Aurora 4x
C# Aurora => C# Installation => Topic started by: Steve Walmsley on April 21, 2020, 02:58:30 PM
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This is not save game compatible. Delete the Aurora.exe and AuroraDB.db files from the installation directory and then copy the two files from this patch into that directory.
v1.8.0 Patch (http://www.pentarch.org/steve/Aurora180.rar) (21Mb)
If you reported a bug in a previous version and I didn't explicitly state it was fixed, please check it still exists in v1.8 before reporting it. Please do not report bugs from earlier versions.
Please read Known Issues before reporting bugs
http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=10637.0
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Thanks for all your hard work, Steve!
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Yeah, thanks for the amazing work! Really enjoying the new (fast!) Aurora!
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Thanks a lot!
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Cannot remember seeing any AAA game with this level of post-release support.
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Thanks, Steve!
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May I know when is there going to be a stable release?
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May I know when is there going to be a stable release?
I was planning to do it at the weekend. I am just doing my best to keep the releases unstable until then.
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New here, Thank you Steve for sharing Aurora with us.
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Sorry with my question, Steve: Will you release a version compatible with 768 high resolution? The tipical problem with screen-notebook. I have 1366x768.
Thanks!
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first time posting. Great game just found it Saturday :) found a couple of bugs on current release (1. 8. 0)
-Survey vessels will not continue to their second set of conditional orders if their first orders are not valid (tried it with both survey nearest body as first and survey nearest survey location as second as well as vs versus) (issue is new since 1. 6. 3)
-Two wormholes in system A linking to Two wormholes in system B
-EDIT- I believe the last is covered under known bugs, I just misinterpreted the bugs wording.
-cargo vessels are not dropping x1 of item when instructed to do so instead they drop all (trying to move mass drivers around sol)
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I fear Steve will feel burned by his pet project at some point, given how much he works on it. If you need to take a break Steve, then don't hesitate, we will wait (albeit impatiently, but we will wait).
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first time posting. Great game just found it Saturday :) found a couple of bugs on current release (1. 8. 0)
-Survey vessels will not continue to their second set of conditional orders if their first orders are not valid (tried it with both survey nearest body as first and survey nearest survey location as second as well as vs versus) (issue is new since 1. 6. 3)
-Two wormholes in system A linking to Two wormholes in system B
-cargo vessels are not dropping x1 of item when instructed to do so instead they drop all (trying to move mass drivers around sol)
If your ship is equipped only with Geological Survey Sensors then "Survey Nearest Surevey Location" order will not work, because it tells captain to use Gravitational Survey Sensor and scan possible Jump Points. In general, every order that have two words:
- Survey and Body = Gelogical Survey
- Survey and Location = Gravitational Survey
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They have both equipped. as I stated exact same build worked just fine with no order errors in 1. 6. 3.
Although I wish it were that simple to fix.
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. . .found a couple of bugs on current release (1. 8. 0)
-Two wormholes in system A linking to Two wormholes in system B
Not a bug, just exceedingly rare. You can, after all, build two roads by two different routes to next village.
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I fear Steve will feel burned by his pet project at some point, given how much he works on it. If you need to take a break Steve, then don't hesitate, we will wait (albeit impatiently, but we will wait).
Its fine. This is what I do for fun, so I not going to burn out. I've been putting in a lot of hours for six months, although by now I expected to be spending time in the motorhome :). I just want to get through the bugs so I can move to new features. One major thing is expanding the variety of NPRs for example and adding extra spoiler races. I don't want to do that without a stable version
All the bug reports have helped a lot with that goal, so thanks to everyone. The latest version still has some bugs but the number and severity seem to be dropping off. If that continues, the releases will start to come further apart as I managed to do some play-testing of my own.
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NPR variety sounds exciting ;D
IOM lock-down due to end on Friday, with some social distancing measures to remain in place - or so I hear. The weather has been very good for the last few weeks. Maybe some local motor-homing, dry runs are on the horizon? What MPG do you get in it? Or are you too scared to work it out? Although fuel costs will be pretty benevolent for a bit anyway.
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NPR variety sounds exciting ;D
IOM lock-down due to end on Friday, with some social distancing measures to remain in place - or so I hear. The weather has been very good for the last few weeks. Maybe some local motor-homing, dry runs are on the horizon? What MPG do you get in it? Or are you too scared to work it out? Although fuel costs will be pretty benevolent for a bit anyway.
