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Hosted Projects - Standalone => The Babylon Project => Topic started by: Azodiak on January 01, 2006, 11:02:00 am
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Hi folks, I fear, that is not the right forum for my question but I dont know wher to write my question.
Maybe someone of you know how to run the Mod GW3: EA Civil War for Homeworld of the http://www.b5mods.com/ site, because the forum of that site is down. I did update the game like mentioned and copyed the files into the Homeworld folder. But as I started the game and wanted to launch a new game, it went back to windows (XP, my PC). I tried it on the PC of my dad (WIN 98) and it hang up and went back to windows just after playing the intro...
Maybe some of you can help me, you are my last hope! :shaking:
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I think this is where you're more likely to find help:
http://forums.relicnews.com/
There are subforums there for both Homeworld and Homeworld 2.
It could be due to all kinds of things - lack of a suitable graphics card, lack of latest drivers for the said graphics card etc., etc. etc. Also, do you have any other mods in your Homeworld folder? If so, try doing a clean install of the game and then re-install the mod as your only mod.
Hope I proved at least slightly helpful :)
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Thank you, Ill contact that forum... and yes, the game is clean, no other mods installed.
But thanks anyway :)
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You could check this place too: http://forums.firstones.com/
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While you're here why not try out TBP too? :D
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Dont worry, I ve played TBP and its missions for about 2 or 3 times now ^^
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Not enough! More, More! :D :p
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I don't know if I'm going to be able to contribute to finishing "Severed Dreams" like I thought I was. Someone sent me a privmsg with a link to the topic on creating ANIs from AVI files and it's a pain in the ass. You have to save each frame of the AVI you want to use as a seperate image, then of course they all have to be cropped exactly the same for what you want to show, and then, finally, you use another utility to turn them into the ANIs. Now I probably can do this, but damn I wish I knew how to program. I'd write myself some a couple batch utils to automate some of this.
Here's the link to the topic in question:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,35093.0.html
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Use IrfanView to do batch conversion/cropping etc. it's a really neat tool
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Bright does an even better job when you're dealing with 256 colours. Get it from the download page of my FAQ. You'll have to use it from the DOS-Prompt though.
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Hi folks, I fear, that is not the right forum for my question but I dont know wher to write my question.
Maybe someone of you know how to run the Mod GW3: EA Civil War for Homeworld of the http://www.b5mods.com/ site, because the forum of that site is down. I did update the game like mentioned and copyed the files into the Homeworld folder. But as I started the game and wanted to launch a new game, it went back to windows (XP, my PC). I tried it on the PC of my dad (WIN 98) and it hang up and went back to windows just after playing the intro...
Maybe some of you can help me, you are my last hope! :shaking:
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The textures on engine glows and weapon effects seem distorted and blurry?
This texture corruption is an unfortunate side-effect of replacing the original Homeworld textures. We've managed to keep it to a minimum, but it will occur on some maps, especially those containing planets or traders.
Why are some of the original Homeworld ships still in the game?
Yes, there are still a few ships we have to replace. They'll be released in a patch at a later date. Unfortunately, you can't add or remove ship slots from Homeworld, just replace the original ones.
Do I really need the Homeworld 1.05 patch to play your mod?
Yes. It's available from www.relic.com
The user interface is all messed up! Why?
Did you install the 1.05 patch?
How can I play ships like the Shadows and Vorlons?
Ships from the p1, p2, p3 races etc. cannot be built, but they can be captured or played in custom maps. The mod contains several multiplayer maps which will let you do this. There are also some ships belonging to Clark and Sheridan which cannot be built, such as the r1 field frigate, defense fighter, light defender, and the r2 cloaked fighter, light defender, and drone frigate.
Why is the jumpgate effect blue rather than yellow when a ship enters hyperspace?
Unfortunately, Homeworld can only accommodate one hyperspace effect per race. We chose the blue effect of a ship leaving hyperspace for its dramatic effect.
What's an .ace file?
.ace is a compression format like .zip which offers a much better compression ratio. The archive for this mod is self extracted, but for previous versions of our mods you may need to use WinAce which you can obtain from www.winace.com
Will the mod work with Homeworld: Cataclysm?
Unfortunately not - Homeworld and Homeworld: Cataclysm are very different games. There are mods for Cataclysm though, so check our website for more details.
Does the singleplayer campaign work?
To a certain extent… levels 1 and 2 work without any problems, but the rest of the singleplayer campaign will be included in a future patch. Consider it a taste of things to come.
Does it work with Windows XP?
Yes, although to use OpenGL mode you may have to set the compatibility tab to simulate Windows NT4.
How do I make the rotating sections work on ships like the Omega?
