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Title: Problem with Sol: A History
Post by: brozozo on June 26, 2005, 02:01:52 am
Hey guys.

I recently purchased Freespace 2 (I had lost my original copy years ago) and I decided to download some user-made campaigns for some excitement.

Sol: A History piqued my interest and I downloaded it. I read the ReadMe and found out I needed the Inferno Core and EA VPs.

Every time I try to start up FS2 I get this error:
Error:
Could not load in MainScreen-M!
File:C:\projects\freespace2\code\MenuUI\MainHallMenu.cpp
Line: 828

Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

This only appeared after I installed the S:AH components.

What I've downloaded and installed: Sol_A_History.zip, inf_core.exe, inf_ea.exe.

Sorry if this has been brought before. I searched the forum, but couldn't find anything relevant.

Thanks for the help.
Title: Problem with Sol: A History
Post by: karajorma on June 26, 2005, 02:45:36 am
Where have you installed everything?

Are you using FS2_Open?
Title: Problem with Sol: A History
Post by: brozozo on June 26, 2005, 02:59:46 am
The archives have installed everything to C:\Games\FreeSpace2 and I'm guessing to the appropiate subfolders.

I'm running v1.20 of FS2: GOTY edition.

I also get an Unexpected end of archive when the inf_core.exe finishes extracting.
Title: Problem with Sol: A History
Post by: karajorma on June 26, 2005, 03:10:23 am
That's almost certainly your problem then. Sounds like the file is corrupt and needs to be downloaded again.

If you have VPView installed you could try opening the big inferno VP file (whatever it's called) to double check but if the extraction failed then that's probably your culprit.


BTW :welcome:
Title: Problem with Sol: A History
Post by: brozozo on June 26, 2005, 03:16:33 am
Are you sure? The main hall error showed up before I installed the Inferno and EA components.

Oh, well. I download it again anyway.

And if that doesn't work, I'll just uninstall and reinstall. Should there be any particular order I install the mods?

Thanks for the welcome.
Title: Problem with Sol: A History
Post by: karajorma on June 26, 2005, 04:05:42 am
If it showed up after you installed Sol A History but before you installed Inferno that's exactly what I'd expect.

The order shouldn't matter too much as if I remember correctly SAH is just a bunch of missions and won't interfere with the installation process.
Title: Problem with Sol: A History
Post by: RED DIAMOND on June 26, 2005, 01:01:17 pm
I was never able to get this campaign to run either:mad:
Title: Problem with Sol: A History
Post by: brozozo on June 26, 2005, 03:30:47 pm
Thanks for the help karajorma. The game works fine now.
Title: Problem with Sol: A History
Post by: Airborne on July 11, 2005, 08:37:09 pm
Quote
Originally posted by RED DIAMOND
I was never able to get this campaign to run either:mad:

That's a shame red, Sol is definitely one of the best user made campaigns I've played thus far. Not to mention it's made from the so-called "Campaign King," Blaise Russell. On a final note, the last mission is truly awesome.:yes: :D
Title: Problem with Sol: A History
Post by: RED DIAMOND on July 11, 2005, 09:20:08 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Airborne

That's a shame red, Sol is definitely one of the best user made campaigns I've played thus far. Not to mention it's made from the so-called "Campaign King," Blaise Russell. On a final note, the last mission is truly awesome.:yes: :D


I guess I should have updated my post. I did indeed finally get it working. Very comprehensive history of the SOL system indeed.;)
Title: Problem with Sol: A History
Post by: Kie99 on July 12, 2005, 07:16:20 am
I could never view the last stage of the first mission's command briefing.  It didn't matter though, I just looked at it in FRED and then skipped the command briefing in the first mission.