I hear there will be a patch 1.4 coming out. Does anyone know when that will be? Will it fix the flag problem? I'm not all that computer savvy and have spent too much time trying to fix it already. I'm putting the game aside until 1.4 I think.
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1.4 is available, but still in beta. It will not be stable if you download it now, so you might want to wait until it is released, after the testing phase. The flag issue is fixed in it though.
On the other hand- if you want to help improve the final patch- download the Beta and help with the testing.
ive downloaded 1.4 beta and it seems to working bob on 4 me, the issues i had have been addressed -(allies not recognizing fronts). im british and war has just broken out, republican spain won the civil war and have joined the allies and there sending troops to the westen front.
. the nazis also seem much more switched on with stratigic bombers and there aircraft in general. !!In the meanwhile here is a workaround for the flag bug:
1: open folder containing HOI3
2: create new empty batch file there, call it hoi3.bat and open it in Notepad
3: copy the following text into it
Code:
@echo off
del "gfx\flags\flagfiles.tga"
hoi3.exe4: save the new contents of this batch file and exit Notepad
5: change your desktop and/or Start Menu shortcut settings to point to newly created batch file rather than the launcher itself (Target field)
6: (this is optional, everything will work as it should even if you don't do this) change the icon of your shortcut back to that of hoi3.exe (launcher)
So, per the O/P, does anyone have a reasonable, informed estimate about when 1.4 will actually get released as final?
There is a sticky problem with supply so lets not rush them. They tried to unify Allied supplies and wound up getting supply being dumped in places like Panama and South Africa. Italy joined the AXIS and suddenly their supplies were all shipped to Berlin or somesuch... (sigh)
There are other problems, but that one worries me the most.
I'm reading the tech report board posts and playing along with 1.3, waiting for the good souls who are bug hunting. I suggest you do as well. It can be very instructive and after a while you can pick up who knows what they are talking about and who are just being idiots.
As for deadlines - please give them time to iron out their WAD vision. I'd rather have a good working version of PI's intended design and then we can prod/encourage big issues like (my example: entirely reworking the supply system to flow along HQ command lines) for the expansion. Then again we could be treading into a "Pride" area of the devs to a point where the supply system will never be reworked and we'll just have to figure out gamey tricks or rely on modders - which looks more and more likely to be yours and my real hope to make this game something special.
Modders will lift the final version into a more "flavorful" product after the final patch comes out.
From 1.4 Beta thread page 2 ..
The beta for 1.3 with 7 RC's lasted a little over a week IIRCJohan said:
... it's been a week for 1.4 and they just released RC2.
I hope they take there time... and make it the best damn patch ever
I am aware however that certain issues may be too built into the core of the game to fix in a patch. For these we may need to wait for an expansion, they need to be paid for their hardwork of course. However until then I believe patch 1.4 will make the game pretty good.
I am aware however that certain issues may be too built into the core of the game to fix in a patch. For these we may need to wait for an expansion, they need to be paid for their hardwork of course. However until then I believe patch 1.4 will make the game pretty good.
I wasn't complaining. I was asking. Asking about what you don't know is what this board is about. This is my third game by Paradox I have bought and hope it's not the second I don't bother playing due to bugs.
If you did everything as described above, please verify that "Start in" line (right click your desktop icon and select Properties; this is where you changed Target from hoi3.exe to hoi3.bat) isn't blank or pointing to a wrong directory.
My batch file looks slightly different to avoid any problems with paths, but it might require a change if your game is installed in a different location than mine (mine is in C:\Program Files\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron III, you can deduce the location of yours from Target under Properties of HOI3 desktop icon):
This is what my batch file looks like:
Code:
@echo off
del "C:\Program Files\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron III\gfx\flags\flagfiles.tga"
hoi3.exeBy the way, you can delete said file (flagfiles.tga) manually before launching the game to make sure this is the culprit of your problem. It gets recreated automatically when the game is starting up.
I used to delete it manually but automated the task because it would take me 30+ seconds of clicking each time.
For me it was Victoria. I hear it is a great game now, but was so unenjoyable to me at the beginning because of the bugs I could never get up the desire to play it again.
Well, I hope they take their time too and create a product that is as good as reasonably possible...I'm not at all asking them to hurry...I don't think I even suggested that in my post.
I was just wondering what a realistic date would be to see the final product. Being a fan of many of the Paradox releases, I hardly think that is an unreasonable question.
I was just wondering what a realistic date would be to see the final product. Being a fan of many of the Paradox releases, I hardly think that is an unreasonable question.