Yes Yes Yes BMS MP Fix!!

[Maverix]

Hi all,
When BMS 0.9 ships, there will be another exe posted seperately that will be a SP3 + MP changes ONLY exe. In other words, use this exe with only a plain vanilla SP3 installation. I'm posting the readme below and I'll be available soon for reports/comments/questions.



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ReadMe for MP series of BMS exes.

First off, these exes DO NOT HAVE ALL THE FEATURES OF BMS. They are purely SP3 plus MP fixes ONLY. The reason for this is that the BMS exe is in such a state of change that it was hard to nail down whether a crash or stutter was related to a graphics type fix or a MP fix. So we've gone back to SP3 which is relatively stable and most of its bugs are well known. Squads have developed specific procedures to get around some of the more well-known bugs. Hopefully, we can get enough testing done to fix some of those bugs and eventually enjoy them in the mainstream BMS exe.

Install:

To install you need a plain SP3 installation. Just unzip the FalconSP_MP2.exe into your Falcon4 directory and run it instead of the original SP3 exe.

Improvements:

1. Position updates have been changed to save bandwidth. Things should be smoother when flying close formation and the like. Its not perfect yet. There are reports of things not going right when REALLY close to another human player but that is similar in results to SP3 tests.

2. Reliable messages should be a ton more reliable. There are numerous fixes to reliable messages. Some simple, some complex. But in general, things should be as reliable as possible. You might see faster loading times for joining Campaigns and TEs. Campaigns should be able to run longer, etc, etc. Basic stability.

3. A ton of minor bug fixes that enhance stability.

What you can do:

FLY IT! Test it as much as possible. Try to break it. If you find something that breaks, go back to SP3 and try to break it in the same way. Report what you find on the forums (either in BMS Bug reports or some other forum like Frugals or F4C and the like). Right now, we need a ton of MP data in order to tell us whether one fix was worth it or not. We need a variety of testing done. From the highly stable regimented squads with set-in-stone MP procedures, to Joe and Bill hooking up for a random game over the net.

Future:

There are many more things to test and fix. We plan to continue this series to hammer out as many MP bugs as possible in the short time frame we have.

[Horizon]

Nästan så man får en tår i ögat. :)

[TrakDah]

Jag har med flit varit ganska hård mot F4 i detta forum, men faktum är att detta låter riktigt bra. Som det sades ova: nån har tänkt till på vad som egentligen är problemen i F4!

Starkt!

/TD

[Maverix]

En annan sak som är adresserat, är att man ska kunna få information om man är kompatibel i sin patchning när man ansluter sig mot "Hosten". Detta bör eliminera alla tveksamheter när det gäller standarder och olika patchningar.

Maverix

[Maverix]

Nu är den här!


http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=7326471ab96a074c450f02850259259c&threadid=51535

Maverix

[SledgeHammer]

Gott. Lite RIKTIGA (läs: viktiga) fixar. ;)

[Maverix]

OK, jag har testat o flyga mot min server i 3-D miljö och det är STOR skillnad på "juckandet", nu kan man flyga formation någorlunda behagligt.

Maverix

[SledgeHammer]

Godis! Då borde en annan med snigelfart få mindre problem...