2.6 Release Getting Close - Need Volunteers to Help Beta Test 2.6
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@beelee Also, I think the isu kids did a overbuy of max build units doesn't wax your entire build. I don't if it's available yet or not tho.
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@beelee said in 2.6 Release Getting Close - Need Volunteers to Help Beta Test 2.6:
@cernel this is a major problem imo that needs to be fixed https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues/11305 before it replaces 2.5.. Theres other stuff as well that I don't like. Game Notes are in Help for one but it's playable at least.
I'm more upset at map-skins not working, but I tend to think that neither is a reason not to release 2.6. I'd say it can be released nonetheless, and we can just hope they will be fixed thereafter.
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@LaFayette How close is the 2.6 release? Can we have an ETA? Is it possible cut down some on the to-do so to have it released sooner?
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@cernel ETAs are not worth anything. What can be answered is what needs to be done. Somewhere the networking between bots and game clients broke. That is super painful to look at, and I haven't been able to muster up the courage to spend the needed 2-4 hours to find out what it is. If someone could do a bisect to find it, it would be really useful. Basically, a person would have to launch the game engine, a bot, and keep trying different versions until they find the breaking change for the network code. That incompatibility with bot networking is the only really big issue remaining.. The other items on the project board should be used as reference, and really that answers the question too of where is 2.6
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@lafayette Is this something which anyone can do? Anyway, I'm not understanding it.
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I have helped LaFayette bisect before.
Bisecting means halving, keep halving hopefully 10-12 times till you find the errant version.
Find a 2.6 version, say thats 1000 versions away from the current version. 1/2
it, so 500th version does it work, yes it must >500th version, no it must be less than 500 and so keep halving versions till you find the broken version.eg. 1000, 500, 250, 125, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1
I am not the person for the job, as I have so little free time. Also I have not played a Lobby game, so I dont feel qualified.
Yes anyone can do it, with patience and a little logic and hopefully 10-12, 2.6 downloaded versions.
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If anyone wants a starting point, this probably as good as any
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.6%2B31d2c60
It's where the objectives broke.
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@thedog I don't even know how to host automated hosts or where to find the relevant information.
Is the issue that, with the latest prerelease, you can privately host bots but nobody can join them via the lobby or is something else that is broken.
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@cernel In the past, I was able to host bots. I don't remember where the information to configure them is (if it is still there).
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I hope it will be released soon. I miss the lobby.
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@schulz Send me a private message if you want to play a 270BC Wars game in the 2.6 lobby sometime.
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@lafayette said in 2.6 Release Getting Close - Need Volunteers to Help Beta Test 2.6:
Basically, a person would have to launch the game engine, a bot, and keep trying different versions until they find the breaking change for the network code.
My understanding is that one needs to fire up a bot in 2.6 and see if it works ? Not a private host. Is that correct ?
When I go to 2.6 +2c9a940 lobby, it takes me to the 2.5 lobby. Granted that's the old one before objectives broke.
I'll try the latest 2.6 and see where it takes me
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@beelee Ok so the latest as of Feb 22 2023 does take me to 2.6 lobby. I might dick around with it a bit later. Otherwise, if someone wants, split the diff between the above link and latest and you're on your way lol
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This goes to 2.5 Lobby https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.6%2B14129
This goes to 2.6 https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.6%2B14130
Hopefully this is of some use as Idk exactly what's required here
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In addition to the lobby problem, we still have the inability to download mods posted during the past few months.
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The bot-lobby (unintended) compatibility problem is described here: https://github.com/orgs/triplea-game/projects/2?pane=issue&itemId=18336902
This is the 2.6 project TODO list: https://github.com/orgs/triplea-game/projects/2
Notice that the details of the incompatibility issue are listed on a specific work-item card; and notably nobody needs to pull out the details from within a much longer conversation. In that vein, please make sure any problems you guys have mentioned are detailed on a work-item (ie: a github issue or a project card) and not just listed here where it'll be over-looked.
When this forum thread was initially created, it was meant to help coordinate amongst a larger group of people and at that time I was willing to help do the project management work of transferring any reported details to work-items. At this juncture we need help (someone else) to do that.
Bi-secting this problem would be a pretty painful exercise. We've got about 3000 changes or so since 2.5, which means we need to do around 12 iterations to get to roughly the right place where the regression was introduced. Each time a person has to install and launch a local lobby and launch a bot.
In light of this problem, 2.6 is no longer close. While having active and continuous help debugging any problems as 2.6 does progress is incredibly valuable, overall the release status right now is a deep shade of red. The incompatibility problem was found super-late in the process, it was found actually after even trying to launch 2.6 officially; and it's a major issue as it makes bot games unplayable.
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@lafayette May you link where is that you get the information to make a file for hosting an automate host?
Also, I've no idea how to launch a local lobby.
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@cernel At this juncture we would do well to have a dedicated thread for discussing the non-compat issue (lest we completely hijack this thread with just that one topic).
Though; I think that convo is probably short lived. Not only do you have to build a bot, you have to launch a database and build & run a lobby. If you really want to try, it's basically all of the steps when getting set up as a developer: https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/tree/master/docs/development#developer-setup-guide
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@lafayette :grimacing_face:
(I suggest editing the title of this topic - I mean the "Release Getting Close" part - as something more descriptive of the current release status.)
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@cernel Fair point. My perspective is that this forum thread was meant to be active for just a few weeks. I'm not a big fan of a single long running thread to cover everything related to 2.6; as it's too complex to capture is a single conversation thread. Overall, we need to finish the 2.6 items, decide how to deal with the network regression; re-setup the 2.6 servers and then once again renew the beta testing. I somewhat think this thread can be locked/archived at this point.
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