FS Water Configurator - The Rebirth

[Ashton Lawson]

Funny, Nick, that link is now down, like you need special permissions.  What happened?

From what I did see though, they were awesome .

[NickN]

Checking it now

I dont know exactly what happened but its possible it could have been deleted by mistake.

[Ashton Lawson]

I DID IT!

OMG!

Thank god, I've done it.

Alright, quick recap for those who haven't read, don't recall, or don't care, here's the story:
Before, when one ran the installer, it created a file alongside it called "Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll".

[Ashton Lawson]

FSWC is in Beta 2 now people .

[thegt1]

Ok enough of the teasing with this, the question is when is this piece of work schedule to go gold.

[Ashton Lawson]

If all goes to my evil plan, perhaps July 1st .  PERHAPS!  NOT DEFINATELY!

If we can make it through Beta 3 with zero fixable issues, then I think the 1st isn't reasonable.  But anything can happen, so tell anyone about that date without mentioning that it's a possibility, not a definate .

[tcco94]

[quote]If all goes to my evil plan, perhaps July 1st .

[Ashton Lawson]

You guys wanna' hear something really funny?

When your operating system uses commas instead of dots for decimal separaters, FSWC doesn't work!  Isn't that funny?!?!?!

Alright, it sucks, but have no fear, I can fix it .

When the shader file is written, I use the "ToString" function available for all values that can be converted to text, but this function is dependant on the operating system's chosen decimal separaters.

I found this out when Augusto (Vigilius) tested FSWC and it didn't work.  We got the shader compilation error, which doesn't show as a message, it shows by replacing all the water with sky blue colour.

I asked Augusto to send me the file, and I noticed that for the modable values, there were commas, like 0,5.  So that's that solved, or to be solved in Beta 3 .

Now, there was this other issue, with Service Pack 1 or RTM.  I thank John (John_UK) for checking this out, since I asked him not to install Acceleration (he was reinstalling the PC at the time, since Linux blew up on him).  So he tried it, and the shader didn't work.

I've reverted to RTM FSX myself, to test it, and the issue is solved.  Although I BSOD'd a couple times, I discovered it was a memory issue, not FSX screwy with stuff .

So, John, if you've read this, you can install Acceleration now, and thanks for the help .

Beta 3 is going to be the second last beta, minus the help documentation translations, since Beta 3 will contain help documentation to be translated.

[J.]

np ashton, i was getting annoyed of being on SP1 thank gawd i can now isntall SP2

[Ashton Lawson]

np ashton, i was getting annoyed of being on SP1 thank gawd i can now isntall SP2

Ah good, thanks again .

[Ashton Lawson]

Ah, Beta 3 is pushed back a little bit more than expected, so we probably won't make July 1st release.  Sigh.

Below the dotted line will be what I wrote over at FlightSimWorld:

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Alright, I think I have the comma issue sorted people .

All that's left now is to fix up the SP1 file and other stuff I can't remember.  Where'd I put that issues list :lol:?

Edit:
Found it .

To do list:
Rename "Fran

[Daube]

[quote]You guys wanna' hear something really funny?

When your operating system uses commas instead of dots for decimal separaters, FSWC doesn't work!

[Ashton Lawson]

[quote][quote]You guys wanna' hear something really funny?

When your operating system uses commas instead of dots for decimal separaters, FSWC doesn't work!

[Ashton Lawson]

Right, SP1 support almost fixed, but there's a weird bug.  Take a look:


I'll fix it, but I'm sending out Beta 3 to you guys anyway.

[Flying Mouse]

Can't let this slip off the 1st page huh  :-/

Keep up the good work Ashton  ;)