit there in many cases.

I dig the way the bots sometimes go for powerups.

Enemy AI still lacks in the evasiveness/initiative department. I thought the AI on them was supposed to be improved?

[Scoob]

Hi all,

I've spotted a possible bug that's causing me a bit of headache here, not sure if anyone else has experienced it.

Basically I'm playing an Instant Action game and all is running well and suddenly the screen goes blue!  I can see certain models just fine such as Gun Towers and Sabre tanks strangely, but for some I can just see the shadowing on the model (not the model its self) - scouts being an example.  Also the framerate plunges to 1 or 2 per second from the silky smooth highs I was experiencing previously.

I hit Escape to bring up the menu but the colours are all wrong and I can't see the text, just the menu item outlines.  If I manage to save at this point (bl00dy hard as I can't see my mouse cursor either) quit, then reload everything is fine again - for a few minutes.

Every game I've tried so far has had this issue.  Weird eh?

For the Record here's my system spec:

Q6600
Asus iP35 P5k Motherboard
4gigs of Crucial Ram
BFG 8800GT OC2
Audigy 2
Hard disks and other gubbins...
Running XP Pro with SP3.

Any ideas?

I'm currently trying various graphics options to see if any particular feature is the culprit.

This issue regularly occurs after around 10-15 mins of gameplay - all other games play without issue.

Thanks,

Gary.

[Steeveeo]

Hi all,

I've spotted a possible bug that's causing me a bit of headache here, not sure if anyone else has experienced it.

Basically I'm playing an Instant Action game and all is running well and suddenly the screen goes blue!  I can see certain models just fine such as Gun Towers and Sabre tanks strangely, but for some I can just see the shadowing on the model (not the model its self) - scouts being an example.  Also the framerate plunges to 1 or 2 per second from the silky smooth highs I was experiencing previously.

I hit Escape to bring up the menu but the colours are all wrong and I can't see the text, just the menu item outlines.  If I manage to save at this point (bl00dy hard as I can't see my mouse cursor either) quit, then reload everything is fine again - for a few minutes.

Every game I've tried so far has had this issue.  Weird eh?

For the Record here's my system spec:

Q6600
Asus iP35 P5k Motherboard
4gigs of Crucial Ram
BFG 8800GT OC2
Audigy 2
Hard disks and other gubbins...
Running XP Pro with SP3.

Any ideas?

I'm currently trying various graphics options to see if any particular feature is the culprit.

This issue regularly occurs after around 10-15 mins of gameplay - all other games play without issue.

Thanks,

Gary.

You arent the only one...

Set your sky settings to [LOW] or [NONE] to rid yourself of this problem.

[TheJamsh]

i believe that scavs are more intelligent and the isFearless addition is usefull.

the new abilities with taps are brilliant and well thought through. my first craft for my recy variant (yet to be named) is underway.

ive had one issue with a scavengerH class so far. this scavenger flies at around 50 metres and deploys into a recycler building. (this is a scavH trick for my variant.) the first few times i did this, the scavenger DID NOT float down to touch the pool (which is stated in the changelog and is the effect i want)

however it now continues to come and touch ground before it changes into the building. this is a pain to cut it short, i want the model to stay floating.

the craft in building and vehicle form also spawns much higher up if it is deployed by the engine that if i place a pre-deployed building into the game using the editor. why is this?

[bigbadbogie]

about my other compaint;

80% of qf missions use it all through the missions - there is no way to get these units back under my control now, and i am not re-writing all the missions because of this

i need the original settings restored and if i have to, i will wait until pb5 to release the mod

and if there is to be no pb5, i will consider releasing it for pb3 and lose all of the new features

[General BlackDragon]

Dont know what cause it but when arc joined the sound stopped in the lobby. Completely wierd. Never did that before.

Thats normal. That's always happened for the host. When a client joins, the shell background music stops.

[Commando]

BBB, what is your bug?  Is it basically all of your ship can't be controlled because they aren't added to your f keys?

[Commando]

this is not really a bug - well it might be

i have a bone to pick

when i have a unit that is controlled by the dll, ordered to do something with a priority of 1, and then ordered to do something with a priority of 0, i am supposed to be able to command it. Instead it has a small reticle in the middle of the unit (like at a terminal) and cannot be controlled any more. Since there is no chance of pb5 any time soon, could somebody tell me another way to get dll controlled units back under my contol via dll?

The best way to get this issue investigated is to upload your dll and assets for GSH to look at.  That way he can see what is going on in the engine.

[bigbadbogie]

More info on the problem:

it seems that it only affects units that have been created by the dll, not units that were already in the map

any unit created by the dll cant be controlled at all - this is now a serious issue

[Scoob]

Set your sky settings to [LOW] or [NONE] to rid yourself of this problem.

Thanks Steeveeo,

I should have paid a little more attention as had only just reinstalled BZ2 on my new system when PB4 came out so it was the first time on the Q6600 with 8800GT, previously I was on an older AMD 4200+ with 1950Pro.

Appreciate the info!

Cheers,

Scoob.

[Michael]

Strat game with commando. I just got bazooka, and right after firing my first shot, it crashed.


