SOLDAT 1.6.2 RELEASED!

[Shoozza]

Here's the awaited quick fix release Soldat 1.6.2.

Although we managed to fix quite a few bugs for 1.6.1, unfortunately a new few ones managed to creep into the release as well. Some of these bugs are quite annoying and break the gameplay a bit, so we wanted to release a fix for them as quickly as possible. So we represent you Soldat 1.6.2 and Soldatserver 2.7.2.

Soldat 1.6.2 changelog:
- Fixed spas reload bug
- Fixed weapon stats hits counter doesn't work
- Fixed too small interface in fullscreen for certain resolutions
- Fixed Missing translations and small labels

Soldatserver 2.7.2 changelog:
- Fixed player is forced to join spectator in deathmatch, pointmatch or rambomatch

Downloads:
Soldat Full: http://soldat.thd.vg/en/download/soldat162.zip
Soldat Patch: http://soldat.thd.vg/en/download/soldatpatch161-162.zip

Server Full: http://soldat.thd.vg/en/download/soldatserver2.7.2_1.6.2.zip
Server Patch: http://soldat.thd.vg/en/download/serverpatch2.7.1-2.7.2.zip

EDIT:
If you downloaded it before 2011-10-13 01:00 (GMT+1), re-download it if you have issues with FPS.

[12th_account]

Third time's the charm!

[Falcon`]

can 1.6.2 client connect to 1.6.1 server?

[ramirez]

Unfortunately no, you need to update your servers.

[Spotix]

Good Job 

[AdamD]

sweeeeeeet

[Noldi]

1.6.1. will go down in soldat history as the shortest lived version ever

[TmTgr]

There is no server patch for 2.7.2 on the downloads page.
Nevermind it was in the wrong section.

[12th_account]

1.6.1. will go down in soldat history as the shortest lived version ever

Well, aside from 1.1.5, 1.1.0 and some of the beta releases. =)

[Nawl]

Guys, rly.
moving from version to version is annoying, moving servers is even more annoying for some ppl like me who bought server from the hosting. every each update i have to write to the guy who sells me server then i have to wait until he update my server. i cant do it alone cuz some files are protected and i cant replace them.
did you fixed score bug? on survival mode if 1 team is dead and second is not(its like 5 sec time before all die) then if somebody join any team then score point is added for team who have somebody alive in team(i created a script that fixes it buy still its a soldat bug)
did you fixed spec stat bug? if you join spec then your deads on f1 are reduced by 1.
did you fixed stats bug? sometimes you get a bug on survival mode that makes your deaths increase by 1 after each round. so if you didnt died even once you will still have bad stats on f1 cuz of that bug.
did you fixed body bug? if you throw a knife by a dead body then you wont see bullet(knife) until knife hit the normal polygon.
sorry for my aggression but im Dodgeball player and nobody fixed that bugs from a rly long time and also that bugs are annoying for us(db players) especially body bug. you make updates every while and still i see no changes what would make me happy,  and what is worse i have to waint until they update my server. im mad

[PQ]

Arfgh, didn't even have time to update the wiki for 1.6.1. (contribute to the wiki please)

Great job guys.


ps. don't post bugs here, add them to bugs.soldat.pl

[DutchFlame]

So now that all the major bugs are gone, we can expect no less then a great game, and a better netcode in a long/next version I hope!

Anyway again great job and keep it going!

P.s; ignore the whiners :DDDDd

[Shoozza]

There is no server patch for 2.7.2 on the downloads page.
Nevermind it was in the wrong section.

My bad. I'm waiting for jrgp to move it to the correct section as I can't do it. :/

Guys, rly.
moving from version to version is annoying, moving servers is even more annoying for some ppl like me who bought server from the hosting. every each update i have to write to the guy who sells me server then i have to wait until he update my server. i cant do it alone cuz some files are protected and i cant replace them.
did you fixed score bug? on survival mode if 1 team is dead and second is not(its like 5 sec time before all die) then if somebody join any team then score point is added for team who have somebody alive in team(i created a script that fixes it buy still its a soldat bug)
did you fixed spec stat bug? if you join spec then your deads on f1 are reduced by 1.
did you fixed stats bug? sometimes you get a bug on survival mode that makes your deaths increase by 1 after each round. so if you didnt died even once you will still have bad stats on f1 cuz of that bug.
did you fixed body bug? if you throw a knife by a dead body then you wont see bullet(knife) until knife hit the normal polygon.
sorry for my aggression but im Dodgeball player and nobody fixed that bugs from a rly long time and also that bugs are annoying for us(db players) especially body bug. you make updates every while and still i see no changes what would make me happy,  and what is worse i have to waint until they update my server. im mad

