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Patch 1.05B 13 years ago #231
Warlords,
In the interest of getting some parts of a 1.06 patch done I've decided to release a few options as a 1.05B patch. These options are mostly going to be bug fixes and user interface changes that can benefit all users now while waiting for 1.06. What it won't contain is major changes that would invalidate existing saved games or that would cause me to have to release more than just an executable file. I will periodically update this patch with new stuff and bug fixes as they are done so check this thread often. I have uploaded the 1.05B patch in the Downloads section for Warlords 4: The patch currently contains the following fixes/features: 1) Fix bug that caused the game to hang if the AI tried to rebuild a city and didn't have enough gold (reported a while back and custom fixed for players who reported it). 2) Left clicking on a Hero or Unit in the Hero's menu or Top 10 Units menu now automatically selects the stack that contains that unit. 3) CTRL+Left click on a unit in the stack menu deselects all units in the stack. CRTL+ Right click on a unit in the stack menu automatically selects all units in the stack. 4) A new option of Fog of War/Hidden Map/Hidden Races was added for random maps. This option hides all the races on the side selection screen and guarantees all sides have a unique race. It won't allow changing the race for any side. To see the actual race for your side you must select a warlord. This option is primarily for MP games to prevent players from seeing what race the other players have when creating warlords with the editor. Update on 15-Mar-10 5) CTRL+Left click on a unit in the city menu deselects all units in the stack. CRTL+ Right click on a unit in the city menu automatically selects all units in the stack. 6) Support for unlimited Warlord portraits added which makes 2 new portraits created by SIL available. Users can add new portraits to the portrait menu and follow the current naming scheme. The game automatically uses the new portraits for AI warlords and the portraits can be chosen in the Warlord creation menu. User portraits won't be viewable in MP mode unless all players have the portraits on their machine! If Warlords would like to contribute new portraits these could be included in the 1.06 release. This feature introduces a small delay at start time while the game figures out the total number of portraits so if someone were to adds hundreds it could slow the initial load screen down. Update on 09-May-10 7) Marked Trebuchet as a Good unit instead of a Neutral one. Fixed a bug related to the Hero Mount spell. This bug will invalidate ALL saved games prior to this. So before installing this version either delete all old saves or finish games in progress. Update on 16-Jun-10 9) Fixed crash that happened at the end of the game when the AI was allied with you and it conquered the last enemy capitol. This crash *could* also happen if several AI's were allied against you and one of them conquered your capitol and there were no other enemy sides remaining. Update on 22-May-11 10) Fixed another bug related to the heroes mount spell. Note: This is just an executable update. In future when reporting bugs please state whether you are using the 1.05B patch or not. KGB |
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Last Edit: 12 years, 11 months ago by KGB.
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Re: Patch 1.05B 12 years, 8 months ago #487
Hi.
My 7 year-old daughter wants to play Warlords IV. She likes fire dragons and dragonliches (lol). I just installed the thing and patched it to 1.05B. However, there seems to be a bug with the fonts. The text messages don't rescale adequately to fit into their respective spaces. As a result, stuff overflows and crowds boxes, covering up other useful information. It happened before patching already and it doesn't seem to have to do with resolution nor playing in windowed/full screen mode. Puter runs on windows vista ultimate. On another puter (laptop, windows XP) there's no glitch whatsoever. This is nothing special and certainly doesn't stop us from playing. But if this could be fixed, I'd appreciate Any tips? Thx! |
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Re: Patch 1.05B 12 years, 8 months ago #492
Whereagles,
Any tips? Let her play on your laptop In all seriousness, I need more info. What language are you using (English I assume if you are running 1.05B but there is a French translation so you might be using that). What resolution are you running in on the machine with a problem and what is the monitor capable of (is it a 4/3 or a 16/9). Also what resolutions does the game let you select (sometime there are more than the game detects that you can force the game into manually). KGB |
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Last Edit: 12 years, 8 months ago by KGB.
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Re: Patch 1.05B 12 years, 8 months ago #494
ahoy there
Monitor is running on 1920x1080 (16/9). The game lets me choose 800x600, 1024x168 and 1280x960 (all 4/3 modes, I think). Currently running on windowed mode 1280x960. The problem also occurs in full-screen mode. Also, the box letters (as in e.g. 'skirmish' or 'campaign') come up in white, not black. Running the 1.05B english. Thx! |
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Re: Patch 1.05B 12 years, 8 months ago #495
Whereagles,
I was afraid you were going to say a 16/9 monitor. The game is so old (03) that all it supports are the 4/3 modes. On top of that, it's DirectX 9b (not c). So I suspect the combination of those 2 things are causing the problem. I wonder whether you might be able to get a video driver update for this problem or a DirectX update. Those are long shots but about the only thing I can suggest off the top of my head. Unfortunately I have a monitor (1920/1200) that lets me run in 1600x1200 mode (4/3) and so I can't even re-code for 16/9 format because I have no way to test what I code. And the game is fun, so I want her to play and get addicted to the Dragons since that will make her a future Warlords player KGB |
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Last Edit: 12 years, 8 months ago by KGB.
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Re: Patch 1.05B 12 years, 8 months ago #497
Wait a minute. I didn't install DirectX 9b because I thought vista had a newer version of DirectX. That might be it.
But then again, can I have both DirectX's installed or does 9b superseed whatever I have now? |
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Re: Patch 1.05B 12 years, 8 months ago #499
Whereagles,
I am not sure you can 'downgrade' your DirectX version. You probably have DirectX10 installed on Vista. Best hope is to see if there is any Video driver updates for your card. Assuming there isn't, you can try other resolutions and see if any of them work OK. You might also want to google around the internet and see about 4/3 modes running in widescreen and having graphic problems to see if someone else has uncovered something similar and found a fix. More drastic solutions are upgrading to Win 7 and DirectX 11 but there are no guarantees that works. Or get a native 4/3 monitor or let her play on the laptop. KGB |
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Last Edit: 12 years, 8 months ago by KGB.
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Re: Patch 1.05B 12 years, 8 months ago #500
Thx. I'm not sure 16/9 is the problem, since the windowed modes are all 4/3. I'll try fiddling around with the resolutions and check for video card updates, though.
It's not really a big deal. Especially since she doesn't read english (yet!). |
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Re: Patch 1.05B 12 years, 8 months ago #501
How about French? There is a French translation for 1.05.
I can't remember now if you are from France, Spain or Portugal (I think it's the later). KGB |
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Re: Patch 1.05B 12 years, 8 months ago #502
Portugal, yes.
No french pls I can read all of it but prefer english. I don't think the problem has to do with language, but... |
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