V1.02 Update

[Growler67 0]

posted Mon March 15 2004 02:39 PM

Hello everyone,

 

Below is a run-down of the items currently addressed in the Lock On v1.02 patch. Please

bear in mind that this list is by no means complete and several items will still be added

before we consider it ready to go. As to when that will be, just as soon as we feel it is

complete and addresses the major issues that we wanted to address for this patch. Hang in

there please.

 

-Matt

 

The F-15C will now automatically transition from Home On Jam (HOJ) to an STT radar lock when

 

ECM burn-through has been achieved

 

 

Increased F-15C ability to burn-through ECM to 25 - 30 nm

 

 

Adjusted navigational information for MiG-29A, C, G, Su-27, and 33. Velocity indicator now

 

shows speed discretely (10 kph, 10 kts for MiG29G) Altitude indicator: Barometric discretely

 

10 meters (100 feet for MiG29G), Radio Altimeter altitude also discretely for Metric 1 meter, Imperial 10 feet

 

 

Added a data exporting tool for user-made cockpits, etc. Lock On will call Lua functions defined in the Config/Export/Export.lua script. Data export is disabled by default in the

 

Config/Export/Export.lua script

 

 

The Minimum Range Staple (MRS) and the Desired Release Cue (DRC) symbols have been added to

 

the A-10 HUD when in bombing mode

 

 

Continuously Computed Release Point (CCRP) (aka aeronautical bombing mode) has been added to the Russian aircraft

 

 

Changed A10 HUD in that the gun is always enabled in AG and AA modes

 

 

When a weapon type is depleted, another weapon type will not be automatically selected

 

 

Fixed inability of some joysticks to use gun trigger correctly

 

 

Added + over padlocked target

 

 

Airspeeds on the HUD are now displayed in Indicated Air Speed

 

 

The static C-130 objects now render correctly

 

 

The A-10A can no longer fire its gun with weight on wheels

 

 

Re-enabled mini-HUD for all aircraft

 

 

Backspace key in the F4 mode check six rear view

 

 

Increased air-to-air missile effectiveness, including active seeker systems like AIM-120

 

 

Assigned Release weapon function to the joystick BUTTON 2 by default. Moved Change weapon function to the BUTTON 4

 

 

Players can see each others smoke rockets online

 

 

Clients now receive air defense unit radar warnings on there RWR

 

 

New controller axis:

Trim Pitch

Trim Roll

Trim Rudder

Radar Slew Horizontal

Radar Slew Vertical

TDC Slew Horizontal

TDC Slew Vertical

 

 

Scenes setting option now save correctly

 

 

Reduced radar lock range of Russian aircraft to .85 of radar detection range

 

 

If Russian aircraft loses radar lock, the EOS sensor will attempt to continue lock if range

allows

 

 

Russian aircraft will lose radar lock if they roll more than 110-degrees

 

 

Fixed aircraft velocity and target velocity indicators for Russian HUDs

 

 

Range bumping on F-15C VSD has been corrected and TDC is reset to center of VSD after a range bump

 

 

Increased the thickness of the RPI, RTR, and RMIN lines on the F-15C's HUD DLZ

 

 

Re-made Mach number indication for Su-27/33, MiG-29 and F-15C

 

 

Disabled ability to re-arm when landing outside an airfield

 

 

Trim speed has been increased

 

 

Removed chaff and flares from MiG-25P / RBT

 

 

Enabled force feedback trim effect

 

 

Implemented gain parameters for force feedback effects

 

 

Enabled cockpit camera control with joystick axis when cockpit mouse view option is off

 

 

Changed joystick polling algorithm

 

 

Restored mouse zoom limits in the cockpit

 

 

Restored object crash in external view

 

 

Fixed picture of M-818 in AWACS view

 

 

Fixed bug regarding Betty voice after switching aircraft

 

 

Invulnerable flag setting is corrected

 

 

Ground based SAMs now work correctly when enemy ships are in the mission

 

 

Corrected crash in third mission of F-15C campaign

 

 

Fixed the plane velocity and target velocity indicators on Russian planes HUD

 

 

Missile will not change target unless there are flares or chaffs in the field of view

