Battlezone II 1.3pb4a released

[Mopar]

Allready using /nodxt but whenever I enable sky detail to anything other than none the same graphics weirdness happens.....

[Centerline]

The sky issue is an Nvidia thing.  Anyone with an 8xxx + video card and any relatively recent driver has this problem.  Have to run with no sky.

Centerline...

[Nielk1]

I never updated my drivers, and although I have some anoying glitches in places, it works in BZ2.

[Commando]

Yeah Mopar.  Unfortunately Nvidia sucks.  I have a 9800 GTX and have the same issue.

[Killer AK]

Okay i did my indepth testing, lol and i've found that this has to be the fairest Public Beta released yet for a matching version of scions & isdf. I don't know if im allowed to compliment here BUT PB4a ROCKS!!!

-The only thing i think a change would be in order is that lancers stinger missles seem weaker in pb4a from pb3. I don't know if that is my observation but if you guys did change it i think the stinger missle from pb3 should be the same in pb4. (You guys probably didn't change it though)

-Warriors and Sentries seem better than ever! I get annoyed when my scouts try using static or blink though in the middle of a fight. So i have to mod.

Problems:

-->ACTUALLY THE SENTRIES (Ion gun:reluctance to fire) PROBLEMS SEEM TO BE FIXED!!! Which is a huge relief thanks guys! However when the sentries are trying to approach a target in a diaganal angle it seems they are sluggish and slow and doesn't fire well.

-->Noticed that im having issues with units suddenly driving away from the base and going hunting with out being commanded to do anything. Example is that i was in my scion scout when i got in a warrior. The pilot of my warrior got in the scout and started driving to the nearest isdf on his own will. However i had other units do this too.

-->Secondly sometimes my units won't follow me, won't go to a nav, won't move when a enemy unit is close. They are fixed on attacking even though they were not ordered and I can't break them of thier will. Ussually they end up getting destroyed

-->Sometimes well the wingmen i have just leave when ordered to follow me and attack or take the farthest route to get to me which ussually leads to thier suicide.

-->Had the same sound issues like feared 1 mentioned earlier where the ship sounds like it's falling and falling. Only way i can get that sound off my speakers is to eject or get the ship destroyed somehow.

-->Would recommend disableing resin on the scion's mortar cause well even on a network it's barely able to handle the lag resin causes in a bunch of archers.

-->I miss the Gorgon in MPI Can he be a little faster cause i like to have him as a wingman but he's sooooo slow!

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Anyways, thanks for this great patch! It's kicks butt!

[Red Devil]

I just checked the Stinger missiles and they have the same damage.  Just some waver added and the coneAngle increased a tad to compensate a bit for the waver.

[Killer AK]

Yeah i've been noticing that the lancers have been missing thier targets alot.
Probably due to the waiver cause sometimes the the stingers hit the ground early in morphed mode.

[Red Devil]

Ah, Swarm Launcher in morphed mode.  Those haven't been touched.  I just aim a little high with those when shooting at Extractors.  Seems they have a very low com point or something, which is very evident when ST's heal them.

[Commando]

RD, healers don't use the hp_Com point.  They use the center of the model I beleive.

If they used the hp_com point, the service trucks would heal the bomber bay, the cervice bay, and the training facility correctly, which they do not.

[Zero Angel]

What's up with the FAF missiles now? I noticed that they'll turn towards the biggest heat source now including those that are out of their range.

If for example, if i'm aiming at a turret and there just happens to be an extractor 200m away, my FAFs will now turn towards the extractor, completely wasting them. I'd suggest that if the old school FAF/thermalmissile behavior cannot be restored then they should have an ODF entry that changes their look ahead to 75m away from their current position.

[Commando]

I had that suspicion too ZA.  It would be best if FAFs ignored all heat signatures that are out of their range.

[BZSubmaximal]

Err..only thing thus far..hitting F8 key minimizes the game(ala alt/tab)

Model animations is custom screens for both Rec and factory, the mpodels are barely visable..just broken lines with a barely discernable shape.

[Steeveeo]

What's up with the FAF missiles now? I noticed that they'll turn towards the biggest heat source now including those that are out of their range.

If for example, if i'm aiming at a turret and there just happens to be an extractor 200m away, my FAFs will now turn towards the extractor, completely wasting them. I'd suggest that if the old school FAF/thermalmissile behavior cannot be restored then they should have an ODF entry that changes their look ahead to 75m away from their current position.

Seconded...err...actually thirded because of Commando...

I was firing at the front extractor in Dunes (AI had captured it), and the FAF missiles, instead of going on target, made a complete 180 degree verticle turn and flew toward my base instead...

[Commando]

BZSubmaximal, are you using EMBM Bump Mapping?  If so, that is most likely your problem.  If you are not, you may need to disable dxt textures by using the /nodxt commandline parameter.

[Red Devil]

Which language version are you using, BZSub?  What are your computer specs?