[WMCoolmon]

Like the previous thread, please only post if you have something to contribute to the VP (Attachment, link, list of fixes or unneeded files). For everything else, PM me. This list will be used as a checklist for the next patch.

Current list - stuff that didn't make it into the last patch

• Nameplate fix. (Didn't have a good way to fix. POFCS kept crashing, and ModelView refused to open the high-poly models)
• DaBrain's DDS beam version fix. (No need to have yet another VP floating around, or grossly enlarge the previous patch size...)
• FSPort icons (Not enough time to test completely)

Hopeful list - stuff that isn't done yet

• Missile/countermeasure models

[StratComm]

This isn't a content post, but I'm not starting a new thread over this.

• Nameplate fix. (Didn't have a good way to fix. POFCS kept crashing, and ModelView refused to open the high-poly models)

You want me to tackle them (assuming you just want to change them all to use "nameplate" as the nameplate texture)?  I can probably have them done tomorrow.  I'm assuming the list is short, as these are the only ones I can think of offhand:

• Aeolus
• Fenris
• Leviathan

Are there any more?

[WMCoolmon]

This would be the sort of thing perfect for a PM.

I believe the Orion also needs to be changed. But to be honest, I'd most like to have the high-poly version of ModelView. This isn't the first time I've had trouble because of PCS's unreliability and MV's lack of workingness.

Or, POFCS2 would be nice.

If you want to change them go ahead, though, they just need to use the texture 'nameplate' instead of whatever they use right now.

[FireCrack]

Ok, just for you i'l tackle the conversion of the missiles next weekend...

Anyways, i got this updated, is it right now?


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[Black Wolf]

This would be the sort of thing perfect for a PM.

I believe the Orion also needs to be changed. But to be honest, I'd most like to have the high-poly version of ModelView. This isn't the first time I've had trouble because of PCS's unreliability and MV's lack of workingness.

PM Vasudan Admiral. He made the high poly changes, so he should have a working exe uploaded somewhere.

[Vasudan Admiral]

Though you've probably found them by now from one of the other threads;
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/twisted-infinities-va/modv32b5.zip
http://webzoom.freewebs.com/twisted-infinities-va/modviw32_high_limits.zip
Just paste the second exe over the first once it's been installed and all else should magically work.

[DaBrain]

Uhm... is the gun effect fix in a patch already?
http://www.game-warden.com/starfox/Non_SF_related_stuff/MediaVP_fix.rar

BTW there is a 'ships.tbl' in the textures VP.


And please fix the shockwave chaos. There is a 3d shockwave in the effects VP. (Ok, fine, but this effect needs a lot less memory and looks a lot better: http://www.game-warden.com/starfox/Non_SF_related_stuff/SW3D_Mid-range_blue.rar)

Then there is an old 3d shockwave in the advanced effects VP. This one is better: http://www.game-warden.com/starfox/Non_SF_related_stuff/SW3D_High-End_blue.rar. Maybe you could add the link to the ultimate effect in the readme: http://www.game-warden.com/starfox/Non_SF_related_stuff/SW3D_Super-High-End_blue.rar.

And now everything is screwed up. There is a 2d shockwave in the maps folder of the advanced effects VP. What is this one in there for?

Afaik both versions will be loaded into the ram, so we're losing quite a bit performance for nothing.

[StratComm]

Thank you.  I've been meaning to say something about the state of shockwaves for a while now.

I think the ships.tbl in the textures VP is to allow texture differentiation between the Fenris and Leviathan, Cain and Lilith.  It's been like that for a while, and there are a couple of models (or there should be) that accompany them.

[Depth_Charge]

Question???......is there any chance to make a whole new vp file instited of patched????.......no offence, just asking???

[DaBrain]

I've suggested that already. There are too many things you can't fix with a patch...


BTW here is my table entry for the AB trail:

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$Trails:
+Bitmap: ABtrail
+Width: 6.0
+Alpha: 1.0
+Life: 1


[Pnakotus]

Since we're asking questions, which patch is the HTL Eyrines in?  I decided to test the whole patch malarky and clean out my /data/maps and models at the same time: using the 3.6.7 vps and the three patches, I'm missing the HTL Eyrines, the turret fix doesn't work, and someone said there was a cockpitted-Ares and that isn't in there either.

[FireCrack]

HTL erynies should be in the normal 3.6.7 media vp's

[Pnakotus]

Buh!  I must have some legacy crap still lying around.  It worked, I removed the loose textures and pofs, and it didnt' work.  Wierd.

[FireCrack]

Sooo.. is it working or not now?

[WMCoolmon]

Well, I think I have the local data set up properly, along with a lot of optimizations.

But. I haven't tested them as fully as I'd like to. Trails, in particular, I'm suspicious that they may need an alpha channel that got removed by converting them to PCX. So I may have to look into the 16-bit DDS route.

I want to test these babies before I release...I only just compiled the changes into the VP files for the patch. And I want to clean up the tables with XMTs. And do the stuff listed in the new patch thread.

Edit: Bleh, I initially thought this was the release thread. Thank you, Jonathan, for using a PM...although that is the sort of thing that would belong in this thread.

[CP5670]

Here are the suns you wanted:

http://home.comcast.net/~cp5670/suns.zip

These will look the right size in the game. I kept the red one's image larger than the others since it has some extra detail in it.

By the way, the red sunglow had two turquoise pixels in it, which I fixed up. What is with these things?

[FireCrack]

Okay, i finaly got my table working, for real this time, click the link below to go to my post!

Ok, just for you i'l tackle the conversion of the missiles next weekend...

Anyways, i got this updated, is it right now?

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[Black Wolf]

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,37027.0.html

Don't forget

[Pnakotus]

I just wanted to say, a clean reinstall of what I had before (3.6.7+p2+nov20 patch) gave me heaps of **** that must have been overridden by legacy stuff: the HTL Ares, neato new gunshots, a contraversial warp effect, and nebulas that actually work.  I shoulda done that ages ago!

[Ulala]

Am I way off by assuming this patch has a completion goal of November 27?