Slitherine

We are releasing a new update, adding support for DX9 back in.

You can download it here:

Update 5.3.0
Update 5.3.0 for 64 bit

thanks!!!

Thanks, to me it feels much slicker; faster loading, turn updates, etc. I'm using Win10 so not sure why it would be.

What's new in this version

53rdVaInf wrote:What's new in this version

With a nod to steevo for what he said about performance, the only announced objective for this patch is described by this quote from Shards in the 5.3.0 Steam beta thread:

"Some users have been unable to play the game since the 5.2.9 update due to DX9 deprecation. We've rolled back our engine to fix this and have created an Open Beta on Steam for testing. If this is successful then we'll release a universal Windows patch asap."

No; before you ask, I have no idea what "DX9 deprecation" means.

Thanks bru ...

And thanks for the answer to my second question before I asked it

DirectX 9 is the old version of DirectX that Windows XP and Vista use. More modern systems are now on DirectX 11.

When we updated our core engine recently, we hadn't realised that DirectX 9 support had been dropped. This makes a lot of sense for newer games as XP and Vista are pretty rare nowadays, but it's pretty bad for us to update the game and drop off our existing customers (we're not iPhones...), so we rolled back to a version that still had DX9 support.

Thanks

I noticed quite a big unit stat issue. German Eng 45 has 0 assault. That's quite a problem.

Mojko wrote:I noticed quite a big unit stat issue. German Eng 45 has 0 assault. That's quite a problem.

What do you think about the availability date = 13/12/45 ?

Back to Panzerkreig.. why hasn't my game ended (failed) when you look at the oil pumps objective and the turn number:

steevodeevo wrote:Back to Panzerkreig.. why hasn't my game ended (failed) when you look at the oil pumps objective and the turn number:

I threw a quick look, it would seem that there is no trigger to test the objective after the turn 30 (?)
This trigger is complicated. You have to be in a particular case.

Thanks for the bug reports!

hello, im running ver 5.2.3. 32 bit
my question is this, I DL the zip file 5.3.0 from the members area ... installed it.. and it did not work.. so I rolled back back to the 5,2,3 and was fine.
I just dl the zip file from the link above and noticed its larger in size than the members area zip file( almost twice as big).... a bit nervous about installing the new update... if it goes badly can I roll bacl to 5.2.3 or will I have to do a clean install? thnx

Have you tried the 'Check for Update' button on the game menu?

Hello Eric, I did click on check for updates on the main splash screen, it says I have the latest update. Which is 5 2 3, the game plays well and no issues or game crashes.xxx

steevodeevo wrote:Back to Panzerkreig.. why hasn't my game ended (failed) when you look at the oil pumps objective and the turn number:

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Hi,

can you tell me more about this issue?

Did the scn end in a failure (after the last turn)? Did you meet the primary objectives or not, esp. "seize 2 oilpumps before turn 30" (as this shows 1/2)?

If that was not achieved the scn should fail, as it is a primary goal.

(edit: scenarios never end right away when primary objectives fail - if that's what you're asking)

I own a Mac and I can't find the 5.3 update for the game is their a link I can be directed to?

Looks like the latest Mac version is 5.2.9

Mac version only needs to be updated wheh Sandstorm is released. So there will be no 5.3.0 for Mac.

Where is the steam version ?