[blowfish]

If all else fails, notepad (or TextEdit ) is the most reliable mission editor available.

[BustRobot]

Okay then, thanks.  I can see what you mean.
Just one last thing then, how do I go about removing the "Red Alert" flag for "Red Alert" missions? Thanks in advance one last time.

[Mawhrin]

P.S. Also, could someone tell me how to open the mission files for FOWChap1 in Fred 2? I've tried but it keeps giving me an error telling me I can't. Maybe I'm just dumb.  Thanks in advance.

Try passing FRED2 a -mod argument (same as for FSO) or moving the FOW .VPs into the Freespace root directory (but remember to move them back!).

[blowfish]

Okay then, thanks.  I can see what you mean.
Just one last thing then, how do I go about removing the "Red Alert" flag for "Red Alert" missions? Thanks in advance one last time.

Look for this near the top of the mission:

Code: [Select]

+Red Alert: 1
Remove it.  If it doesn't exist, look for this:

Code: [Select]

+Flags: 12345
Remove it.  Thought this is more likely to cause weird issues.

[Mawhrin]

If it doesn't exist, look for this:

Code: [Select]

+Flags: 12345
Remove it.  Thought this is more likely to cause weird issues.

Yes, including ships not being beam freed.

When expressed in binary, I expect each bit of that number would correspond to a flag. Dunno which is which though.

[BustRobot]

I feel so ruddy stupid...   

Just tried using FRED2 Open for the first time... et voila!

*facepalms* Was using the "retail" one it would seem. I have much to learn still.

Anyways, thanks for the help everyone.  You've been a big help, and that notepad thing could prove useful in later life.   

[blowfish]

AURGG!!  MISSION 2!!

Spoiler:

It is near impossible to save the required 3/4 of the Vasudans, but if you don't you don't get any failed mission message, the directive is just left incomplete.  And Thief 4 has a tendency to never arrive.

[Stormkeeper]

Mild bump. I have discovered a bug..

Spoiler:

In mission 2, the corvette never leaves because one of the cargo containers is marked invulnerable, and it doesn't get removed. So this allows my wing to chip the corvette down to pieces. And when it dies, I fail the mission. I thought maybe it was the time, but I made myself invulnerable and increased time compression to X64. After 32 minutes, the Zeus bombers failed to destroy the containers, and when I tested myself, the container was invulnerable. I had to toggle it off before I could continue.

[NFSRacer]

No one?

I think I've fixed the Typhoon problem by the way... I found the new model on freespacemods.net, downloaded it, put it in <root folder>/<FOW folder>/data/models and renamed it to TyphoonT.pof (error said it couldn't open that file), now it loads in the tech room... the game still crashes after the Red Alert after the "An Iron Grip" mission though

Yea, I'm also having the same problem.  Can anyone help me fix this?

[Mox]

Just got round to playing this and have found a problem with mission 10. Seems to run ok, with the Delacroix getting whacked at the end. At debriefing it wouldn't let me proceed, stating that I have failed the mission and with no recommendations. When I retried the mission later, I could only select Myrmidon and Prometheus R's instead of the usual Perseus and Prometheus S.
I have all the mission fixes from elsewhere in this thread.

Mike

[Knarfe1000]

Where can I download this campaign? The links to HC seem to be dead.

[TrashMan]

Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear enough in my last post.

All the missions files are already extracted. It's when I try to open the mission files in Fred2 that it tells me they are "Unable to load the file <insert path name here>." They are in the right place, where you say to put them, blowfish. 

Did you add "-mod FOW" in the FRED shortcut? You need a flag to use stuff from mod folder within FRED.


As far as the other errors go - I hope you all downloaded the last campaign fixes from Freespacemods.net

That said, sometimes I get events not fireing properly myself (or not fireing at all). It's been a while since I player Chapter 1 again. Mayhaps I should do another error run.

[Knarfe1000]

I have problems with the 3. mission (the capture of the Legion). I manage to destroy beams and lasercannons, but I can´t save the transport after I called it in. After many tries I wanted to skip this mission, but it didn´t work. I jumped out 7 or 8 times right at the beginning, but there is no option to skip in the debriefing. What´s wrong here??

[TrashMan]

Ordering your wingmen to ignore the Leagion and engage enemy works better than just escort. They jump at enemy fighters the second they appear.

[Knarfe1000]

Well with the distance of one day I won this mission at last (in the first attempt   )  Now I´m on mission 17, it seems to be very hard to keep the Independance alive...   

[High Max]

;-)

[Jubster032]

I can't download the campaign... The download links keep dropping me at this 'search' site that's definately not hades combine, despite it saying so in bold at the top.

[TrashMan]

TRy getting it from Freespacemods.net

[Jubster032]

Did that and got the campaign, but every time I start the mod it says that I have 109 errors as well as the typhoon model crashing the game.

[TrashMan]

Looks like something is missing.
You can get the new Typhoon model from Freespacemods too.

Check if you have all the needed files.