[Wobble73]

What ever happened to Leave-The-GTVA-Alone.

The Shivans quashed that law!

[Snail]

What ever happened to Leave-The-GTVA-Alone.

The French.

[Hades]

The GTVA takes pride in hating the French.

[Snail]

No, Command is French.

[azile0]

OK, I've done the voice acting.

Loved it. (late, yes. I Was looking to see if there was a sequel) Love the laser sounds.

[Cobra]

Holy thread bump, Batman!

[azile0]

I loved this campaign. The cliffhanger left me with an open jaw, saying, 'that is the end?'

[Retsof]

And on that note, a sequel really should be made, I briefly considered writing a fanfic on the subject, but never got around to it.

[Objekt]

Better than a sequel would be an SCP-ized version of Homesick, that doesn't crash at every turn.  The game crashes just as the briefing for mission #20 ("Tactical Withdrawl") begins to play, so I guess I won't be finishing this campaign.  Bah.  Fixing a mission file in FRED is one thing, but I'm pretty much stuck when the game crashes to the desktop.

[Kaoru]

I'm having the same problem as the previous poster. I tried opening the mission up and toggling options in the briefing - having already removed the red-alert status - and I'm at a loss as to what to do next. I ran it through the debugger, and it told me that the bug had to do with an incorrectly-referenced cruiser turret-ID. I really have no idea what to do to fix this, since there's no ships.tbl included in Homesick's VP.
~Kaoru

[Jeff Vader]

Try this, just for kicks. It contains the missions that originally had the red alert flag modified so that don't have them anymore. Haven't tried it myself but apparently for Objekt it worked. For a while, at least. If there really is some other problem as well, I can't suggest anything apart from trying a 3.6.7 build or something.

[Objekt]

Try this, just for kicks. It contains the missions that originally had the red alert flag modified so that don't have them anymore. Haven't tried it myself but apparently for Objekt it worked. For a while, at least. If there really is some other problem as well, I can't suggest anything apart from trying a 3.6.7 build or something.

Yes, it fixed Red Alert missions, in that they were no longer Red Alerts, but started in the ordinary way.

I don't know whether #20 was supposed to be a Red Alert mission, only that it crashes when the briefing begins to play.

[Jeff Vader]

#20 was also a red alert mission and I 'fixed' it the same way like all the others. If there's still something wrong with it, I must admit that I no longer have any idea what might be causing it.

[Kaoru]

#20 was also a red alert mission and I 'fixed' it the same way like all the others. If there's still something wrong with it, I must admit that I no longer have any idea what might be causing it.

I figured it out! I still have no more idea than you what's causing the problem, but I figured out a solution. Go ahead and FRED out the Red Alert status, but FRED in scramble-mission status. For some odd reason, this allows the briefing the load normally. I mean, you still don't get to pick your ship or your ordnance, but, hey, if you get really desperate, you can change that in the missionfile itself.
~Kaoru

[Jeff Vader]

Hmm. Much obliged. I'll include that to the fix for future encounters.

[Kaoru]

Hmm. Much obliged. I'll include that to the fix for future encounters.

No problem. ...However, I think I'm going to rip my hair out, here. I ran into the same problem on the second-to-last mission, and FREDing in scramble-status hasn't helped any. I feel like I'm going to cry, here. The second. To last. Goddamn. Mission.

Spoiler:

I mean, seriously, this is just after they enter that jump-node that supposedly leads home. With the Geryon, the Vasudan corvette, and the other Shivan corvette on their tails. Sweet mother of god.

I love Blaise. I seriously do. I think his campaigns, his dialog, his characters, are brilliant.
But I swear to god, if I saw the guy on the street, I'd sock him in the nose for torturing his players with un-updated yet awesome campaigns.
%*(#.

[Jeff Vader]

Spoiler:

seriously, this is just after they enter that jump-node that supposedly leads home. With the Geryon, the Vasudan corvette, and the other Shivan corvette on their tails.

Yeah, great. Thanks a lot. I haven't played Homesick yet.

[Kaoru]

Spoiler:

seriously, this is just after they enter that jump-node that supposedly leads home. With the Geryon, the Vasudan corvette, and the other Shivan corvette on their tails.

Yeah, great. Thanks a lot. I haven't played Homesick yet.

Then you don't know what any of that means. And, most likely, won't until very late in the campaign, since I left most of the ships unnamed. You're correct, however, and I apologize - I've appended spoilertags to the text in question. Incidentally, I got that mission working. I restored the red-alert status and left it as a scramble, while adding the 'skip stage' checkbox in the briefing-bar. I might've done one or two other things, but it worked, regardless. As for my impression of the campaign, now that I've finished it...
My head hurts. Awesomely. Great job, Blaise! Thumbs-up on what has got to be one of the best campaigns I've ever played, for FS2 or any other game!

[Jeff Vader]

Well, I have actually played Homesick up to the first red alert mission. Due to the darn bug I quit back then, and haven't tried it again, even after making those bugfixes. But I shall one day. And now I know at least a few details, thanks to you. But that's alright. One doesn't need too much suspense at a time, anyway. And it was my fault also, since I persistently read your post, and especially the spoiling part.
Maybe I should waste these Christmas holidays for playing Homesick. I'll try that fix for the mission you mentioned, and if it works for me too, I'll include it to the fix as well.

[Objekt]

Then you don't know what any of that means. And, most likely, won't until very late in the campaign, since I left most of the ships unnamed. You're correct, however, and I apologize - I've appended spoilertags to the text in question. Incidentally, I got that mission working. I restored the red-alert status and left it as a scramble, while adding the 'skip stage' checkbox in the briefing-bar. I might've done one or two other things, but it worked, regardless. As for my impression of the campaign, now that I've finished it...
My head hurts. Awesomely. Great job, Blaise! Thumbs-up on what has got to be one of the best campaigns I've ever played, for FS2 or any other game!

Do you mean the "Cut to next stage" box under the Briefing Editor?  I don't see a "skip stage" checkbox.

Didn't help, whichever it was.  I tried modifying "Tactical Withdrawl" as stated - yes on both Red Alert and Scramble.  I now get that "Incoming Transmission" screen you usually get when it's a Red Alert mission, but the game crashes when I click Commit.