You have to understand that before Soldat 1.6 there was a lack of updates.
In fact it took 2.3 years from 1.5 to 1.6.
I think you agree that more updates are better. We decided to release early this time to get rid of serious bugs.
The next release will not happen in 3 days. Don't worry.

As for the bugs: We mainly fix bugs from the bugtracker so do as PQ said and post your bugs there.
If you add detailed information and a good "how to reproduce" your chances get better and better.
Posting bugs on the forums is not recommended as we can't look them up that easy and they will probably get lost.
I suggest to post bugs on the forums if you are unsure about how to explain the bug and if you want to discuss it before adding it to the bugtracker.
Also feature requests should only be added in the forums.

But enough explaining. You can't make everyone happy I guess

[jrgp]

There is no server patch for 2.7.2 on the downloads page.
Nevermind it was in the wrong section.

My bad. I'm waiting for jrgp to move it to the correct section as I can't do it. :/

Moved.

[Prodigyx]

Keep going 

[Atomic]

Good job!

Time to own noobs with the Spas! Buahahahuehue 

[CheeSeMan.]

great job guys :-)

[nosejj]

Every times Soldat has a new version there's a wave of babies born to play the game in the future.
<3 devs.

[Dawn of the D^]

GJ guys =)

I played the new version like 2 hours now and an old bug occured to me again: Another player with Spas made my Spas reload a few times now. I didn't notice that with other weapons though.

[Mexer]

the thing I love 'bout active indie games: updates. It's really nice to know that someone's taking care of this game, even a little. Too bad it didn't use to be like this in the past (like the 1.5.0 stood there like 2 years or such..)

Edit: I'd really wanna see that flag bug gettin removed. I don't know if it was fixed but If you didn't notice there's a flag bug that makes the flag's shape stretch all over the map to the flag carrier.

[Bonecrusher]

yay moar soldats! gj fixing the spec bug but im afraid the spas bug is still there

[Greywolf]

im happy that u take care of this.

im thankful and dont want to sound unthankful.

BUT

Id be way better to really playtest a new version, make sure its ok, and then release it. Having to patch it twice in such a short amount of time is not optimal. So no

I think you agree that more updates are better

i dont agree.

Sure im happy u do updates and move the game forward again. Thx alot for that. rlly. But fewer but better Updates are actually better.

Keep on rocking! Im sure u will do better next time. And its not a big deal either. Just giving a hint here.

[miketh2005]

im happy that u take care of this.

im thankful and dont want to sound unthankful.

BUT

Id be way better to really playtest a new version, make sure its ok, and then release it. Having to patch it twice in such a short amount of time is not optimal. So no

I think you agree that more updates are better

i dont agree.

Sure im happy u do updates and move the game forward again. Thx alot for that. rlly. But fewer but better Updates are actually better.

Keep on rocking! Im sure u will do better next time. And its not a big deal either. Just giving a hint here.

This was a better update because people couldn't play the game. It was a needed update to fix game-breaking bugs. What they should have done is released a public beta of 1.6.1 first, though.

Soldat needs an auto-updater that updates automatically on startup like you see on many online games. I don't see the need to keep an old version of the game. There are stil people playing 1.3.1 that don't know there is a newer version of the game.

[Greywolf]

This was a better update because people couldn't play the game. It was a needed update to fix game-breaking bugs. What they should have done is released a public beta of 1.6.1 first, though.

i agree with u and didnt mean to say anything different than that. My problem sure isnt newest update but that is was needed. that shouldnt happen in the future and can be evaded by more testing. which i promise to help on, too

[pavliko]

How about an auto update feature?

[Shoozza]

You know it's really weird how people asked for updates when we were trying to get stuff working after EnEsCe left.
Now suddenly you don't want updates for whatever reason.

