A new Spring version has been released, this version is based on crossplatform code that can also be compiled on linux. It is not yet possible to play against players on another OS, but this is already a big step in this direction. Large portions of code were rewritten/changed to make spring portable, so certain parts of the game might feel a bit different.

A changelog can be found here.

You will need to update to this version in order to connect to the multiplayer lobby.
If you have installed any 0.67bx version already, you only need to download the updating installer. To upgrade any other version or to do a fresh install you will need the regular installer.

Go to the download page

The default mod is changed to XTA Pimped Edition by NOiZE, a high-detail version of XTA. The old version of XTA is still included for now.
For those with midrange graphics hardware, you can now enable shiny/reflective units without enabling shadows, to make XTA-PE look even better!

This release breaks compatibility with the current AIs, which will have to be re-released by their authors. Having an old group AI dll in your aidll map will crash spring at startup!
Map features are also flipped for consistency with units, which means many maps containing custom features will have to be re-released as well.

Yay new stuff! Thanks :D

TASClient just won't load, it stops responding at the loading screen.

I updated from 0.67b3

nvm

It loads, Aun. It just takes foreeeever.

dling.... and n1 ^^^

/wave @apoc :D

woot

Woot ! You guys are brilliant ! I never thought it would be coming out that fast, way to go !

Woo! New updates make me so excited. Can't wait to push it to its breaking points.

I get an error about 10 seconds into the loading screen of the multiplayer lobby:

External exception E06D7363

Details:


Unless I'm mistaken, the line set off by **** is referencing to a location that doesn't exist on my computer. Maybe that's the problem?

edit. stupid me, boldface doesn't work in code tags

Okay, so I wasn't patient enough. There were several errors.

The short descriptions in order:
-External exception (the above error)
-"Cannot assign a nil to a TComboBoxStrings."
-"Access violation at address 0055F49A in module 'TASClient.exe'. Read of address 00000000."

At this point, after clicking OK, I get the following rather reduced lobby screen:



When I click on the button that is generally connect, I get the following error:
-"List index out of bounds (0)"
that repeats itself over and over again. This is as far as I can get.

I get the same as Felix.

That was just at startup, after that, I got this:

Cannot assign a nil to a TComboBoxStrings.

Deleting all of the files in the TASpring\maps\paths folder fixed the error for me, now the lobby runs fine...

I just did that, no dice. I still get index out of bound errors all over the place.

And the errors on bootup.

To be more clear, spring is currently unplayable, since I can't connect to the lobby. Damn, now I wish I hadn't deleted the old installer, because I can't roll back anymore >_<

Oh well, no Spring for now. *prays for a fix toon*

sorry for my bad inglish


List index out of bounds (0).

