PWCG 16.0.0 FC Beta 1 (FC 3) Released

[PatrickAWlson]

Beta 1 is up

Fixes:

Fixed autumn seasons
Fixed cannot add a pilot to SP campaigns

Edited January 24, 2024 by PatrickAWlson

[Mtnbiker1998]

Looking forward to giving it a go! Does this have the new map with all the seasons?

[Celtic]

 how do we make this work? It's using an "out of date Java" which, at least on my machine it throwing errors because I'm not running Java 17 -  there are absolutely zero instructions included what needs to be done to actually make this work? 

 

I'm trying to not sound whiny and like I've not done any work for myself but it's a bit frustrating to have to jump through hoops with zero instruction.  

[PatrickAWlson]

9 hours ago, Mtnbiker1998 said:

Looking forward to giving it a go! Does this have the new map with all the seasons?

 

Yes, it does.

7 hours ago, Celtic said:

 how do we make this work? It's using an "out of date Java" which, at least on my machine it throwing errors because I'm not running Java 17 -  there are absolutely zero instructions included what needs to be done to actually make this work? 

 

I'm trying to not sound whiny and like I've not done any work for myself but it's a bit frustrating to have to jump through hoops with zero instruction.  

 

It is supposed to be using a packaged JVM.  This is a new thing for this release.  If that is not happening then I have to revisit.

[ACG_Red]

Hello Pat, I'm having trouble adding a coop pilot to a german campaign in all versions, 15.1.1, 15.1.2 and alpha 16.0.0. Here is the log from my latest attempt in 16.0.0

 

PWCGErrorLog.zip

[aust3298]

Hey Pat, When I try 16.0.0 Alpha, all I get is an error message: "This Application Requires a Java Runtime Environment 17.0.0".

[ACG_Red]

On 1/16/2024 at 8:41 AM, PatrickAWlson said:

It is supposed to be using a packaged JVM.  This is a new thing for this release.  If that is not happening then I have to revisit.

I had installed Java 17 in order to run the program, it did not run using a packaged JRE

[PatrickAWlson]

6 minutes ago, RedGreen said:

I had installed Java 17 in order to run the program, it did not run using a packaged JRE

 

My reply was for aust3298.  In your case I acknowledged the error report.  

[Mtnbiker1998]

Think there might be some kind of issue in the config of the autumn and late autumn maps? Everything is blue from September to December. tested both 1917 and 1918 the summer map seems fine, and winter seems to also be fine. I took leave every 15 days or so and generated a test mission, this started in September and was gone by mid December. Maybe something to do with the map having both a late and early fall version?

 

mods off, Vanilla quick missions and Vander's EMG seem to be working just fine.

[Russkly]

On 1/16/2024 at 9:05 PM, aust3298 said:

Hey Pat, When I try 16.0.0 Alpha, all I get is an error message: "This Application Requires a Java Runtime Environment 17.0.0".

 

I'm getting the same problem.

 

Tried uninstalling all iterations of Java using the official Java uninstaller package, deleting and re-installing PWCG 16.0.0 Alpha, but I still get the above Java error.

 

I can't work out from the Java folder packaged with 16.0.0 where the installer exe is.

[Russkly]

57 minutes ago, Russkly said:

 

I'm getting the same problem.

 

Tried uninstalling all iterations of Java using the official Java uninstaller package, deleting and re-installing PWCG 16.0.0 Alpha, but I still get the above Java error.

 

I can't work out from the Java folder packaged with 16.0.0 where the installer exe is.

 

Solved.

 

installed Java 17.0.10 from here: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk17-archive-downloads.html

[Dr1falcon500]

I haven't tried this yet but I notice that this version still has an Albatros CII which is substituted by Fe2b. The CII pusher was only a prototype and didn't enter service. I'm surprised nobody else has picked up on this. Maybe I'm wrong, but all the resources I've looked at say the same thing.

[PatrickAWlson]

1 hour ago, Dr1falcon500 said:

I haven't tried this yet but I notice that this version still has an Albatros CII which is substituted by Fe2b. The CII pusher was only a prototype and didn't enter service. I'm surprised nobody else has picked up on this. Maybe I'm wrong, but all the resources I've looked at say the same thing.

