SIX Aiaktalik map Beta1 released

[Winchester Delta_1]

The idea is that the installation is harder the first time, but every update and every mod that is or becomes available on the updater system, becomes suddenly much easier.


@InstaGoat;
Please try deleting the island folder and just retry tnx

Can't you inlcude a first time wizard in the six updater. So people who have trouble with it only have to follow the wizard to get it started.

Right now i have a friend that try's to downoad the mods but he can't. The webclinet is working fine.. setting up presets is working fine... It even updates the six updater when you start the app. But when it wants to download the mods you can wait forever because the updating CMD never pops up.

I had it working on my system very fast... btu i don't know how to do it on his.

We tried several things. Sending him my confog file. Uninstalling virus scanners/pop up blockers and fiewalls. Manually put the ace.rar/7z in the six updater main folder... But still it won't update. It hangs at " Please be patient" (we waited for hours, but the tool was still responsive)

P.S. My returned message say's " Found config! Found action!
A window should open displaying the update process progress" so it looks all fine. But the window that shows the updating process never pops up.

[AndreAce]

The picture looks promising,THX @ sickboy for his efforts & dedication to this island and for his patience in this thread too

Addon makers should be able to release addons however they prefer, it's up to the addon maker, not the people downloading it.(...)

You are right but if I may roughly estimate,like in the past there have been 40-60% users having trouble with that method of downloading (=>ACE2 thread)and I am sure,some who really would have like to use it,retreated in frustration by not getting familiar with the "updater".

If I will make an addon for free one day, I would be glad to find it in use on many,many hdd's of (happy) users - that would make me (as the artist) feeling glad, taking this as a "moral payment" for further motivation.

By this I would offer an alternative dl to get 40-60% more users (who are not capable of using or just don't want this recommended method of downloading).

But well - in the end it's the decision of the artist, how to release an addon and how many people it will finally reach

[Lt.Chris]

Using this map on a server is causing everyone to CTD! It run oki in the editor but everyone is CTD when they start loading through to the mission, its only few units placed on the map no scripts or anything.

Everyone is CTD though.

I just manged to narrow it down on this end, you have to load the map in the edtior first before being able to play on the island in a server otherwise the game crashes when loading

[malibu.stacey]

Great looking island, downloading!

Btw, is there a way to configure the six updater to install it to a custom island folder (@islands for example)? Six updates cba, ACE, beta,vop and all of them have their own folder in the root directory but with all the islands now available at the six server my Arma install could get quite messy.

[Sickboy]

@Zipper, im working around the clock on improvements.

Can't you inlcude a first time wizard in the six updater. So people who have trouble with it only have to follow the wizard to get it started.

Right now i have a friend that try's to downoad the mods but he can't. The webclinet is working fine.. setting up presets is working fine... It even updates the six updater when you start the app. But when it wants to download the mods you can wait forever because the updating CMD never pops up.

I had it working on my system very fast... btu i don't know how to do it on his.

We tried several things. Sending him my confog file. Uninstalling virus scanners/pop up blockers and fiewalls. Manually put the ace.rar/7z in the six updater main folder... But still it won't update. It hangs at " Please be patient" (we waited for hours, but the tool was still responsive)

P.S. My returned message say's " Found config! Found action!
A window should open displaying the update process progress" so it looks all fine. But the window that shows the updating process never pops up.

Hey Winchester, yes, I have those planned. But if you look at the full platform I just deployed in under 1 week, I havent had the time just yet
But I will certainly

In any case, more aimed in general; in both mod releases we have provided the "Lazy Method":
1. Install Software, 2. Download and save config in updater folder, 3. Run software, action #2.
You can cut "1." off the list once you've made your first install. Now with just "2." and "3." left per mod, and only "3." left every update run, compared to casual means:
1. Find a mirror, 2. Download the file, 3. Unpack the file, 4. Figure out how to run / use it. (Every single update)


On the account of people with issues still: The issue tracker and myself, are awaiting you: http://dev-heaven.net/projects/six-arma-updater/issues
If issues are not reported, I can not help. I'm aching to fix your bugs, hurry (plz)!

btw, a simple performance example: http://dev-heaven.net/wiki/six-arma-updater#Example

It really is funny how ppl try to improve/enhance the game on a very difficult way.
What's all this updater stuff about?
I really don't like to install any programms to be able to install Mods/AddOns.

Things could be really easy... But well... looks like ppl still preffer the hard and confusing way to split the community apart.

Makes really no sense. Anyway, i've said what I had to say about it, and the island creator did too.

Good luck with it

[MattXR]

I just manged to narrow it down on this end, you have to load the map in the edtior first before being able to play on the island in a server otherwise the game crashes when loading

your right! can this be fixed at all asap?

[Chill xl]

... It's your choice to keep it or not, but can I just ask that you also include a direct mirror for those of us who prefer the "old fashioned" way?

I don't mind the map getting a direct mirror at all:

... Now i'm not going to figure out how to release addons the conventional way, but if someone feels the need to do so anyway, be my guest. I would like to add that i'm not "responsible" for those release what so ever. That means, i'm not going to maintain these, notify the mirrors when a update has been released etc etc. Messages about problems, corrupt downloads and what else you can message about are for the one that publiced it there. For me, the updater takes care of all of that, thank god! I will be publicing any update, patch or release with the updater.

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The whole post can be read here: http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost....5&postcount=49

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Originally Posted by Lt.Chris
I just manged to narrow it down on this end, you have to load the map in the edtior first before being able to play on the island in a server otherwise the game crashes when loading
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your right! can this be fixed at all asap?

If we could narrow down what causes it and what to do to fix it, sure the patch will be out asap. At the moment i don't know the cause and the remedy. All i know this type of crash was seen by some with other islands aswell, there the "load in editor"-trick worked too. It seems that some are having these kind or problems while others don't...

[spirit6]

Mmmm i am chasing something on my own island(not published) that is exactly what you descripe. That about a couple of people crash on it and others not at all, but have found no cure for that.

At 6thsense nobody crashed (so far) on this island. I am however interested to hear if the ppl that crash have something in common. Specialy on graphics settings like terrain low etc.

Maybe somebody who has this crash on a server with a playerpool has some info?

[MattXR]

Im sure Ive heard of this once before and there was fix, Is the island been binarised yet?

The only addons we were running was ACE Mod. To get the map not to crash your PC is to preload it in the editor. Im sure it had to do with binarising the map.

[spirit6]

Im sure Ive heard of this once before and there was fix, Is the island been binarised yet?

The only addons we were running was ACE Mod. To get the map not to crash your PC is to preload it in the editor. Im sure it had to do with binarising the map.

Yes the islands are binarised. If there is a cure then not only you get a fix for this, but also a new island as that is all i am waiting for. Will check with chill on this.