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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: Culando on April 30, 2006, 12:51:15 pm

Title: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Culando on April 30, 2006, 12:51:15 pm
*delurks*
Ok, I played chapter 1 of this camp and loved it. But Chapter 2 is giving me horrendous difficulties. If I try running it with 3.6.5, I can't even get to the character select screen. It crashes to the desktop. As for 3.6.7, I get a runtime error about the Shivan Light Laser or something.

Can anyone help me with this?
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: karajorma on April 30, 2006, 12:59:33 pm
Table files probably need fixing. What's the exact error?
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Culando on April 30, 2006, 01:40:02 pm
Here's the error I get when trying to use 3.6.7. It occurs just as I'm supposed to go into the character select screen I believe.

Error: ItDOH2-weap.tbm(97):
Error: Required token = [$Model file:], found [+nocreate]
in weapon: Shivan Light Laser.

File: parse/parselo.cpp
Line: 551
[This filename points to the location of a file on the computer that built this executable]

Sorry I didn't give that info in the first place. My day started out kind of frustrating.

Edit: Ok, using Kara's latest SCV(csv? whatever) build seems to have fixed all my problems. Lock or delete this as you wish. Sorry for being a bother.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Dan1 on April 30, 2006, 09:48:14 pm
Good luck with this campaign, go through 3 and 4 the storyline gets even better.  I'm eagerly awaiting part 5 which apparantly had to be split into 2 different parts.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Mehrpack on May 01, 2006, 10:48:08 am
hi,
here on hades combine you can get a SCP compatible version of Chapter2.
http://hades-combine.com/web/index.php?ind=downloads&op=entry_view&iden=221

but the chapter 3 & 4 are running only under FS2, not under FSO :(.

Mehrpack
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Culando on May 01, 2006, 02:12:05 pm
Actually, I got that download. I prefer using FSO when I can. It's shiney after all. Chapter 1 seemed to work fine under FSO. Until it randomly broke anyway.

I actually had a crash on the second mission in Chpt 2 last night. The game just froze. But I forget exactly when. I think one of the Vasudan capital ships was blowing up or something. If it happens again, I'll let you know. Hell, maybe someone IMed me and that crashed it. *shrugs*

Edit:
Mission 2 works fine. Now mission 4 crashed me. Maybe it was that bug I read about on one of the more recent builds somewhere. Not being able to do more than one or so missions in a row? *shrugs*

On a side note about mission 4.
*clears throat*

Edit:
...and now it just crashes at random points in mission 4. Great. I really love having to restart my computer every time I try playing this game.
HOLY CRAP BEAMS.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: karajorma on May 02, 2006, 01:11:29 pm
It's issues like this that make me want to have a big effort to clean up all the campaigns that have been released. It's hard to know if the error is down to problems with the mission or FS2_Open or what.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Qwer on May 02, 2006, 02:59:22 pm
Well the best way is to just play it with retail. That will solve all problems. :D


BTW Any news about Chapter 5? I'm waiting for it good 4 months and i want to see Nightmares in action finally. :sigh:
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Culando on May 02, 2006, 04:44:07 pm
I agree with that Kara. One of my biggest complaints, though unspoken most of the time, is the annoyance dealing with what version of FSO is usable and/or NEEDED with certian camps. Wish there was something I could do about it.

Maybe in the mean time I'll tinker around in FRED2 again. Make my own missions. But don't expect to see anything out of me. XP I learned my lesson about announcing stuff that I never finish. *points to sig*
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: karajorma on May 04, 2006, 07:24:42 am
That's a pity cause Noise is basically one of the most prolific FREDders on this board. Putting together a single campaign is quite a feat. Having managed 4 releases singlehanded is very impressive.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: neoterran on May 04, 2006, 12:59:35 pm
Yeah, hopefully someone can spend some time to convert it to SCP compatible, becuase the SCP makes everything worth while, IMO. Otherwise the game looks way too dated.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Manunkind on May 04, 2006, 01:37:34 pm
I didn't wait for the SCP conversion and played all 4 chapters on vanilla FS2, and I can't imagine having a better time, that's how good these missions are.

Don't let the joy you get from playing good games depend on stuff like graphics too much :)





Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: karajorma on May 04, 2006, 03:34:16 pm
While I agree with the principle this sort of stuff should be fixed. Once it works we can say that it's the SCP's fault if it breaks but right now most coders won't touch campaign problems because we have no idea if the problem is due to a change we made or sloppy tabling from the original campaign maker.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Spicious on May 07, 2006, 04:49:38 am
Chapter 3 (http://hades-combine.com/web/index.php?ind=downloads&op=entry_view&iden=31) with fixed tables is now available at Hades Combine.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: neoterran on May 07, 2006, 05:03:31 am
joy !
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Mefustae on May 09, 2006, 04:04:30 am
Frankly, i've always wondered how the hell to read those "fiction" things that come with the campaign. No matter what I try, the format is for some weird obscure program that doesn't want to work with anything...
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Kszyhu on May 09, 2006, 07:48:11 am
It's the Microsoft Works format. I think that MS Ofiice could read that without problems.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: neoterran on May 09, 2006, 09:08:10 am
I'm using a beta of Office 2007, and it doesn't support that format, incredibly. you can still "recover text from any file" and read them, but they must be in a really old version of works.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Kie99 on May 09, 2006, 04:24:57 pm
AFAIK .wps is used in the latest version of Works.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Qwer on May 15, 2006, 09:29:40 am
There's no need for Chapter 1 SCP Conversion, as it has got only new missions, no new tables.
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: the_rh1no on September 06, 2006, 07:50:34 am
I have the same problem on the sanctuary denied mission on chpt 1. It pisses me off, i really want to continue the campaign and move onto the next chpt, which also has the load up problems. I didnt really understand what i have to do to fix those. (crashes as soon as i start up FSO and something about shivan light beam or something like that)

Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 06, 2006, 08:01:07 am
Just use word to read the Fiction, Or at the the very worst case Wordpad. (open all files)
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: BS403 on September 09, 2006, 11:57:23 pm
Just use word to read the Fiction, Or at the the very worst case Wordpad. (open all files)
only partof it is legible the rest is all symbols
and i don't have word to open it only wordperfect
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Rhythmic on September 17, 2006, 12:44:04 am
Don't feel like making a whole new thread on this so I hope nobody minds a quick hijacking instead X_X


I just got done with all 4 chapters of ITDoH for the first time.
Wow, What an awesome campiagn. Third fav right behind transcend and direlect[sp?]
Title: Re: Into the Depths of Hell Chpt 2 issues
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 22, 2006, 04:43:38 am
I like the wargames sequence in Chapter three or two, i forget which. :nod: