See http://www.visi.com/~nathan/bz2/bz2_13.html (http://www.visi.com/~nathan/bz2/bz2_13.html) for download info.
BZ2 Patch 1.3 Public Beta 4 (http://bzscrap.com/downloads/Patches/Public1.3/BZ2_v13PublicBeta4_english.exe) <== Download Mirror
The major improvements of pb4, compared to 1.3pb3 are:
- More features, including weapon linking, thumpers, and variable gravity DM maps
- Increased Windows Vista compatability, audio works in WINE
- Many more modder features, such as 60-char ODF names, inheritance, tons of new tuning values, etc
- Performance optimizations
- Fewer resyncs, units (human & AI) should warp less online
- Ability to replace CD music w/ OGG files
- More crash fixes
- Easier to host games w/ automatic UPNP, Windows Firewall support(*)
*: requires router w/ UPNP support, and Windows Firewall as your primary firewall; other firewall software/hardware will still need some manual attention
Note: There are a number of mods updated for pb4 or developed specifically for pb4. I've asked those modders to hold off on releasing them for 1 week so that people can enjoy all of the new items that pb4 has to offer. There's a ton of new options, recycler variants and new maps available out of the box.
Thanks to Ken Miller for his continued attention to BZ2, the loving support of my wife, all of the beta testers, and the BZ2 community for their continued interest in this game.
-- GSH
Take note that BZScrap has a copy of the files as well, although you may want to read the page above as well.
The BZScrap copy can be found here (http://www.bzscrap.com/downloads/Patches/Public1.3/).
Might be good to link to this in the news board as well. Thanks.
-- GSH
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, to all who have put so much time into the continued support for this patch. It is much appreciated. This is an awesome game, and I cannot thank you all enough. I am looking forward to testing it now, and will see how things go!
When was pb31.3 released?
FINALLY! Much wootness, now to start porting SRV over.
Prepare yourselves for SRV v2.20.PB4 people! :P
Indeed! MANY THANKS! (even if i did start the bug report!!)
i LOOOOOOOOOVE IT! Searching for 'added' in the changelog already :D:D!
oooo sooo many goodies =]!!!
Thanks!! this is great news :)
I also put up a copy of the patch on my BZ2 page: http://www.valler.com/bz2 (http://www.valler.com/bz2)
Centerline...
Here on my site is a link to natans site to download file
http://bz2.freeforums.org/index.php
http://bz2.freeforums.org/battlezone-ii-v1-3pb4-released-today-downloads-t130.html
Something people need to be aware of is the additions made to Gameprefs.ini - the contents of which you should first copy into Localprefs_bzone.ini and LocalPrefs_bz2edit.ini and then modify to fit your rig's capabilities.
Also, you'll need to edit render.cfg and render_editor.cfg to suit your rig.
Both me and Spawn had our ships blow up for no apparent reason in mpi. I believe the ai's scav cleanup code killed our ships since nothing shot us.
oh.... dear
YAY! PB4!
Thanks All You Guys Who Helped Create It!
Quote from: Commando on June 13, 2008, 12:34:07 AM
Both me and Spawn had our ships blow up for no apparent reason in mpi. I believe the ai's scav cleanup code killed our ships since nothing shot us.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :-o :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ghost in the machine? GSH practical joke? Lol...
-Av-
god... why did i just get a chill down my spine??
hes probably made a different bug for everybody on this forum
nielk1: AV when he puts in any unit with 'fire' in its name: eg, ivfireblade
me: A big slug falls out out of the sky and squashes the entire map flat, destroying everything with a dabomb explosion
gbd: a giant dragon does the same thing
avatar: if he tries to use any stock unit while testing BZC, the sky turns red and thousands of black balloons fly out of a newly formed volcano in the centre of the map
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i really need to stop taking amphetamines
Hello all !!!!!
my video card does not support dxt, in this version can be used /nodxt? Thanks!
I love this game!!!
@Evolution,
If you're question is "Is /nodxt supported" the answer I believe is yes.
Not believe, IS. :-D. Btw, this version actually sets up /nodxt for crappy cards automatically (you can thank me for having the crappiest comp on the beta team atm we put it in.)
lucky_foot Thanks so much !!
All you people with multi-core will be pleased to know that you can set the priority and affinity for the Main, Network, and Ogg threads in Localprefs_bzone.ini and LocalPrefs_bz2edit.ini.
As always, copy all the settings from Gameprefs.ini into those files and edit them there.
Has anybody tried the Thumper yet?
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As always, copy all the settings from Gameprefs.ini into those files and edit them there.
I recommend copying only the params you've actually changed. Makes it much easier to tell what's up. That's why localprefs*.ini are blank by default.
-- GSH
News also at http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=88524 (http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=88524) . Any other gaming newssites you know of, please spread the word.
Okay to post a link on the Pandemic forums?
Quote from: Red Devil link=topic=7897.msg123334#msg123334 date=12*stupid*1116
Has anybody tried the Thumper yet?
yeah - its beautiful!!!
