Islands of the Caliph News

[h3]So there is a Bug (reprise)[/h3][p]It crashes the game for some players when they first choose which language to use. However, on all my computers, none of them trigger the bug. So it is very hard to test and troubleshoot.[/p][p]So I have updated the game in an attempt to help figure out what's happening. When you load the game, it creates a file called: "loading.log"

You can find the file here: "C:\\Users\\-Your Username-\\AppData\\Local\\Islands_of_the_Caliph"[/p][p]If the game is crashing on load, the contents of that file might help me get some details.[/p][p][/p][p] [/p][p][/p]

[h3]So there is a Bug[/h3][p]It crashes the game for some players when they first choose which language to use. However, on all my computers, none of them trigger the bug. So it is very hard to test and troubleshoot.[/p][p]But today, I found a problem in my code that might be responsible. I have updated the game with the corrected script, so hopefully it works. And hopefully it does not cause trouble for anyone else...[/p][p][/p]

[h3]New Camera Movement[/h3][p]I heard you, I was just not good enough to do it. Now I figured out how to program the game in a way that allows more tight camera movement, without having the player spin around in the wrong direction :)[/p][p]

I noticed that this method also removes a lot of the visual anomalies that always bothered me. Had I known it would eliminate these visual issues, I would have attempted this much sooner.[/p][p][/p][h3][/h3][p][/p]

[h3]Game Crashing on Start (for some players)[/h3][p]It seems my last update did not fix the bug where the game would crash on starting. I believe this one may solve the problem. [/p][p]I think the bug has to do with the way certain game folders are named in the script. I encountered this issue on another game, and realized I am using the same script to name these folder. So I fixed the save folder name, and thought it would resolve the problem here too. [/p][p]But apparently it did not![/p][p]But then I realized, I am also using the same script to name the language folders, not just the save folders. So I have gone through and made sure to fix those too, in this update. Please reach out if you are still experiencing this.[/p][p][/p][p]NOTE: You may have to restart Steam to prompt the game to update.[/p][p][/p][h3]Try the Legacy Version 1.1.7[/h3][p]If it is still crashing, you can install an older version of the game for now, this has helped in every case I am aware of.[/p][p]To do this, go to "Islands of the Caliph > Properties > Game Versions and Betas" and select "Version 1.1.7" from the menu.

The game is basically the same, but you will not see the option to choose different languages. [/p][p][/p]

[h3]Update: The Demo has just been updated too.

Three new translations are available![/h3][p]Now you can play Islands of the Caliph in Indonesian, Spanish and Portuguese. [/p][p][/p][p]Go to the options panel from the main menu, go to languages, and select the language of your choice. If you are just installing the game (or free DEMO) for the first time, the game should prompt you to choose your language when you start it up for the first time.[/p][h3]
Minor Problems[/h3][p]Indonesian, Spanish and Portuguese version may have some slight issues. I noticed that the menus are not all aligned perfectly, so you may see some overlapping words. [/p][p][/p][p]Here you can see some of the Statistics are using too much space. I am looking for any suggestions on how this can be improved. I do not plan to change the font size, so it would be great if anyone could suggest better (shorter) terminology. [/p][p]For the German translation, several Germans suggested just using the English terms in some of these cases. I don't know if that will work for the other languages though. Let me know if this is a viable option for Indonesian/Spanish and/or Portuguese (if there is a spacing problem).
[/p][hr][/hr][h3]Game Crash Update[/h3][p]I updated the way the game creates a save folder so it is more stable now. Some players were experiencing a crash when loading the game, and I am hoping this fix might resolve that issue. I (finally) encountered the issue, but not in this game, rather in a new game I am working on. Once I was able to fix it in that game, I realized it might be causing problems in my other games that use the same script.

The difficulty in encountering this error came from the fact that it would work without crashing until the game grew to require more memory. [/p][p][/p]