1.05 Update

[Marshall Ellis]

Hey guys:

Just an FYI that I will attempt to get a BETA 1.05 ready next week (Not sure of Matrix's holiday schedule yet). I am trying to speed this up a bit so I am pulling the editor and the 1812 scenario out and pushing them to 1.06. If you check the changelog in Mantis then you will notice a ton of changes in 1.05 so I would like for those to get you a little quicker.

BTW: This will have turn skipping!

[GShock]

Congrats Ellis. I don't know if u were aware of all the trouble coming from this title's release when u got yourself into it.
I do see you're breaking your back on it. I am still at the first patch and observing the forums so that when they all say all has been sorted out, I'll finally start to enjoy it.

Your commitment is encomiable, upward and onward!

[DCWhitworth]

Seconded, except I don't know what ecomiable means [:)]

It must be something like when Peter Jackson turned Lord of the Rings into a film. Most people think its fantastic but there are a few fanatics who will never be satisfied.

[Marshall Ellis]

Oddly enough, the more I add, the more I want to add LOL! It's like a drug to me! I cannot stop! As long as I'm not in a straight jacket, I will be coding this thing!
 
 

[DCWhitworth]

ORIGINAL: Marshall Ellis

Oddly enough, the more I add, the more I want to add LOL! It's like a drug to me! I cannot stop! As long as I'm not in a straight jacket, I will be coding this thing!

Mmmm, perhaps you should try drinking decaff for a while [;)]

[Marshall Ellis]

decaff? That's like water in the gas tank! LOL!
 
 

[GShock]

Problem of all strategy games is that the more complex they are the more inhumane the task becomes at building their numerous features. Considering everything can go wrong (according to Murphy's law) in any single line of the code, and adding that there's the AI involved, which is definitely always an issue for any coder, I'd say that with his bare hands, Ellis surely hasn't build a flawless product but has still done a great job.

I personally think the best could be achieved in much shorter time if the community volounteered coders and playtesters to build those video tutorials, improve the interface and tooltips, and of course, building a manual worth of the lamest noob (like me) to study learn and play.

Encomiable is the effort, always. I never asked for a refund for this game and i never will. Should I never even play it once, it's my way of showing respect to someone else's skill and commitment and trust what he's doing is the right thing. Keep up.

[Marshall Ellis]

I appreciate the support Gshock! I'm certainly not perfect but I will not go away!
"Here I stand! ... like a Stone Wall" ...
 
 
 
 

[Mardonius]

I don't know if you want to be too closely associated with that stone wall quote... both the sayer and the object were KIAs in the next couple of years. [8D]

Do you mind posting a list of intended version 1.05 fixes? I know this will be a big fix list...



Thanks for all your hard work!
"Damn Yankee" Mardonius

[pzgndr]

From the Change Log at Bug Tracker:

Empires in Arms the Napoleonic Wars - 1.05.00
=============================================
- 0000402: [Game Enhancement] Manual edits! (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000254: [UI Enhancement] Can't sandbag leader rating (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000141: [AI Bug] AI SeaMove oddity (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000047: [PBEM Enhancement] Issue with determining the commander of Allied armies (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000088: [AI Enhancement] AI minor diplomacy (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000287: [AI Enhancement] AI major powers not taking minor power or province capitals (delatbabel) - resolved.
- 0000401: [Game Bug] besieged enemy-occupied minor falls (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000397: [Game Bug] Not allowed to move into Papacy (at war issues?) (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000292: [Game Enhancement] Austrian Insurrection Corps Placement mechanism makes these corps a liability rather than an asset (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000398: [AI Bug] AI Surrendering when enemy MP is not even in territory (and kindof winning war?) (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000395: [Game Bug] Freestate creation giving pp to creator (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000394: [Game Bug] magical landing from Bay of Biscay to Algeria (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000383: [AI Enhancement] Fleets in port are not being protected by AI with any real intelligence (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000372: [Game Bug] Clicking on French I Corps Generates an error (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000389: [Game Bug] All Cavalry force does not get Strategic bonus of +1 when withdrawing (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000388: [PBEM Bug] France cannot attack Russian corp in Grodno (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000379: [PBEM Bug] Fleets evacuated from Port of Ally's Minor (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000368: [Game Enhancement] Upon Formation of a Kingdom, Consituent Free States Production Queues are deleted (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000375: [Game Bug] russian fleet continues to be kicked out of area 697 (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000377: [Game Bug] Queued ships disappear (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000370: [Game Bug] Loaned Fleets (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000298: [Game Bug] Enemy corps loaned to neutral power cannot be attacked (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000385: [Game Bug] Some attempts to relieve blockade create random retreats (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000380: [Game Bug] minor goes neutral, not transferred to occupier, garrison ends up in rural area (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000376: [Game Bug] Cant declare war on Tripolitania (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000350: [Game Bug] British units cannot enter Cairo to attack enemy Turks (marshall) - closed.
- 0000373: [Game Bug] game crashes while trying to get through French diplomacy phase (marshall) - closed.
- 0000241: [Rules Deviation] Commanders of the same seniority need a way to be assigned as the Army Leader (marshall) - closed.
- 0000365: [Game Bug] Turkish fleet relocated inexplicably (marshall) - closed.
- 0000356: [AI Bug] Turks landing corps where they shouldn't be able to (marshall) - closed.
- 0000342: [Game Bug] prisoners not returned after lapse of war with minor (marshall) - closed.
- 0000343: [AI Bug] AI withdraws too often (marshall) - closed.
- 0000364: [Game Bug] Ottoman corps cannot transfer cavalry factors (marshall) - closed.
- 0000344: [AI Bug] Prussia DOWs Denmark (marshall) - closed.
- 0000359: [Game Bug] Prussian Income Summary bug (marshall) - closed.
- 0000349: [Game Bug] middle Danish island draws supply at distance 1 from Kiel (marshall) - closed.
- 0000351: [Game Bug] Free state changes control to an ally (marshall) - closed.
- 0000352: [Game Bug] Forage bonus improperly applied (marshall) - closed.
- 0000346: [Game Bug] Options changing not allowed (marshall) - closed.
- 0000348: [Game Bug] supply and reinforcement across interdicted crossing arrow on Danish island (marshall) - closed.
- 0000340: [Game Bug] forces wrongly repatriated, war lapses (marshall) - closed.
- 0000337: [Game Bug] ending of temporary access will sometimes cause invalid evacautions. (marshall) - closed.
- 0000335: [UI Enhancement] Clicking areas when not in move mode and a unit is selected can cause selection confusion (marshall) - closed.
- 0000334: [AI Bug] AI's minor diplomacy attempts on a nation that another MP is issuing a DOW on can negate the DOW (marshall) - closed.
- 0000158: [AI Bug] AI Austria purchasing insurrection corps (marshall) - closed.
- 0000244: [UI Bug] Attempting to reinforce a non-eligible garrision displays garbage characters (marshall) - closed.
- 0000347: [Game Bug] Russian fleet is inexplicably moved (marshall) - closed.
- 0000327: [UI Bug] unbesieged garrisons "out of supply" (marshall) - closed.
- 0000315: [Game Bug] Ottoman Empire has an extraTRI troop (marshall) - closed.
- 0000314: [Game Bug] Unecessary scuttling of transport (marshall) - closed.
- 0000313: [Game Bug] Militia is prevented from taking losses even when there is no other factors left (marshall) - closed.
- 0000291: [Game Bug] 'Allow seperate peace' check box not working (marshall) - closed.
- 0000333: [Game Bug] when moving fleet to "area 15", get booted (marshall) - closed.
- 0000330: [Game Bug] When France selects Outflank in Combat, losses are posted on top of screen but not refelcted in battle log (marshall) - closed.
- 0000308: [UI Bug] major fleets don't bring minor fleets in stack move (marshall) - closed.
- 0000329: [Game Bug] Cannot properly move by stack (marshall) - closed.
- 0000302: [Game Bug] Siege in Tunis has no PP for victor (marshall) - closed.
- 0000328: [Game Bug] Loaned Swedish Corps can not move where it should be able to (marshall) - closed.
- 0000055: [Game Bug] Saxony corps loses morale when Confederation of the Rhine is created (marshall) - closed.
- 0000297: [UI Bug] Incorrect reporting of city garrison out of supply. (marshall) - closed.
- 0000295: [Game Bug] Besieged corps still causes adjacent river to cost +1 MP (marshall) - closed.
- 0000227: [AI Bug] AI not picking which combination of minors it can prevent lapse of war state (marshall) - closed.
- 0000293: [UI Bug] Too much clicking to select an area and deselect a corps (marshall) - closed.
- 0000040: [UI Bug] Game inadvertently places Swedish fleets in Prussian territory with selected corps. (marshall) - closed.
- 0000079: [Game Bug] Winter zone bug (marshall) - closed.
- 0000281: [AI Enhancement] AI should surrender to multiple opponents at the same time (marshall) - closed.
- 0000267: [Game Bug] Winter zone movement restriction not applied to Corsica/Sardinia (marshall) - closed.
- 0000286: [PBEM Bug] Some PBEM sieges are not loading properly thus creating random battle settings from previous battle sin the same area. (marshall) - closed.
- 0000240: [Rules Deviation] Turkish Feudal Corps Assignments to Anatolia (marshall) - closed.
- 0000289: [AI Bug] AI should not intercept-ALL when the weaker force (marshall) - closed.
- 0000290: [Game Bug] Transport capture in port is inconsistent (marshall) - closed.
- 0000288: [Rules Deviation] port evacuation does not follow correct procedure (marshall) - closed.
- 0000283: [UI Enhancement] No way for a third party to determine who controls a loaned corps (marshall) - closed.
- 0000171: [Game Enhancement] The victory point bonus to AI has an unintended sideeffect (marshall) - closed.
- 0000282: [Game Bug] Besieged port still gives supply (marshall) - closed.
- 0000277: [UI Enhancement] Would like to be able to move entire stack to an assault (marshall) - closed.
- 0000271: [Game Bug] Upon Creation of Egyption Freestate, Egypt shows that it is at war with minors that it is not at war with. (marshall) - closed.
- 0000250: [UI Bug] Islands don't show forage value (marshall) - closed.
- 0000273: [Game Bug] Can use the assault button in the land combat phase even for forces that have not won a field combat. (marshall) - closed.