I believe the reason is, you just don't want to install updates. But you actually want updates.
Let's take KAG for example. If Soldat would auto update the same way you would ask for updates

Similar for server owners. They just need automatic updates.
That and maybe keep the servers working with a few versions of Soldat.

How about an auto update feature?

Sounds like a good idea for a feature request topic

[Greywolf]

we like updates.

we dont like rushed game versions.

thats basically it

[Kaze]

Congratulations on fixing the spas bug , now SPAS can finally be used again !

Good release apart from the fps bugs :/

[machina]

Good Job,  Dev Team...!

[DutchFlame]

Congratulations on fixing the spas bug , now SPAS can finally be used again !

Good release apart from the fps bugs :/

If this is what you mean then heres the fix:

EDIT:
If you downloaded it before 2011-10-13 01:00 (GMT+1), re-download it if you have issues with FPS.

[Kulas]

Congratulations on fixing the spas bug , now SPAS can finally be used again !

Good release apart from the fps bugs :/

If this is what you mean then heres the fix:

EDIT:
If you downloaded it before 2011-10-13 01:00 (GMT+1), re-download it if you have issues with FPS.

Before this update which is mentioned in first post I had 10 FPS all the time. The update helped, but not quite enough. I still have FPS issues. When I'm running alone I have ~60 FPS which is playable, but when there is some action the FPSes are around 30. I don't have the newest computer, but I hadn't got this issue on 1.6.1.

[Kaze]

Congratulations on fixing the spas bug , now SPAS can finally be used again !

Good release apart from the fps bugs :/

If this is what you mean then heres the fix:

EDIT:
If you downloaded it before 2011-10-13 01:00 (GMT+1), re-download it if you have issues with FPS.

Didnt work , i already tried that...

[Tehbugerz0r]

I was shocked to see soldat already updated, but I'm glad you guys are ready to fix new problems right away, unlike most big companies, who don't respond to these kind of issues for weeks.

[Blacksheepboy]

we like updates.

we dont like rushed game versions.

So an update that's not perfect is a rushed game version..? 1.6.2

[machina]

So an update that's not perfect is a rushed game version..? 1.6.2

It's a fast update cause it was needed to fix some annoying bugs - watch changelog... Next update should come much later...

[Greywolf]

we like updates.

we dont like rushed game versions.

So an update that's not perfect is a rushed game version..? 1.6.2

oh cmon. Dont act like ur stupid. OFC im not demanding to send out bugfree, perfect games. If those are even existant. I believe not.
What i asked for is this: (and it wasnt hard to understand)

When a version is created (like 1.6.) it should be tested so far, that it can be sent out without the need to be redone twice in such a short amount of time. Cuz thats doing the final testing after release and thats not a good thing, whether we understand, that they are doing their best (which i do) or not.

Ofc 1.6.2 had to be rushed, because of the quick need of fixes. I totally understand and support that.

So theres two sides to be thought off: The developers need to test the game more before releasing it (and maybe try harder to get new ppl into soldat, but thats another topic)
And us (the players) need to be more active as betaplayers. Because there werent many helping with that testing either. I didnt help, i admit that, but promise to do next time if i get the news that theres need for betaplayers.

This way, the game can be sent out better (not perfect, but better) and there will be less issues for everyone.

Still: Having developers that actually take quick care of those bugs is a very good thing. Thou there are still a lot of requested things missing in 1.6.2 (flag carrier bug, fps, adminprotection to name 3 known to me), its a stable and playable version we can actually enjoy.

[KEEN]

goood jobbb thx to all dev team!!

[Mexer]

Hi my name is Mexer, I'm 17 and the Chat-Enter bug is still in this game.

Good night.

[Bonecrusher]

@up

bugs.soldat.pl

[Mexer]

@up

bugs.soldat.pl

http://bugs.soldat.pl/view.php?id=24 - the only post related to the bug, unresolved, useless.

[Bonecrusher]

maybe cause u didint answer shoozzas questions? you have to provide as much feedback as possible so devs might fix this with less effort. And im pretty sure a dev will pick bug with a lot of feedback over bug with no or small feedback

[jrgp]

U13 rental servers are now upgraded to 1.6.2

[SoldatFire]

I can only say good things about 1.6.2
The new "TAB" Score table is way better now and it got less lag and network glitches (and bugs)

[blake]

Less network glitches

From: October 19, 2011, 12:33:00 pmYou don't know what you're talking about soldatfire.

