[Droid803]

Yeah, its the FTD Vexor

As for the cruiser, I'm guessing its the engine signatures from the "We're plundering GTVA convoys like common pirates" screenshot...unless those are Upanishads.
EDIT: That can't be, they're too small

[Alpha1]

Hi,
i've got a small problem I've installed all versions of the LS Nebulae pack I found, the two patches and the mod ini... the are beatuiful nebulas in the intro, the weapon effects are there, but sol looks empty... and there is no earth in the first mission after jumping, but my the pilots are talking about volcanos, molten rocks and so on, but i can see anything out the, just stars an a white sun

what have i done wrong, what is still missing?

[colecampbell666]

Download and use the 3.6.10 build from my signature.

If that doesn't work, run a debug build, and post the fs2_open.log from \data.

[blowfish]

When will we find out what the UEC Sanctus looks like?

[WMCoolmon]

Yeah, its the FTD Vexor

There's an "FT" faction?

"Incoming warship! It's the FTW Seelinckat! Wait a minute...my God, it's turned its guns on the FTL Jenkins!"

[Droid803]

FT = Federal Terran.
Its Steve-O's faction for which he made all his ships.
I would assume its something similar to the PCA from PI, judging from his fighter's and the Hyperion's (Karuna) tech descriptions.

[WMCoolmon]

Excellent.

[Jeff Vader]

Hi,
i've got a small problem I've installed all versions of the LS Nebulae pack I found, the two patches and the mod ini... the are beatuiful nebulas in the intro, the weapon effects are there, but sol looks empty... and there is no earth in the first mission after jumping, but my the pilots are talking about volcanos, molten rocks and so on, but i can see anything out the, just stars an a white sun

what have i done wrong, what is still missing?

For starters, one version of the LS Nebulae is sufficient. Or if you're using the MediaVPs, and the AdvEffects, you don't even need separate LS Nebulae.

Sol doesn't have nebulae because... well, if you go into space, you really can't see any background nebulae. It's a "realism" thing.

Earth should be directly ahead of you in the beginning of the mission. You might be missing the planet texture. I'm gonna depart now for lunch at mama's place, but after that I could extract the texture, upload it somewhere and tell you how to use it.

[Alpha1]

Now i've downloaded the new exe's, mediavps and the latest launcher. Still the same problem, no Earth...
I guessed that there are no big nebulas in Sol, but earth should be there It seems, as you said that the texture is missing. I ran fs2 in debug mode and thats what i got so far:

Warning: For 'explo3', 3 of 4 LODs are missing!
File: Weapons.cpp
Line: 1267


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    parse_weapon()    parse_weaponstbl()    weapon_init()    game_init()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c816fd7()
------------------------------------------------------------------


Warning: Weapon explosion 'SubbeamWarm' does not have an LOD0 anim!
File: Weapons.cpp
Line: 1241


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    parse_weapon()    parse_weaponstbl()    weapon_init()    game_init()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c816fd7()
------------------------------------------------------------------

Warning: For 'bomb_flare', 3 of 4 LODs are missing!
File: Weapons.cpp
Line: 1267


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    parse_weapon()    parse_weaponstbl()    weapon_init()    game_init()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c816fd7()
------------------------------------------------------------------


Warning: Too many beam sections for weapon BFRed - max is 5
File: Weapons.cpp
Line: 3021


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    parse_weaponstbl()    parse_modular_table()    weapon_init()    game_init()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c816fd7()
------------------------------------------------------------------

Warning: Mission: ...With Vast Seas
has a 1024x768 loading screen but no 640x480 loading screen!
File: MissionParse.cpp
Line: 1872


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    get_mission_info()    game_start_mission()    game_enter_state()    gameseq_set_state()    game_process_event()    gameseq_process_events()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c816fd7()
------------------------------------------------------------------

Warning: Mission: ...With Vast Seas
has a 1024x768 loading screen but no 640x480 loading screen!
File: MissionParse.cpp
Line: 1872


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    parse_mission()    parse_main()    mission_load()    game_start_mission()    game_enter_state()    gameseq_set_state()    game_process_event()    gameseq_process_events()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c816fd7()
------------------------------------------------------------------

Warning: Unable to find a sufficient number of bitmaps for this mission's background.  The background will not be displayed.
File: StarField.cpp
Line: 3384


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    parse_bitmaps()    parse_mission()    parse_main()    mission_load()    game_start_mission()    game_enter_state()    gameseq_set_state()    game_process_event()    gameseq_process_events()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c816fd7()
------------------------------------------------------------------

looks like more is missing than just a texture...