Lots of good stuff here! It's great to see a tracking system like this for all of the issues that have been identified, acknowledged, and resolved. [&o]

[Marshall Ellis]

A lot of blood, sweat and keys
 
 

[adamcs]

Hi all,

I've just bought this game today (26-11-2008) and would like to know if the downloadable version has all the previous patches included. If not please tell me which patch should I download.

Thank you folks,

Adam

[pzgndr]

Welcome!  I would assume the digital downlaod already has the latest v1.04.07 update.  Else go to the downloads page and get the patch. 

[NeverMan]

ORIGINAL: adamcs

Hi all,

I've just bought this game today (26-11-2008) and would like to know if the downloadable version has all the previous patches included. If not please tell me which patch should I download.

Thank you folks,

Adam

I hope you read the forums thoroughly so that you know what you are getting yourself into.

[dodod]

any update as to possible posting of 1.05??

[Jimmer]

ORIGINAL: adamcs

Hi all,

I've just bought this game today (26-11-2008) and would like to know if the downloadable version has all the previous patches included. If not please tell me which patch should I download.

Thank you folks,

Adam

I would not assume that the digital download version is fully-patched. That's a non-trivial exercise, and the game has spent most of its patching resources fixing bugs. It's possible, but I would wait for Matrix to say that before assuming it.

[Marshall Ellis]

Just do simple version check at the bottom right of the title screen.
1.04 should be your current version. If not then download the 1.04 patch and you will be OK.
 

[Marshall Ellis]

BTW: I am testing the first 1.05 BETA install this morning...
 

