SE:V v1.33 Patch Available!

[AgentZero]

Phoenix-D said:
Can anyone change strategy details? I saw a post saying they couldn't at SE5.com, and lo and behold- it doesn't work for me either. (things like what range to engage at, damage amount, retreat settings, etc).

Despite what I said in the SE5.com forum, it seems I'm unable to change strategies too. Retreat Settings, Retreat When & Target Type Order and Settings all are unchangeable, but Movement Options & Targeting Priority Order do work.

[Wade]

4. Fixed - Facilities were not showing up in Ground Combat.

There are not any facilities in the ground combat simulation. I did not try a real invasion.

[geoschmo]

We are pleased to announce we’ve added support for SEV version 1.33 to PBW. If you can download it now from http://www.spaceempires5.com/files/se5patch_v133.exe.

1.33 implements a lot of great fixes including a couple that will help with the turn processing on PBW. It should reduce the amount of time it takes turns to process, and it gets rid of the black screen that would take over the desktop when turns would process in previous version. This made it difficult to do anything on the server while turns were running.

Because of this we are doing something a little different than previous versions. With this one we are encouraging everyone to upgrade to the latest version as soon as is practical. The previous versions will still be supported for existing games, but game owners will no longer have the option to create a game with the stock versions prior to 1.33, or with the mod versions prior to 1.25. Game owners will also not be able to change their games to these obsolete versions. As soon as version 1.33 mods are available we will obsolete the 1.25 mod versions as well.

Geoschmo

[Uncle_Joe]

Your v1.03/1.04 copies will cry about missing entries in settings.txt when you load the mod - you can get around that by adding the new fields from the standard settings.txt to the mod's settings.txt - I believe they're just entries regarding UI element colours.

I did this and I can launch the game OK, but I get crashes to desktop and access violations if I click on a star or often any other features like storms etc.

If I start a new 'stock' game, this does not happen so I'm guessing there is some other setting buggered up somewhere between BM1.04 and the 1.33 patch.

[AgentZero]

Are you loading savegames or starting new games? I found updating the FQM portion of the Balance Mod from 6 to 7 buggered my savegames, and 7 to 8 apparently does the same thing.

[se5a]

Maybe Kwok should release this 1.05 under annother folder name so we don't have to upgrade PBW games to the new version of BM, but can still start new games.

[Uncle_Joe]

I was starting new games. I am using an Empire file though if that makes any difference (although I cant really see how).

[Captain Kwok]

se5a said:Maybe Kwok should release this 1.05 under another folder name so we don't have to upgrade PBW games to the new version of BM, but can still start new games.

I was thinking that perhaps PBW should install this as a separate version since it's a save-game breaker. I'm going to recommend that players do a clean install for their personal copies.

[GuyOfDoom]

geoschmo said:

I wonder if it might be possible to make the exception to the rule and have v1.33 with BM v1.03 so current games of BM can update. If those versions are even compatable.

[geoschmo]

GuyOfDoom said:
I wonder if it might be possible to make the exception to the rule and have v1.33 with BM v1.03 so current games of BM can update. If those versions are even compatable.

Unfortunatley SEV does not yet have the command line options needed for different versions of a mod and the game will not allow you to change the name of the game type folder once the game is begun. So if we supported 1.33 with BM v1.03, that would be the only version of BM useable on PBW with 1.33.

Geoschmo