[TopAce]

Are you running the retail build (..._r.eve) or the debug one? (..._d.exe)? The debug build complains a lot.

I had no technical issues with BP, so I can't render much help.

[Alpha1]

I normally use the fs2_open_3_6_10.exe, now I used the debug one to get this information. Perhaps Lobo can help me later, i guess its just the texture missing, because everything else seems to work fine. And i haven't had any problems so far with FS 2 or the mods i've played. And yesterday, late at night or early in the morning i read something about a deleted texture for the planet earth... perhaps i got an incomplete version of the mod.

[Jeff Vader]

Are you running the retail build (..._r.eve) or the debug one? (..._d.exe)?

Semantics. The "r" in this case refers to "release". Retail would be... you know, retail. Original. Not FSO.

p_dead2.dds should be in the Blue Planet vp, but there has been at least one other case where it, for some reason, was missing. I actually just finished pimping up the texture myself. I'll just check if it works properly in-game and upload it somewhere after that. Uno momento ->

[Alpha1]

Thanks a lot! I hope i can enjoy the mod like it was meant be I found a screenshot from the intro cinematic in delta serpentis with a planet next to the terran engineered knossos - i dont see that one, too, but the green neblulas. is there anything else i need to know, download or set?

[TopAce]

Semantics. The "r" in this case refers to "release". Retail would be... you know, retail. Original. Not FSO...

Ugh. My bad.

[Jeff Vader]

Thanks a lot! I hope i can enjoy the mod like it was meant be I found a screenshot from the intro cinematic in delta serpentis with a planet next to the terran engineered knossos - i dont see that one, too, but the green neblulas. is there anything else i need to know, download or set?

Would you mind running the 3.6.10 debug and after that posting the fs2_open.log from \freespace2\data\? Preferrably as an attachment or using the "code" tags. Something is not right if you're missing all the planets.

Regardless, here's the Earth dds. Place it to \freespace2\blueplanet\data\effects\ (create the folder if necessary).

[Alpha1]

I think u are right... in the debug mode, first mission crashed!

Warning: Trying to add a bitmap that does not exist in stars.tbl!
File: StarField.cpp
Line: 3106


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    stars_load_background()    stars_load_first_valid_background()    parse_bitmaps()    parse_mission()    parse_main()    mission_load()    game_start_mission()    game_enter_state()    gameseq_set_state()    game_process_event()    gameseq_process_events()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c816fd7()
------------------------------------------------------------------

Warning: Failed to add starfield bitmap 'p_nice1' to the mission!
File: StarField.cpp
Line: 3451


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    stars_load_first_valid_background()    parse_bitmaps()    parse_mission()    parse_main()    mission_load()    game_start_mission()    game_enter_state()    gameseq_set_state()    game_process_event()    gameseq_process_events()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c816fd7()
------------------------------------------------------------------


Warning: Couldn't open texture 'titannm'
referenced by model 'carrier3t-01.pof'

File: ModelRead.cpp
Line: 3285


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    read_model_file()    model_load()    ship_create()    parse_create_object_sub()    parse_create_object()    mission_parse_maybe_create_parse_object()    post_process_ships_wings()    post_process_mission()    parse_mission()    parse_main()    mission_load()    game_start_mission()    game_enter_state()    gameseq_set_state()    game_process_event()------------------------------------------------------------------

Assert: bay_num >= 1 && bay_num <= MAX_SHIP_BAY_PATHS
File: ModelRead.cpp
Line: 3784


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    model_load()    ship_create()    parse_create_object_sub()    parse_create_object()    mission_parse_maybe_create_parse_object()    post_process_ships_wings()    post_process_mission()    parse_mission()    parse_main()    mission_load()    game_start_mission()    game_enter_state()    gameseq_set_state()    game_process_event()    gameseq_process

and the log, perhaps it is incomlplete because of the crash

[attachment deleted by ninja]

[Jeff Vader]

Hmm. Troubling.

Are your drivers up to date? If not, try updating them. And you could also delete \mediavps\data\cache\ and \blueplanet\data\cache\ just in case.

[TopAce]

3.6.10. has problems with backgrounds and effects for me.  I suggest you try the 3.6.9. build. It worked for me fine.

[Jeff Vader]

The Recommended build for Windows users linked in my signature works just fine.

[Alpha1]

I tried out the old mediavps with build 9 - big difference, there is an other music in the main hall which is not high res... but thats all.
the new drivers doesn't work - the latest kills my OS, older ones are very slow, even older ones make problems with my tv so i went back to the very old nvidia drivers (84.xx) i used all the time. I guess my system gets old

i'm thinking about a clear reinstall?!