[Kwik E Mart]

ORIGINAL: pzgndr

From the Change Log at Bug Tracker:

Empires in Arms the Napoleonic Wars - 1.05.00
=============================================
- 0000402: [Game Enhancement] Manual edits! (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000254: [UI Enhancement] Can't sandbag leader rating (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000141: [AI Bug] AI SeaMove oddity (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000047: [PBEM Enhancement] Issue with determining the commander of Allied armies (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000088: [AI Enhancement] AI minor diplomacy (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000287: [AI Enhancement] AI major powers not taking minor power or province capitals (delatbabel) - resolved.
- 0000401: [Game Bug] besieged enemy-occupied minor falls (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000397: [Game Bug] Not allowed to move into Papacy (at war issues?) (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000292: [Game Enhancement] Austrian Insurrection Corps Placement mechanism makes these corps a liability rather than an asset (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000398: [AI Bug] AI Surrendering when enemy MP is not even in territory (and kindof winning war?) (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000395: [Game Bug] Freestate creation giving pp to creator (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000394: [Game Bug] magical landing from Bay of Biscay to Algeria (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000383: [AI Enhancement] Fleets in port are not being protected by AI with any real intelligence (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000372: [Game Bug] Clicking on French I Corps Generates an error (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000389: [Game Bug] All Cavalry force does not get Strategic bonus of +1 when withdrawing (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000388: [PBEM Bug] France cannot attack Russian corp in Grodno (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000379: [PBEM Bug] Fleets evacuated from Port of Ally's Minor (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000368: [Game Enhancement] Upon Formation of a Kingdom, Consituent Free States Production Queues are deleted (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000375: [Game Bug] russian fleet continues to be kicked out of area 697 (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000377: [Game Bug] Queued ships disappear (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000370: [Game Bug] Loaned Fleets (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000298: [Game Bug] Enemy corps loaned to neutral power cannot be attacked (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000385: [Game Bug] Some attempts to relieve blockade create random retreats (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000380: [Game Bug] minor goes neutral, not transferred to occupier, garrison ends up in rural area (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000376: [Game Bug] Cant declare war on Tripolitania (marshall) - resolved.
- 0000350: [Game Bug] British units cannot enter Cairo to attack enemy Turks (marshall) - closed.
- 0000373: [Game Bug] game crashes while trying to get through French diplomacy phase (marshall) - closed.
- 0000241: [Rules Deviation] Commanders of the same seniority need a way to be assigned as the Army Leader (marshall) - closed.
- 0000365: [Game Bug] Turkish fleet relocated inexplicably (marshall) - closed.
- 0000356: [AI Bug] Turks landing corps where they shouldn't be able to (marshall) - closed.
- 0000342: [Game Bug] prisoners not returned after lapse of war with minor (marshall) - closed.
- 0000343: [AI Bug] AI withdraws too often (marshall) - closed.
- 0000364: [Game Bug] Ottoman corps cannot transfer cavalry factors (marshall) - closed.
- 0000344: [AI Bug] Prussia DOWs Denmark (marshall) - closed.
- 0000359: [Game Bug] Prussian Income Summary bug (marshall) - closed.
- 0000349: [Game Bug] middle Danish island draws supply at distance 1 from Kiel (marshall) - closed.
- 0000351: [Game Bug] Free state changes control to an ally (marshall) - closed.
- 0000352: [Game Bug] Forage bonus improperly applied (marshall) - closed.
- 0000346: [Game Bug] Options changing not allowed (marshall) - closed.
- 0000348: [Game Bug] supply and reinforcement across interdicted crossing arrow on Danish island (marshall) - closed.