[Blacksheepboy]

Ah, apologies

[machina]

I can`t install the patch, here is the problem:

So, you will have to install full version again...

[PQ]

Did you unzip the zip file before trying to install?

If you did, try without unzipping, if you didn't, try with unzipping.

[PQ]

Do you have some kind of integrated defence system in your firewall or anti-virus? Try turning it off for a second.
You might have configured it the wrong way.

[fibleSime]

nay!

[soldatsucks]

your a loser. do you even test your new game before you send it out?

you CANT JOIN THE FUCING GAME!  doesnt matter who creates, it joins as spectator, cant fix it. u fuking wanker.
oookay precious. Go cool off.

[filip2322]

First learn how to play games or you wiseguy make a better one

[Shoozza]

your a loser. do you even test your new game before you send it out?

you CANT JOIN THE FUCING GAME!  doesnt matter who creates, it joins as spectator, cant fix it. u fuking wanker.

Getting angry isn't helping anyone, please calm down before posting.
Attacking the devs isn't really a good move either. You want us to improve the game, right?

We do minimal testing before the release but it's currently not really that great as you noticed.
There was a plan to put a new beta test team together but as it seems I need to do it myself.

So to make something happen: If you want to test the game before release it PM me.

If I recall correctly the spectator join bug was fixed in 1.6.2. If you still get it please add it to the bugtracker (with enough details for enabling us to fix it).

Thanks for the feedback, though.

EDIT: Spectator bug was fixed for server only. I fixed it for the client too a while ago though.

[ds dude]

*snip*

LOL

[Whizzy]

Since 1.6 (or one of the hotfixes I can't remeber) I pretty much get a lagstart every round. Before that, I had one like every 20th mapchange or sth. like that.
Naughty Dog already posted this problem once:

oh also i lagstart every round... takes ages for me to spawn :s

Couldn't find an answer for that. If I missed a possible solution I'm sorry.

[machina]

Couldn't find an answer for that. If I missed a possible solution I'm sorry.

http://bugs.soldat.pl Try to find answear here... If nobody report it, you will have to do it yourself...

[chutem]

By lagstart, do you mean spawning in the wrong part of a map?

I have noticed this a lot too, especially playing on a climb server, where it can take around 5 seconds for the server to sort itself out and put the spawns (and the flags) in the right spot. This happens nearly every map change.

[DutchFlame]

By lagstart, do you mean spawning in the wrong part of a map?

I have noticed this a lot too, especially playing on a climb server, where it can take around 5 seconds for the server to sort itself out and put the spawns (and the flags) in the right spot. This happens nearly every map change.

that and that it takes a few seconds too get in the game at all

[Whizzy]

Couldn't find an answer for that. If I missed a possible solution I'm sorry.

http://bugs.soldat.pl Try to find answear here... If nobody report it, you will have to do it yourself...

I will, thanks.

By lagstart, do you mean spawning in the wrong part of a map?

I have noticed this a lot too, especially playing on a climb server, where it can take around 5 seconds for the server to sort itself out and put the spawns (and the flags) in the right spot. This happens nearly every map change.

No, I always spawn on the right place. You could rather call it a lag end, if I think about it. The moment, the map ends gets restarted/new map or w/e, the screen freezes (Most of the time the scores are already set to 0 by the time the Auto screenshot is taken). It takes a while, the screen "un"freezes, I can look at the scoreboard (not even for 1 sec i can see the real score and stats), they get set to 0 and I already can see bullets flying and my mates (their names) moving on the new map as well, but I'm still on the previous map looking at the 0 - scoreboard.

[Mittsu]

i'v got the same, it basically makes us start the new map later than other players so we start while they're already playing. I've got it since forever and i dont know if it happens more frequently now

[Falcon`]

defragment your disks

[scarface09]

Love how you guys release this shit after everyone has quit. I quit like a year and a half ago because you fucks couldn't release the game when I actually enjoyed it. First time I've been on the forums in about 6 months let alone posted. Thanks for fucking up the games all of you. Love scarface aka clownman

[DutchFlame]

Love how you guys release this shit after everyone has quit. I quit like a year and a half ago because you fucks couldn't release the game when I actually enjoyed it. First time I've been on the forums in about 6 months let alone posted. Thanks for fucking up the games all of you. Love scarface aka clownman

umad

[Bonecrusher]

