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#4519367 - 05/04/20 08:24 AM New 1.28c to replace 129 with 640x480 screens  
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All versions of the UAW1.29 program that can use the old 640x480 selection screens have a multiplayer connection bug which I have not been able to locate. When the host starts the game and the parameters screen is displayed the other players get booted. I tested the very first version the other day and the players were booted, so it is not something new.
Consequently I have discontinued work on the 640x480 version of UAW1.29.
I had re-started this recently, as a result of people expressing interest in old theatres which had the the 640x480 screens.

However, all is not lost because I have changed tack and updated 1.28c with a number of 1.29 and even some 160 features. It can be used to run the old theatres, and there are no multiplayer problems.

I have made more changes to 1.28c in the last couple of days.
Multiplayer scripts are more flexible and both the the "Targloc" mission maker and the "ScriptLoad" programs have been re-designed to match the changes.
The scriptloader exe now displays the last script that was loaded.

The full versions allow the offline single mission player to set the mission date, which was never possible in 1.28c

Here is the link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WLF5XfKDeAf4XgteoW6wIWCrEtBli8VN

wink Jel

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#4520615 - 05/12/20 09:43 AM Re: New 1.28c to replace 129 with 640x480 screens [Re: MrJelly]  
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I have added two more theatres, a modified version of RockHPI's "Fading sun" with an added terrain and a full planeset, and "The Generals' War" by Ray Otton & Co smile

Here is the link: Two more theatres, May 12th 2020

Put the "TwoMoreTheatresMay12.exe" that you download in your "UAW128c 2020 May11th" and run it there smile


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#4520834 - 05/14/20 11:00 AM Re: New 1.28c to replace 129 with 640x480 screens [Re: MrJelly]  
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I have just downloaded Knug's original Russian Air War, and his winter version and set them up for 1.28c.
There were a number of problems because there was not a complete set of "Airfield.dat", "griddata.dat", "Tardata.dat" and "Targets.dat" files.
That data in these files must be coordinated, and what we had was an uncoordinated mixture of files in the theatre folder plus "missing" files read from the "Data.cdf" file.
Using the target editor I was able to build coordinated sets of these four files for both theatres, and everything appears to be working as it should be.

Unlike many other releases of its time the winter version has a genuine tile "eaw.tm" file, so in my opinion it is much better.
I will release these theatres after a few more refinements and some more testing smile


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#4520845 - 05/14/20 12:32 PM Re: New 1.28c to replace 129 with 640x480 screens [Re: MrJelly]  
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#4520862 - 05/14/20 03:18 PM Re: New 1.28c to replace 129 with 640x480 screens [Re: MrJelly]  
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.... and the bonus is that the 1.28c set-up was easy to convert to a UAW160 theatre folder, by removing incompatible and non-essential files and folders.

The 160 folder is this one:
[Linked Image]

Note that there are "_Summer" versions of the 3DZ, TER and TPC folders.
I have made two "Dir.set" files.
The "winter" one references the 3DZ, TER and TPC folders, whereas the "summer" one references the "_Summer" folders, but is otherwise identical wink


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#4520943 - 05/15/20 07:23 AM Re: New 1.28c to replace 129 with 640x480 screens [Re: MrJelly]  
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I have now converted the downloads of Knug's Russian Air War and his winter version into 1.28c format, so here is a download of the two theatres and associated files:

Two Russia theatres for 1.28c


Run the "15thMay2020Two128cTheatres.exe" in your "UAW128c 2020 May11th" folder.


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#4520944 - 05/15/20 07:30 AM Re: New 1.28c to replace 129 with 640x480 screens [Re: MrJelly]  
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Great work. Just about all the old campaign scenarios must be revived at this point.

#4520975 - 05/15/20 02:46 PM Re: New 1.28c to replace 129 with 640x480 screens [Re: MrJelly]  
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Well here are three more smile

JanTuma's Sudatenland 1938, the original Pacific Tide 2 with the Solomons and Guadalcanal campaigns accessed by discrete "Dir.set" files, and the Desert Air War.

Here is the link: Three more 1.28c theatres for you

....and that will be enough for the time being smile


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