MPG is about 23 on a long run - less around towns. Considering it is almost 25 foot long (7.5m) and 10 feet high (3m), I don't think that is too bad. Its about the same as my Shogun. Besides, given what I paid for it, I am not worrying abut the fuel :)
I am keen to get out and about on the island, but my wife not convinced yet :)
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Your wife is wise IMO. I'm gonna wait until there's no new cases for two weeks.
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Hey Steve,
is there gonna be a stable version, where updates dont wipe savegames?
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path 1.x not save game compatible
path 1.x.x save compatible
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path 1.x not save game compatible
path 1.x.x save compatible
Did you delete the two files or did you overwrite them?
Delete them, then extract the files and try again.
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Hey Steve,
is there gonna be a stable version, where updates dont wipe savegames?
No, but occasionally yes.
It's 90% likely the next patch will be 8.0.1 rather than 8.1.0, but it all depends on the seriousness of bugs we find and the extent of changes caused by suggestions implemented. And even then, at some point there will be an 8.1.0.
Every release of Aurora will last as long as it lasts, and is subject to database-replacing upgrade at any time. If you're that concerned about replacing your game, don't start one for another month or so -- or at least until the patches are a week apart or more -- or live with an out-of-date game with fewer features and do your best to avoid any bugs that have been discovered in the mean time.
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Steve,
Thanks for all the hard work that you have put in this labor of love. You have made many people happy (including me!) and have taken our minds off this nasty virus.
Is there somewhere that i can contribute to your motoring fuel fund. Just a little way to say THANKS.
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Really appreciate the updates! I know its likely not the most interesting item, but is there a list of things fixed anywhere?
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Hey Steve,
is there gonna be a stable version, where updates dont wipe savegames?
There will never be a situation where future versions will always be save game compatible. That was still the case in VB6 for patches 12 years after launch. There will be versions where saves games are compatible because I have not made any database changes. You don't have to upgrade though and can continue playing the previous version.
If the next version if save game compatible the version number will increase by 0.0.1. A database update will increase version number by 0.1.
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Steve,
Thanks for all the hard work that you have put in this labor of love. You have made many people happy (including me!) and have taken our minds off this nasty virus.
Is there somewhere that i can contribute to your motoring fuel fund. Just a little way to say THANKS.
Thanks :)
If you wish to donate, you could send to my PayPal at stevewalmsley4077 @ gmail.com
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Really appreciate the updates! I know its likely not the most interesting item, but is there a list of things fixed anywhere?
Fixes are listed in the bugs threads as I fix them.
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Thanks :)
If you wish to donate, you could send to my PayPal at stevewalmsley4077 @ gmail.com
I sent a bit of cash your way, should be enough for a few nice wines and hopefully can help encourage you to add back the old grey/white theme soon so we don't have to play with this horrible yellow text on blue background forever. ::)
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Thanks :)
If you wish to donate, you could send to my PayPal at stevewalmsley4077 @ gmail.com
I sent a bit of cash your way, should be enough for a few nice wines and hopefully can help encourage you to add back the old grey/white theme soon so we don't have to play with this horrible yellow text on blue background forever. ::)
Thanks - greatly appreciated and I will spend it wisely on quality alcohol :)
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I know I'm no tech whiz, but I am having issues installing the 1. 8 patch.
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Thanks :)
If you wish to donate, you could send to my PayPal at stevewalmsley4077 @ gmail. com
I sent a bit of cash your way, should be enough for a few nice wines and hopefully can help encourage you to add back the old grey/white theme soon so we don't have to play with this horrible yellow text on blue background forever. ::)
Thanks - greatly appreciated and I will spend it wisely on quality alcohol :)
Don't post much but for such a noble cause I am happy to pitch in! Just wanted to say thanks for letting us enjoy your hobby with you, even with the associated difficulties it causes you (entitled people, disrespectful people. . . well, people in general I guess! :) )
The speed at which you tackle things is amazing and I am looking forward to seeing how you approach the suggestions thread in the future. Good luck!
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I fear Steve will feel burned by his pet project at some point, given how much he works on it. If you need to take a break Steve, then don't hesitate, we will wait (albeit impatiently, but we will wait).
Its fine. This is what I do for fun, so I not going to burn out. I've been putting in a lot of hours for six months, although by now I expected to be spending time in the motorhome :). I just want to get through the bugs so I can move to new features. One major thing is expanding the variety of NPRs for example and adding extra spoiler races. I don't want to do that without a stable version
All the bug reports have helped a lot with that goal, so thanks to everyone. The latest version still has some bugs but the number and severity seem to be dropping off. If that continues, the releases will start to come further apart as I managed to do some play-testing of my own.
