TA5 Bugs or Issues (Someone had to start it)

[GSH]

One problem with that, no spare CDs. :/

Got a memory stick 1GB or bigger? Download http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ , and a ubuntu iso from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download . Install ubuntu to your stick, and boot off it. Problem solved.

-- GSH

[Steeveeo]

I'll see if I have one lying around with a gig to spare.

I am currently testing to get a repro case, nothing yet. It may have just been my Dad's RAM brainfarting...

[Steeveeo]

And another...I dont know what was going on when this happened, I got distracted by the TV, but i was sitting in satview, same map, same conditions as the repro test.

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---- Battlezone II Log File ----
//=====================================================
App version: Patch 1.3TechAlpha5 EDITOR Apr 23 2009 13:39:30
Windows version: Windows Version: 5.1.2600 'Service Pack 3' PlatformID=2

Last few battlezone.log lines (may or may not be relevant):
DIAG|                DXUT:5516 |18:35:56|4487632| Try to reset the device
DIAG|                 vid:743  |18:35:56|4487632|In Vid::OnLostDevice
DIAG|                 vid:701  |18:35:57|4487975|In Vid::OnResetDevice, pd3dDevice = 0x000981E0
DIAG|              icroot:193  |18:35:57|4487981|Root window now 1280x1024
(done)

Exception code: C0000005 (ACCESS VIOLATION) READING from 4F9D3E90h
Message :  Exception
Error occurred at 4/25/2009 18:37:56.
E:\Program Files\Battlezone II 1.3ta5\BZ2Edit.exe, run by Family Comp.
E:\Program Files\Battlezone II 1.3ta5\BZ2Edit.exe, run by Family Comp.
CPU: 2 processor(s), Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E6750  @ 2.66GHz
     x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11
Process Memory :   1496 MB free out of   2048 MB total
Physical memory:    831 MB free out of   2047 MB total
Page(swap) file:   2674 MB free out of   3940 MB total
This exe is using 356 MB, peak use 361 MB

Fault address:  4FE541E6 01:000831E6 E:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll

Registers:
EAX:4F9D3E84
EBX:165BC960
ECX:165BC968
EDX:000C8C60
ESI:000981E0
EDI:1CF0A4E8
CS:EIP:001B:4FE541E6
SS:ESP:0023:0206F83C  EBP:0206F860
DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003B  GS:0000
Flags:00010206

Call stack:
Address   Return    Function            SourceFile
4FE541E6  00000000  0058557D  Direct3DShaderValidatorCreate9+0x00024836
0058557D  00000000  00585F63  IndexBuffer::Activate+0x0000001E
00585F63  00000000  005863AE  RenderItemBase::SetDXState+0x000000BA
005863AE  00000000  00587277  RenderItem1TexMatTeamColor::Render+0x0000000B
00587277  00000000  00587370  RenderQueueManager::RenderList+0x00000033
00587370  00000000  004F5374  RenderQueueManager::Fluhootems+0x000000D1
004F5374  00000000  00449398  Submit_All_Entities+0x00000021
00449398  00000000  00460CE4  Render_Satellite_View+0x00000108
00460CE4  00000000  00576510  ViewSatellite::Process+0x00000670
00576510  00000000  0045FF28  RunCodes::Process+0x0000019E
0045FF28  00000000  0046392C  ViewManager::Process+0x000000A6
0046392C  00000000  00463E59  MissionHandler::RenderOneFrame+0x0000006E
00463E59  00000000  00576510  MissionHandler::State::RunState::Process+0x00000437
00576510  00000000  004619BE  RunCodes::Process+0x0000019E
004619BE  00000000  00576510  MissionHandler::Process+0x00000011
00576510  00000000  00575F68  RunCodes::Process+0x0000019E
00575F68  00000000  00449D60  Main::MessagePump+0x00000051
00449D60  00000000  00449A4F  HandledMain+0x0000043B
00449A4F  00000000  004470E2  HandledMain+0x0000012A
004470E2  00000000  005BAED7  WinMain+0x00000059
005BAED7  00000000  7C817077  memcmp+0x00000191
7C817077  00000000  00000000  RegisterWaitForInputIdle+0x00000049


[squirrelof09]

App version: Patch 1.3TechAlpha5 Apr 23 2009 13:36:08
Windows version: Windows Version: 6.0.6001 'Service Pack 1' PlatformID=2

Last few battlezone.log lines (may or may not be relevant):
DIAG|                DXUT:5516 |00:39:16|209507 | Try to reset the device
DIAG|                 vid:743  |00:39:16|209507 |In Vid::OnLostDevice
DIAG|                 vid:701  |00:39:17|209948 |In Vid::OnResetDevice, pd3dDevice = 0x077B1040
DIAG|              icroot:193  |00:39:17|209953 |Root window now 1280x1024
(done)

