Battlezone 1

I guess you can't run two BZ's at once... Perhaps BZ Config 9000 could make it two processes as a workaround? Like bzone.exe and bzone1.exe?

Thanks for posting the error, I've got it fixed.

Instead of that scary white error message, you're supposed to see a more friendly green error box stating that BZ is already running.

Renaming the .exe doesn't work, it will still refuse to run. I tried copying bzone.exe and running bzone1.exe after starting bzone.exe... nothing.

Uploaded version 2.4.

I decided that if the GM 6.1 build doesn't run on more Windows operating systems than the GM 7.0 build, then 6.1 build is pointless when GM 7.0 has a fix for limited real precision bug (bug is in GM 6.1, but not GM 5.3 or GM 7.0, or upcoming GM 8.0), and allows me to put an actual close button in the title bar separate from the Escape Key Event. Limited Real Precision bug doesn't affect BZ Config 9000, but it caused me a few headaches in other programs I built with GM 6.1, where numeric values AKA real values tended to be inaccurate. So there are now only 2 exes, and I named them to avoid confusion, the exes have the same name, but are in different folders within the zip file.

The "Compatibility Build" is compiled with GM 5.3, while the "New Build" is compiled with GM 7.0. The Compatibility Build is of course more compatible but has a graphics issue, while the New Build is less compatible, but runs with no issues. Although I did my best to have the same code logic in both, it's possible I missed something. If 1 version has an error message that the other doesn't have, or if something else doesn't match up between the 2 builds, post about it. As far as I know, both versions are equal in functionality, aside from the Compatibility Build's resolution issue. The layout is still unchanged, if you want new layout, you'll have to help decide its appearance by making a virtual sketch. (BMP, JPG, PNG, whatever)

New instant_action.txt Entries for Battlezone 1998 v1.3:

Code:

Alien Yard|alyard.bzn|NSDF
Blockade|blockade.bzn|BDOG
Death by Dawn|abc_map1.bzn|NSDF
Fury Hell|furyhell.bzn|NSDF
Moving Out|part___4.bzn|NSDF
Payback|payback_.bzn|NSDF
Shooter|shooter_.bzn|NSDF
Warzone|warzone_.bzn|NSDF
Tunguska|tunguska.bzn|NSDF

Have fun.

Better late than never I suppose. Version 3.0 has Restore Mouse Cursors option and New Map button in level selection. To see your newly created map appear in the list, close it and start it up again. You will need to scroll past the IA and MP maps to find your new map. The New Map button will prompt you for name, width, and height. If at any point you simply enter nothing, the new map creation process will be canceled. Enjoy.

I made a configuration utility for Battlezone 1.5. All the new rendering options have been added to the interface.

<Links removed, see first post on page 1>

Main Screen:

Level Select:


Bz Config (For Battlezone 1.5)

• Dropped support for RO
• Dropped support for 1.4
• Removed CD music feature
• Removed Restore Cursors Button
  - Cursors are still restored on exit
• Removed Utility Close-on-launch option
• Moved close button to the bottom
• Removed obsolete settings
  - ZBuffer
  - SplitZbuffer
  - HiRes
• Added new rendering settings
  - Buffer32
  - Texture16
  - Vsync
  - MultiSampleType
  - MultiSampleQuality
  - MaxAnisotropy
  - HardwareClip
• Fixed a few errors that I never found before
• Improved Error handling
• Improved Map Selection
  - You can now click on the list to pick a map
  - Creating a new map rebuilds the list (new map shows up right away) instead of launching the editor.
  - Added flags
• Fixed button text rendering problem that some experienced. (Non-integer x/y text position)
• Improved program behavior in the event that it cannot find Battlezone
  - You will be prompted to browse for the executable
  - Moved executable file name from hard-coded constant to config.ini
  - Various checks to make sure the user didn't just pick anything, and didn't accidentally choose 1.4 installation
• Single Instance Application
• Fixed launch not working if utility is on a different drive than Battlezone
  - Eliminated batch file usage
  - Wrote a DLL in C++ implementing ShellExecute() to launch Battlezone/Red Odyssey
• Windows NT or later and a graphics card is required, I will not support Windows 98 anymore.
  
  BZ/RO Config (For Battlezone 1998)
• Updated the old BZ/RO utility with various code improvements from the new utility and included it.

The installer installs both utilities, enjoy.

Has this been tested with the most recent 1.5?

Yes.

Why does using the edit feature on some maps (Including singleplayer ones) crash the game?

Which maps? I've never seen edit mode crash the game.

Nevermind, it turns out if you install too many IA maps some missions stop working. A clean install of BZ provided an easy fix.

hey.

how that configuration utility for Battlezone put bzone.exe?

but. not work use =/

this need download the 1.5 patch?

There's 2 utilities, one for BZ 1.4/RO 1.3 and one for BZ 1.5 exclusively, so it depends on which one you launch.

Start Menu --> Programs --> Battlezone Configuration Utilities -->

Bz 1.4 Config for BZ and RO.
Bz 1.5 Config for 1.5 only.

Hey.

;D i did that dowonload 1.5 patch for battlezone 1.5

I am understand ^-^ Good for Sporkinator !!

Despite informing the config.cfg where the location of Bzone_d3d9.exe is and the name of the exe when i open the configuration utilitity keeps asking me to find the folder... weird?