arcattack
26439c2e1a
Field 2026-07-23 (second night): a player's join.bat failed 3x in a row with a 0-byte join.log -- indistinguishable from 'never ran'. Two causes of evidence loss fixed: 1. The first flushed log line now happens the INSTANT the log opens (version, pid, args, first-process vs relaunched-generation). An empty log after this build means the exe was killed before WinMain -- an external cause (antivirus/loader), not ours. 2. The menu->game relaunch chain truncated join.log each generation (BT_LOG_APPEND was unset in the player bats): the crashed generation's evidence was erased by the next attempt. The bats now delete the log once per bat run and append across generations. Also explains the confusing 'The game has exited' bat message on SUCCESSFUL launches (the menu process exits after relaunching the game detached) -- the log now records the whole chain.
42 lines
1.5 KiB
Batchfile
42 lines
1.5 KiB
Batchfile
@echo off
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rem BT411 -- STEAM play (EXPERIMENTAL, dev testers). Launches the glass
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rem front-end menu: HOST a Steam lobby or JOIN one from the menu -- there
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rem is no address to configure; sessions form through the Steam lobby.
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rem Requires: the Steam client RUNNING and logged in, and the steam build
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rem extracted next to content\.
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cd /d %~dp0
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if not exist "build\Release\btl4.exe" goto badpath
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if not exist "content\BTL4.RES" goto badpath
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set BT_PLATFORM=glass
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set BT_STEAM_NET=1
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if exist content\steam.log del content\steam.log
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set BT_LOG=steam.log
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set BT_LOG_APPEND=1
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rem Cockpit view + MFD gauges -- the same client flags the join bats set
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rem (field report: players booted 3rd-person without them). Inherited by
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rem the menu's mission relaunch.
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set BT_START_INSIDE=1
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set BT_DEV_GAUGES=1
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rem full menu here (all modes + steam buttons); clear the solo trim in
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rem case this shell ran play_solo.bat first
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set BT_FE_SOLO=
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cd content
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..\build\Release\btl4.exe
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echo.
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echo The game has exited. If it closed unexpectedly, send the operator
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echo content\steam.log. Steam not running = the menu still works but
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echo lobbies will not appear.
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pause
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exit /b
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:badpath
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echo.
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echo ==================================================
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echo ERROR: this file is not in the right place, or
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echo the zip was not fully extracted.
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echo.
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echo It must sit in the EXTRACTED game folder, next to
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echo the 'content' and 'build' folders.
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echo ==================================================
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echo.
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pause
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