Marshall
06.10.2007, 18:28:00
Most droll.
It's a good skin gordon, just a few points though:
"FA2 Plugins"? The Launch Base concept of a plugin is something that can be integrated into RA2/YR alongside other plugins and/or a mod. Final Alert 2 can only have one 'mod' installed at a time (although it's actually installed to the RA2 directory of course). This should really be "FA2 Mods".
The 'r' and 'y' buttons are the same, so a user can't tell if the mod/plugin is for RA2 or YR. Not a huge problem but nevertheless...
Color depth is 16 million rather than 256. Reducing the color depth to 256 (which is all Launch Base will display anyway) would drastically reduce the file size.
With those changes I could include the skin in the LB installer, although I'm wary of the installer size creeping up (especially if I end up having to include some of the VB files).
I could look at creating a dummy Launch Base "Tool" that actually installs any extra skins when launched.
On another note:
Version 0.99.0007 [2007-10-06]
Added verbose logging to help track down the cause of a crash.
Added verbose logging to help track down the cause of an internal error.
There's now a reasonable amount of verbose logging to help track down the various problems that gordon, Renegade and Bobingabout have experienced. If you guys could take a moment to run through the various problem spots with verbose logging enabled (in Tools > Options, except for Bobingabout who will need to manually add VerboseLog=yes to [Options] in LaunchBase.ini) it would be much appreciated.
I've noticed that the verbose log messages seem to slow Launch Base down a bit for me, even if Verbose Log is disabled. It may just be me. I will investigate this.
It's a good skin gordon, just a few points though:
"FA2 Plugins"? The Launch Base concept of a plugin is something that can be integrated into RA2/YR alongside other plugins and/or a mod. Final Alert 2 can only have one 'mod' installed at a time (although it's actually installed to the RA2 directory of course). This should really be "FA2 Mods".
The 'r' and 'y' buttons are the same, so a user can't tell if the mod/plugin is for RA2 or YR. Not a huge problem but nevertheless...
Color depth is 16 million rather than 256. Reducing the color depth to 256 (which is all Launch Base will display anyway) would drastically reduce the file size.
With those changes I could include the skin in the LB installer, although I'm wary of the installer size creeping up (especially if I end up having to include some of the VB files).
I could look at creating a dummy Launch Base "Tool" that actually installs any extra skins when launched.
On another note:
Version 0.99.0007 [2007-10-06]
Added verbose logging to help track down the cause of a crash.
Added verbose logging to help track down the cause of an internal error.
There's now a reasonable amount of verbose logging to help track down the various problems that gordon, Renegade and Bobingabout have experienced. If you guys could take a moment to run through the various problem spots with verbose logging enabled (in Tools > Options, except for Bobingabout who will need to manually add VerboseLog=yes to [Options] in LaunchBase.ini) it would be much appreciated.
I've noticed that the verbose log messages seem to slow Launch Base down a bit for me, even if Verbose Log is disabled. It may just be me. I will investigate this.
Ever wondered what the hell is going on?
Believe me friend you're not the only one.
--Lysdexia
Check out Launch Base for RA2/YR - http://marshall.strategy-x.com
Also home to the Purple Alert mod, 1.002 UMP, and the YR Playlist Manager.
Believe me friend you're not the only one.
--Lysdexia
Check out Launch Base for RA2/YR - http://marshall.strategy-x.com
Also home to the Purple Alert mod, 1.002 UMP, and the YR Playlist Manager.