Exception class: EListError
Exception address: 0041AB7E
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Stack list, generated 24/2/2006 22:34:02 [0041AB79] Classes.TList.Get + $19 [0041AAC9] Classes.TList.Error + $2D [00404572] System.@HandleFinally + $2A [0041AB79] Classes.TList.Get + $19 [00443906] ComCtrls.TPageControl.GetPage + $E [0055ED28] Unit1.TMainForm.AddMainLog (Line 2480, "Unit1.pas" + 1) + $9 [00404572] System.@HandleFinally + $2A [00568C33] Unit1.TMainForm.SocketChangeState (Line 4918, "Unit1.pas" + 18) + $33 [00404572] System.@HandleFinally + $2A [004B5964] WSocket.TCustomWSocket.TriggerChangeState (Line 5694, "WSocket.pas" + 2) + $D [004B281E] WSocket.TCustomWSocket.ChangeState (Line 3670, "WSocket.pas" + 4) + $9 [004B4A2D] WSocket.TCustomWSocket.Connect (Line 5054, "WSocket.pas" + 193) + $5 [00404572] System.@HandleFinally + $2A [00405163] System.@LStrCopy + $23 [004B69F0] WSocket.TCustomSocksWSocket.Connect (Line 5925, "WSocket.pas" + 4) + $3 [00404572] System.@HandleFinally + $2A [005684E8] Unit1.TMainForm.TryToConnect (Line 4776, "Unit1.pas" + 9) + $B [00568B89] Unit1.TMainForm.ConnectButtonClick (Line 4886, "Unit1.pas" + 15) + $2 [0045BC44] Controls.TControl.Click + $64 [0043D674] Buttons.TSpeedButton.Click + $0 [0043D65E] Buttons.TSpeedButton.MouseUp + $E2 [0045C030] Controls.TControl.DoMouseUp + $2C [0045C0A5] Controls.TControl.WMLButtonUp + $69 [0045A8A3] Controls.TControl.SetMouseCapture + $17 [0045BAAC] Controls.TControl.WndProc + $188 [0045C0A5] Controls.TControl.WMLButtonUp + $69 [0045BAAC] Controls.TControl.WndProc + $188 [0045E9F7] Controls.TWinControl.WndProc + $157 [0045E929] Controls.TWinControl.WndProc + $89 [0045B87C] Controls.TControl.Perform + $24 [00404023] System.TObject.Dispatch + $13 [0045BAAC] Controls.TControl.WndProc + $188 [0045B87C] Controls.TControl.Perform + $24 [0045E88E] Controls.TWinControl.IsControlMouseMsg + $82 [0045E97A] Controls.TWinControl.WndProc + $DA [0045E674] Controls.TWinControl.MainWndProc + $2C [00424D00] Classes.StdWndProc + $14 [0042F27A] Contnrs.TComponentList.GetItems + $A [004BA1CD] AppEvnts.TCustomApplicationEvents.DoMessage + $D [0047B473] Forms.TApplication.ProcessMessage + $83 [0047B4AA] Forms.TApplication.HandleMessage + $A [0047B6CA] Forms.TApplication.Run + $96 [0056CEFE] TASClient.TASClient (Line 80, "E:\Projekti\Trenutni\TASpringAddon\TASClient.dpr" + 40) + $2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
System : Windows XP Professional, Version: 5.1, Build: A28, "Service Pack 2"
Processor: AMD, AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2500+, 1820 MHz MMX Display : 1024x768 pixels, 32 bpp
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Active Controls hierarchy:
TVirtualDrawTree "VDTBattles"
TPanel "Panel3"
TPanel "Panel1"
TMainForm "MainForm"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Exception class: EExternalException
Exception address: 7C81EB33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stack list, generated 24/2/2006 22:42:08 [7C81EB33] RaiseException + $52 [004042C7] System.@HandleAnyException + $33 [0040233E] System.SysGetMem + $176 [00402312] System.SysGetMem + $14A [0042709A] Graphics.TFont.SetData + $2A [0055780C] Utility.InitLib (Line 172, "Utility.pas" + 4) + $0 [0055E7F7] Unit1.TMainForm.FormCreate (Line 2395, "Unit1.pas" + 22) + $0 [00474171] Forms.TCustomForm.DoCreate + $31 [00473E51] Forms.TCustomForm.AfterConstruction + $11 [00404177] System.@AfterConstruction + $7 [00473E28] Forms.TCustomForm.Create + $174 [00401E99] System.DecommitFree + $61 [00401F49] System.InsertFree + $61 [0040218F] System.TryHarder + $BB [0040231B] System.SysGetMem + $153 [0047B5E5] Forms.TApplication.CreateForm + $31 [0056CD3D] TASClient.TASClient (Line 53, "E:\Projekti\Trenutni\TASpringAddon\TASClient.dpr" + 13) + $E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
System : Windows XP Professional, Version: 5.1, Build: A28, "Service Pack 2"
Processor: AMD, AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2500+, 1820 MHz MMX Display : 1024x768 pixels, 32 bpp
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Active Controls hierarchy:
TSplashScreenForm "SplashScreenForm"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Exception class: EConvertError
Exception address: 0041B92C
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stack list, generated 24/2/2006 22:42:40 [0041B927] Classes.TPersistent.AssignError + $9B [00439C83] ExtCtrls.TCustomRadioGroup.ArrangeButtons + $183 [004024BC] System.SysFreeMem + $164 [004024E4] System.SysFreeMem + $18C [004027C1] System.@FreeMem + $5 [0040ED9C] SysUtils.TThreadLocalCounter.HashIndex + $4 [0041B884] Classes.TPersistent.Assign + $C [0041C4B0] Classes.TStrings.Assign + $8C [0054824F] HostBattleFormUnit.THostBattleForm.FormCreate (Line 284, "HostBattleFormUnit.pas" + 1) + $16 [00474171] Forms.TCustomForm.DoCreate + $31 [00473E51] Forms.TCustomForm.AfterConstruction + $11 [00404177] System.@AfterConstruction + $7 [00473E28] Forms.TCustomForm.Create + $174 [0040218F] System.TryHarder + $BB [0040231B] System.SysGetMem + $153 [0040233E] System.SysGetMem + $176 [0047B5E5] Forms.TApplication.CreateForm + $31 [0056CD76] TASClient.TASClient (Line 56, "E:\Projekti\Trenutni\TASpringAddon\TASClient.dpr" + 16) + $E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Active Controls hierarchy:
TSplashScreenForm "SplashScreenForm"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Exception class: EAccessViolation
Exception address: 0055F49A
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stack list, generated 24/2/2006 22:43:54 [0055F49A] Unit1.TMainForm.UpdateClientsListBox (Line 2630, "Unit1.pas" + 15) + $17 [004042C7] System.@HandleAnyException + $33 [005692B3] Unit1.TMainForm.PageControl1Change (Line 5047, "Unit1.pas" + 1) + $0 [00569305] Unit1.TMainForm.FormShow (Line 5055, "Unit1.pas" + 1) + $10 [004748B1] Forms.TCustomForm.DoShow + $15 [0047787D] Forms.TCustomForm.CMShowingChanged + $A9 [0045BAAC] Controls.TControl.WndProc + $188 [0045E9F7] Controls.TWinControl.WndProc + $157 [0045B87C] Controls.TControl.Perform + $24 [0047503D] Forms.TCustomForm.WndProc + $421 [0045B87C] Controls.TControl.Perform + $24 [0045E54B] Controls.TWinControl.UpdateShowing + $C7 [0045E5B6] Controls.TWinControl.UpdateControlState + $36 [00460346] Controls.TWinControl.CMVisibleChanged + $26 [0045BAAC] Controls.TControl.WndProc + $188 [00424383] Classes.TComponent.SetReference + $27 [00423F97] Classes.TComponent.RemoveFreeNotification + $13 [00423FBA] Classes.TComponent.Notification + $1A [0045E9F7] Controls.TWinControl.WndProc + $157 [0047503D] Forms.TCustomForm.WndProc + $421 [00475694] Forms.TCustomForm.GetMonitor + $4C [0045B87C] Controls.TControl.Perform + $24 [0045A59B] Controls.TControl.SetVisible + $27 [00474B32] Forms.TCustomForm.SetVisible + $3A [0047B6B4] Forms.TApplication.Run + $80 [0056CEFE] TASClient.TASClient (Line 80, "E:\Projekti\Trenutni\TASpringAddon\TASClient.dpr" + 40) + $2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Exception class: EAccessViolation
Exception address: 0055F49A
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stack list, generated 24/2/2006 22:45:24 [0055F49A] Unit1.TMainForm.UpdateClientsListBox (Line 2630, "Unit1.pas" + 15) + $17 [004042C7] System.@HandleAnyException + $33 [00542671] PreferencesFormUnit.TPreferencesForm.UpdatePreferencesTo (Line 393, "PreferencesFormUnit.pas" + 36) + $7 [005429F8] PreferencesFormUnit.TPreferencesForm.FormClose (Line 458, "PreferencesFormUnit.pas" + 10) + $7 [00474873] Forms.TCustomForm.DoClose + $17 [00477FA7] Forms.TCustomForm.CloseModal + $3B [0047824A] Forms.TCustomForm.ShowModal + $18E [00568B99] Unit1.TMainForm.OptionsSpeedButtonClick (Line 4893, "Unit1.pas" + 0) + $9 [0045BC44] Controls.TControl.Click + $64 [0043D674] Buttons.TSpeedButton.Click + $0 [0043D65E] Buttons.TSpeedButton.MouseUp + $E2 [0045C030] Controls.TControl.DoMouseUp + $2C [0045C0A5] Controls.TControl.WMLButtonUp + $69 [0045A8A3] Controls.TControl.SetMouseCapture + $17 [0045BAAC] Controls.TControl.WndProc + $188 [0045BFC2] Controls.TControl.WMMouseMove + $6E [00404023] System.TObject.Dispatch + $13 [0045BAAC] Controls.TControl.WndProc + $188 [004912DB] VirtualTrees.TVTHeader.InHeader (Line 10977, "VirtualTrees.pas" + + $D [0041BFCF] Classes.TCollection.GetItem + $B [0048D7F6] VirtualTrees.TVirtualTreeColumns.GetItem (Line 8512, "VirtualTrees.pas" + 1) + $4 [0048FD24] VirtualTrees.TVTHeader.DetermineSplitterIndex (Line 10194, "VirtualTrees.pas" + 9) + $B [0045E9F7] Controls.TWinControl.WndProc + $157 [0045E929] Controls.TWinControl.WndProc + $89 [0045B87C] Controls.TControl.Perform + $24 [00404023] System.TObject.Dispatch + $13 [0045BAAC] Controls.TControl.WndProc + $188 [0045B87C] Controls.TControl.Perform + $24 [0045E88E] Controls.TWinControl.IsControlMouseMsg + $82 [0045E97A] Controls.TWinControl.WndProc + $DA [0045E674] Controls.TWinControl.MainWndProc + $2C [00424D00] Classes.StdWndProc + $14 [0042F27A] Contnrs.TComponentList.GetItems + $A [004BA1CD] AppEvnts.TCustomApplicationEvents.DoMessage + $D [0047B473] Forms.TApplication.ProcessMessage + $83 [0047B4AA] Forms.TApplication.HandleMessage + $A [0047B6CA] Forms.TApplication.Run + $96 [0056CEFE] TASClient.TASClient (Line 80, "E:\Projekti\Trenutni\TASpringAddon\TASClient.dpr" + 40) + $2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
System : Windows XP Professional, Version: 5.1, Build: A28, "Service Pack 2"
Processor: AMD, AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2500+, 1820 MHz MMX Display : 1024x768 pixels, 32 bpp
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
List of loaded modules:
[00320000] D:\jogos\TASpring\zlibwapi.dll <10000000> 1.2.2.0 - 1.2.2
zlib data compression library [00400000] D:\jogos\TASpring\TASClient.exe
(no version info)
[10000000] D:\jogos\TASpring\UnitSync.dll
(no version info)
[5B1C0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
6.0.2900.2180 - 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Biblioteca UxTheme Microsoft
[5D510000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
5.82.2900.2180 - 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Common Controls Library
[5F250000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\olepro32.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 [6BD00000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\SYNCOR11.DLL
0.1.2.3 - 1.2.3
SynthCore R2.0 Midi Interface Driver [71A60000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
