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Hosted Projects - FS2 Required => FreeSpace Conversion => Silent Threat: Reborn => Topic started by: red_5 on July 27, 2014, 01:58:48 am
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I installed ST-R, tried to play. The only weapon I have in the loadout screen is the hornet swarm missile. No guns, no other missiles, nothing.
When I play the normal ST, I have all the weapons.
What gives?
Running all the latest FSO downloads on a 2011 MacBook Pro 13." I've got FS2, FSP, STR, no mediavps for FSP.
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That sounds very odd. Please post your fs2_open.log file. Instructions on how to do this can be found in this post. That should help us figure out what the issue is.
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Log file generated. I ran the game, selected the ST-R campaign, messed around in the loadout screen and flew around for a few seconds while trying to switch primary weapons, just to try and generate as much weapon-loadout-related script as possible.
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FreeSpace 2 Open version: 3.7.0.9755
Can you try again with a more recent version, either 3.7.2 RC3 (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=87764.0) or a recent nightly build (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?board=173.0) (or both)?
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STR was somewhat recently updated for MediaVPs 2014 and you'll need a more recent build to play it, you'll also(obviously) need MediaVPs 2014.
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Which build do I have, and which do I need?
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Which build do I have, and which do I need?
You have 3.7.0, and you need
either 3.7.2 RC3 (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=87764.0) or a recent nightly build (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?board=173.0)
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Ok, so I'm so smart, I dug up the 3.7.2. RC3 and installed it, downloaded the 2014 Mediavps for FS2, now when I try to play ST-R it crashes when I click on Weapons Loadout. It'll launch the mission if I click Commit, but I still only have Hornets and no primary weapons. Log attached.
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Ok, so I'm so smart, I dug up the 3.7.2. RC3 and installed it, downloaded the 2014 Mediavps for FS2, now when I try to play ST-R it crashes when I click on Weapons Loadout. It'll launch the mission if I click Commit, but I still only have Hornets and no primary weapons. Log attached.
In this case, the crash is because of the lack of weapons in the loadout (which is a known and fixed bug (http://scp.indiegames.us/mantis/view.php?id=3054), although it was fixed after 3.7.2 RC3). It should be noted that FSO "caches" loadout information; you may be running afoul of saved, bogus loadout information here. Try creating a new pilot to see if the new pilot still encounters loadout problems; if not, then we can worry about fixing your regular pilot. If so, then something else is going screwball.
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Alright, creating a new pilot fixes the issue. Thanks for helping me solve this!
Can I fix my current pilot? I would like to save my stats and stuff.
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Technically you can fix the pilotfile. But given that its in a binary format and must be edited with a hex editor isn't not easy. And you probably need to read the code in order to figure out the files format :) Having said all that, if you can attach both the .csg and the .plr files to the forum, I'll see if I can fix them up for you (no promises though).
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STR was somewhat recently updated for MediaVPs 2014 and you'll need a more recent build to play it, you'll also(obviously) need MediaVPs 2014.
It wasn't. Yes, there's an unofficial patch to make FSPort compatible with the 2014 MediaVPs, but it's just that--unofficial. Furthermore, you don't actually need the MediaVPs to play ST:R. (It's still a good idea to try a more recent build, though.)
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There's a lot of files in the players folder. I'll just make a new one. Heaven forbid I have to beat the game again, it's not like it's fun :D
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STR was somewhat recently updated for MediaVPs 2014 and you'll need a more recent build to play it, you'll also(obviously) need MediaVPs 2014.
It wasn't. Yes, there's an unofficial patch to make FSPort compatible with the 2014 MediaVPs, but it's just that--unofficial. Furthermore, you don't actually need the MediaVPs to play ST:R. (It's still a good idea to try a more recent build, though.)
In fact according to red_5's log he isn't using the fsport mediavps or the regular mediavps