Proposed development of YR 1.002 Community Patch

[Marshall]

So development is going well but the matter of the PKT and CSF is a royal pain in the anyway, the easiest solution all round is to use XCCMC/L for the purpose of adding the PKT and CSF only.
It means that there is no need to patch any original YR files and language specific updates are not a problem. YRCP-enabled mods can still use the assets provided in expandmd02.mix. This solves a great many issues so I think it's worth it.
Once the YRCP is in RC form I'll put a test version up somewhere for people to play with.

I've got loads of work on right now but I will continue to work on it.


I need responses from the TX people on the following issues:
1. Can the TX ini files be included in a mod, without the other contents of expandmd06.mix, without causing any errors?
If so, would doing so alleviate reconnection errors between YRCP users without expandmd06.mix and YRCP users with expandmd06.mix?

2. With the inception of the YRCP, presumably the .shp files included in expandmd06.mix are no longer required.
As such, I'm guessing you will remove them from the TX in the next version. This is important because any shps in expandmd06 will override those in expandmd02.mix.......:
Note: in expandmd06.mix the shadow image for one of the generic Bio Reactor shps is flawed. I have fixed the flaw and will include it in the YRCP.
I think there's a problem with the animation of the polish flag too (it seems to jump a bit upon looping). Presumably you just copied this shp file out of the game and renamed it. I will investigate the shp further and make the necessary corrections (hopefully only to art code but, if neccessary, I will modify the shps themselves).
GAWETH.shp seems to have no problems.
I believe those are all the SHP assets included in expandmd06.mix.

There are other building shp errors that can only be corrected in code (there's one that could be corrected in SHP but is a big unneccessary file). Given that the building shp bug fixes are part of the YRCP, I just wanted to confirm that the SHPs are no longer going to be in expandmd06.mix.


Finally, this request is made to anyone reading this:
There are some official maps that allow you to build Naval Yards on maps without water.
There are some official maps that have the occasional bridge repair hut that doesn't work.
If anyone finds such a map and fixes it, I will gladly include it in the YRCP.
Any other bugs/fixes that you know of/find that have not yet been dealt with by the existing UMP (which should probably be withdrawn when the YRCP is released) then please let me know.


Any thoughts/discussions below!