So now Steve's real motivation for making this so interesting becomes clear. He has found a great way of finding the most dedicated and motivated crew of beta testers! ;D
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Good JOB Star Marchal Steve :). And thanks you for the best 4x of all times.
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I know I'm no tech whiz, but I am having issues installing the 1. 8 patch.
First, install the 151Full package.
Second, unpack the Aurora180.rar. It contains two files: Aurora.exe and AuroraDB.db. These replace the files with the same name from the 151 package.
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I know I'm no tech whiz, but I am having issues installing the 1. 8 patch.
First, install the 151Full package.
Second, unpack the Aurora180.rar. It contains two files: Aurora.exe and AuroraDB.db. These replace the files with the same name from the 151 package.
Overwrite could cause issues with the database. ais always better to cancel the previous .exe and database prior copying the newcones into the directory.
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I know I'm no tech whiz, but I am having issues installing the 1. 8 patch.
You can check "Installation Mirrors" topic and chceck my post where I provide single file download of Aurora C# installation on my Google Drive:
http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=10644.msg121825#msg121825
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Overwrite could cause issues with the database. ais always better to cancel the previous .exe and database prior copying the newcones into the directory.
Why could an overwrite cause issues?
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Overwrite could cause issues with the database. ais always better to cancel the previous . exe and database prior copying the newcones into the directory.
I'm not sure if you're the same person, but I've read this so many times now.
What exactly do you mean when you say "cancel the previous files"? There's no process running that could get canceled, unless you run Aurora during the update, then obviously it won't work. You can't "cancel" a file.
Also, replacing the existing files with new ones can't cause any issues since the files are, well, replaced. Unless the new files are already corrupted or get corrupted during the transfer, but this could also happen if there was nothing to overwrite.
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Overwrite could cause issues with the database. ais always better to cancel the previous . exe and database prior copying the newcones into the directory.
I'm not sure if you're the same person, but I've read this so many times now.
What exactly do you mean when you say "cancel the previous files"? There's no process running that could get canceled, unless you run Aurora during the update, then obviously it won't work. You can't "cancel" a file.
Also, replacing the existing files with new ones can't cause any issues since the files are, well, replaced. Unless the new files are already corrupted or get corrupted during the transfer, but this could also happen if there was nothing to overwrite.
It is like installing a patch through a setup, generally, you do not delete the file or files before, since the overwriting is done automatically.
So I don't see a problem either.
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Overwrite could cause issues with the database. ais always better to cancel the previous . exe and database prior copying the newcones into the directory.
I'm not sure if you're the same person, but I've read this so many times now.
What exactly do you mean when you say "cancel the previous files"? There's no process running that could get canceled, unless you run Aurora during the update, then obviously it won't work. You can't "cancel" a file.
Also, replacing the existing files with new ones can't cause any issues since the files are, well, replaced. Unless the new files are already corrupted or get corrupted during the transfer, but this could also happen if there was nothing to overwrite.
In Discord someone had some errors coming after he overwrote the files and it was fixed after he deleted the files instead. I have followed Steve's instructions to the letter and no problems yet.
"current recommended steps is to delete old db and move new when updating, rather than simply overwrite. Should that matter? No. It makes no sense. But it seems to help" -Inglonias in Discord
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Overwrite could cause issues with the database. ais always better to cancel the previous . exe and database prior copying the newcones into the directory.
I'm not sure if you're the same person, but I've read this so many times now.
What exactly do you mean when you say "cancel the previous files"? There's no process running that could get canceled, unless you run Aurora during the update, then obviously it won't work. You can't "cancel" a file.
Also, replacing the existing files with new ones can't cause any issues since the files are, well, replaced. Unless the new files are already corrupted or get corrupted during the transfer, but this could also happen if there was nothing to overwrite.
In Discord someone had some errors coming after he overwrote the files and it was fixed after he deleted the files instead. I have followed Steve's instructions to the letter and no problems yet.
"current recommended steps is to delete old db and move new when updating, rather than simply overwrite. Should that matter? No. It makes no sense. But it seems to help" -Inglonias in Discord
Indeed, this is what Steve recommends, for my part, I overwrite the files and for the "moment" me either I have no problem.
But, if this manipulation is recommended, indeed, it is that there is, perhaps reason for that.
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I find it more likely that the user reporting this was misunderstanding/misclicking his "do you really want to overwrite" dialogue than Aurora files magically behaving different from other files. I would even say hard drive errors are more likely, but even that should not be able to consistently reproduce problems only when overwriting.
Still, I do follow the recommendations from Steve. I feel like that if I am to submit a bug report I need to have an install that is 100% according to his instructions.