BZ2 v1.3 Public Beta 1 Released

[Crash_OverRide003]

wow, after all these anticipated years is finally out. I give my thoughts out to the people who spent there time, effort, and energy to made this possible.

i've been playing around with the patch for a bit, and sometimes revisit the game for nostalgic value.

its nice to post here again.

[beanlover]

I have played both I and II and I absolutely love this series!  I have to say I am VERY excited to play this game again.  I recently came across my old BZ cd's and decided to install them.  Since I use Win2k or XP I had issues with game play so I tried looking for patches.  That's when I came across this forum.  Installed 1.3beta but haven't had a chance to try it out yet.  I went in to see what kind of framerate and playability I would have...very impressive at first glace!

I am very excited to start playing this again and look forward to being an active part of this community.  Since I have a wife and three small kids (5 and under in age) it won't be too much but I will test and report what I can.

Hope to see you guys out on the battlefield soon!

B

[Jwk the Hemp Monkey]

Get the kids into it! get them early .

Oh, and btw the bulk of the community at the moment plays 1.2 games, and in particular FE ( www.bz2cp.com )

There *is* a way of making BZII work on XP/ win2k., i myself have win2k and run it fine, just took a while to get it installed.

[OvermindDL1]

Works perfect on my XP with no fiddling with it at all.

[Arcane]

Same here. Im on XP and havent had problems caused by my OS.

[Mafioso]

Downloading it now

Good job gentlemen

[AaronHorrocks]

Well after a few new upgrades... AMD XP 3200+ 1GB new ram, and a 160GB SATA hard drive I thought I'd get back into BZII with a new fast PC. not so. Now there's more problems then ever! I can't play more than 10 seconds in the game before I hit an AV.

Can anyone look at this jibberish and offer suggestions?

E X C E P T I O N ]
Patch 1.3 PublicBeta1 Feb 28 2004 11:57:13
Type: ACCESS VIOLATION
Info: READING from 02500008h
CallStack:
0060A4FC +0B88 BZONE.EXE graphics3 camverts_intel.obj ?TransformLight@Camera@@QAEXPAUVertex@@KPAGKPAUPlane@@PAUColor@@KPAKKPAPAVBitmap@@@Z.A
00F900F8 +1A2B8 BZONE.EXE interface cursor.obj int CursorSys::sysInit
Registers:
EAX: 000002DFh   CS: 00000177h  DS: 0000017Fh
EBX: 010CFC70h  EIP: 0060A4FCh  ES: 0000017Fh
ECX: 02500008h   SS: 0000017Fh  FS: 00000FE7h
EDX: 00000080h  EBP: 0108D45Eh  GS: 00000000h
ESI: 00000000h  ESP: 024FF780h          
EDI: 010DB964h                      
CF: 00010246h PF:0 AF:1 ZF:0 SF:1 OF:0
Entering critical shutdown

[ E X C E P T I O N ]
Patch 1.3 PublicBeta1 Feb 28 2004 11:57:13
Type: ACCESS VIOLATION
Info: READING from BF1503D1h
CallStack:
005D2D02 +00A2 BZONE.EXE graphics2 family.obj protected: void __thiscall FamilyNode::SimSetState_Low(float)
72727554 +72727554 [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown]
00485050 +0000 BZONE.EXE EXE AirCraft.obj public: virtual void __thiscall MeshEnt::UpdateIntSpherePosition(void)
00000018 +0018 [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown]
Registers:
EAX: BF1503C9h   CS: 00000177h  DS: 0000017Fh
EBX: 0862F7F0h  EIP: 005D2D02h  ES: 0000017Fh
ECX: 0862F7F0h   SS: 0000017Fh  FS: 00000FE7h
EDX: 0862F834h  EBP: 0733E4C0h  GS: 00000000h
ESI: 0733E4C0h  ESP: 024FFB18h          
EDI: 0717826Ch                      
CF: 00010206h PF:0 AF:1 ZF:0 SF:0 OF:0
Entering critical shutdown