 

You're not wrong.  I need a plane that would work in early to mid 1916 as a corps recon that a DH2 can catch.  Alternatives?

[Majpalmer]

I'm getting the Blue tint in the Fall and assorted problems with missing aircraft. I can't select the CP aircraft I own because the displays gets all distorted. The message I get tells me to report my error, but I cannot. 

Is there a DH2? 

[Dr1falcon500]

5 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

 

You're not wrong.  I need a plane that would work in early to mid 1916 as a corps recon that a DH2 can catch.  Alternatives?

For that period only DFW CV. I see your point RoF and FC extremely light on German 2 seaters. Might be fun to see an Fe in German colours.

[Dr1falcon500]

Got it running okay. Some violet colouring generally, especially trees and wind shields. Not as bad as some though. 1st September 1916. Might transfer to exp version.

[Majpalmer]

Started a new German career in January 1917. No graphics issues. Played the first four missions without problems but then I couldn't generate the fifth. I sent the error report. 

[PatrickAWlson]

47 minutes ago, Majpalmer said:

Started a new German career in January 1917. No graphics issues. Played the first four missions without problems but then I couldn't generate the fifth. I sent the error report. 

 

Can you zip up your campaign?

[Majpalmer]

Roger.

Horst_Michaelis202401191201141[1].zip

[Dr1falcon500]

I thought the September purple haze might be due to haze settings, so I set those to zero. That only made it worse. So I tried cranking up the haze which didn't do much. Fairly hard to see much through the wind screen when its got purple glaze. So I moved my Jasta 2 campaign to experimental version which work okay.

[PatrickAWlson]

Working on the autumn thing.  I looked at the PWCG settings - 

  HMap = "graphics\landscape_westernfront_au\height.hini";
  Textures = "graphics\landscape_westernfront_au\textures.tini";
  Forests = "graphics\landscape_westernfront_au\trees\woods.wds";
  GuiMap = "western_front-spring";
  SeasonPrefix = "au";
  CloudConfig = "autumn\02_Medium_07\sky.ini";

 

So the GUI Map setting is wrong.

However, it seems that there is more ... 

In the ME there are oonly twos easons, summer and winter.  

  HMap = "graphics\landscape_westernfront_au\height.hini";
  Textures = "graphics\landscape_westernfront_au\textures.tini";
  Forests = "graphics\landscape_westernfront_au\trees\woods.wds";
  GuiMap = "western_front-autumn";
  SeasonPrefix = "su";
  CloudConfig = "summer\00_clear_00\sky.ini";

 

So I need to correct the GUI map value.  Unfortunately, I also have to set the season to "su" and the clouds to "summer".  I think I've got it.  Going to test. 

 

@Majpalmer I found one issue with mission generation but it only happened because my dev environment did not properly emulate the IL2 environment.  I would be surprised if this was your problem.  After I fixed my issue (no bin directory in the game path) the mission generated just fine.  I will drop the 16.0.0 beta soon and we can revisit.  Please save your current campaign for a test with the beta release.

 

 

@RedGreen  I have a fix for the failure to create another player pilot in a single player campaign.

 

[=HH=Howlin_Mad]

Pat - Legend indeed. Thank you.

[Majpalmer]

Pat, I'll save it. And thanks!

 

I've been using your campaign generators for . . . ever, it seems. Started with your CG for Red Baron 3d, whenever that was. 

 

Mike Palmer

[PatrickAWlson]

Beta 1 is up

Fixes:

Fixed autumn seasons
Fixed cannot add a pilot to SP campaigns

[Russkly]

I'm getting an error message whilst trying to create a career:

 

[ITAF_Civetta]

Wow...amazing ?

Thanks for your work Pat!

[Russkly]

3 hours ago, ITAF_Civetta said:

Wow...amazing ?

Thanks for your work Pat!

 

+1

Absolutely

[PatrickAWlson]

@Russkly Data entry issue.  I have it fixed on my end.  If you want to do a manual patch:
1. Find albatrosd2.json in the aircraft folder

2. Change introduction daTE:
"introduction": "19160915",

3. Restart PWCG if it is already running.

 

[Mtnbiker1998]

Happy to report that autumn has arrived!