I made a Thumper Mortar and Daywrecker awhile back. "Fun".
Does FE work on PB4??
It will soon (id say by the end of next week most likely). And when it does i expect all of you to be eaten by Cerberi...... mmm, Toast. :-D
not only that, but you may see my hadean bomber the Xaketh in there... enjoy me hearties!
Be prepared for my thumper mine in a mod in the future.
Btw, i never said who the cerberi were working for :P
Yes, it does, but I have more things to add, so please be patient. After I release it to the BZ2 FE minions, you may wish I had not, especially when using the Hard/High settings. :evil: :evil: :evil:
Gosh, I just returned from dinner and now have a hankering for fezuada... Weird...
Quote from: battler on June 14, 2008, 06:31:51 AM
Does FE work on PB4??
fez-what??
Sorry. A phonetic pronunciation. Properly, feijoada:
http://www.maria-brazil.org/feijoada.htm
you brazillian?
Yes, but only in a spiritual sense. Unfortunately.
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
im not used to this . i may be out of subject . im not a young fella and i have a log i dont understand ,us old blokes dont so much . this is 1.3 beta 4 forum i hope .now how do i get it here?
---- Battlezone II Log File ----
//=====================================================
App version: Patch 1.3pb4 Jun 9 2008 22:18:35
Exception code: C0000005 (ACCESS VIOLATION) READING from 00000350h
Message : Exception
Error occurred at 6/18/2008 19:45:28.
C:\Program Files\1.3 beta 4 new\bzone.exe, run by J.
1 processor(s), type 586.
Process Memory : 1499 MB free out of 2048 MB total
Physical memory: 1021 MB free out of 1536 MB total
Page(swap) file: 2515 MB free out of 2926 MB total
Fault address: 00426AC1 01:00025AC1 C:\Program Files\1.3 beta 4 new\bzone.exe
Registers:
EAX:00000000
EBX:0E140190
ECX:0D6AEE7C
EDX:CF01A6AE
ESI:00000006
EDI:000FFFFF
CS:EIP:001B:00426AC1
SS:ESP:0023:022BFA1C EBP:022BFAA8
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00210202
Call stack:
Address Return Function SourceFile
00426AC1 00000000 0042BD30 Attacker::Execute+0x00000710
0042BD30 00000000 004016D0 ExecuteSchedPlans+0x0000054C
004016D0 00000000 00401F8C AiMission::Update+0x00000103
00401F8C 00000000 00461261 AI_Update+0x00000006
00461261 00000000 00461E0C MoveOneTurn+0x0000011E
00461E0C 00000000 0056475F MissionHandler::State::RunState::Process+0x000003CC
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 7C816FD7 fabs+0x00000191
7C816FD7 00000000 00000000 RegisterWaitForInputIdle+0x00000049
QuoteCall stack:
Address Return Function SourceFile
00426AC1 00000000 0042BD30 Attacker::Execute+0x00000710
This is already a known AV, and will be fixed in PB5. See: this topic (http://www.bzuniverse.com/forum/index.php/topic,7932.0.html)
not pb5, more like a pb4 A or a pb4 patch, or a pb4.1
Hi everybody!
Can enybody tell me how to install forgotten enemies on pb4? A new install of BZII and than install FE and than the patch?
Thank you for help!
Battler
New install, PB4, then FE.
Get FE here: Easy install. http://www.bzuniverse.com/forum/index.php/topic,7636.0.html
Thank you verry much!!! Your are all so good to me!! Thank you!!
FE isn't fully compatible with PB4 yet, but you can try it. It's compatible with PB3.
Also, i forgot to include the startup cfg, but I just posted that in the PB3 thread.
You are the amnesia king RD. :lol:
About what?
Been there, done that....... Go back to my vacation home of ZTV: Icarus sometimes, but no one is ever using those maps anymore :(
more + better games? more maybe, not better
more+ better maps?? again.. NOOOO! you played zemod for pb3 yet? say the best maps are on 1.2 then...
more players yes, but most of them play 1.2 because of less bugs, not better gameplay. PB4 is FAR superior to 1.2, but theres not THAT many bugs
There are other reasons for sticking with 1.2........ but i expect NONE of them to be mentioned or, God help us all, I will ahve to post the Topic Derailed pic :P
This topic is not for 1.2. It has nothing to do with 1.2. Don't bring 1.2 into this topic. We're done talking about 1.2.
Oh god, I can see this coming from 2 miles and 3 horse kicks away...
Things haven't changed much then lol...
Thanks to GSH and Ken, can't believe you are STILL working on it fellas, but then again, can't quite believe I'm still here as well :P
Where else would the infected hang out but with fellow victims of the bug?
Once you get BZ in the blood you're hooked, and there's no cure.
-Av-
Slaor you aint around enough... hell i wasnt even on the boards when you were around.
oh you probably heard this lots, but DAMN those hadean models are good