2.7 Release & Testing - Megathread

[beelee]

@rambo919

heh heh yea i hate windows

[LaFayette]

I fired up a 'test' server and have it configured for 2.7.

The very latest TripleA 2.7 is required:
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.7.15288

The following settings are needed:

• enable beta features
• use maps server
• set server to 'other' and "https://test.triplea-game.org"

You can connect to lobby & download maps with the new support server. I need to clean things up, but it's mostly a polish phase as far as test is concerned.

There is a pretty big config shift needed in production and some setup that is still needed there.

[beelee]

@lafayette

Sweet :thumbs_up:

Any idea timewise on when some bots will be added ?

Also one should use the latest pre https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.7.15288 as I couldn't join with the the old one I was using.

Edit
Ah I see you already mentioned that

[LaFayette]

@beelee no bots are planned for the test server

I'm hoping to have the 2.7 lobby up. Though, there's plenty to check without connecting to the lobby. The map download is coming from the servers instead of triplea_maps.yaml, we're actually using those 'map.yaml' files now!

[LaFayette]

For the record, until about a week ago, there was a 2.7 lobby with bots! The support server was missing though.. All of the 2.7 production stuff is currently unavailable, but fully available in test. I'm hoping for it all to be fully available for 2.7 production as soon as I can...

[beelee]

@lafayette

Right arm. Yea I hadn't been on 2.7 lobby for some time. I remember there were some there for a while but they were limited in how they performed.

Keep up the good work !

[LaFayette]

2.7 production stack ( lobby + support (AKA maps) servers ) are up and running,:raising_hands:

It was discovered that people running bots should update their lobby URL to "prod.triplea-game.org" (previously was: "prod2-lobby.triplea-game.org"). That update can & should be made now (even for 2.5 bots)

The 2.7 bots are running via docker. People hosting & running bots are encouraged to do similar, run their bots via docker. We'll need to do some follow-up threads to get bot-hosts onboarded.

[LaFayette]

Folks - time to pile into 2.7! Now is the time to test the latest like crazy. It should be pretty solid. There's also something that goes wrong though, let's see if we can find it :magnifying_glass_tilted_right:

[wc_sumpton]

@lafayette

As of release 2.7.15314 dated December 17, 2025 March 31, 2025

Still has 'New Game' problem when first player is AI https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues/13915

A new centering as discussed https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues/13241 was implemented with release 2.7.14961 dated as of release 2.7.15027 dated May 10, 2025 centering on active player's capital has no longer worked.

Cheers...

[wc_sumpton]

@lafayette

"Active Units" panel is still broken and has never worked right. It will not locate transported units that can be moved off a transport. It will not locate zero movement units that can be loaded onto a transport, and it does not show 0 movement units that can gain movement from another unit. During "Special Movement" phase it will still locate all units with movement when it should only find those special "Airborne" units that can move.

Cheers...

P.S. The above is a simple fix, I've submitted a PR for this. Maybe give this to one of the 'new' developers.

Cheers...

[beelee]

@lafayette

This isn't a bug but how the Action sidebar looks font size. I assume it's do to adding the "Technologies" tab. This is 14962

and this is 15314

The isssue, for me anyway, is that there is no way to increase the font size. It is hard for me to see. I prefer the way 14962 did it as I didn't have a problem with how Technologies showed up.

[LaFayette]

Some updates to known issues. Hopefully we can get a patch for the map centering issue soon, and the fix for error reporting I believe will probably be server side (and won't need players to update their TripleA version). I don't know how well we have verified the new map download system, PvP & lobby play.

Otherwise, here's a pretty clean list of the known issues recently mentioned:

Fixed

• 'New Game' problem when first player is AI https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues/13915

Fix sooner:

(1) Map centering on capital

A new centering as discussed https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues/13241 was implemented with release 2.7.14961 dated as of release 2.7.15027 dated May 10, 2025 centering on active player's capital has no longer worked.

(2) Error reporting broken: https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues/13972

Fix later:

• active units panel should consider some zero movement units, and should not consider units that have movement but are unable to move (https://forums.triplea-game.org/post/73579)
• font too small (https://forums.triplea-game.org/post/73619)

[beelee]

@lafayette

Right on !

You're getting after it

I ran a short game of G 40 2nd edition in the lobby. Basically just to see if it'd fire up. I'll do a longer test in the near future.

Unfortunately the map I play isn't updated to latest. I know you tried to teach me how to do that and I still have the links but unfortunately you have to drop one's firewalls to do it.

There's obviously a safe way to do it but I'm not able to on the system I'm on

So, I guess we need to find a recruit for the bot updates. @ubernaut is on the lobby fairly regular. Perhaps you know of someone that'd be interested ?

[ubernaut]

@beelee @LaFayette not sure what the bot issue is but i am currently mid game and have had trouble trying to run multiple versions of the engine in the past generally try to finish a game before i mess with the engine im running

[beelee]

@ubernaut

yea the bot thing isn't really engine version related but map/game version. If you update a map, the bots need their list of available maps updated as well.

That may be a somewhat simplified explanation of what happens but that is essentially it.

It's not a issue for games that have been basically finished that don't normally have updates but newer/wip type maps that get upgraded frequently, means you can't play the latest version in the lobby.

Yes I too generally stick with the same engine version once a competive game has started, although there are exceptions, such as a simple but important fix.

The latest versions I use while testing or if starting a new game.

So what is needed is someone who is somewhat tech savvy and frequents triplea at least once a month I'd think. Then they could just do a monthly update of the maps for the bots.

I'm sure there's a bit more involved but I don't remember all the specifics.

[ubernaut]

@beelee oh ok happy to help if i can

[wc_sumpton]

@lafayette

Transported units should not be able to disembark in a territory with hostile surface warships present when the attacker chooses to ignore the sea battle using the following option "Sea Battles May Be Ignored".
A submarine which can transport should not be allowed to land units on the same turn that the submarine submerges/retreats from battle.
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues/13280

Cheers...

[TheDog]

@LaFayette
When downloading a file with 2.7, there is no percentage progress, it jumps from 0 to 100%, this is false as the files are still being downloaded.

https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues/12563
and
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/issues/13507

[TheDog]

Currently the Devs are building their development environment, (Gradle) and getting the Lobby environment (PvP) ready.

This is at the expense of the TripleA engine, currently broke, with its list of outstanding issues. As they are only part timers/hobbists devs and their free time is limited, I suggest players use for now;
This 2.7 pre-release
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.7.15025

[RogerCooper]

@thedog If the last reliable version is 15025, we rollback the prerelease.