 

Been taking leave and skipping through the months to see when the Late Autumn map pops up, got stopped in mid November with this error message though, log attached 

 

Update: The mission generated fine after restarting PWCG, but I'll leave the log here if you wanna take a look. is the Late Autumn map implemented? I noticed I went directly from autumn to Winter in 1917 starting in December, would LOVE to see the gradual increase in snow that the late map gives us

PWCGErrorLog.txt

Edited January 24, 2024 by Mtnbiker1998

[aust3298]

Pat, I continue to get the message:

error message: "This Application Requires a Java Runtime Environment 17.0.0"

 

I cant figure out why PWCG 16.0.0 FC beta cannot recognized the enclosed Java version.  I still have the 15.1.2 FC experimental version with enclosed Java and it runs fine.  I see where Russkly downloaded a version of Java and corrected the problem, but I have not tried this.  It just seems that it should work as is.

 

Thanks for your work.

[aust3298]

Posted 5 hours ago

Pat, I continue to get the message:

error message: "This Application Requires a Java Runtime Environment 17.0.0"

 

I cant figure out why PWCG 16.0.0 FC beta cannot recognized the enclosed Java version.  I still have the 15.1.2 FC experimental version with enclosed Java and it runs fine.  I see where Russkly downloaded a version of Java and corrected the problem, but I have not tried this.  It just seems that it should work as is.

 

Thanks for your work.

 

________________________________________________

Solution so far:

I renamed jre in 16.0.0 Beta 1

Copied jdk-17.0.9+9-jre from Experimental 15.1.2 to 16.0.0 Beta 1

16.0.0 Beta 1 now runs and all seems to work OK.

[Russkly]

12 hours ago, PatrickAWlson said:

@Russkly Data entry issue.  I have it fixed on my end.  If you want to do a manual patch:
1. Find albatrosd2.json in the aircraft folder

2. Change introduction daTE:
"introduction": "19160915",

3. Restart PWCG if it is already running.

 

 

Thanks, Pat.

 

That worked.

[Majpalmer]

I started 4 careers in September, October, November and December 1916. No map issues. No other problems. 

 

I would recommend not starting a German career before December with a Jasta with the Albatros DII.. In my Sept., Oct., and Nov., careers I was flying a Halberstadt D2. The problem was that all I ever ran into were Fees substituting for Farmans. This, of course, isn't Pat's fault. There aren't many appropriate Entente two-seaters available yet for the period. On paper the Halb should be able to catch the Fee, but most of the time they're higher and they run. I caught one and did some damage but that was it. 

 

The December campaign was the Albatros was much better. 

[Majpalmer]

One minor issue. Jasta 8. December 1916. I've shot down several N11s and N17s, but in the claims drop-down menu there are no Nieuports. I did get the kills. 

[PatrickAWlson]

11 hours ago, Majpalmer said:

One minor issue. Jasta 8. December 1916. I've shot down several N11s and N17s, but in the claims drop-down menu there are no Nieuports. I did get the kills. 

 

They might have been "DH2s", for which I substitute the N11.  Ne N17s could be "Pups".  When those planes come out I will use the real one.

[Majpalmer]

Roger!

[Majpalmer]

And Farmans are FEs? RE8s are the other one starts with a B? 

[PatrickAWlson]

For those planes that are coming I can add them when they arrive.  Some will never be made.  The Farman = Fee is forever as we will never get a Farman.   Same with Dorand AR = RE8.  Most egregious is the Albatros C.II (only made a couple of prototypes) being dressed up as a gray Fee with crosses.  Been asking for an early war German recon for 14 years.  Holding my breath waiting for that to happen would be a very bad idea  

[Majpalmer]

Made it from December 1916 into mid-February 1917. Minor issues only.

• Sometimes there's no box for the narrative in the combat report. 
• In January 1916 i had an Fee substitute for a DFW. Fortunately, I am old and color blind and fly with labels. 
• Had one mission fail to complete but when I scrubbed, restarted, and tried again, it was fine. 

I know you have the passage of time in days between missions coded into your program. I know that is adjusted for seasons, etc. 

Could that be made into a configuration parameter that the player could adjust? Or is that too difficult? I know I can take leaves to move along so I don't outscore MvR in 4 months, but....

 

Thanks.

 

Mike

[FTC_Zero]

Application keeps asking for JRE 17..