[maxdub432]

Hey all, long time freespace player, just registered to look for some help with my problem.

I've got fs2_open set up on a high-end laptop running Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit, playing with retail settings everything works 100%, but as soon as I try to use the mediavps (3.6.10) I run into problems. First off, the game won't even start, segfaults at "searching sparky_fs2.vp," log attached. I started trying to load the game after removing individual mediavp files in an organized fashion, to see if I was only running into a problem with one or two of them. Turns out that with MV_Advanced.vp removed, the game runs again, with all the effects from the other mediavps working fine.

There's two problems: one, I'd like to use MV_Advanced.vp, and two, I'm getting this weird in-game bug with the communications menu. At apparently random times, it will refuse to accept the final number entry (the one that would actually send the orders to wingmen), but I can open and close it and navigate all around in the menu tree. The menu works fine if I'm not using any of the mediavps.

I'd really appreciate any help I can get, this is a great game and I was stoked that fs2_open would give me a chance to play it on linux and with new eyecandy. Let me know if I need to provide any additional information as well.

Thanks

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[Jeff Vader]

Not a Linux guru, but

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  -mod mediavps,mediavpsfor some reason, you have the \mediavps\ folder entered twice in the -mod flag and as a result FSO reads the .vp files in \mediavps\ twice. This shouldn't actually cause any problems but

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Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/3610_Patch.vp' ... 180 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Advanced.vp' ... 2868 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Assets.vp' ... 1810 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Core.vp' ... 146 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Effects.vp' ... 1046 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Music.vp' ... 32 files
Searching root '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/' ... 1 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/3610_Patch.vp' ... 180 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Advanced.vp' ... 2868 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Assets.vp' ... 1810 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Core.vp' ... 146 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Effects.vp' ... 1046 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Music.vp' ... 32 files
Searching root '/home/user/.fs2_open/' ... 62 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/root_fs2.vp' ... 157 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/smarty_fs2.vp' ... 10 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/sparky_fs2.vp' ... 3027 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/sparky_hi_fs2.vp' ... 1337 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/stu_fs2.vp' ... 2355 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/tango1_fs2.vp' ... 32 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/tango2_fs2.vp' ... 15 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/tango3_fs2.vp' ... 10 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/warble_fs2.vp' ... 52 files
Searching root '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/' ... 1 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/3610_Patch.vp' ... 180 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Advanced.vp' ... 2868 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Assets.vp' ... 1810 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Core.vp' ... 146 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Effects.vp' ... 1046 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Music.vp' ... 32 files
Searching root '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/' ... 1 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/3610_Patch.vp' ... 180 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Advanced.vp' ... 2868 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Assets.vp' ... 1810 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Core.vp' ... 146 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Effects.vp' ... 1046 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/mediavps/MV_Music.vp' ... 32 files
Searching root '/home/user/.fs2_open/' ... 62 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/root_fs2.vp' ... 157 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/smarty_fs2.vp' ... 10 files
Searching root pack '/home/user/.fs2_open/sparky_fs2.vp' ... for some reason the game engine ends up reading everything twice, with the \mediavps\ folder being read for a total of four times. And apparently on the second round, it hangs on sparky_fs2, due to the segfault you mentioned.

Can't really interpret anything out of the situation, but at least the file numbers for each .vp are correct and by that logic, you shouldn't have any incomplete/corrupt .vps in there.

[maxdub432]

Alright, the command shown in the feature window of the YAL launcher listed -mod mediavps only once, so I figured if it ends up being sent twice YAL must be doing something stupid behind the scenes. Sure enough, copying the command out of the YAL window and running it myself in a terminal makes everything work fine, MV_Advanced.vp included. Maybe I can mess around with different builds of YAL later and try to find one that works, but for now I'll just run fs2_open without a launcher.

Thanks so much for the help!

If anyone knows anything about the communications menu bug, that'd be awesome, as it's still affecting me after fixing the mediavps issue. I've been playing around with it, and I still get the bug sometimes even without the mediavps, I guess I was just lucky the first couple of times I tried.

Thanks