jel

have the eaw128FV1 exe and the 128FV3install exe

what's the install process into my existing 128E version?

is there a WF subfolder with the new install?

ta
ade

ralf...
what happens if i mix the colours?
say:
9
11
9
11

OR
9
9
11
11

Then the bullets of the 4 different calibers have a different color.

From the "Info.txt"

This is the installer package for the 1.28F exe version 3.
The 1.28F exe is fully TM2 compatible, so it allows for more than 64 tiles which is the whole point of TM2
Many of the main changes associated with the TM2 involve the moving of hard coded data from the eaw.exe into external files.

In particular the names of the tiles are in the new "TileBase.str" file. The default version has been added to the "TEXT_ENG.CDF".
Some bump tile names have been changed, and some new ones made. Hence, there is now an extended "TERRAIN.CDF" with them in.

The bumptile mapping list which was hardcoded in the exe is now in a file named "BumpVal.eaw".
If this file is not present then the exe uses the default version on the "EAWTM2" folder.
Hence, the "EAWTM2" folder containing the file is included and is vital.

The adaption of Will Gee's TM2 work means that:
1. Instead of using the "eaw.tm" file the exe uses a "eaw32.tm" file, with four bytes for each tile instead of one.
2. Instead of using the "eaw_ttd.dat" file the exe uses a "Geawttd2.dat" file.
This has a header which includes the number of tiles, and allows variation as modders build more scenarios with additional tiles.
Both of these files are inclued in the extended "DATA.CDF" file.


Another change is the removal of the hardcoded texture mapping list into a matching pair of stringfiles "TextMap1.str" and "TextMap2.str".
These are in the extended "TEXT_ENG.CDF" file.

Installation:
The package is in a 7-zip self installer to be run in your EAW 1.28e folder.
It will install:
The three extended CDF files all of which are 1.28e compatible.
This "info.txt" file.
The "EAWTM2" folder.
An OAW128 folder with the 1.28F exe in a "E-1.28FV3" folder, and also the "G-68TilesTM2" folder with a 68 tile test scenario.

Additionally there are "DAW128E", "FAW128EBeta1", "Malta128E", "SAW128E" and "SPAW" folders for the DirSet Picker/OAW128
users containing files which need to be added to these folders. Allowing them to "merge" is all at you need to do.

Please post any questions/issues at the EAW forum at SimHQ.

Jel

7th February 2012

There is no WF subfolder, it is just an installation of the 1.28F exe and its essential additional folder and files.

Please note that the extended CDFs are exactly as they are described, so they are completely 1.28e compatible. 1.28e will run with the new ones, but 1.28F will not run with the old ones as they do not contain the additional files. Similarly 1.28e dos not need the EAWTM2 folder, but it is essential for 1.28F.
Using OAW128 I can load a 1.28e or a 1.28F exe without the need for separate EAW folders.
Currently testing is "in house" for Gen members, but 1.28F should be available shortly for the EAW community.

thanks ralf...

jel

got the readme on board ta, might wait until the
final exe is released...

pobs...

while waitin for the 128F exe to gel(no pun intended)
can u send me the airfield layouts for 128E as discussed
last week...st omer and/or lille, still needin to assess
and evaluate how they look in game....

ade

Hi Ade,

yup I am on it, sorry for the delay, end of financial year here and the accountants are rattling my cage... will try to do it tonight for you...


cheers,


Pobs

pobs m8....

i've had my cage rattled..... been shot at and hit a couple of times,
nudged by a shark whilst surfing... nasty scar, jumped out of a
chopper and broke both legs, survived a head on collision, crashed
a hang glider into a large pine tree, struck by lightning, run over
by a mob of kangaroos whislst in a 2 man tent, survived the rigours
of 2 ex wives.....but i have never ever ever... had my cage rattled
by an accountant!!!

LOL Ade!

Email and PM sent also, plus posts at the Gen

Jel