- 0000340: [Game Bug] forces wrongly repatriated, war lapses (marshall) - closed.
- 0000337: [Game Bug] ending of temporary access will sometimes cause invalid evacautions. (marshall) - closed.
- 0000335: [UI Enhancement] Clicking areas when not in move mode and a unit is selected can cause selection confusion (marshall) - closed.
- 0000334: [AI Bug] AI's minor diplomacy attempts on a nation that another MP is issuing a DOW on can negate the DOW (marshall) - closed.
- 0000158: [AI Bug] AI Austria purchasing insurrection corps (marshall) - closed.
- 0000244: [UI Bug] Attempting to reinforce a non-eligible garrision displays garbage characters (marshall) - closed.
- 0000347: [Game Bug] Russian fleet is inexplicably moved (marshall) - closed.
- 0000327: [UI Bug] unbesieged garrisons "out of supply" (marshall) - closed.
- 0000315: [Game Bug] Ottoman Empire has an extraTRI troop (marshall) - closed.
- 0000314: [Game Bug] Unecessary scuttling of transport (marshall) - closed.
- 0000313: [Game Bug] Militia is prevented from taking losses even when there is no other factors left (marshall) - closed.
- 0000291: [Game Bug] 'Allow seperate peace' check box not working (marshall) - closed.
- 0000333: [Game Bug] when moving fleet to "area 15", get booted (marshall) - closed.
- 0000330: [Game Bug] When France selects Outflank in Combat, losses are posted on top of screen but not refelcted in battle log (marshall) - closed.
- 0000308: [UI Bug] major fleets don't bring minor fleets in stack move (marshall) - closed.
- 0000329: [Game Bug] Cannot properly move by stack (marshall) - closed.
- 0000302: [Game Bug] Siege in Tunis has no PP for victor (marshall) - closed.
- 0000328: [Game Bug] Loaned Swedish Corps can not move where it should be able to (marshall) - closed.
- 0000055: [Game Bug] Saxony corps loses morale when Confederation of the Rhine is created (marshall) - closed.
- 0000297: [UI Bug] Incorrect reporting of city garrison out of supply. (marshall) - closed.
- 0000295: [Game Bug] Besieged corps still causes adjacent river to cost +1 MP (marshall) - closed.
- 0000227: [AI Bug] AI not picking which combination of minors it can prevent lapse of war state (marshall) - closed.
- 0000293: [UI Bug] Too much clicking to select an area and deselect a corps (marshall) - closed.
- 0000040: [UI Bug] Game inadvertently places Swedish fleets in Prussian territory with selected corps. (marshall) - closed.
- 0000079: [Game Bug] Winter zone bug (marshall) - closed.
- 0000281: [AI Enhancement] AI should surrender to multiple opponents at the same time (marshall) - closed.
- 0000267: [Game Bug] Winter zone movement restriction not applied to Corsica/Sardinia (marshall) - closed.
- 0000286: [PBEM Bug] Some PBEM sieges are not loading properly thus creating random battle settings from previous battle sin the same area. (marshall) - closed.
- 0000240: [Rules Deviation] Turkish Feudal Corps Assignments to Anatolia (marshall) - closed.
- 0000289: [AI Bug] AI should not intercept-ALL when the weaker force (marshall) - closed.
- 0000290: [Game Bug] Transport capture in port is inconsistent (marshall) - closed.
- 0000288: [Rules Deviation] port evacuation does not follow correct procedure (marshall) - closed.
- 0000283: [UI Enhancement] No way for a third party to determine who controls a loaned corps (marshall) - closed.
- 0000171: [Game Enhancement] The victory point bonus to AI has an unintended sideeffect (marshall) - closed.
- 0000282: [Game Bug] Besieged port still gives supply (marshall) - closed.
- 0000277: [UI Enhancement] Would like to be able to move entire stack to an assault (marshall) - closed.
- 0000271: [Game Bug] Upon Creation of Egyption Freestate, Egypt shows that it is at war with minors that it is not at war with. (marshall) - closed.
- 0000250: [UI Bug] Islands don't show forage value (marshall) - closed.
- 0000273: [Game Bug] Can use the assault button in the land combat phase even for forces that have not won a field combat. (marshall) - closed.

Lots of good stuff here! It's great to see a tracking system like this for all of the issues that have been identified, acknowledged, and resolved. [&o]

My gawd! All these bugs have been in this game since release? Is this typical in the initial release of a game like this? Hats off to Marshall for "eating the elephant"...I would have choked long ago...

[Marshall Ellis]

Note: Not all were bugs. Two were enhancements. LOL
No, this is not normal but this game was anything but normal LOL!