[ E X C E P T I O N ]
Patch 1.3 PublicBeta1 Feb 28 2004 11:57:13
Type: ACCESS VIOLATION
Info: READING from FFFFFFFFh
CallStack:
005D3CD5 +0025 BZONE.EXE graphics2 meshent.obj public: virtual void __thiscall MeshObj::Render(class Array<class AnimKey,0> &,unsigned long)
0000001D +001D [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown]
40490FDB +40490FDB [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown]
06C70C4E +6C70C4E [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown]
Registers:
EAX: 00000000h   CS: 00000177h  DS: 0000017Fh
EBX: 00000000h  EIP: 005D3CD5h  ES: 0000017Fh
ECX: 06F3D728h   SS: 0000017Fh  FS: 00000E9Fh
EDX: 00000048h  EBP: 03CA1684h  GS: 00000000h
ESI: 093F15B0h  ESP: 024FF880h          
EDI: 03CA2AE0h                      
CF: 00010206h PF:0 AF:1 ZF:0 SF:0 OF:0
Entering critical shutdown

[ E X C E P T I O N ]
Patch 1.3 PublicBeta1 Feb 28 2004 11:57:13
Type: ACCESS VIOLATION
Info: READING from 07887D3Ch
CallStack:
0060A543 +0BCF BZONE.EXE graphics3 camverts_intel.obj ?TransformLight@Camera@@QAEXPAUVertex@@KPAGKPAUPlane@@PAUColor@@KPAKKPAPAVBitmap@@@Z.A
Registers:
EAX: 0000010Dh   CS: 00000177h  DS: 0000017Fh
EBX: 010CF6E4h  EIP: 0060A543h  ES: 0000017Fh
ECX: 024FF77Ah   SS: 0000017Fh  FS: 00000E77h
EDX: 07885B9Ch  EBP: 00000434h  GS: 00000000h
ESI: 0104CDA0h  ESP: 024FF744h          
EDI: 010991E0h                      
CF: 00010212h PF:0 AF:0 ZF:1 SF:0 OF:0
Entering critical shutdown

[ E X C E P T I O N ]
Patch 1.3 PublicBeta1 Feb 28 2004 11:57:13
Type: ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION
Info:
CallStack:
0832FFF1 +832FFF1 [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown] [Unknown]
Registers:
EAX: 00000003h   CS: 00000177h  DS: 0000017Fh
EBX: 00000000h  EIP: 0832FFF1h  ES: 0000017Fh
ECX: 08330500h   SS: 0000017Fh  FS: 00000E77h
EDX: 03652944h  EBP: 3D4CD260h  GS: 00000000h
ESI: 00000001h  ESP: 024FFB44h          
EDI: 0832FFF0h                      
CF: 00010207h PF:1 AF:1 ZF:0 SF:0 OF:0
Entering critical shutdown

[OvermindDL1]

Video Card?

[Idler]

Hello,

first I'd like to say, the new patch is great! I especially like the upated AI and the new possibilities of control when starting a game!

I have, however, a small problem, related to language (using a german version here) as it seems. When installing the 1.3, I lose all my control settings. I may set them by hand, but loading them kills them again instantly. I have to use the same keys in sat view as in tank view, which is extremely unsatisfying (not even draw borders around multiple units works in sat view). I haven't yet found a way to fix this, but I think it is because of the screwed key layout.

Is there a way to get the "layout file" of the english version (if there is one)? Or does anyone have an idea how to get around this? There is no way to get an english version of BZ2 around here :-/

Thanks alot,
play along
Idler

[Commando]

I think the file you want is called bzgame_keys.cfg which is located in patch13.pak.  I can e-mail you a copy of the file if you want it.  Just PM me your e-mail address and I'll zip the file up then send it your way.  This is the file that contains all of the key commands.

[Grunt_Man]

I have installed 1.3 in my bz2 folder and then i try to install the dune command demmo but it says 1.3 isnt there can some 1 plz help me?

[GENERAL MANSON*]

i have the same problem.but i think its a subbuild but im not sure.

[Spawn]

there was a zip released somewhere...

[GENERAL MANSON*]

i know but it seems no one will put me back in that spot right now.my other name was GENERAL MANSON.but i give up.

[General BlackDragon]

hey kool his siggy uses red halo font, like ...ahem ill shut up now...