The desync problem seems to persist. we both changed the .dll according to your instructions but we still get a desync ~30 in

Does it actually work for you guys in LAN/MP?

playing as 2 players vs 2 computers

Hello, update here.

Sorry for the late reply I was away.

Basically I need to setup another PC instead of using a laptop since its crashing out my old laptop on a LAN about an hour ingame but no desync up to now. I'm sure the laptop is overheating.

Allow me to setup 2 PC's to test further.

I'll update ASAP.

Thankyou for your time and hope to speak soon.

Update here.

2 PC's running LAN.

The host is an 8core@ 4.85GHZ

The client is a quadcore@ 3.4GHZ

2 Player vs 2 Ai

3 Hours ingame and the Ai rushed us, game lost, You Lost...

Literally a tear ran down my bloody face, the nostalgia was too much, its too Epic! 17 years and the god amongst men xmorphyx has dedicated high expertise and fixed the Settlers IV.

I Salute You Sir.

Bloody Brilliant!

Hey,

what map did you play? Randomly generated? What size?

Hello.

Right I would suggest following these steps.

1. Reinstall S4.

2. Copy the S4.exe and paste/rename the copy exe to something like Settlers4.exe

3. Apply the LAA parameter on the new Settlers4.exe

4. Start the game to see if the LAA works first. ( Use the new Settlers4.exe )

5. Use the Resolution mod to allow a higher HD res.

6. Hex edit the exe to allow unlimited soldiers and population.

7. Apply the Desync hex edit to the Dll.

8. Set your CPU affinity to core 0 and core 2.

9. Any map will do, tested on a random map, I didn't even save the game once.

Hello morphy!

I sent you a friend request to be able to send you a PM. I'd like to discuss a few things with you!


Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Slax

Hi,
Thx guys for further testing. Sorry that i can't respond so much
as in winter now.
Without doing tests with or without the steps John was mentioning, the last mod
has influence if the desync happens on some systems at all
but it also seems that it only changes the time when the desync might happen.
I must say that i'm still not satisfied with the solution as the aim was
to get rid of the desync completely. But for now i wont be able to do much debugging.

TC
morphy

Hello xmorphyx hope you are well, its great to hear from you.

I had another 3 LAN battles to test further.

All 3 matches worked flawless. One match went on for over 6 hours, I didn't save once.

May I ask why you are still not satisfied with your hex edit? Have you found a bug? I don't understand.

I believe to get the Ai to build more soldiers ( Over 2000 ) A custom map would have to be created with small pockets of mountains so the Ai can expand into the resource area. It looks like on a random map, the Ai don't really expand into the mountains, its the same as Settlers 3. I had the Ai build over 4000 soldiers creating maps like this.

Its truly Epic right now. Going to create some new maps, can only dream of 2048x2048... I heard of a new Settlers 4 DLC on the forum, I do see some new assets/objects from the screenshots so I wonder if we can install The New World DLC and see if we could somehow extract the assets?

Thankyou for your time and expertise, hope to speak soon.

Update here.

The New World Settlers IV DLC has an enhanced map editor! Also found this link providing information on how to merge the DLC into the Gold Edition English Version.

https://settlermania.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/play-the-new-world-ep-with-the-english-gold-edition/

This is going to be bloody brilliant!

Hey, that is my blog! Thanks for reading! :)

In all honesty though, that is a pretty old entry (and my English was way worse back then). I've found out an easier way to "merge" both games. Here are a few quick points about this:

-There are two Expansion Packs that were released only in Germany, the most well-known of them being The New World,
-To work around incompatibilities, neither of these Expansion Packs change the game version ( v.2.50.1516),
- v.2.50.1516 is the final version number (international, german... you name it),
-To get this to work that way, The New World and the Community Pack simply copy a few files to the game directory that enable new graphics, main menu entries, etc.
-This makes them compatible with any v.2.50.1516 installation.
-It's been a few years since I last played around with these files, but the only limitation, I think, was that you had to first install the EPs in a german installation to be able to get the files.

I still want to rewrite my"Getting the most out of Settlers IV Guide" (it's been forever since I last updated anything on it), but I have been busy these last few months (well, since late 2016, because I moved). Seeing all the new things that have been popping up lately, though, I will reconsider waiting until "things cool down" a little before I start writing!

And yes, this promises to be bloody brilliant. Cheers!

i made the changes, but we still get desync problems. but it feels like they are not that often know.

Hello SlaxVice86 thankyou for the reply much appreciated.

I was going to post a comment on the thread regarding the 'Texture Swapper' as the download webpage doesn't seem to exist anymore which is a shame.

So I ordered a disc from Germany, I had to type 'siedler 4 die neue welt' so hopefully later on I can test out the theory.

In all 17 years of Settlers 4 I have never heard of this DLC. The new map assets look stunning.

Thankyou for providing this information.

I'll write back ASAP.

Hello AlpakaDream.

May I ask did you follow all the steps in the previous post?

You're welcome! Let me know when you get it!
(Also, if you like little-known Settlers-related stuff, you're in for a treat! There is a second german-only expansion pack that is even more obscure! The Community Pack, which wasn't that great content-wise, but pretty interesting because of other things it brought...)

What link is down? The one for the Texture Swapper? I usually keep a copy around of the programs I feature in my blog (precisely for this reason). I may be able to update the link if I find the file.


PS: Fees free to send me a PM! This is getting kind of Off Topic right now; let's keep this topic for the desync fix. :)

Well what i did was that i changed the hex file on my pc and on my girlfriends pc.
because i thought chaning those LAA parameters was just for doing something like unlimited soldiers?!
(i have no idea what LAA parameters are) :)

and i don't understand that "8. Set your CPU affinity to core 0 and core 2. " thing.

Hello.

You need to follow all the steps, don't skip over them.

The LAA parameter tutorial is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4NDi9ZnBUg

Setting CPU affinity is easy here is a tutorial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37flYSGOlaA

You have the internet? A quick search and here I have results.

If you have a dual core CPU, you don't need to set the affinity.

Now I would suggest starting from step 1.

Hope this helps.