Menu Content/Inhalt
Home arrow Forum arrow Star Trek: Armada II Patch 1.2 Projectarrow PP Generalarrow Star Trek Armada II: Patch Project 1.2.1 released!

December 05, 2008, 09:41:59 AM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
 
   Overview   Help Search Login Register  
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
  Send this topic  |  Print  
Author Topic: Star Trek Armada II: Patch Project 1.2.1 released!  (Read 1836 times)
DOCa Cola
*
Online Online

Posts: 2604
« on: July 10, 2007, 11:02:59 PM »

Readme:
Quote
Star Trek Armada II Patch Project
Copyright (C) 2007 Fleet Operations Development Team
http://www.fleetops.net/

What is it?
-----------
The Star Trek: Armada II Patch 1.2 Project is an unofficial patch made by the developers of the Fleet Operations total conversion for Star Trek Armada II.
It is meant as a patch for every Armada II installation, despite of it is stock or has been modded. It patches serveral bugs that were not fixed with the latest official 2002 release of Patch 1.1. More and more reports of people not being able to play Armada 2 coming up as today people are using much more enhanced software and hardware than 5 years ago. The developers of Armada 2 targeted Windows 98 and partly Windows 2000 as plattform.

What is it not?
---------------
The patch project does not provide new textures sounds or anything else that is related to change the game experience. Patch 1.2 is fully backwards compatible with Armada 2 Patch 1.1. That means, you will be able to play together with people still using patch 1.1

The "Roadmap"
-------------
The first releases of Patch 1.2 are intended to fix Armada 2's bugs. Later version will feature full widescreen support and new enhancements for mod developers.

Who should install Patch 1.2?
-----------------------------
Everyone playing Star Trek Armada II. Fleet Operations players do not require to install this patch. An enhanced version of that patch is included in Fleet Operations 3.0 final.

Changelog
---------


1.2.0 (07/06/07)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Armada fixes:
- "Sorry, there is not enough memory to continue" - screen
- Crash to desktop right after splash screen related to an stack overflow
- Multiplayer/Online crash with Vista (could fix Wine multiplayer issues too. To be confirmed).
Features:
- enhanced exception catching engine (MadExcept by madshi)

1.2.1 (07/10/07)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Armada fixes:
- Another possible crash fixed when hosting games. Thanks ambassador for reporting
Changes:
- NetworkManager.dll file is now left untouched
Logged
Please support Fleet Operations by donating
AdmarilRyan

Offline Offline

Posts: 226
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2007, 12:59:12 AM »
Although the changes appear to be minor, it is good to see progress is being made so seemingly quickly.
Logged
A2 Modding Veteran
Project Hostillities
Fullphaser
Star Fool

Offline Offline

Posts: 513



WWW
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2007, 02:37:34 AM »
Quote from: AdmarilRyan on July 11, 2007, 12:59:12 AM
Although the changes appear to be minor, it is good to see progress is being made so seemingly quickly.
I believe the progress has more to do with the fact that Fleetops was requested not to alter .dll files for fear of mac doc / activision.
Logged
If necessity is the mother of invention, than want must be the father
[ Phaser Labs | Fullphaser's Rants | My Youtube ]
AdmarilRyan

Offline Offline

Posts: 226
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2007, 05:00:26 PM »
perhaps, but it is good that the changes were so quickly intergrated into the exe rather than the dll file as before, which must be some difficult coding. Also yet another bug fix is hardly a bad thing.
Logged
A2 Modding Veteran
Project Hostillities
redmanmark86

Offline Offline

Posts: 270
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2007, 06:16:22 PM »
what if i am currently using the VR3 PR Release and i am on Vista, do i install the patch now and it will work?
sorry to ask but god knows when FO3 Final will finalyl be out, your Critical Takes finalyl went down and then your Urgents went up in return so progress is slwoly but steady and i'd like to play PR in the mean time.
Logged
DOCa Cola
*
Online Online

Posts: 2604
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2007, 06:56:50 PM »
Quote from: redmanmark86 on July 11, 2007, 06:16:22 PM
what if i am currently using the VR3 PR Release and i am on Vista, do i install the patch now and it will work?
sorry to ask but god knows when FO3 Final will finalyl be out, your Critical Takes finalyl went down and then your Urgents went up in return so progress is slwoly but steady and i'd like to play PR in the mean time.
it won't. see this thread here
Logged
Please support Fleet Operations by donating
RedShirt
Per Philosophia, Clarus. Per Clarus, Veritas.

Offline Offline

Posts: 2752


En Veritas, Voluntas.
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2007, 11:24:36 PM »
Now that the offending dll has been removed, does that mean the A2files will host us again?
Logged
"Freedom of speech is an American concept, so i don't give it any value."
~ Dean Stacey, investigator for the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

He heard the case against journalist Mark Steyn.  Steyn was accused of offending Muslims.
Fullphaser
Star Fool

Offline Offline

Posts: 513



WWW
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2007, 10:28:58 AM »
Am I the only one who gets the feeling there is more to this than just a simple .dll problem. It seemed (from what I read) that the mods over there seem to have some sort of grudge.
Logged
If necessity is the mother of invention, than want must be the father
[ Phaser Labs | Fullphaser's Rants | My Youtube ]
nefrance
Peacemaker

Offline Offline

Posts: 141


Dont take gaming seriously. Its just a game!
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2007, 04:06:19 PM »
What was wrong with Patch 1.2.0?
Logged
The gaming world is falling apart, its being taken too seriously, I mean its just a game, nothing to be going nutso about. Someone needs to take action on this. We need to stop this. Its making online gaming very dangerous and not fun.
antagonist

Offline Offline

Posts: 63
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2007, 09:27:34 PM »
It was the reason Fo got deleted from A2F...

Networkmanager.dll was changed in order to let Vista-users play online, and 1.2.1 solves this problem without modification of any .dll file...
Logged
Fullphaser
Star Fool

Offline Offline

Posts: 513



WWW
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2007, 02:14:08 AM »
Quote from: antagonist on July 22, 2007, 09:27:34 PM
It was the reason Fo got deleted from A2F...

Networkmanager.dll was changed in order to let Vista-users play online, and 1.2.1 solves this problem without modification of any .dll file...
So why are they still note being hosted by Filefront?
Logged
If necessity is the mother of invention, than want must be the father
[ Phaser Labs | Fullphaser's Rants | My Youtube ]
Lt.Cmdr Worf

Offline Offline

Posts: 145
« Reply #11 on: August 09, 2007, 02:41:23 AM »
Because the FF people feel that the shell program that adds the new features to FO is a violation of the EULA because it renames the .exe file and uses another exe to run the game.
Logged
Pages: [1]
  Send this topic  |  Print  
« previous next »
 
Jump to:  

© 2003-2008 DOCa Cola. All rights reserved.
Star Trek and related marks are trademarks of Paramount Pictures.
Powered by Joomla
Powered by SMF 1.1.7 | SMF © 2006-2008, Simple Machines LLC
Joomla Bridge by JoomlaHacks.com