vike's GTA2 update patch enhancement upgrade fix v11.44

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Re: GTA2 v11.3

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Quick questing for Vike or anyone who knows:

I created a installer for GTA2 for everyone in my class to install so we have the same version and maps to play. We play a lot of mayhem Lan games and I was just wondering; If I update the installation folder of GTA2, what manager and version etc should I use?

I noticed that when I start 'Start Network Game' (Lan) with the normal manager I still get your, slightly wider, version of 'Network GTA2'. Does this mean that I can start a network game with the normal manager and still get the benefits of your v11.3 or doesn't your modification work at all when playing custom maps on a local network?
I also noticed that the 100 map limitation on the dropdownbox is no longer a obstacle.

Tanx in advance for your advice
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Re: GTA2 v11.3

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You should use manager-hkcu.exe or delete gta2 manager.exe and replace it with manager-hkcu.exe. Any changes you make in the old gta2 manager.exe won't be read by v11.3 since they are read from a different registry section.
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Re: GTA2 v11.3

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Sektor wrote:You should use manager-hkcu.exe or delete gta2 manager.exe and replace it with manager-hkcu.exe. Any changes you make in the old gta2 manager.exe won't be read by v11.3 since they are read from a different registry section.
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Re: GTA2 v11.3

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Perhaps some of your friends will play over the Internet using GTA2 Game Hunter? We are always in need of new players to keep the community alive.
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Re: GTA2 v11.3

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It seems the points limit cannot be set as high as normal GTA2. For example, Army Base needs a 10,000,000 Points Limit to stop it from ending too soon.

(EDIT) Army Base will end if you set a Frag game and someone enters the secret mountain. But nobody becomes the winner.
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Re: GTA2 v11.3

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That's weird. Very weird. I'll add it to my list :P

Seems I'm not getting notifications about replies to this topic anymore.
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Re: GTA2 v11.3

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Actually I just tried 9.6f on my machine and it has the same limit :| Doesn't really matter because I should be able to fix it anyway.
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Re: GTA2 v11.3

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Custom .gci isn't working when I use Play Alone from Game Hunter. It does work when I Create Game using a .mmp with PlayerCount = 1.

Would be nice if it worked in both places. Or even without going through Game Hunter.
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Re: GTA2 v11.3

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The play alone feature is just the same as doing skip frontend from GTA2 Manager, GTA2 doesn't know what MMP file you read the GMP/SCR/STY from, maybe you didn't even read it from an MMP file. It could be done if gta2.exe supported GCI/GXT filename as a command line option or registry key. Vike only knows how long that would take to add. You can already test GCI/GXT changes quickly offline by renaming files.
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Re: GTA2 v11.3

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Yeah, I've been thinking about removing the requirement for the player count line anyway; I guess that would solve the problem?

Changes so far:
- Prevented the debug text that goes with "show instruments" from overlapping. For those who don't know, this allows you to see information about whether your opponents have a car, what speed they're travelling, etc. I will eventually make this a setting in the lobby- it's a gameplay altering feature.
- Disabled "Show counters" debug flag in multiplayer because I kept leaving it on. It makes multiplayer crash, and Residential single player as well.

Show instruments no longer overlaps but that means it takes up far too much screen space and is much more distracting. It still needs adjustments.
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Re: Vike's enhanced GTA2

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Fulval wants . and - keys to work like they did in v10.3. Make it so!

Removing the need for PlayerCount line in MMP files won't make the "Play alone" button in GH use a custom GCI file. GH would need a way to tell GTA2 to use the custom GCI or GTA2 could use a GCI with the same name as GMP or SCR if found.
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Re: Vike's enhanced GTA2

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its only a suggestion, not a required feature, i don't know if is possible to add it, i don't think...

you can try...
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Re: Vike's enhanced GTA2

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I would like the Network GTA2 window to remember the position I put it in. So I can put it out of the way but with list of joined players visible and it always uses that location afterwards.
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Re: Vike's enhanced GTA2

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Chat improvement is a work in progress ;) Had a surprising amount of difficulty implementing it last time.

As for remembering the position, should be easy enough, so I'll add it to the list :)
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Re: Vike's enhanced GTA2

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Setting starting frags would be good for resuming from a crash/disconnect and giving everyone the same frag count as they had before.
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Re: Vike's enhanced GTA2

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That would surely be abused? Lame hosters would give themselves a bunch of frags moment before starting the game. Nobody would see until the game started. Then anyone who left in disgust would be called a quitter by the host. A screenshot of the score screen once all players had gone would "prove" that.
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Re: Vike's enhanced GTA2

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Is it possible to link numbers to weapons? Like 1 is fist, 2 is pistol, 3 is shotgun? This way it's easy to switch when you have like 3 or more weapons. Now I need to use z an x.

Is it possible to add option to walk? Would be nice in fights, I think. Enemy thinks you run that way, but suddenly you walk and he misses. :P

Is it possible that you can change gear yourself in game? Would be funny to do drifting.
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Re: Vike's enhanced GTA2

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Walk would be interesting. Definitely doable because if you're walking backwards off a building you walk, not run. Changing gear would be pretty cool too for that matter. I can probably do that easily as well.

Weapon hotkeys is already on my list.

Just so everyone knows, my current priority is working on resolving the ports issue (completely) with Sektor.
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Re: Vike's enhanced GTA2

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Walking would be lame. Why would you ever want to go 3mph in GTA2? Running is about 12mph which is still far slower than the slowest cars.

Changing gear will not be playable. GTA2 makes 3rd gear accelerate faster than 1st gear. So you'd actually get best acceleration staying in 3rd gear all the time - defeating the point of being able to change them.

In contrast, fixing the desync from ROAD_BLOCK_TANK_MAN would allow any level to have maximum wanted level with natural army and tank roadblocks (such as Jailbreak). It would also enable AI bots to use this feature in levels like Army Base. 8-)
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Re: Vike's enhanced GTA2

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walking is good :D if you can create a command line for that :) eg force sb do walk :>
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