Because of the tricky way that Homeworld deals with animations, they have to have a specific. If you build an Omega (for example) it will start rotating automatically, but if you have one at the start of the game you can make it rotate by ordering it to retire and then cancelling the order.
Why doesn't Babylon 5 rotate?
Unfortunately it came down to a choice between having a rotating section and having a Babylon 5 station that could actually fire. There was a lot of debate, but we decided that it was important that B5 could defend itself.
So when you have still problems, Im not sure that this help, Im not familiar with HM1, the patch 1.05
Go to your Homeworld\Bin\Release folder and find Homeworld.exe. Drag it with your right mouse button and when you let go, select create shortcut here. Right click on the shortcut and select properties, then click on the shortcut tab. In the target box, put
"C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld\Bin\Release\Homeworld.exe " -overrideBigFile
Including the two "
or
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld\Bin\Release\Homeworld.exe -overrideBigFile
You may have to change
C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld\Bin\Release\Homeworld.exe
if you did not install Homeworld in its default place.
Then use the shortcut you made to use the mod.
(This is a instruction for HW2 mods, but I thing it will works with HW1 too)
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Bright does an even better job when you're dealing with 256 colours. Get it from the download page of my FAQ. You'll have to use it from the DOS-Prompt though.
But I won't be dealing with a mere 256 colors, at least not at first. I have to get things out of my AVI copy of the "Severed Dreams" ep first. Can VirtualDub save a section of video in the form of each frame as its own image?
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Hmm... thanks, woo, but I have reat that readmy allready and did what it said.
As Captain Pierce on the relicnews forum said, I created a debugmessages.txt and the following last lines apeared
Warning: Could not find gun in mex at 4623cc0
Warning: Could not find gun in mex at 4623cc0
Warning: Could not find salvage point in mex at 429ef40
Warning: Could not find salvage point in mex at 429ef40
WARNING: Could not locate mex Resources\DustClouds\dustcloud0\Rl0\LOD0\dustcloud 0.mex
WARNING: Could not locate mex Resources\DustClouds\dustcloud1\Rl0\LOD0\dustcloud 1.mex
WARNING: Could not locate mex Resources\DustClouds\dustcloud2\Rl0\LOD0\dustcloud 2.mex
WARNING: Could not locate mex Resources\DustClouds\dustcloud3\Rl0\LOD0\dustcloud 3.mex
WARNING: Could not locate mex Resources\Nebulae\nebula0\Rl0\LOD0\nebula0.mex
Warning: Could not find Missile for P2
Warning: Could not find Missile for P3
Warning: Could not find Missile for Traders
Warning: no mothership assigned, trying to find one:
Warning: no mothership found for this player
Mybe someone of you can work with that information... I cant
EDIT:
Dont think it is a corrupt download... I have downloaded the data just a few weeks after its release and the same failur appears... but I thought they would patch it. Now, the site seems to be no longer supported and I fear a patch is not in sight.
That is very depressive -_-
Is there someone out there, who can say that this mod is working on his computer?
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Azodiak, you can also go to the Great Wars forum and ask your questions there. :)
http://www.thegamingunion.co.uk/forums/index.php?
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Ah thank you, that is, what I was searching for. :)
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karajorma, nevermind my earlier question about VirtualDub. I just did a little checking last night and found the "Save image sequence" item in the File menu.
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hello,
i've played those mods thousands time (yes, HW fanatic ;7), and i never had problems with them. Give me your mail by PM, and i will send you the files, 'cause yours are certainly broken. Be carefull, the mod files are BIG (several megs if i remember well)
I can send them by parts of 1meg if necessary
Bye
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Damn it, your files didnt also didnt work
Is ist possible that this GW3_2 is not working on german systems or with the german version of that game?!?
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I'm going to make test this evening.
I think there is a log files with contain the errors.
If it's the case, i will tell you where to find it.
Try to give me a full diagnostic of what happen for you :
- with "normal" HW : only HW and 1.05 patch (if all is ok in that case, tell me)
- with HW and another mod (if you have another mod from the Great Wars team, its the best case)
- with HW and this mod (tell me exactly when the crash appears : do you see the sierra&relic video, do you see the main menu, did you try a skirmich or Single player game, etc, etc..)
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Hmm... I wonder where all that mods disapeared... like the Dark Age mods for example?!?
The whole site is blown anway into hyperspace -_-
OH, actually I am very happy that this site is very active :p I like it very much. :D
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something i just think about :
what are your graphics settings ?
Try to put D3D and not OpenGL as i just remembered i had proble with opengl
Try at the lowest resolution too. If you have no crash then, it's perhaps an indication
Dunno if it will help but...
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Not a chance... not in d3d and not in software mode.
Maybe it is really a problem with my german HW CD? (or it is too old and some sectores are destroyed?)