 

 

Mixed loadouts have been corrected in the Fast Battle Planner

 

 

All sounds are silenced when the game is paused

 

 

Tracks now play back correctly when using trim and a force feedback joystick

 

 

Hide objects are no longer displayed in F10-view and briefing views

 

 

Fixed error with broken tracks when user presses Cancel in save menu after Video Edit

 

 

Added new pilot Robin SPIDEOG Byrne to the Logbook

 

 

Launch zone for SAMs now a factor in targets altitude and aspect

 

 

Missile tails and explosions are not affected by options settings now

 

 

Increased ability of point-defense gun systems to intercept various air targets

 

 

Changed ship guns so that they orient in the correct direction

 

 

Fixed bug with objects disappearing from view

 

 

Fixed synchronization at the start of a LAN Game

 

 

Reduced default external zoom speed. Made cockpit zoom speed and external zoom speed

 

configurable in the Config\View\View.cfg file

 

 

Infrared seekers now have difficulty locking on to a target when the Sun is in the seekers field of view

 

 

Corrected incorrect zoom-in external views for track playback if zoom was changed when

 

paused while recording

 

 

Mouse disabled while TrackIR is in enhanced mode

 

 

Changed cockpit and external object camera movement according to a logarithmic acceleration rate. Made separate camera keyboard control acceleration parameters for cockpit and external views (see Config\View\View.cfg for details, please).

 

 

Decreased explosion sizes

 

 

Integrated scripted language Lua 5.0 to the project. Moved view config parameters from the

 

Config\View\View.cfg to the Config\View\View.lua file. Renamed Config\View\View.cfg to Config\View\Labels.cfg

 

 

Decreased cockpit camera rotation speed for absolute axis (TrackIR and joystick) by three

times

 

 

Fixed bluish look to the F/A-18A/C canopy glass reflection

 

 

Fixed problem with assigning Mission Editor Objectives to static objects

 

 

Added wind dependency for calculated shell impact point

 

 

Restricted cockpit and external camera moving acceleration time. Added corresponding parameters to the Config\View\View.lua

 

 

When the player ejects, the external view changes to the parachute

 

 

Reduced fogging distance for ATI Radeon cards

 

 

Corrected F-15C elevation scan zone

 

 

Added trim lights in the Su25 cockpit

 

 

Fixed the F-15C Flood mode bug when several targets in Flood cone simultaneously

 

 

Static vehicles explode and burn after destruction now

 

 

Static ships sink now

 

 

Separated mouse speed parameters for cockpit and external views in the Config/View/View.lua

 

 

Alt - Key Pad 1-9 move pan base in the cockpit view. Ctrl - Key Pad 1-9 or joystick hat make

pan steps relatively to current pan base

 

 

Shells persistency increased from 3.5s to 6s and unguided rockets persistency has been doubled

 

 

Renamed Config/View/LookJump.lua to Config/View/SnapViews.lua. Added script files for different view types, moved some parameters from the Config/View/View.lua to corresponding files

 

 

Western systems now use imperial units in the information data bar

 

 

Corrected difficulty settings in a LAN Game

 

 

Disabled force feedback effects during track play back

 

 

Fixed bug regarding air-to-air gun pipper for Russian aircrafts (different indication limits

 

between gun pipper and target designation box)

 

 

Added working clock to the main menu screen

 

 

Improved Quick Start missions for the F-15C and A-10A

 

Matt "Wags" Wagner

Producer / Ubisoft

 

[This message was edited by Wags on Mon March 15 2004 at 03:03 PM.]

 

 

 

 

 

Woof, now that IS a long list. I know I gotta be patient, but I can't wait to d/l this.

[PG_Raptor 0]

Wow, now I realize why its taken so long for them to get this one out...

 

Though I have to ask, does this patch fix the problem with the training missions that 1.01 had?

[SlickWili 0]

This list undoubtedly explains why several of the 1.02 betas tested by Carl and the others went back to the drawing board.

[Bard 0]

fix something - break something else - almost like microsoft security patches :D

[SlickWili 0]

Here's the March 17th update on LOMAC v1.02 beta 4....

