TA5 Bugs or Issues (Someone had to start it)

[TheJamsh]

no its not...
* TJ is also too lazy to add it

[RoninSh00ter]

I have this prob if i want to start ta5. After 10 attempts it works.....

---- Battlezone II Log File ----
//=====================================================
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|                 vid:1209 |16:26:09|1713   |Attempted acquire & render, lost = 0 0
DIAG|               input:1069 |16:26:09|1756   |Double click time=500 ms, threshold=4,4
DIAG|               input:1090 |16:26:09|1756   |5 button mouse, Left=0 Right=1
DIAG|               input:143  |16:26:09|1758   |Keyboard repeat delay=[500] speed=[31]
(done)

Exception code: C0000005 (ACCESS VIOLATION) READING from 00C86260h
Message :  Exception
Error occurred at 6/20/2009 16:26:10.
C:\Program Files\Battlezone II\bzone.exe, run by Shagohod.
C:\Program Files\Battlezone II\bzone.exe, run by Shagohod.
CPU: 4 processor(s), Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600  @ 2.40GHz
     x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11
Process Memory :   1840 MB free out of   2048 MB total
Physical memory:   1246 MB free out of   2046 MB total
Page(swap) file:   2891 MB free out of   4339 MB total
This exe is using 41 MB, peak use 56 MB

Fault address:  6E415B7B 01:00014B7B C:\Windows\system32\DINPUT8.dll

Registers:
EAX:00050202
EBX:00C75B80
ECX:00000502
EDX:00C84E58
ESI:00C6680C
EDI:00003C18
CS:EIP:001B:6E415B7B
SS:ESP:0023:005EEF38  EBP:005EEF98
DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003B  GS:0000
Flags:00010202

Call stack:
Address   Return    Function            SourceFile
6E415B7B  00000000  6E417486  DirectInput8Create+0x0000798F
6E417486  00000000  6E417793  DirectInput8Create+0x0000929A
6E417793  00000000  6E4138BE  DirectInput8Create+0x000095A7
6E4138BE  00000000  6E405BA9  DirectInput8Create+0x000056D2
6E405BA9  00000000  6E40E41C   0001:00004BA9 C:\Windows\system32\DINPUT8.dll
6E40E41C  00000000  6E40E461  DirectInput8Create+0x00000230
6E40E461  00000000  6E4117DB  DirectInput8Create+0x00000275
6E4117DB  00000000  6E40E584  DirectInput8Create+0x000035EF
6E40E584  00000000  6E40E647  DirectInput8Create+0x00000398
6E40E647  00000000  00F4BE6A  DirectInput8Create+0x0000045B
00F4BE6A  00000000  00FAE152  Input::Init+0x0000064A
00FAE152  00000000  00E295B0  Main::CoreSystemInit+0x00000182
00E295B0  00000000  00E29343  HandledMain+0x00000362

[Commando]

Did you install directx 9 which came with TA5?

[RoninSh00ter]

I don´t remember but in the folder redist i started the setup of directx now. After updating same problem. It annoys me to click 20times on battlezone 2 until it works...

[VSMIT]

Try doing a fresh reinstall, and install all of the additional Microsoft stuff that it prompts you to install.

[Wraith]

Well i finally have time to play this single player missions on ta5 and i found 1 issue on possibly mission 2 and mission 3 where you have to protect the hardware crates and the power plant. Well when the commander had me follow her to the comm bunker to select the terminal she was in the tunnel?... Also on the 2nd mission when the commander follows whatever that was with the two legs she said its getting away and follow it then she says what is that thing?

Im a little confused here and i think i play any more of the campiagn maybe a few brain freezes?

[Clavin12]

I got some of that similar stuff. When i was told to check the tunnels just as i was about to emerge out of the tunnel into the barrakcs building, my shipped popped up behind the building.

[AHadley]

I get issues in tunnels, normally when heading into them or out of them via a hangar or a ramp. As soon as you pass into / out of this tunnel piece, you leap back up to ground level, above the hangar. Same happens to Manson on the mission where he checks tunnels with his squadron. May have something to do with entry velocity.

[Wraith]

Yeah i played that mission earlier and saw what you said happened with manson he with through tunnels before leaving base and came back around base and ran into scouts that were empty and I just tried it again and no controls worked except the ctrl and ` keys?

Whats going on here?

Weird its working now...

[AHadley]

You might have caught the Pause button with your thumb if you're right handed, happens to me sometimes.

[Wraith]

Nope. Pause button wasnt on at all.

[mag]

not sure if anyone has posted this, but too many post to read all of them.
it has happened a few times, when I am playing TA5 my computer will shut down for no reason.
it no specific thing that triggers it, my computer just stops like the power was cut off.
a sudden shut down. the only time it happens is when I am playing TA5.
when I turn the computer off normally it take a little bit before it turns off, but this is instant.
has anyone had this happen to them. does anyone now of a fix for this problem?

[Axeminister]

There are a few people this happens to. I know when Matthew joins me from England on his new pc it does this. But his older one plays 1.3TA5 without doing it. A few others suddenly leave (which is what it looks like on my end as the host) then come back saying their computer cut off or crashed. I just know you have to wait for some items in the install to do their thing before you start, and say yes to all the prompts. On my pc it says it's going to repair something, just say yes and let it do what it wants to do. Be patient with the install, it take a while.

[Red Devil]

This happens when your/my video/graphics card takes too long in responding when changing modes.

[swaaye]

Core 2 Quad Q6600, 4GB, Radeon 4670 PCIe (Cat 9.6), Realtek HD audio, Vista & XP x64
- Vista: vsync has jitters for some reason. Going without Vsync smooths things out but obviously causes tearing.
- XP & Vista: local fog causes a massive frame rate drop in some places on the tropical MPI map. From maxed out framerate to single digits.
- XP & Vista: lots of action causes some sound popping. Seems like a PCI bus contention thing perhaps. Dunno.


It does seem quite stable which is very nice. Happy to see more GPU acceleration used too. I actually ran it on a old Radeon 8500 and it was quite fast even on there.