Hi all,
after the patches 1.71, 1.72 and 1.73 I started to make a new patch, a bigger patch, a greater patch ... Patch 1.8.
It was hard work, because of Bullfrogs "userfriendly" file-formats and some difficult bugs. The patch is NOT finished yet. There are still some problems.
So I will discribe now things where are fixed, things I have problems with and things I want to do. I hope some people wanna help me, because alone it would take years to finish this update.
This update is only to fix bugs and solve problems with the game. No balance changes, map changes or something else ... maybe in 1.9 .
1.Successful changes:
- The game can now be played without CD (not shattering i think )
- The movies can be watched without CD
- Solved the problem with SafeDisk
- No freezes ingame anymore (at my computer, don't testet with others...)
- The german version of this game is now uncut (no need to delete files or change registry)
- QSound fixed (99% stable with QSound ON)
- Players with different language-versions of DK2 can chat in the lobby
- All creatures in the campaign now available and no problems with the end of the levels
- The maps "Furnace" and "Olympia" are compatible to each player
- The maps "Islands" and "Platform" are available for skirmish
- The map "Traptime" is available for multiplayer
- The official DK2-Editor and the three Bonus-Packs are included in this patch
- The mainmenu of DK2 doesn't lag anymore (but the menu looks not really well)
2.Known bugs that really have to be fixed:
CHAT-BUG - The game crashes if one player use TAB to chat
MONEY-BUG - The game crashes if one players goldreserve goes under 0
PLAYER-BUG - The game crashes if one player presses Space, ESC or go out of the game when he/she is defeated
AI-BUG - The AI have problems dropping creatures with the "Hand of Evil"
RESET-BUG - When a player goes while DK2 is running to the desktop, sometimes some settings will be resetted
KEYBOARD-BUG - Keyboard settings will not be saved
BUTTON-BUG - Players can use Magic-Boxes more than one times
NORTH/SOUTH-BUG - Creatures in the south are more powerful than their opponents in the north
3. Things who I want to do:
- Make the menu faster and look well (.BF4-Files are the problem to do that)
- A higher resolution than 1280x800, that means 1280x1024 and 1600x1200
- Make the AI more powerful
- Enable these features without complications/conflicts: biliniar filtering, 32bit and EMBM
- Allow to play up to 5 players online
I really hope somebody can help me with some of this, especially for this bugs where are "saved" somewhere in the code of DK2.