Patch Status

[Forcavitale]

Do I need to uninstall the beta patch that im using right now to be able to install this new one?

[FG28_Kodiak]

best method is to let steam check your files, then you have the clean version, (dont forget to delete the cache files) and then install the beta patch.

[Mad G]

Originally Posted by FG28_Kodiak

best method is to let steam check your files, then you have the clean version, (dont forget to delete the cache files) and then install the beta patch.

S!

Regarding the cache files should I delete all, including the shaders file? Thanks,

SP!

[Gerbil Maximus]

Originally Posted by Mad G

S!

Regarding the cache files should I delete all, including the shaders file? Thanks,

SP!

yeah thats the way

[mazex]

Originally Posted by Mad G

S!

Regarding the cache files should I delete all, including the shaders file? Thanks,

SP!

Someone said one should leave the "shaders" folder there but delete the content in it. I've never done that (deleted all the files including the sub folder "shaders"), and I've never had any problems. It gets recreated and filled anyway...

On interesting thing I found right now cleaning the folder in preparation for todays possible patch release was that there was a bmp-file in my "cache" forlder called "picture.bmp" at a whopping 50mb. It contained a crappy Spitfire skin with some naked chick...

IF that has been downloaded while joining a multiplayer session it sure would botch that server. There where a lot of other user made skins in .jpg format at about 2.5Mb in the folder but that feels OK.

Anyone knows why a bmp file would end up there?

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by mazex

Someone said one should leave the "shaders" folder there but delete the content in it. I've never done that (deleted all the files including the sub folder "shaders"), and I've never had any problems. It gets recreated and filled anyway...

On interesting thing I found right now cleaning the folder in preparation for todays possible patch release was that there was a bmp-file in my "cache" forlder called "picture.bmp" at a whopping 50mb. It contained a crappy Spitfire skin with some naked chick...

IF that has been downloaded while joining a multiplayer session it sure would botch that server. There where a lot of other user made skins in .jpg format at about 2.5Mb in the folder but that feels OK.

Anyone knows why a bmp file would end up there?

That would explain the occasional freeze up that occurs during MP when a new player spawns. Also the recent two crash to black screen I've recently experienced during MP.

[Forcavitale]

Originally Posted by FG28_Kodiak

best method is to let steam check your files, then you have the clean version, (dont forget to delete the cache files) and then install the beta patch.

I found this;
If u click on the "Verify integrity of game cache" menu (under steam-game-properties-local files), it will restore the last official patch version.
Is this the way to do it, if not, how do i delete the cache?

[Kobold10]

Originally Posted by luthier

Hi everyone,

We’re just having the hardest time trying to push this patch out. There are technical difficulties that cause occasional crashes to desktop. We hunted down all of the issues caused by the features new in this patch, but we are still facing some old issues with the engine. They are especially apparent on DirectX 9 and Windows XP.

We’re actually going to release another beta version of the same patch tomorrow and see how it’s testing the rest of the week. We’d like to make sure we don’t make the game any less stable with the new patch than it was with the old, or make it run any slower.

Sorry about the wait. We really want to push out the patch and continue improving the game but it’s just never as easy as you hope.

So where is the 2nd BETA patch? Or did I miss something?

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by Kobold10

So where is the 2nd BETA patch? Or did I miss something?

Yea i would say you've missed something..or at least didn't bother to read this thread