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Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: Unknown Target on November 10, 2001, 07:36:00 am
Sorry if this is too much of a newbie question for you, but my mission keeps crashing, and I have to get it working.
Here's what happens: The missions running perfectly, and then, when it hits a certain point where a freighter jumps in, to dock with an Arcadia, the game crashes.
OK, I ran error checker, nothing, I changed the freighter's class, nothing, so what could it be?
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: aldo_14 on November 10, 2001, 08:17:00 am
Sounds like it could be a docking point / path error.... have you tried it with a different ship docking with the Arcadia?
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on November 10, 2001, 12:51:00 pm
Read the last line aldo

I carn't help (there isn't any cargo iin it is there)
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: aldo_14 on November 10, 2001, 01:04:00 pm
Oops.

Maybe it's the Arcadia?  (clutching at straws here  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif) )
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on November 10, 2001, 01:14:00 pm
any MODs going?
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: Roy fokker on November 10, 2001, 05:04:00 pm
Well it dependes on the docking you gave it in the initial orders or in the event screen cause that could be one or you've done the wrong type of dock in events or you've given it the information wrong(you might have told the arcadia to dock with the freighter and Not freighter to arcadia.Well here's something simple just go to it's initial oders and just give it the order to dock with the station the computer will sort out the docking points) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) hoped that helped
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: Unknown Target on November 10, 2001, 08:24:00 pm
That's what I did.
But, I have a couple MODs (my own) bit they're not being used in this mission.
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: Slanker on November 12, 2001, 06:27:00 am
Maybe you hit the unit limit?
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: Raven2001 on November 12, 2001, 06:49:00 am
That happened to me a couple of times now, not only with the Arcadia, but it seems it is some kind of buf... I'm afraid that you will have to change the mission a bit... maybe putting the ship docked since the beggining... it worked for me...
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: Unknown Target on November 12, 2001, 08:06:00 am
Hmmmm...well, the ship warps in, THEN it wants to go dock, but I also told it to follow waypoints at the same time, and it crashes right when it comes in, so maybe that's it?

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Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on November 12, 2001, 03:48:00 pm
And yoy didn't tell us that eralier

its jsut like the newbie PC user

Newbie:"whats wrong?"
Fixit man:"I don't know"
*many hours later*
Newbie:"Ive got windows"
Fixit man:"Well there you go you idoit! oh well, $896.95 please..."
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: Black Sheep on November 13, 2001, 03:55:00 pm
Deactivate ALL of your MODs...they might not be used in the mission, but they effect the whole game...
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: Unknown Target on November 14, 2001, 01:30:00 pm
Hmmmm...well, all other missions work, except this one
By the way, if anyone wants to get the first 2 missions for my campaign, head over to the address in my siggy, they should be there.

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Creator of Freespace 2: Terran Home campaign, website is unkown_target.tripod.com/fs2-terranhome
without the www., ("http://www.,")  remember ;)!
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: Anaz on November 14, 2001, 08:59:00 pm
It could be that you need to get your prioritys straight (Analazon made a pun!! Woohoo!). Make sure that follow waypoint and dock with arcadia have different priority levels. It could crash if it is trying to dock and follow waypoints at the same time. If you are assigning the dock orders in the inital orders screen, then make sure that the 'dock with arcadia' has a lower priority level than 'waypoints once'. That way it will do waypoints first. If you are using events to change it, then you need to do an ai-clear-goals first. That will be 896.95 please  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif).

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Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: Roy fokker on November 15, 2001, 07:55:00 pm
 
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origanally posted by AnalazonIt could be that you need to get your prioritys straight (Analazon made a pun!! Woohoo!). Make sure that follow waypoint and dock with arcadia have different priority levels. It could crash if it is trying to dock and follow waypoints at the same time. If you are assigning the dock orders in the inital orders screen, then make sure that the 'dock with arcadia' has a lower priority level than 'waypoints once'. That way it will do waypoints first. If you are using events to change it, then you need to do an ai-clear-goals first. That will be 896.95 please .

that's one way but you would want it to do the waypoint first then the docking, you would just change them round, and if you are using events you just tell it to dock then give it a chain to do what ever(transfere, exchange etc) then an undock command followed but ai-clear-goals the add-goal waypoint once

[This message has been edited by Roy fokker (edited 11-15-2001).]
Title: Puzzling mission problem.....
Post by: Unknown Target on November 18, 2001, 05:07:00 pm
I got it working, but Tripod won't let me post it on my news page, so here it is:
I got Mission 3 working!!!! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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