 

Several of the Testers, Matt, and myself played a multiplayer session last night with the Beta 4 build of V1.02.

 

There are several problems we encountered but overall it worked very well.

 

While the range and performance of the AIM-120s appears to be where it should be, there is a big problem when ECM is used by the Russian aircraft. The AIM-120s are totally ineffective in MP with jammers being use by the targets. The missles not only missed but they performed very strangely. Obviously a bug that needs to be worked out. Without jammers they performed very well.

 

We also discovered a problem when players respawned in a session. Often the player's keyboard commands would not function, the aircraft would respawn over another aircraft, or the player would appear on the ramp to all the other players even though the player was actually flying in the session. Another bug that needs to be fixed.

 

There were a few minor problems associated with radar lock warnings and launch warnings but these should be cleared up as well.

 

The sessions we flew with the A-10 were outstanding. We all commented while flying and chatting with Ventrilo how great the A-10 mission was and how much fun we were having. Personally, I love that Warthog! The new HUD symbology added to the A-10 HUD is great. We confirmed last night that the previous problems with clients not being able to see loadouts or WP smoke has been fixed. The A-10 is a blast!

 

That's a quick report on our testing efforts last night with multiplayer.

 

Work continues but things look like we are almost there. But anything can happen so no promises.

 

Cheers,

Carl

[SlickWili 0]

March 21st update from Carl on the v1.02 beta testing:

 

Matt updated this thread on Friday when we received a new build of the V1.02 Beta. Today is Sunday. Not even two day have gone by. We are not going to give daily updates.

 

The new version we received on Friday is looking very good, but there are still some problems that need to be fixed. Many of the MP problems I discussed concerning the previous build last week have been fixed.

 

I am not going to give you a patch release date because it would be a guess and I am not going to guess. It should be soon, but since I cannot predict how long it will take to fix the remaining problems we have identified how can I guess? Add to the mix the possibility of either new problems being discovered or newly created with the next build and you can appreciate that an exact date for release is just not something I can accurately provide. If I give any date and we miss it then many of you get upset. Sorry, no dates are going to be provided.

 

We are getting close but this takes time. Please be patient.

 

Carl

[SlickWili 0]

Here's the March 31st update on the patch. I've gone ahead and stripped all the whine-warnings, for your convenience. ;)

 

(snip)the V1.02 Patch is not ready to be released.. Hopefully soon, but not as soon as this Friday.

 

We get a new Beta version every Friday. Last Friday's version had some problems. Currently, there about a dozen or so things that we need to have addressed. We need to verify that these problems have been fixed and ensure there are no additional problems introduced as a result of the changes to the code to fix the identified problems. That means we need a new version on Friday that we will then test over the upcoming weekend and into early next week.

 

The process also includes testing the final installation routine for the Patch. Then Ubi Soft will most likely want to add their copy protection scheme to the release candidate, which will require some more testing, and then they will have to conduct final master test verification to the release candidate to ensure that the installation and copy protection function properly. Once all that is finished successfully they will give their final approval to the patch for release.

 

With everything approved for release they will then have to go through the process of uploading the patch to their FTP site, create the links and announcements, and also distribute the patch to various mirror sites.

 

(snip)This is not going to happen by tomorrow, or by this Friday.

 

(snip)Thank you for your continued patience. We appreciate your understanding and your support.

 

Best Wishes,

Carl

[SlickWili 0]

.......and the April 9th update on v1.02 for LOMAC from Carl:

 

I played for a few hours tonight both multiplayer and single mission. The performance seems to be better. Everyone online tonight in our test session noted better framerates. The connection speed routines have been improved and seem to have made a big difference for MP.

 

The SAM problems occur in multiplayer. They work most of the time, but there are some instances where they still blow up right after launch, but not as much as before. Many of us were shot down regularly tonight by Hawks, Patriots, S300s, and Strelas.

 

There are new label settings using the LUA scripting that might be creating some label problems. We need to spend more time looking at the configuration files to see if it is just a simple settings feature.

 

Overall, very positive. We are encouraged. More testing this weekend.

 

We appreciate your patience.

 

Cheers,

Carl