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  1. W3D Weekly #7 - 05/08/2021

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    On 8/6/2021 at 2:56 PM, 1000MammothTanks said:

    Or set the tank's ammo to 0 while being repaired so there's incentive to get off the repair pad.

    That is an interesting thought. I'm not sure how it would play out, but a neat concept anyway. Thanks for sharing that.

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  2. SCUD Storm Mode dead?

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    Hi there. I'm the guy that collects all of the "old things" around here, and I'd actually like to get Scud Storm functional again one day - its on my list! The main issue with this, is that I can not find the most recent release of the game anywhere. If someone could find that, it would go a long way toward a "restoration" of the game, in similar fashion to what we did to APB 1.2 Beta. But without that, or someone having a copy of the game source or something, unfortunately it can't go very far, and might be better if someone simply started again from scratch. I keep hoping that it turns up though. Version 1.6 I believe was the last release.

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  5. Cold War Confrontation - Announcement

    in Cold War Confrontation

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    On 6/29/2021 at 2:05 AM, LeonardMT said:

    That doesn't really sound like a great idea considering most of the games that I listed are still vaporware and the same thing (with some other factors of course) lead Vale to not release any games. But luck good for everyone working on CwC

    Feel free to join the team and help us.

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    Glad the word is finally out @ CMDBob and I know you are too! Looking forward to another update!

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  7. Renegade

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    3 hours ago, Scallywag said:

    yea i got it figured out,cant do missions on RA2 or yuri,  or tib sun but im at least able to play skirmish.. hope they redo those games so missions are available again

    Hey! Over a year later, but glad you got it working :biggrin:

    What do you mean about the missions? If your multiplayer is working for those games, then the missions should be also.

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  11. Renegade Archive - What RenAlert Version Do You Want Next?

    in W3D Hub Discussion

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    7 hours ago, Anon_Kat said:

    Once where done with Renalert, are you guys gonna do Sole Survivor mod for Renegade?

    I started working on Sole Survivor a while back. It poses some interesting challenges because it is of a unique construction, like no other renegade mod. SomeRhino did much of this customization to make it behave like a standalone game, while still piggybacking on renegade. I have made some good progress, but there is still plenty to do. I've made a couple videos that you can find on youtube and see the beginning stages. I need to make another video to show the current progress.

    But yes, it is being worked on.

    The download that Moonsense linked up there contains only the original files, which only work with stock renegade (you can not use any of the TT updates or it will break it). Hopefully we can have it running on a modern version of the engine soon! :)

    Thanks for your interest!

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  14. Auto exit

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    4 minutes ago, Dghelneshi said:

    AVG is known to have flagged literal "Hello World!" programs as viruses. If your executable is not signed by a big company and whitelisted it's pure luck whether you get blocked or not.

    Oh thats nice. I knew they had been steadily going downhill for over a decade, but really, that is impressive :rolleyes:

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  15. Auto exit

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    2 hours ago, Dghelneshi said:

    Betting on anti-virus here too. AVG and Avast (same company) are known to flag our game for whatever reason and shut it down immediately without any notification. Unfortunately we can't really do much about that on our end.

    I am speculating of course, but it could be because 5.x games are (broadly speaking) a very "uncommon" piece of executable code, and they probably don't yet have a definition for it. Whereas 4.x and older versions bear much closer resemblance to the original 2002 Renegade exe, which I would expect them to have analyzed and "cleared" by now.

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  16. Auto exit

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    On 2/23/2021 at 4:38 PM, TK-421 said:

    For some reason, whenever I try APB it automatically exits before I get to the loading screen.

     

    I've repaired, done a complete uninstall (thanks revo!) and nothing works.

    Apologies for only noticing this now. I assume you are referring to APB Delta (not Beta)?

    Have you tried seeing if the game runs in single player mode at all?

    Your OS version and GPU model may also be helpful information.

    Check in the C:\Users\USER\Documents\W3D Hub\games\apb-release\debug folder and see if the game is creating dump files when it crashes. If so, please compress the most recent one into a zip or 7z file and upload here for analysis.

    Thanks!

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  18. script.dll problem

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    4 hours ago, Dghelneshi said:

    This was for the error in the launcher log. The entire thread has been a bit confusing. I said "if the launcher still does not work", then try that update. Since the launcher clearly works, there is no issue here.

    I'm still betting on anti-virus.

    Ahh I see.

    Max, I just realized that we dont know what version of Windows you are running.

    APB requires Windows 7 with service pack 1, or Windows 8/8.1 or Windows 10 in order to run at all. Reborn and IA and all others will still run on older operating systems however.

    What version are you using?

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  19. script.dll problem

    in Help & Support

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    Please understand that we are trying to help. The questions and suggestions we are giving are not random. We are trying to identify a pattern that would reveal the problem, or at least get us closer to finding it.

    If D told you to install a TLS update, then I recommend that, as D is a programmer and likely knows much more about what could be wrong than I do.

    Some computers will run all other games fine, as they should. But sometimes a small random issue can prevent a game or type of game from running, even on a computer that is physically capable. The smallest thing can be out of place to cause this, we just have to work together to find out what it is.

    The game server will not block your connection unless you have been banned, and even then IT WILL CONNECT for long enough to display a message to you saying that you have been banned, and disconnect only after you press "ok". You have NOT been banned however, and your client is not connecting at all, so it is not a blocking issue there.

    Similarly, the launcher does not block any connections - it only creates them, by launching games. It does not possess the capability to do anything more.

    The games all generate crashdumps - normally. The launcher is not crashing, so it does not need to generate a dump in this case, neither does the server, as it is not crashing either.

    It is uncommon for a game to crash without creating a dump. That in itself is useful information, and is likely what led D to wonder about an antivirus software potentially blocking the game from running at all, because it suggests that the game is crashing before the code that creates the dump files is able to be executed. Since that code is near to the beginning, a crash so early in the program's runtime usually means that it never really ran at all, which indicates that something (such as an antivirus software) may have prevented it. That is not the only possibility, just one that is usually easy to identify, which is probably why it came up first.
     

    3 hours ago, MaDMaxNXC said:

    maybe devs or who ever fix's   bugs need to start there

    That would be us. We are trying to understand what is happening and why. Perhaps a one of us can have a look at your system via teamviewer or other remote software?

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  20. script.dll problem

    in Help & Support

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    21 minutes ago, MaDMaxNXC said:

    I have mention why I cant upload a SS of the pop up  at top of this thread.

    Totally forgot about that bit, sorry. But if we could have some of your crashdumps, and have clarity on whether or not the game runs in single player mode, that will help us in trying to figure this out.

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  21. APB wont load

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    @Portalpine Have you had any luck getting your game to run? If your AV software is not the problem, then start by trying to launch the game in Single Player and see if it runs that way. If not, that narrows down the possibilities. Also look in the C:\Users\USER\Documents\W3D Hub\games\apb-release\debug folder and see if the problem is creating crashdumps. If so, please compress at least one of them into a zip file and upload them here so that we can investigate further.

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