joltan

Well, every game I played today had either the server crash or kick all players. The client worked fine, but the ai warped quite a lot. Edit: Definitely no game fisishes - each time the server crashes and desyncs all players. There's something rotten in this netcode... - and this doesn't depend on the number of players. Wether we were just 4 or 22+, always the same.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (ALDEGA @ May 24 2002,22:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I don't really see the point. If it says "addons required" you won't know at all whether you have the necessary addon.<span id='postcolor'> Maybe give the name of an associated website where such a list could be placed?

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Gorgi Knootewoot @ May 23 2002,14:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Hmm, i don't remember i heard ever music play during the game. Only in cut-scenes, or when you died or won the level. When in combat i never had music.<span id='postcolor'> Some MP missions have this - it's very annoying...

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (FallenPaladin @ May 23 2002,14:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I`m just curious, how many people play Operation Flashpoint with music turned off.<span id='postcolor'> Well, I like music in intros, but hate it during gameplay, so I usually turn it off. I rely much on my ears for early warning during gameplay. Music just distracts me.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (HK (HunterKiller) @ May 16 2002,01:37)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Anyway, i simply removed all unnoficial addons (they had been copied over from my Dynamic range game version when i reinstalled DOH!!, and hey presto it worked, so now if i have some time i will try and track down which addon/addons it does not like and post...... <span id='postcolor'> On my machine (XP pro) 1.58 works with all the inofficial addons (about 250MB) still installed. I had one lockup, but that was ingame and probably linked to the netcode (first desync, then my system froze - BIS already got the report). So the addons can't be the real problem. But then I have loads of ram (1GB)´, so probably thats the reason it works for me.

 That's why I said it might be difficult to implement. The other idea wasn't really serious... Â

When I was checking the skidding I changed the Intro to Malden (it's still my favourite ) to see if the skidding had something to do with lag. Well, it hasn't. But what I was really surprised by, was the behaviour of the M113 in the intro... in 1.46 and 1.55 you always saw the ai getting near the road block, zoom to the tank, then to the guards, guards start firing, m113 kills them. Then the west troops move near the houses and start fighting with the east patrol. That's how it should behave, and always did with minor changes. Now you see the m113, some tracers, then more shots, while the camera switches to the dead guards. The patrol is already dead, before the west troops even reach the houses... What the f... did you do to the ai???

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Blink Dog @ May 22 2002,16:29)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I downloaded 1.58 and there is no change from 1.55. I sent an error report to Microcrap. I could not copy paste the text in the report here.<span id='postcolor'> You should send the error report to BIS (email support@bistudio.com), too.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Suchey @ May 22 2002,15:48)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Agreed- if voted admins are able to do this I could foresee many problems with people using dedicated servers as their own private playground.<span id='postcolor'> Only the people actually running the server should be able to do this. Like on clan servers that are usually open to the public, but would profit from being able to lock the server during clan fights.

Well, you could just kick the existing player, if someone with the same User-ID and player-# tried to reconnect. Might as well get rid of those players with pirate keys...

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (ALDEGA @ May 22 2002,14:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I think they fixed it by not allowing somebody to connect if that player's id (displayed in player edit window) is already "on" the server.<span id='postcolor'> It would be better if the ghost got kicked, instead the of player temporarly banned. Might be a bit harder to implement, though.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (LordZach @ May 22 2002,14:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">the germans who probably stole it from themselves<span id='postcolor'> Wrong, we stole it from the french.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (impygimpy @ May 22 2002,03:27)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Btw, my comp is from Compaq. How does it sound?<span id='postcolor'> Don't know. I'm sure the computer isn't bad, but to give any judgement I'd prefer to know more details (what motherboard, what kind of ddr ram, what external connections does it offer, what kind of case, how much noise will the computer produce, etc...). Just the main specs make it a fast machine, but if it's really good depends on the smalll details. I buy my computers by selecting each single part myself. Might be a bit more expensive than those package deals, but the quality of the components is better, too. Anyway, get a GF4 Ti 4200 right from the beginning - they are cheap and support Direct X 8.0. Buying another card next year is just wasted money. OFP will rock even on a GF2, but that's not the only game you will play (as heretic as that may sound ) in the next 12 month.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Sith @ May 21 2002,17:24)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">and he looks dissapointed<span id='postcolor'> Who? Palpatine? Far from it I'd say...<span id='postcolor'> I think he refers to that other senator in the background (the one with the beard). That one opposed the creation of the army.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Hit_Sqd_Maximus @ May 22 2002,03:48)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">cause I have been all through my ofp settings and i have opened the bin, it sais HW T&L but just the water isnt showing up and there is no reason why it shouldnt.<span id='postcolor'> Ahem, create a mp-mission (in 1.46, test it in 1.55 or 1.58) where you face the sea, looking directly at the sunset or sunrise. If you can see the reflection on the surface it's working for you. The changes aren't very dramatic yet, so maybe you've just missed them? Also it's not really a reflection, but more a highlighting of the surface.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Hit_Sqd_Maximus @ May 22 2002,01:23)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">No luck w/ the detonator drivers, what kind of GF2 do you have? 1.58 patch didnt help either  <span id='postcolor'> As I wrote earlier, I got a GF2 Ti (Hercules 3D Prophet II 64MB ddr). Edit: You could try to modify your flashpoint.cfg by hand: </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">HW_Type="Direct3D HW T&L";<span id='postcolor'> By changing the hw_type to HW T&L you might get lucky... Probably it's just the preferences tool that doesn't recognize your card correctly. BTW: You ARE Using Direct X 8.1, aren't you?

