BATTLEZONE

Version 1.5.2.18

Released 2013-10-17

This build fixes the stuttering movement and frozen powerups in multiplayer that made it nearly unplayable. There's a few other things in there too.

Downloads

Unpack these into the root directory of your Battlezone 1.5 install.

Testing Executable and Symbols

All-In-One 1.5.2 Asset Pack (2013-10-17)

• IMPORTANT! Be sure to remove any previous copy of bzone152.zfs from addon
• You can safely remove bzone15.zfs and bzone151.zfs as bzone152.zfs includes everything from them
• Includes the original Large Assets pack (like prior all-in-one asset packs)

Optional 16-bit Enhanced Texture Pack (2013-10-19)

• Unpack into the root folder of a working 1.5.0, 1.5.1, or 1.5.2 install
• Requires 1.5.1.7 or later
• Now includes buildings, props, and Black Dog faction
• Includes contributions from General BlackDragon:
  • 24-bit reconstruction of SSUser's Black Dog Construction Rig (bvcons)
  • Olympian Hephaestus (obheph) and Omega Star Port (obstp)
  • Other texture adjustments
• Ganymede Jupiter texture contributed by Dx
• Achilles sky color matches the original
• Upside-down mine texture fixed by General BlackDragon
• Fixed incorrect Soviet Pilot texture size (!)
• Textures are somehwat darker than their 8-bit equivalents
• Breaks content that relies on palette swapping BZ environment textures
• Screenshots

Anet Classic

• Includes Anet and transport libraries that work well with Battlezone
• Fixes a number of network problems introduced by later versions
• Only use with 1.5.2.15 or later since its encryption/compression triggers data execution prevention
• PROTIP: Keep an install of 1.5.2.x separate from 1.5.1.17 (which also prevents mission version mismatch due to asset changes)

What's New

Stability

• Fixed NetGameDlgProc invalidating the rect of a nonexistent mapLabel
  • Why wasn't this crashing all the time? :P
• Wait for the device reset thread to exit before continuing
  • Prevents its simulation from clashing with the main thread
  • Thread skips simulation if done waiting for reset
  • Should fix random crashes when switching between game and shell
• Mission load errors out if the mission class can't be found
  • It previously crashed with no explanation.

Network

• Non-airborne PowerUps send state while moving
  • Covers sliding downhill and moving with a seismic wave
  • Keeps remote copies in sync
• Rolled back the Simulate/PostSimulate physics split
  • It caused too many problems with network code
  • Collision response doesn't seem particularly different
• Fixed remote objects sometimes exploding when they shouldn't
  • Particularly affected pilots and powerups
  • Send and receive code didn't match up

Scripting

• Imported AiMission DeleteObject from BZ2
  • Called whenever a game object gets removed
  • NOTE: it isn't quite symmetrical with AddObject
• Added more Lua script utility functions
  • GetLabel: returns the label of the object (e.g. avtank0_wingman)
  • GetClassSig: returns class signature string (e.g. "WING")
  • GetClassLabel: returns class label (e.g. "wingman")
  • GetClassId: returns class id
  • IsPerson: returns true if the object is a person
  • ObjectsInRange: iterator returning objects in range of a location
  • AllObjects: iterator returning all game objects
  • AllCraft: iterator returning all craft (and pilots)