---- Battlezone II Log File ----
//=====================================================
App version: Patch 1.3pb4 Jun  9 2008 22:18:35
Exception code: C0000005 (ACCESS VIOLATION) READING from AFD4E6C4h
Message :  Exception
Error occurred at 6/15/2008 15:45:06.
D:\MR Backup\Games\Battlezone Games\bzone1.3pb4\bzone.exe, run by Administrator.
1 processor(s), type 586.
Process Memory :   1766 MB free out of   2048 MB total
Physical memory:    305 MB free out of   1023 MB total
Page(swap) file:   1852 MB free out of   2459 MB total
Fault address:  00547CC2 01:00146CC2 D:\MR Backup\Games\Battlezone Games\bzone1.3pb4\bzone.exe

Registers:
EAX:00000000
EBX:FFFFFFFF
ECX:0062D468
EDX:00000045
ESI:02670680
EDI:AFD4E6A0
CS:EIP:001B:00547CC2
SS:ESP:0023:022BF720  EBP:022BF748
DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003B  GS:0000
Flags:00210246

Call stack:
Address   Return    Function            SourceFile
00547CC2  00000000  004CA02F  DrawSprite+0x0000003D
004CA02F  00000000  00484CCB  Reticle::RenderReticle+0x00000200
00484CCB  00000000  004549E6  GameFeature::FeatureVoid::Update+0x0000000D
004549E6  00000000  00455018  Update_Rotator_Matrix+0x00000057
00455018  00000000  004550E7  Simulate_Cockpit+0x0000060F
004550E7  00000000  0045CB96  Render_Internal_View+0x00000074
0045CB96  00000000  0056475F  ViewCockpit::Process+0x00000486
0056475F  00000000  0045DD37  RunCodes::Process+0x000001BF
0045DD37  00000000  0046194B  ViewManager::Process+0x0000009D
0046194B  00000000  00461F82  MissionHandler::RenderOneFrame+0x00000072
00461F82  00000000  0056475F  MissionHandler::State::RunState::Process+0x00000542
0056475F  00000000  0045F691  RunCodes::Process+0x000001BF
0045F691  00000000  0056475F  MissionHandler::Process+0x00000012
0056475F  00000000  00564BD4  RunCodes::Process+0x000001BF
00564BD4  00000000  00455A95  Main::MessagePump+0x00000064
00455A95  00000000  0045578C  HandledMain+0x000003F4
0045578C  00000000  0045343D  HandledMain+0x000000EB
0045343D  00000000  0055567D  WinMain+0x00000059
0055567D  00000000  7C817067  fabs+0x00000191
7C817067  00000000  00000000  RegisterWaitForInputIdle+0x00000049

[Michael]

This happend in commando's DM in an enforcer with static charge. . .



---- Battlezone II Log File ----
//=====================================================
App version: Patch 1.3pb4 Jun  9 2008 22:18:35
Exception code: C0000005 (ACCESS VIOLATION) READING from 8ABF950Ah
Message :  Exception
Error occurred at 6/15/2008 16:41:18.
D:\MR Backup\Games\Battlezone Games\bzone1.3pb4\bzone.exe, run by Administrator.
1 processor(s), type 586.
Process Memory :   1769 MB free out of   2048 MB total
Physical memory:    308 MB free out of   1023 MB total
Page(swap) file:   1847 MB free out of   2459 MB total
Fault address:  0052184A 01:0012084A D:\MR Backup\Games\Battlezone Games\bzone1.3pb4\bzone.exe

Registers:
EAX:022BFA58
EBX:0B8E4400
ECX:8ABF950A
EDX:022BFA58
ESI:022BFA18
EDI:022BFA98
CS:EIP:001B:0052184A
SS:ESP:0023:022BF9BC  EBP:022BFA98
DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003B  GS:0000
Flags:00210286

Call stack:
Address   Return    Function            SourceFile
0052184A  00000000  004FBE0E  OrdnanceClass::Build+0x00000008
004FBE0E  00000000  004FBED8  ChargeGun::SimulateFiring+0x000000C7
004FBED8  00000000  004F82CB  ChargeGun::Simulate+0x00000056
004F82CB  00000000  0046126B  ENTITY::SimulateAllLocal+0x00000151
0046126B  00000000  00461E83  MoveOneTurn+0x00000128
00461E83  00000000  0056475F  MissionHandler::State::RunState::Process+0x00000443
0056475F  00000000  0045F691  RunCodes::Process+0x000001BF
0045F691  00000000  0056475F  MissionHandler::Process+0x00000012
0056475F  00000000  00564BD4  RunCodes::Process+0x000001BF
00564BD4  00000000  00455A95  Main::MessagePump+0x00000064
00455A95  00000000  0045578C  HandledMain+0x000003F4
0045578C  00000000  0045343D  HandledMain+0x000000EB
0045343D  00000000  0055567D  WinMain+0x00000059
0055567D  00000000  7C817067  fabs+0x00000191
7C817067  00000000  00000000  RegisterWaitForInputIdle+0x00000049

[sejuuk]

Hello, I'm having some graphical problems and I was hoping that maybe someone here could help me solve it.

Here are my system specs:
OS: Windows XP SP2
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 6400 Series, Dual Core, @3.21 GHz
Motherboard: ASUS M2N32-SLI Premium Vista Edition /w nVidia nForce 590 chipset
Memory: 2GB
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS /w around 512MB
Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer


Basically what happens is the game starts out just fine. Everything looks positively beautiful like this:



After 10-15 minutes, this happens:


Here's what the menu looks like when I hit the escape key:




Any suggestions?

[Commando]

Turn Sky Detail to None.  Nvidia's latest drivers suck and therefore cause that issue.

[bigbadbogie]

god damn it... we must have seen that 1000000 times by now - cant ppl search first??