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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: jkalltheway on October 05, 2008, 07:36:43 pm

Title: problem with derelict
Post by: jkalltheway on October 05, 2008, 07:36:43 pm

During combat, when i shoot at enemies instead of the normal shield graphics, i get blackness. Also, when the ships explode, there are little black squares that spread out. Why does this happen?

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: General Battuta on October 05, 2008, 10:35:22 pm

Get the 710 patches for the MediaVPs. And update your graphics drivers. That should resolve it!

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: jkalltheway on October 05, 2008, 11:55:50 pm

where do i put the patches one i download them? forgive me, but im extremely new to this modding stuff.

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: General Battuta on October 05, 2008, 11:57:26 pm

Do you have the MediaVPs in a separate 'mediavps' folder?

Place the patches in there.

Are you using the 3.6.8 mediaVPs?

Don't worry, we'll walk you through everything.

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: jkalltheway on October 06, 2008, 12:07:44 am

yeah, i already have them placed in there. it doesnt seem to work. should i put it in the data folder? or just the general mediavps folder? also im grabbing all the mv packs too. models, textures, adveffects etc. Where should i put those?

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: jkalltheway on October 06, 2008, 12:30:42 am

also the shots for the subarch cannon dont appear. i see the impact, but not the shots themself

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: Droid803 on October 06, 2008, 12:31:54 am

Ok, i'm just going to ask this arbitrarily, are you using D3D or OGL?
Derelict SCP shouldn't NEED MVPs to run.

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: Jeff Vader on October 06, 2008, 02:14:34 am

Quote from: Droid803 on October 06, 2008, 12:31:54 am

Derelict SCP shouldn't NEED MVPs to run.

Except that the Luxor/whatever is positioned incorrectly without the MediaVPs.

jkalltheway, run a debug build, find fs2_open.log from \freespace2\data\ and post it here.

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: eliex on October 06, 2008, 03:49:02 am

The 710 patches for the 3.9.8 mediavps. should already have been done when downloaded via the FSO Installer, last time I checked.

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: Turey on October 06, 2008, 11:02:54 am

Quote from: eliex on October 06, 2008, 03:49:02 am

The 710 patches for the 3.9.8 mediavps. should already have been done when downloaded via the FSO Installer, last time I checked.

Yeah, but he never actually said he used the Installer. Don't assume things that may not be true.

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: jkalltheway on October 06, 2008, 11:24:01 am

i ran the installer when i installed freespace, and derelict, awakening, etc came with the entire package. mediavps were also in there. How would i run a debug build? Also i think i'm using OGL if OGL is opengl

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: Jeff Vader on October 06, 2008, 11:27:22 am

Open the Launcher. Click Browse. Select a build (an .exe file) that ends with _debug or _d. Click Apply. Run until the game crashes or you reach the Main Hall. Quit. There should be a file called fs2_open.log in \freespace2\data\ now. Post it here as an attachment or using the code tags.

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: jkalltheway on October 06, 2008, 12:12:41 pm

ok, i believe this should be it. If not, ill try again.

Also attempting to take a scrnshot of the problems.

[attachment deleted by Tolwyn]

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: Jeff Vader on October 06, 2008, 12:19:44 pm

Yup. That's the one.

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Searching root pack 'C:\games\freespace2\mv_core.vp'
Searching root pack 'C:\games\freespace2\mv_effects.vp'
Searching root pack 'C:\games\freespace2\mv_models.vp'
Searching root pack 'C:\games\freespace2\mv_music.vp'
Searching root pack 'C:\games\freespace2\mv_textures.vp'
Move these to \freespace2\Media_VPs\. Then, since these are the 3.6.8 Zeta MediaVPs, get the patches (this (http://fs2source.warpcore.org/mediavp/mp-710_effects.rar) and this (http://fs2source.warpcore.org/mediavp/mp-710_models.rar)). Place these .vps to \freespace2\Media_VPs\.

Title: Re: problem with derelict
Post by: jkalltheway on October 06, 2008, 12:29:22 pm

ahh yes there we go. thanks a lot for everything guys. everything seems to be working now.