Author Topic: New STABLE Releases MegaMek, MegaMekLab, MekHQ: v0.44.0 (Stable) June 24 /2018 (Read 8729 times)

Hammer · « **on:** 24 June 2018, 15:50:55 »

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to a new Stable Release! These stables represent over a year work by the dev team, our contributors, and 1000's of hours of play from players finding and reporting things in all the programs to make them better.

We have lots planned for the next Dev cycle, the ability to build and play new unit types, improvements to Against the Bot, Princess will get continued improvements, look for more new sprites, and better support for printing.

See the attached file for summary of everything that's been fixed/added since the last stable.

Megamek.
We’ve fixed or implemented 352 things in the last year. Some of the highlights include:

LAMs and Glider Protomechs
Quadvee’s
Multiple cockpit crew roles for Meks
VTOL Bombing and Strafing
Implemented Tech Progression from Interstellar Operations
Random Formation Building per Campaign Operations.
Making Omni’s truly omni with the ability to show pod mounted weapons
Numerous improvements to Space Combat (thanks mkerensky)
New weapons and Ammo’s (Hyperlaser, Caseless Ammo, Clan Improved Weapons)
Lots of Infantry Improvements
Deadborder’s staggering amount of Sprites
Princess has gone back to flight school and finished some more basic training.
Improvements to the Board Editor

MegaMekLab.
The march to improve Megameklab and make it better continues, with 80 fixes and new features including:

The ability to Build Dropships and Small Craft
Ability to build LAMs, Quadvee’s
Improved support for building Infantry
Implemented Tech Progression from Interstellar Operations
o Updates all tech intro dates to the Universal Technology Advancement Table in Interstellar Operations.
o New configuration options for filtering construction options by tech level in a given year or by faction availability.
Improvements to unit printing and what can be printed.
o Printing for superheavies and tripods
o Stats for additional crew for tripods and command consoles
o Unit-specific sheets for LAMs and QuadVees
o Move layout info into the svg files to allow for custom record sheets without need to alter code.
o Show quirks and SPAs on record sheet (SPAs require printing from a mul file which contains the pilot data).

MekHQ.
This dev cycle MekHQ has had lots of fixes to make it more stable and more useable. With 200 fixes and new features including:

Proper support for Omni units
Support for Multi Crew Mek units
Tech Progression from Interstellar Operations
Fixes to the Mass Repair/Mass Salvage system (MRMS)
More universe Data added.
Numerous fixes to AtB, ratings, UI, and making sure the changes from this Dev cycle Megamek and MegamekLab work.

Also a reminder to drop into the Slack channel to meet other players and harass the devs that drop in and out.

As a reminder when moving between versions:
1) Make backups of your campaigns and customs.
2) Always treat each release as a stand alone release and only copy your data forward from older versions.

Unit Name Change Issues
This will be VERY important if you are moving from the old Stable to this Stable. There is a good chance you’ll have issues in MekHQ with unit name changes. If you get errors loading your campaign see this post.
Name Issues with units

The change log below lists all the changes in this release from the previous stable.

CHANGE LOGS AND DOWNLOAD LINKS

Megamek.
Download Here

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+ Data: Dropship infantry bay fixes.
+ PR #995: Fix for server freeze when destroying a unit which has picked up a phantom (no longer existing) mechwarrior.
+ Data: New Sprites
+ Issue #1000: Ignore AP-mounted weapons when calculating BA suit weight
+ PR #1003: Fix validation failures from configuring ammo.

