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The spiritual successor to Armada 2525[doesn't exist].
Boring to me. I probably would have liked it well enough back in the day.
2019-10-12 ∞
- Comically, the settings are not all at their highest settings by default.
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I got an error when trying to start the tutorial campaign:
Spoiler
See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** SlimDX.Direct3D9.Direct3D9Exception: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL: Invalid call (-2005530516) at SlimDX.Direct3D9.IndexBuffer..ctor(Device device, Int32 sizeInBytes, Usage usage, Pool pool, Boolean sixteenBit) at Armada2526.Battle.Graphix.SkyDome.LodDetails.Create() at Armada2526.Battle.Graphix.SkyDome.Create(String textureName) at Armada2526.SharedUI.MilitaryModelViewer..ctor() at Armada2526.CampaignUI.MilitaryItemZoonViewer..ctor() at Armada2526.CampaignUI.MainGamePanel.InitComponents() at Armada2526.CampaignUI.MainGamePanel..ctor() at Armada2526.FrontEnd.SelectScenarioControl.LoadScenario(Scenario scen, List`1 players, Difficulty difficulty, LoadingScreen ls) at Armada2526.FrontEnd.SelectScenarioControl.LoadGame(LoadingScreen ls) at Armada2526.FrontEnd.LoadingScreen.OnTransitionFinished(Object obj, EventArgs args) at Armada2526.SharedUI.Transition.ticker_Elapsed(Object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e) ************** Loaded Assemblies ************** mscorlib Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9148 (WinRelRS6.050727-9100) CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll ---------------------------------------- Armada2526 Assembly Version: 1.4.0.0 Win32 Version: 1.4.0.0 CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Armada%202526/bin/Armada2526.exe ---------------------------------------- System Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9147 (WinRelRS6.050727-9100) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9136 (WinRelRS6.050727-9100) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Drawing Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9136 (WinRelRS6.050727-9100) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll ---------------------------------------- SlimDX Assembly Version: 2.0.8.42 Win32 Version: CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Armada%202526/bin/SlimDX.DLL ---------------------------------------- msvcm90 Assembly Version: 9.0.30729.9619 Win32 Version: 9.00.30729.9619 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/WinSxS/x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.9619_none_508d9c7abcbd32b6/msvcm90.dll ---------------------------------------- irrKlang.NET2.0 Assembly Version: 1.1.3.0 Win32 Version: CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Armada%202526/bin/irrKlang.NET2.0.DLL ---------------------------------------- msvcm80 Assembly Version: 8.0.50727.9659 Win32 Version: 8.00.50727.9659 CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/WinSxS/x86_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.9659_none_d08cfd96442b25cc/msvcm80.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Xml Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9136 (WinRelRS6.050727-9100) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll ---------------------------------------- System.Configuration Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0 Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.9136 (WinRelRS6.050727-9100) CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll ---------------------------------------- ************** JIT Debugging ************** To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this application or computer (machine.config) must have the jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section. The application must also be compiled with debugging enabled. For example: <configuration> <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" /> </configuration> When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer rather than be handled by this dialog box.
- Pressing
continue
on the above dialog only dismisses it. alt-f4
doesn't exit the game, it brings up a console. So does plainf4
or the classic backtick ( ` )-
I had to kill the task and re-try, and then the tutorial campaign loaded.
- In between I did kill a steam process too, which may have helped.
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It took me a very long time to figure out how to move my ships by
single-click
ing on the Earth, thenright-click
ing on Proxima Centauri.
Ugh, boring.
renamed