@scarface aka clownman

This isnt anyones fault but MM's he didint want to create the dev team in the 1st place he gave the soldat code to NSC and we all know how it ended. Stop attacking the dev team, these guys did great job FOR FREE and continue fixing bugs/adding cool stuff. Your whining wont help, if you want to contribute find bugs and post them on bugs.soldat.pl

[Shoozza]

Love how you guys release this shit after everyone has quit. I quit like a year and a half ago because you fucks couldn't release the game when I actually enjoyed it. First time I've been on the forums in about 6 months let alone posted. Thanks for fucking up the games all of you. Love scarface aka clownman

Just because you are an old member doesn't justify insulting the people here.
I am terribly disappointed to see such stuff happening.

Everyone can complain but there are only a few people who actually do something to improve the situation.

You could at least look around and inform yourself why it took us so long...
Bonecrusher already gave you some hints on what was going on while you where away.

I would give you the information but not after such a terrible post.

[whitdemon]

Shoozza ... don't feed obvious trolls, PLZ!
WE LOVE 'THAT (soldat)devTEAM!
Bro Fists everywhere!

[scarface09]

Nah, pretty useless of all of you...all these new features have ruined the game too. I liked it back when people actually played and now all these promises and no show. Very dissapointed in the uselessness of the dev team, I can't believe I'm posting here too, the game is shit now, thanks to yous for ruining it. I have stuck by this game long enough but now I can say the game has died out...stop wasting your time now. I wanted your time a long time ago, now most of the oldgens like myself have quit so...I'll just laugh at whatever new shit you bring. Noone plays anymore.

[DutchFlame]

YO U MAD!?

[Mittsu]

Nah, pretty useless of all of you...all these new features have ruined the game too. I liked it back when people actually played and now all these promises and no show. Very dissapointed in the uselessness of the dev team, I can't believe I'm posting here too, the game is shit now, thanks to yous for ruining it. I have stuck by this game long enough but now I can say the game has died out...stop wasting your time now. I wanted your time a long time ago, now most of the oldgens like myself have quit so...I'll just laugh at whatever new shit you bring. Noone plays anymore.

[machina]

Noone plays anymore.

Fortunately, you're wrong!

[The Bone Collector]

Shame there's so many downing the game. It needs to pick back up and get players back in it.

Then I'll play it again.

[Kaze]

Nah, pretty useless of all of you...all these new features have ruined the game too. I liked it back when people actually played and now all these promises and no show. Very dissapointed in the uselessness of the dev team, I can't believe I'm posting here too, the game is shit now, thanks to yous for ruining it. I have stuck by this game long enough but now I can say the game has died out...stop wasting your time now. I wanted your time a long time ago, now most of the oldgens like myself have quit so...I'll just laugh at whatever new shit you bring. Noone plays anymore.

I like how some players that dont play anymore , just take the time to make posts and act '' Noone plays anymore '' its not because you dont play anymore that people gotta follow you and how can you know the state of the game since you didnt play for a year and a half. Besides , they may have made the changes late but they still made em right? Those new features are actually way better and i enjoy the stats with each weapon (F2) . So f*cking quit saying everyones left , if you wanna leave go ahead but dont try to downsize the ''fun'' some people still have while this game is running.

[CheeSeMan.]

scarface is most retarded AUS player ever too exist if I remember correctly so just ignore him Shoozza and continue your gj <3

[Firebolt145]

Pretty nostalgic being back here. Tmtgr being a dev makes me smile.

Nice to see you're still going on, I might download and give Soldat a spin next time I'm free. Sooooo many hours spent playing this game when I was younger. <3

[ds dude]

Shame there's so many downing the game. It needs to pick back up and get players back in it.

Then I'll play it again.

There's the problem. When everyone has this mindset, then no one will take the initiative to be a player apart of the game.

Sigh...

[DutchFlame]

anything new so far?

[machina]

anything new so far?

Read devlogs...

[DutchFlame]

anything new so far?

Read devlogs...

there hasnt been one last week

[Shoozza]

anything new so far?

Read devlogs...

there hasnt been one last week

Yeah, sorry I had no internet for a few days and reinstalled windows :S (still installing stuff...)