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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: Snail on June 30, 2010, 02:48:32 pm

Title: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Snail on June 30, 2010, 02:48:32 pm
I just love setting "Rotate Around Object" on something and then trying to move it on the Y axis. You move uber long distances! :D
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Rodo on June 30, 2010, 05:53:17 pm
You wanna mess up a mission really REALLY bad?

Move some of your events up and down the list, and then look how all hell breaks loose.
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 30, 2010, 05:57:28 pm
Snail. What you just described is the bane of my Fredding process.
 
 
 
I also like the loadout editor and campaign initial loadout editors habit of forgetting everything I've ticked.
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Mobius on June 30, 2010, 06:13:31 pm
Accidents while renaming events. :blah:
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Trivial Psychic on June 30, 2010, 08:31:52 pm
As a bit of an aside... for any new fredder:

1- Begin with blank mission
2- Select any craft type and place a model on the grid
3- Select this placed craft and edit its name by increasing the default numeral by one
4- Place a second model of this craft on the grid
5- LOL
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on June 30, 2010, 11:54:51 pm
You know instead of posting about this stuff how about posting the steps to reproduce in a Mantis report so they can get fixed?

Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: karajorma on July 01, 2010, 12:28:31 am
Well a couple of these aren't a bug. But yeah, bugs should be in Mantis.
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: TopAce on July 01, 2010, 05:11:01 am
Quote from: Mobius on June 30, 2010, 06:13:31 pm
Accidents while renaming events. :blah:

You shouldn't be renaming events unless you really need to. :)
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: The E on July 01, 2010, 05:31:00 am
This is relevant to the topic, how, exactly?

NOTE: This was a reply to a post of Dilmah's that he deleted. No offence to TopAce intended.
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Dilmah G on July 01, 2010, 05:39:46 am
/me reads topic more closely.

Right.

Post deleted. :P
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Mobius on July 01, 2010, 03:22:47 pm
Quote from: TopAce on July 01, 2010, 05:11:01 am
Quote from: Mobius on June 30, 2010, 06:13:31 pm
Accidents while renaming events. :blah:

You shouldn't be renaming events unless you really need to. :)

Oh, floods of "Event name" in the event list... :)
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: TopAce on July 01, 2010, 04:41:15 pm
Then will you indulge me into how that causes accidents?
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Snail on July 01, 2010, 04:48:35 pm
Quote from: FUBAR-BDHR on June 30, 2010, 11:54:51 pm
You know instead of posting about this stuff how about posting the steps to reproduce in a Mantis report so they can get fixed?


They aren't bugs! They're Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress(tm)!

One more:

1) Highlight a ship and a waypoint at the same time.
2) Press Shift+S
3) Change the ship name
4) Exit the Ships Editor
5) Attempt to do anything about what happens next

:D
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Droid803 on July 01, 2010, 05:08:20 pm
I hit OK enough times and it stopped bugging me.
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Snail on July 01, 2010, 05:11:20 pm
Quote from: Droid803 on July 01, 2010, 05:08:20 pm
I hit OK enough times and it stopped bugging me.
Wait, really?!
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: General Battuta on July 01, 2010, 05:17:31 pm
Me too!
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Snail on July 01, 2010, 05:19:00 pm
Dear God, untold hours of work have been lost for nothing. :(
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Shivan Hunter on July 01, 2010, 07:35:39 pm
Happened to me a few days ago.

... I invented several new Vulcan curse words for nothing :(
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: BlueFlames on July 01, 2010, 11:13:43 pm
Semicolons anywhere; semicolons everywhere!
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: karajorma on July 01, 2010, 11:45:26 pm
Quote from: BlueFlames on July 01, 2010, 11:13:43 pm
Semicolons anywhere; semicolons everywhere!

That should be fixed actually.
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Shivan Hunter on July 02, 2010, 02:14:24 am
Ctrl+click.

Ctrl+click.

Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click Ctrl+click CRASH


Better yet, an uncontrolled create-ship SEXP.
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Aardwolf on July 03, 2010, 02:01:33 am
I once got stuck in an infinitely repeating message box playing around with the "U.R.A. Moron 1" thingy
Title: Re: Fun Things To Do In FRED That May or May Not Cause You To Lose Unsaved Progress
Post by: Colonol Dekker on July 03, 2010, 02:55:42 am
I've never tried that.