DLL de ajuda do Windows Socket 2.0 para Windows NT [71A70000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Windows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL [71A90000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\wsock32.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
DLL de soquete para Windows de 32 bits [72FB0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\winspool.drv
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Driver de spooler do Windows
[73290000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\RICHED32.DLL
5.1.2600.0 - 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Wrapper Dll for Richedit 1.0
[73D40000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRTDLL.dll
4.0.1183.1 - 4.00
Microsoft C Runtime Library
[746E0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
DLL de servidor MSCTF
[74DF0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\RICHED20.dll
5.30.23.1221 - 5.30.23.1221
Rich Text Edit Control, v3.0
[76380000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\comdlg32.dll
6.0.2900.2180 - 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
DLL de diálogos comuns
[76B20000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\winmm.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
MCI API DLL
[76BD0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Process Status Helper
[76C70000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\imagehlp.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Windows NT Image Helper
[76FB0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\CLBCATQ.DLL
2001.12.4414.308 - 2001.12.4414.308 [77030000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMRes.dll
2001.12.4414.258 - 2001.12.4414.258 [77100000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\oleaut32.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 [773B0000] C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
6.0.2900.2180 - 6.0 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
User Experience Controls Library [774C0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
5.1.2600.2726 - 5.1.2600.2726 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050725-1528)
Microsoft OLE para Windows e Windows NT [77BE0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\version.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Version Checking and File Installation Libraries [77BF0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
7.0.2600.2180 - 7.0.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Windows NT CRT DLL
[77D20000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\user32.dll
5.1.2600.2622 - 5.1.2600.2622 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
DLL de Cliente API de usuário Windows XP [77DB0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Remote Procedure Call Runtime [77E50000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
5.1.2600.2818 - 5.1.2600.2818 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.051228-1427)
GDI Client DLL
[77EA0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
6.0.2900.2781 - 6.00.2900.2781 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.051020-1730)
Biblioteca de utilitário abreviado para Shell [77F50000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\advapi32.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
API de base do Windows 32 avançada [7C340000] D:\jogos\TASpring\MSVCR71.dll
7.10.3052.4 - 7.10.3052.4
Microsoft® C Runtime Library
[7C3A0000] D:\jogos\TASpring\MSVCP71.dll
7.10.3077.0 - 7.10.3077.0
Microsoft® C++ Runtime Library [7C800000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
DLL cliente da API BASE do Windows NT [7C900000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
5.1.2600.2180 - 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
DLL de nível do NT
[7C9C0000] C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll
6.0.2900.2763 - 6.00.2900.2763 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050922-1642)
DLL comum do Shell do Windows
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Active Controls hierarchy:
TPreferencesForm "PreferencesForm"
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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xenota.sd7
Mobility_Upgrades_v05.ufo

Spring wont even start anymore, the lobby wont start...

Some serious bugginess...

I have a AMD Athlon 1500+, 512mb of memory, GeForce FX 5700.

Seems I'll have to revert to the previous version...

I did a clean install and it works...

deleted all of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SJ
and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TASClient

and flushed my install directory... works fine... don't forget to back up maps and mods and delete path data...

I'm very impressed that you have knocked 10 megs off of the full installer just by getting rid of MFC bloat.

I did what SinbadEV suggested... overall, it's working pretty well, although I haven't tested in MP yet. Some graphical crashes in the previous version no longer are reproducible in this new version, yay.

AIs are completely borked, so far as I can tell. Every single one of them conks out, saying that there's an error. No serious crashes to report- yet. I'll do some torture-testing here in a minute...