MegaMekLab.
Download Here

Code: [Select]

+ If no fluff image is found for the model, check for generic chassis image for record sheet.
+ Issue #160: Industrial Mechs ICE engine Tech Progression Wrong
+ Update MegaMek.jar to v0.44.0

MekHQ:
Download Here

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+ Issue #733: Clan techs still have clan penalties to maintenance
+ Issue #745: NPE at AbstractUnitGenerator.generateTurrets
+ PR #752: AtB contracts will once again nag the user about insufficient force deployment, and subtract contract score.
                            Also, retirement "payouts" of 0 no longer persist endlessly.
+ Issue #748: GM -> Restore Unit on units with missing components no longer hangs MekHQ in an endless loop.
+ Issue #694: Added missing Draconis Combine ranks.
+ Issue #724: Changed references to megamek.info to point to megamek.org
+ PR #761: Fix for salvaging dropship ammo
+ Updated MegaMek.jar to v0.44.0
+ Updated MegaMekLab.jar to v0.44.0

Enjoy everyone.

neoancient · « **Reply #1 on:** 24 June 2018, 16:26:54 »

Now we can finally get back to breaking stuff.

NickAragua · « **Reply #2 on:** 24 June 2018, 16:36:12 »

Already done. :D

Schugger · « **Reply #3 on:** 24 June 2018, 16:38:17 »

Huzzah! I am so eager to see Princess performing in ASF
Good jo guys :)

mikecj · « **Reply #4 on:** 24 June 2018, 17:02:02 »

Thanks guys!

trtw · « **Reply #5 on:** 24 June 2018, 17:23:26 »

thank you to everyone who has worked on this project.

PreacherPatriot1776 · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 June 2018, 03:40:06 »

Awesome job and thank you for all the hard work you put in.

SeeM · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 June 2018, 04:56:14 »

Congratulations on new release. I was playing multi on several 0.43.x and saw many improvements over time. Thank You all for a fantastic job.

Simon Landmine · « **Reply #8 on:** 26 June 2018, 20:38:07 »

Woohoo! Excellent! Thanks for all of the hard work by everyone involved!

Schugger · « **Reply #9 on:** 27 June 2018, 02:38:50 »

I must say I have played the new BT well over 200 hours, but as far as sandboxing is concerned AtB really beats it.
Now I am in my seventh year of my 2950 campaign and even if I stop playing for severeal month occasionally I will always return to it.

Battleclad · « **Reply #10 on:** 02 July 2018, 01:34:37 »

Still seems to be an issue where new hires can retire if you have to roll retirement within a few weeks of hiring them though, at least within the AtB rules.

McSlayer · « **Reply #11 on:** 03 July 2018, 12:58:54 »

First off, I want to say a good deal of thanks for releasing a new stable, bravo!

Then... I'd like to to make a request...

I often wish to assign my mech pilots to mechs by their P/G skills... in mekHQ.

and so it is very frustrating for me to open pilots "mechwarriors" and "general" and not see their P/G skill. then when I list my mech pilots by P/G skills, I can't see what mech they are assigned to and which units they are in. this is very frustrating. Can we get a few more fields added and be able to sort by this fields? like its done in Excel?

thanks guys,

-McSlayer

devorao · « **Reply #12 on:** 03 July 2018, 16:11:29 »

Congratulations on this release, you all guys have done it again.

I have been a BT player for 30 years and, since I found your project, I have been using MM and MHQ for many years, and it was the way I could play and enjoy tabletop BT all that time.

So, for what it's worth, you all have my deepest appreciation for you and your hard work. Thanks and let's hope that we will be enjoying the game for, at least, as many years more!

neoancient · « **Reply #13 on:** 03 July 2018, 19:40:50 »

Quote from: McSlayer on 03 July 2018, 12:58:54

Then... I'd like to to make a request...

Feature requests and bug reports need to have an issue opened on the GitHub tracker. It''s fine to discuss something here or mention something that looks like it might be a bug, but unless someone sees it and happens to do something about it immediately, anything that is only mentioned in a forum post is likely to be forgotten.

McSlayer · « **Reply #14 on:** 03 July 2018, 23:55:06 »

ok Neo,

Advice taken. A new request has been submitted for HQ.

Thanks.

