EE2.eu - BLOG

It's sad that I have to post it, but there is some serious problem with our community. Over 2 weeks ago I released a minor update 155012 with the new UP1.5 installers. Obiviously no code is "perfect", so I asked players to report any problem with the installer to me. Over 2 weeks of silence, and finally one of the active Multiplayer members reported a serious issue which disallowed (from my calculations) over 200 players to install UP1.5 or a Minor Update! The bug was very easy to fix, in the installer code I accidentally added a string length checking of a wrong string... It was my fault that I didn't test new installers long enough, but I'm asking where is the community? Why nobody reported it to me earlier? Problems are not being fixed automatically. Without reports I don't even know that bugs exist.

The similar story is with the project I'm working on for already 4 years: Empire Earth 2 Language Changer (click). There are still 5 languages missing, so I can't release it. Only 2 players sent me required language files (for German and for Czech version). Spanish and French I found myself by a long google research with translations... Unofficial Patch 1.5 was installed over 68300 times, and I spammed a lot that we need those language files... But of course, nobody is even interested to help with that.

So please, if you guys really are EE2 fans - stop being passive, and help me to improve stuff. I can't do everything alone. Please don't feel affraid to contact me by forum.ee2.eu or the Chat in UP1.5 Launcher, whenever you detect any problem. Thank you for reading this.

On 07.09.2016 a minor update 155012 for Unofficial Patch 1.5 has been released. The update is backward compatible (so it's not required to install it to connect other players on Multiplayer). You can check the full changes list here (click).

One of the best features are new Unofficial Patch 1.5 and Unofficial Patch 1.5 Minor Update installers! Installers are now as smart as Unofficial Patch 1.5 Launcher - they detect if UP1.5 was installed before, if it's necessary to update configuration files or what minor version you have got currently installed. I recorded YouTube videos showing the installation process:

Dear Empire Earth II players! There was a missing place at EE2.eu where I could post longer messages. We always had a "News" section, but those news are integrated with EE2News Twitter (which is also integrated in UP1.5 Launcher), so it would be much harder for me to write long messages. I used to post all important information at forum.ee2.eu, but it wasn't comfortable for me and for the followers. So from now on, we are starting EE2.eu Blog!

Something about me: I'm Dr.MonaLisa, one of the biggest EE2 fans, who was determined enough to learn programming and develop unofficial patches with features I always wanted to have in EE2, without affecting the orginal game balance. I started playing EE2 when I was 7 years old, in 2005, right after release. Me and my brother loved the demo version of EE2. I remember we used to keep the computer in the "sleep mode" just to continue a game next day (the demo version had no save feature). And that's enough about me, I would rather stay mysterious than leak my whole life here. It's better to focus on game itself, and that's what will be done on this blog!