[HawkW]

I've only seen it in your mod so far...but that doesn't mean I won't see it somewhere else too.

Meh.

[HawkW]

The third mission is crashing FSO, as well. Just thought you should know.

[TrashMan]

I don't know why.. Really I don't. Wish I did.

[Macfie]

It's a problem with the recent nightly builds see mantis # 1875 http://scp.indiegames.us/mantis/view.php?id=1875

[HawkW]

It's a problem with the recent nightly builds see mantis # 1875 http://scp.indiegames.us/mantis/view.php?id=1875

Okay, thanks much!

Edit: Can somebody describe it to me, Mantis isn't letting me sign up.

[Macfie]

r5008 works fine. Link to windows one: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58446.0.html [^]

r5009 doesn't. Link to windows one: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58513.0.html [^]

I'm nearly sure the problem arises if there are a "TC 2" and a "TSC 2" in the same mission.

[HawkW]

r5008 works fine. Link to windows one: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58446.0.html [^]

r5009 doesn't. Link to windows one: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58513.0.html [^]

I'm nearly sure the problem arises if there are a "TC 2" and a "TSC 2" in the same mission.

What about builds more recent then r5009? r5052, for example?

[AlphaOne]

Also T-Man the pof file i was refering to earlier seems to be in the models folder however i still get the same error message !

P.S. :I think my comp crashed because of some software issues rather then hardware. I reinstalled everithing and it should be working fine for now.

I'l try a redownload tomorrow of the campaign files and of the media vp's  ! I hope it works ! However now im gettin missing files or rather ships in the main FS campaign when i try to play it ! meh anyway one step at a time !

[Jeff Vader]

However now im gettin missing files or rather ships in the main FS campaign when i try to play it ! meh anyway one step at a time !

Most likely your MediaVPs are corrupt. This often happens if the MediaVPs are downloaded with Turey's Installer. Download them manually from the release threads using the Sectorgame links.

[Macfie]

r5008 works fine. Link to windows one: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58446.0.html [^]

r5009 doesn't. Link to windows one: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58513.0.html [^]

I'm nearly sure the problem arises if there are a "TC 2" and a "TSC 2" in the same mission.

What about builds more recent then r5009? r5052, for example?

All the builds after r5009 have the problem

[HawkW]

r5008 works fine. Link to windows one: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58446.0.html [^]

r5009 doesn't. Link to windows one: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58513.0.html [^]

I'm nearly sure the problem arises if there are a "TC 2" and a "TSC 2" in the same mission.

I assumed as much, thanks.

What about builds more recent then r5009? r5052, for example?

All the builds after r5009 have the problem

[Macfie]

The crashing problem has been fixed in the latest nightly build r5060

[Depresinator]

This what mine looks like is there a problem here



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[TrashMan]

LOL..no wonder it's not working... I thought I put the instruction in a readme or on the first post of this topic?


Ok, here's the deal.

Make a folder called FOW_COTS inside your Freespace2 directory.
Copy the contents of the 4 folders you extracted into this one (the stuff from COTS_1, COTS2, COTS_C and EXTRA folers, NOT the folders themselves).

Once done, the FOW_COTS folder should have a Data folder (with other sub-folders inside), a mod.ini file and a .bmp image.

Select it in the FS2 launcher and play

[Depresinator]

Okay I recieved an error message and so I still can't play the campaign so here's: A picture of the error, my current cots folder, and what the data folder looks like on the inside of cots

Maybe I just mistook your instructions

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[TrashMan]

Try using a different SCP build.

The one you're using now seems ot have trouble with the ShieldRegenerationRate line.

[Macfie]

You also have some VP files in your freespace folder that should not be there.  There are two VP files for Cardinal spear and Cardinal Spear Vega that should be in your Cardinalspear folder.  There is also a VP file named ATCP.VP  if that is a mod it needs to be in its own folder.  You need the latest nightly build of FSOpen 3.6.10
Which you can get here:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,173.0.html

[TrashMan]

Maybe someday he will make another where the Shivans return and the Alliance is more ready for them.

Play this one to the end....I won't say more

[AlphaOne]

Im stuck on the mission i think its called the crippeling blow. ! I mean how the hell do you beat that mission. The destroyer remains alive at 1% hull but alive the cruiser however does not. nevertheless after all the bad guis are dead what are you suposed to do ? nothing happens i just stay there !


Edit:

Im getting missing textures in almost ALL new or modified ships ! Solution pls !

[TrashMan]

I found out that in the previous mission to "Crippling Blow", you must not jump out and you need to let the final escape pod jump out and then it will say "downloading new orders". If you jump out without waiting, the pods will not appear in "Crippling Blow" and the friendly destroyer Perseverance will just sit there forever allowing the HOL destroyer to destroy it. The solution, like I said: do not jump out in the previous mission. Let it automatically take you to the next mission. When the escape pods enter the fighter bay, it will trigger the Perseverance to start moving.

I understand your feeling. I was upset when the mission failed and didn't know why at first. Trashman should have set it up to make it so you can't jump out in the previous mission, put more recommendations in missions when you fail them, and make the directives clearer and add more directives and recommendations when they don't exist.

I'm pretty sure I did add a no-jump SEXP at the very beginning.
none of my (few) testers reported this....it's always the little things that go unnoticed by 99% of people, and little things that can have BIG consequences....*grumble*

Trashman needs to do more playtesting before releasing campaigns, apparently. It is loaded with so many grammar and spelling errors (like he never even playtested it) and I will go back later and fix them all, like I did in Chapter 1. For some reason, he never told me if he got that email I sent him with all the missions attached.

I got them, no worries.
I'm just spending the whole day playing Drakensang and not modeling or checking my mail...

And about the problems with the mission files: I just took all sub-folders from the three default COTS folders and put them under FOW COTF/data after running into a similar problem, because without vps, it seems that as long as it is under "data", it will read all files. Copy all the sub folders (mission, effect, music, etc) and put them under FOW COTS/data folder. First you must make the data folder under that folder and then copy all those folders inito the data forlder and delete the 3 default folders. It seems that Trashman also didn't know how to make it install correctly on people's computers and set it up wrong by having those 3 sub-folders instead of one folder and a data folder.

I wrote precise insctrucions inhhte readme (and the first post IIRC). FS2 directory structure should be moirrored inside the COTS folder..