Exception code: C0000005 (ACCESS VIOLATION) WRITING to 00000000h
Message :  Exception
Error occurred at 4/26/2009 00:39:22.
E:\Program Files\Battlezone II1.3pb4\bzone.exe, run by Ethan.
E:\Program Files\Battlezone II1.3pb4\bzone.exe, run by Ethan.
CPU: 2 processor(s), AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+
     x86 Family 15 Model 67 Stepping 3
Process Memory :   1638 MB free out of   2048 MB total
Physical memory:   1692 MB free out of   3070 MB total
Page(swap) file:   4544 MB free out of   6346 MB total
This exe is using 165 MB, peak use 180 MB

Fault address:  6356F429 01:0000E429 D:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe

Registers:
EAX:166DF620
EBX:00000050
ECX:166DF620
EDX:00000000
ESI:00000200
EDI:00000280
CS:EIP:001B:6356F429
SS:ESP:0023:004DF10C  EBP:004DF438
DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003B  GS:0000
Flags:00210216

Call stack:
Address   Return    Function            SourceFile
6356F429  00000000  63566398   0001:0000E429 D:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe



I was in an instant action game right when my gun towers were killing a scavenger on Alien Dunes. DWM.exe is a process in Vista "Desktop Windows Manager". What controls the special effects vista has. I recently set up dual view monitors on my computer, this may be part of the problem.

[Red Devil]

Do you have AllowModeChanges = 1 set in render.cfg?  If so, try AllowModeChanges = 0.

I would get AV's all the time before he added that because my card doesn't like to switch modes for some reason.

[Killer AK]

Not sure if you guys are having the same issue's but my pilot sniper rifle doesn't deploy sometimes.....
Aside from that this is the most kick ass patch ever!
Thank you soooooo much.
Would have been nice if you included the red oddy sound tracks and the bz1 sound tracks cause bz2 cd's is kinda short.

[Red Devil]

I get that on uneven ground sometimes.  I just click it again and/or move a bit and it works.

[Nielk1]

Not sure if you guys are having the same issue's but my pilot sniper rifle doesn't deploy sometimes.....
Aside from that this is the most kick ass patch ever!
Thank you soooooo much.
Would have been nice if you included the red oddy sound tracks and the bz1 sound tracks cause bz2 cd's is kinda short.

I added BZ1 and TRO to mine personally. There is no way to legally included data from another game.

That sniper things happens to me a lot. Since I mostly play 1.3, I cannot say for sure if 1.2 does it to, but it was that way in pb4a. It happens funny a lot with being in transition between land and air.

[Commando]

I'm pretty sure it happened in 1.2 too.

[squirrelof09]

Do you have AllowModeChanges = 1 set in render.cfg?  If so, try AllowModeChanges = 0.

I would get AV's all the time before he added that because my card doesn't like to switch modes for some reason.

Thanks for the idea. I did change that value to 0 but still got it. I think it has something to do with running dual montors and a virtual machine running in the secondary monitor while running fraps. Since I disabled fraps, the random AV hasen't occured.

[Nielk1]

You should NOT have a VM running while you are playing a game...

2 monitors is fine though.

[Red Spot]

Yesterday I started BZ2 via a config file, the interesting thing is that on vanilla I miss the first login slot, on vanilla using a custom configuration I do get the first login slot.
The 'mod' however only has 'non-modded' vanilla assets, basicly just a collection of the assets I will delete/modify.
The only difference is that the config didnt load maps13/pilots/saved but RSmaps/RSpilots/RSsaved which only has some MPImaps in it and a few autoreg files. (which works nicelly, after having spend quite some time trying to find a "recylistMPI" as defined in the .inf files for MPI-maps )

The only difference on my system since I installed 1.3ta5 is that I updated my nvidia drivers to the latest from some that where probably from 2006-2007 or so ....
Will try to reinstall 1.3ta5 on an other fresh install to see if the missing login still happens when installing while I have the latest drivers.

[Red Devil]

Check to see if both pilot_0.dat files are the same.  I suspect that they are not.

[Red Spot]

Check to see if both pilot_0.dat files are the same.  I suspect that they are not.

pilots has 2 users in it, pilot_0.dat and pilot_1.dat, both of exact the same size.
RSpilots only has pilot_0.dat.

There is no difference between the files that I can tell from just looking at the 3 pilots, they have the same size.

When I open the files they show the following (From top to bottom: 1.3ta5 1st login, 1.3ta5 2nd login, RSconfig 1st login)


As you can see the usable logins are both seemingly the same but the first login has no login name.

edit:Just made an other fresh install and installed 1.3ta5 to see if the outdated graphics drivers I used during the previous installs made any difference. It doesnt, the first login comes up with weird characters untill I use it than it changes to a blank line and pushed the login to the 2nd slot. Untill I use a custom configuration by using the commandline "-config [blah].cfg", than it lets me log in using the first slot even if the "mod" is plain vanilla .....

edit2: Deleting the pilot_0.dat and reloading solves the issue, it than shows "empty" in the first login slot and it is again useable.
I just deleted pilot_0.dat and renamed pilot_1.dat to pilot_0.dat, now my first login is as it has always been; "Red_Spot"

[Red Devil]

You might want to send the first one to GSH.

Which language version of BZ2 are you using?

Did you try copying the 3rd one listed over the first one listed and then try reinstalling?