Ok, I was playing at the evil-geniuses server, when suddenly (after the connection was first good with pings < 100 and high throughput) I had the red icon and desyncs. After a while I got the session lost message and saw the "wait for server" screen. The whole system (win xp pro) frooze, not even pressing the power button to force a shutdown helped. After waiting for some time I had to use the reset button. I guess the server crashed and this send the client (and my machine) simulanuously into oblivion... I'll send the rpt-file by email - too large to post it here (one FROZEN msg after the other...). Edit: Ok, obviously it was only my system crashing, not the server. Just got a message from RED who was playing with me, confirming that the server was still up and running.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ May 22 2002,01:33)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">FYI, with any ATX power supply unit, you should be able to push the power switch for three seconds, and get the system to turn off. That's useful to know for systems that don't have a reset switch...<span id='postcolor'> Of course, but I wanted to shut the system down, not just cut the power. If you press the power button only for a short moment, XP usually shuts down normally, even if you can't get it to do this by keyboard or mouse. Finally I had to press the reset button (I have one), but I had prefered it the other way.

NEVER! Way too slow!!! . . . . Of course you can play OFP on such a machine. But I'd upgrade the memory to at least 512MB (not because of OFP, but more in general). More memory never hurts, and maybe you get it cheaper if you buy it right with the new machine.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (WhoCares @ May 21 2002,20:57)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The tank at the beginning and the later arriving BMP sliding down the hill.<span id='postcolor'> It seems as if the ground got quite slippery in the new beta. Even when tanks try to change direction on level ground they slide around like a horse on a frozen lake.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Hit_Sqd_Maximus @ May 21 2002,23:19)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Im on XP professional. So is there anyway I can see the new graphics with out buying a new Graphics card?<span id='postcolor'> Yes you should, like ALDEGA said. This has nothing to do with your OS, but you could check out a newer driver for your card (detonator 28.32 is the most recent official release). Maybe that solves your problem. I also use XP pro, and the GF2 works fine. My 100th post!!!

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Espectro @ May 21 2002,19:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Weird. The servers ive been playing have crashed alot. And theres a weird bug that makes tanks slide. Try play the mission "convoy" where u are a ressistance group trying to capture a fuelstation. In the beginning, the t-72 will slide all the way down the hill, giving you an emty tank. BIS, can u confirm this?<span id='postcolor'> I've noticed that, too. Same in the Intro to Malden island and the missions "Desert Ambush" and "Roughnecks".

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (impygimpy @ May 21 2002,15:54)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Will OFP run on Windows XP, with GeForce 2 graphics?<span id='postcolor'> Yes it will. I have XP Professional and a Geforce 2 Ti. Works fine for me. Just don't tweak your drivers too much, might lead to problems.

If you're using XP just connect the mouse and everything should work fine, don't bother with the logitech drivers. I got the cord version of your mouse. Bought it before the weekend and it worked flawless from the start. Man, I'd never thought I could get used so fast to using the wheel. At work I'm already starting to feel uncomfortable with the standard mouse I got there. Best thing in ofp is the quick access to and scrolling in the action menu with wheel and 3rd button.

Ok, maybe not the radiomessages, but what if I'm ussing "direct speaking"? will this reveal my position to nearby ai units? I mean, the ai recognizes shots within a certain distance, so why not voices?