Patch 88

[Skuzzy]

New version up!

Ahhhh,...the sweet sounds of....

For all you new Alpha folks;  Please post all bugs/issues with Alpha 88 in this thread. 

Thank you.

[NatCigg]

auto - update is not activating for me.  i have patch 87 and can log in.

[Skuzzy]

Oops, try it now.

[FLS]

I got the stdshapes fail message again. Ran the patch again from the alpha folder with no fail message.

Is that a new tower ambient noise I'm hearing?

[hitech]

I got the stdshapes fail message again. Ran the patch again from the alpha folder with no fail message.

Is that a new tower ambient noise I'm hearing?

How would we know? We can only see what you type not know what you think you hear.

HiTech

[bustr]

So far....

Testing NDisles offline.

Sound Device - Plantronics GameCom 780 USB, Dolby enabled.

1. - Clicking on the splash screen video setup causes an exe error and the very first time I did a sound loop.
2. - Clicking on the spawn button for a manned gun causes an exe error.
3. - I spawned an M8 and fired the main gun. The shooting sound went into a loop.
4. - The TE alpha88 will not produce a map with the land mass in the bitmap.

Like the lone dog barking along with all of the mood noises in the back ground. I will have to turn down some of the clinking noises. They go right through my ears.

[FLS]

How would we know? We can only see what you type not know what you think you hear.

HiTech

The clue is the ticking matches the clock. 

This is awesome: Prop RPM now has governor lag with acceleration and throttle changes. I.E. Prop rpm changes slightly with acceleration and rapid throttle changes.

[bustr]

Upped an La7 to chase drones. All engine and other sounds excellent.

Pull the trigger and the cannon sounds go into a loop that follows me out to the splash screen. First time I hit the exit button at the screen, exe error. Subsequent tests, the splash screen closed properly but, the gun sound loop was not fixed closing and reopening the game. From past experience both the AH2 and the alpha sometimes will have a problem that goes away upon a second entry into the game.

Uninstalling and reinstalling a full version did not fix this.

[1ijac]

Spit16 cann0n fire:

1.  rounds stop when you release the trigger but the sounds of firing continue.

2.  as you fire again the new cannon round fire adds to the previous sounds that are still going.  Each time you pull the trigger, the new sound of firing adds to the previous ones where you end up having the sound of many rounds being fired at once.

I did get a message in the upper left corner of my screen saying 1ijac is not online upon entering capture the flag    I was the only player in the arena and had touched nothing upon entering

Upon bailing from plane, the sounds of firing continued, opening chute they still continued, landing and the hitting the end sortie button on clipboard, I got a screen freeze where I had to use task manager to end game.

 

[FLS]

The TU-2S is not enabled in the capture the flag arena.

The engine sounds pulse at 1 sec intervals, is that on purpose?

Also found a few more surprises. I'll test more after work.   

[hitech]

The TU-2S is not enabled in the capture the flag arena.

The engine sounds pulse at 1 sec intervals, is that on purpose?

Also found a few more surprises. I'll test more after work.   

No, We know about it, still looking for some good clean engine loops.

HiTech

[Waffle]

I'd stay away from the 20mm and the the 37mm gun (M8) for now...they're fixed  here, but I didn't find them until after we released. Will be fixed next patch.

[Easyscor]

I walked away while the (in-game) update was downloading and when I came back, it'd stopped. I rejoined on-line and while it was downloading again, I opened the TE and verified I had patch 87. I probably shouldn't have done that.

Recommend Windows Restart after installation:
To shorten the story, I eventually needed to restart Windows. After flying an A-20 online for a few minutes, I checked the AvA (tree collisions work!) and tried to quit the game. I hung at the final quit screen and it was repeatable but like I said, restarting Windows fixed it all.

Sound.
715b was telling me that he could not hear my A-20 engine sound until I was within 1K, but off-line, I can hear the drones buzzing overhead from inside the tower.

[1ijac]

No reload sound for the tigerII or the m475.  haven't tried the others yet.  The growling sound of the passing planes is great. 

[715]

My patch 88 experience (online, mostly Ndisles terrain on Capture the Flag):

1. Capture the flag arena is listed as terrset03 and beta terrain but it's just ndisles with pacific terrset.
2. Spawning into any manned gun (field, SB, or ship) causes immediate CTD on my computer.
3. None of the tanks have a breech sound (so you can't tell when you're reloaded).
4. Tanks sound like they need oil    (Of course, I've never been inside a running tank, so what do I know.  Perhaps the bass I would expect isn't really there in a real tank.)
5. M8 cannon loops after firing (already reported).
6. Jeep sounds like a diesel engine; I thought the Willys Jeep had a gasoline engine.
7. Merlin engine has a loop glitch.  Maybe that is intentional.
8. Can't launch PT's from anywhere.
9. LVT sounds weird (but then I've never even seen an real LVT so how would I know what it sounded like).
10. Tank engine sound sometimes fades low or completely out.  For example I've stopped my T34 while the eng sound was fading and when stopped it was silent despite still running.
11.  I believe someone mentioned the environmental sounds are very loud.  On my system I can barely hear the environmental sounds (like birds, wind, etc.).
12.  Planes flying over my tank (my engine off) are silent until very, very close; like under 1K.

I'm impressed that HT added several of my wish list items even before I posted them!  (Environmental sounds like birds etc, and random, instead of sine wave, tank bouncing.  Not sure I 100% like the slower tank acceleration over rough ground, but I guess it's realistic and I'll get used to it.)