Quote from: neoancient on 03 July 2018, 19:40:50

Feature requests and bug reports need to have an issue opened on the GitHub tracker. It''s fine to discuss something here or mention something that looks like it might be a bug, but unless someone sees it and happens to do something about it immediately, anything that is only mentioned in a forum post is likely to be forgotten.

Simon Landmine · « **Reply #15 on:** 05 July 2018, 18:53:43 »

Anyone else found that the formerly popular Wolverine WVR-6M is strangely invisible in v0.44.0, or is this just a bug for me? (There doesn't seem to be an icon pulling through for it - I thought it might just be in the unit selector, but I'm now fighting against an empty hex with a mech label and nasty tendency to mug me at close range.)

Schugger · « **Reply #16 on:** 06 July 2018, 01:40:09 »

Looks like a bug. I have the WVR-6M as 'Mech for all my Lance Commanders and it's just working fine.
Checked your 'Mech Images and mechset.txt already? Maybe some line is messed up here.

BTW, that sig of yours is so bloody true :D

Simon Landmine · « **Reply #17 on:** 06 July 2018, 16:32:50 »

Quote from: Schugger on 06 July 2018, 01:40:09

Looks like a bug. I have the WVR-6M as 'Mech for all my Lance Commanders and it's just working fine.
Checked your 'Mech Images and mechset.txt already? Maybe some line is messed up here.

Cheers! I'll have a check and maybe reinstall for safety. (It was serious stealth armour for that era - completely invisible until it was destroyed.)

Quote from: Schugger on 06 July 2018, 01:40:09

BTW, that sig of yours is so bloody true :D

Thanks!

Nebfer · « **Reply #18 on:** 14 July 2018, 13:22:51 »

Question is megamek lab not formatting conventional Fighters fusion engines correctly? Or are the Light and Heavy Strike Fighters under weight?

As I'm looking at the HSF and it's 6 tons under weight, the only things missing is supposedly a ton of ammo and five tons of engine shielding, as TRO 3039 listing it has having a 15 ton engine (225 fusions are 10 tons not 15) and two tons of AC-10 ammo, though the RS only list it has having one ton of AC-10 ammo.
Techmanual dose mention that conventional Fighters do multiply their fusion engine mass by 1.5 (rounding up to nearest half ton).

neoancient · « **Reply #19 on:** 14 July 2018, 19:18:10 »

No, it wasn't adding the shielding weight. Should be fixed in the next release.

txsoldier94 · « **Reply #20 on:** 15 July 2018, 12:53:48 »

I know that others have said it, and that I do not say it enough:

To all the DEVs, programmers, testers, and creators: GREAT JOB!

Wrangler · « **Reply #21 on:** 15 July 2018, 17:56:17 »

Still enjoying this!

Schugger · « **Reply #22 on:** 16 July 2018, 09:07:36 »

About the addictivenes of MegaMek:
Just when I thought I was out - they pull me back in :D

silverback · « **Reply #23 on:** 16 July 2018, 13:06:44 »

And what led you to believe you were out (or could even get out)?

Schugger · « **Reply #24 on:** 17 July 2018, 03:23:40 »

Well , they made me an offer I couldn't refuse (the new BT game).

Hammer · « **Reply #25 on:** 17 July 2018, 06:54:34 »

There is a reason development almost stopped on MegaMek for a couple of months. A certain game arrived and distracted all the Devs!

But we are back....until any DLC arrives for it. :D

Schugger · « **Reply #26 on:** 17 July 2018, 07:23:35 »

Did I say that those medals look gorgeous?
Maybe it's a german thing being attracted by shining stuff, but they really look great and allows you to individualize your combat personal even more.

Aimen · « **Reply #27 on:** 17 July 2018, 13:44:10 »

Quote from: Hammer on 17 July 2018, 06:54:34

There is a reason development almost stopped on MegaMek for a couple of months. A certain game arrived and distracted all the Devs!

But we are back....until any DLC arrives for it. :D

Nuh-uh, it was, umm, research! Yeah. Go with that.