[Darius]

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As part of working on War in Heaven, I'm modifying the base files for AoA so that the sequel and any future sequels can just "plug in" to the base via tbms. This includes bringing the campaign up to compatibility with 3.6.10. I'm rereleasing the campaign, but I first need some testing done before it becomes official.

Because the bugfixing and table updating is an ongoing process, I've split up the mod into three separate VPs to lessen the download burden for people wanting to update to the latest version of the campaign, since it is usually the Root files that get updated.

BP: Age of Aquarius root files (includes mod folder, mod.ini and bmp)
BP: Age of Aquarius sound files
BP: Age of Aquarius graphics

Note all three VPs are required to run Blue Planet successfully. Place the sound and graphics VPs into the same mod directory that holds the BP root VP. If updating from older version of the mod, please delete blueplanet1.vp from blueplanet-folder. Three new files replace this file.

Major Changes:

* Weapon rebalance for "Balor".

* Mission rebalance for "Keepers of Hell" - Should be easier and more playable as a result. Although I haven't been able to isolate the reason why it crashes for a lot of people (I haven't been able to get it to crash myself), I've tried to minimise the amount of issues that should come up. Let me know if it still crashes.

* Cutscene fov set to constant value.

* WiH material incorporated into campaign to allow interoperability with sequel.

* Various minor cosmetic changes.

* Disappearing HUD in bp-07 "Frankenstein's Monsters" fixed.

* Variables s-exp causing crashes in bp-13 removed

* General Bugfixing - Missing textures, null moments of inertia, turret normals fixing, misspelt subsystems.

Known Issues:

* No Sanctuary Glows - The Sanctuary pof references retail textures, which don't include glowmaps. At the moment, this is the only way to make the ship appear onscreen if the player doesn't have or use mediavps.

* No mission loading screens for low-resolution interface - Shouldn't affect how game runs.

[The E]

Quick question: I'm guessing that the patches (1bppatch.vp and 2bppatch.vp) aren't required for this, correct?

[Jeff Vader]

Correct. An assumption based on the fact that they've been included in the original Blue Planet root .vp since they were released.

[Droid803]

* WiH material incorporated into campaign to allow interoperability with sequel.

If this means what I think it means...

[Darius]

Not a pending release if that's what you think it means

[General Battuta]

Does this mean I can use force-weapon to use all the WiH weapons?

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

*downloads*

[Droid803]

Just checked...
Nope. Just a few muzzle flashes and odds and ends.

[blowfish]

Uhh ... I noticed that the Karuna is missing quite a few textures Here's the debug-generated list:

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hull1
turret
plasmagun
turflknew
0-laser1
missile
hyphngr
0-anti2
0-flak1
lancermain
lancerwing

[Darius]

Thanks...I might modify the model to use different textures rather than bundle the missing textures in with the pack. The Renjian is supposed to be a "Karuna-lite" anyway that mostly uses AoA textures

[Wanderer]

A short list of some of warnings etc i got when loading the mod (with mediavps in use)

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WARNING: "For 'explo3', 3 of 4 LODs are missing!"
WARNING: "Weapon explosion 'SubbeamWarm' does not have an LOD0 anim!"
WARNING: "For 'bomb_flare', 3 of 4 LODs are missing!"
WARNING: "Couldn't open texture 'torpedo158t-01a' referenced by model 'armageddon.pof'"
WARNING: "Couldn't open texture 'titannm' referenced by model 'carrier3t-01.pof'"
WARNING: "Model 'carrier3t-01.pof' has too many bay paths - max is 10"
WARNING: "Couldn't open texture 'corv2nm' referenced by model 'corvette3t-03.pof'"
WARNING: "Couldn't open texture 'cruisenm' referenced by model 'cruiser3t-01.pof'"
WARNING: "Couldn't open texture 'earth' referenced by model 'Earth.pof'"
WARNING: "Couldn't open texture 'milkyway' referenced by model 'Earth.pof'"
WARNING: "Couldn't open texture 'moon' referenced by model 'Moon.pof'"

and i havent even yet tried actually loading any of the models...

[Narvi]

The Great Preservers still crashes to desktop about one second into gameplay.

[Wanderer]

Narvi... can you run debug and re try? And see what it says



And couple more warnings...

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WARNING: "Subsystem "communication" in model "Miner.pof" is represented as "communications" in ships.tbl.
WARNING: "Couldn't open texture 'tsengineout' referenced by model 'JumpGateT.pof'"
WARNING: "Subsystem "communication" in model "xdread.pof" is represented as "communications" in ships.tbl.
WARNING: "Subsystem "engine" in model "malia.pof" is represented as "engines" in ships.tbl.
WARNING: "Subsystem "communication" in model "supercap2a-01.pof" is represented as "communications" in ships.tbl.
WARNING: "Couldn't open texture 'fighterd' referenced by model 'Kato.pof'"
WARNING: "Subsystem "engine" in model "afightnew.pof" is represented as "engines" in ships.tbl.
WARNING: "Subsystem "communications" in model "afightnew.pof" is represented as "communication" in ships.tbl.
WARNING: "Subsystem "Communications" in model "HyperionC.pof" is represented as "communication" in ships.tbl.
And finally when loading with debug build the UEF ship

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WARNING: "Null vec3d in vec3d normalize. Trace out of vecmat.cpp and find offending code." at vecmat.cpp:812
ASSERTION: "n_slots > 0" at modelread.cpp:3001
Problematic subsys seems to be 'Turret11' which apparently has no firing points and a null vec as its turret normal.

[Narvi]

Okay, my laptop turned off halfway through the debug build. I need a new battery.

But here's the log anyway.


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[Wanderer]

Hmm... there seems to be several typo related probs as well...

Like Vishnan Protectors 'comunication'/'communication' mismatch which seems to be causing issues, or the various engien/engine issues of vishnan sacred keeper.

[Darius]

Thanks for the log. Tried testing beforehand with a debug build but couldn't get past the spelling/typo error "inital" to "initial". I'll post a new version for testing when I've gone through these errors.

[Wanderer]

As the simple loading of the game or even loading the model into the lab wont reveal all the problems it is often useful to also load a mission where all the new ships are in (doesnt really matter what they do in the said mission though).

[Darius]

Right.

I feel like I've lifted up the carpet and seen all the bugs and slimy stuff underneath for the first time. Hopefully managed to squash most of them.

Can someone give this latest version a go and see if Keepers of Hell is still crashing for them? The mission seems to be clean now under a debug build.

I won't be available for the next 48 hours or so, so I'll have to come back on Sunday if there's anything that needs fixing.

[Wanderer]

Seems like it has cleared at least the worst away. Some still remain like the LOD issues and missing effects that debug build complains about.

[Darius]

Cool, we're getting there.

These three files should fix the missing explosion LODs issue. See you Sunday.

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[blowfish]

Actually, I've been working on a version of Blue Planet with various minor improvements, including fixing all of those debug errors, as well as making sure all textures are DDS/Mipmapped (various texture improvements in some cases), better integration with the mediavps, including support for Shivan Secondaries, nameplates, and various other fixes.  Though it's not done yet, I was planning to release it at some point (assuming Darius gave permission ).