Hotkeys are gone after patch 9.0.3

[McLeoudX]

Hi

Once again, after a patch the game has new bugs.

At the moment the hotkeys don't work anymore, and I can't edit them, because the menu point shows only two points, and these () are total worthless!
Meanwhile I have reinstalled the game two times, the result stays the same !
I have searched for defect files via steam. The Errors stay.

The Mod menu is ok.
And the Intro movie and the (awful) music still appearing, although I disabled it every time it seems that the options aren't saved.
(I have set the game to admin state). The start screen seems to be corrupt too. Every time the game starts, it shows every point in English with under lines! -> screenshot.
In game no key works, even, if they are on standard and shown in the context display!

greetings

[GabeKnight]

It's probably a problem on your end with permission rights.
I can "simulate" same results if I block the game's access to some of its own files.

My guess would be that after the game's update (=changed files) either your firewall or anitvirus program (or something similar) are refusing the OoB-executable access to (parts of) your system.

[McLeoudX]

It's probably a problem on your end with permission rights.
I can "simulate" same results if I block the game's access to some of its own files.

My guess would be that after the game's update (=changed files) either your firewall or antivirus program (or something similar) are refusing the OoB-executable access to (parts of) your system.

OK, this is what I thought first. I'm on Win 10 since decembre last year, but until the update, I had no such problems with the game. I use only its own firewall and antivir things.
That's why the game and the autorun file starts as administrator. Also it has access through the firewall to the internet.
Where should I give it more permissions than in its ??
But something is strange with the name of the game: I now have two nearly identical versions named 'Order of battle WWII' and 'Order of battle Pacific' . But they seem to be similar!
And what is about the absence of the hotkey list ?

Greetings!

[McLeoudX]

It's probably a problem on your end with permission rights.
I can "simulate" same results if I block the game's access to some of its own files.

My guess would be that after the game's update (=changed files) either your firewall or antivirus program (or something similar) are refusing the OoB-executable access to (parts of) your system.

OK, this is what I thought first. I'm on Win 10 since decembre last year, but until the update, I had no such problems with the game. I use only its own firewall and antivir things.
That's why the game and the autorun file starts as administrator. Also it has access through the firewall to the internet.
Where should I give it more permissions than in its ??
But something is strange with the name of the game: I now have two nearly identical versions named 'Order of battle WWII' and 'Order of battle Pacific' . But they seem to be similar!
And what is about the absence of the hotkey list ?
I have added the output log of the aristocats to my start post
Greetings!

[GabeKnight]

Hey, I'm not 100% sure if that's really the case with your game installation. But the "bug" your describing, that I know from when I was modding the game. It happened to me when I opened/edited the units.csv file with Excel and forgot to close it while starting the game.

Options are gone and text doesn't show. Exactly the same thing that I saw on the screenshots. Easily reproducible.

And since it happened to you after the update, I thought it might be connected to your case. Nobody else has mentioned such problems after the update on the forums so far.

Also I believe that the 9.03 update was the only update since the AlliesDefiant DLC, so it actually might be the first OoB update on your new Win10 system.

I don't know your computer personally and can't say what you should do, but maybe some of the hints may help you identify and solve the problem.
If not, sorry.

[terminator]

It seems that the steam version is the problem(?) If possible, you can install the Slitherine version as well. I usually have both versions installed. I play the official game (and Beta) with the Steam version and the user mods with the Slitherine version.

[McLeoudX]

Hey, I'm not 100% sure if that's really the case with your game installation. But the "bug" your describing, that I know from when I was modding the game. It happened to me when I opened/edited the units.csv file with Excel and forgot to close it while starting the game.

Options are gone and text doesn't show. Exactly the same thing that I saw on the screenshots. Easily reproducible.

And since it happened to you after the update, I thought it might be connected to your case. Nobody else has mentioned such problems after the update on the forums so far.

Also I believe that the 9.03 update was the only update since the AlliesDefiant DLC, so it actually might be the first OoB update on your new Win10 system.

I don't know your computer personally and can't say what you should do, but maybe some of the hints may help you identify and solve the problem.
If not, sorry.

I think, I have found the 'bug' !
First I renamed the folder "F:\My Games\Order of Battle - WW2" to "F:\My Games\Order of Battle - WW2-O" to make it unaccessable for the game.
This worked. The game created the most of the sub folders new, without the "skins" folder. This took my attention, because it seems not to be necessary. I don't know if I put it by myself or one mod from older time.
And the game started than correct! And my changes (no music, no tutorial etc.) where kept!
So I looked all folders in the skins (for those who don't know, its for self created camouflage) folder
And I found one (!) png-picture with the wrong size in the British skin folder! It had 256x256 instead of 512x512.
After changing this , the game started correct! It seems, that the game now have something like a check function (without warning), if all pics (or files) in the game folder have the correct size without a hint for the user!
I will now check if my game now works with the mods (the Gabe Mod especially) and all other functions are now ok.

Thank you all for watching, thinking and help to start my own check list !

[GabeKnight]

And I found one (!) png-picture with the wrong size in the British skin folder! It had 256x256 instead of 512x512.

Personally I can not reproduce your problem, as my skins have different resolutions and everything works okay.

Still, I'm glad you sorted the problem on your end. Maybe the only thing really needed was the "usual fix": delete the settings folder...

[McLeoudX]

And I found one (!) png-picture with the wrong size in the British skin folder! It had 256x256 instead of 512x512.

Personally I can not reproduce your problem, as my skins have different resolutions and everything works okay.

This is strange, because mine in the "F:\My Games\Order of Battle - WW2\Skins" Folder have 512x512 and only a few have 500x500 ! Perhaps is 256x256 too small ?
Fact is, after changing the size of this file, the game starts correct.

Still, I'm glad you sorted the problem on your end. Maybe the only thing really needed was the "usual fix": delete the settings folder...

Now I have found one other Folder named "Skins" : "lib://Steam-Spiele/Order of Battle Pacific/Order of Battle - WW2_Data/Content/Graphics/Skins" !
I think, that's the reason, why you couldn't reproduce the problem !

This one seems to be the "master" of the skins,