Hard Light Productions Forums

Hosted Projects - FS2 Required => FreeSpace Conversion => Topic started by: Alex_LQW on August 30, 2010, 12:18:43 pm

Title: Using the automated installer installs an old version which crashes the game.
Post by: Alex_LQW on August 30, 2010, 12:18:43 pm

Using the FreeSpaceOpenInstaller Java Installer to install FSOpen installs version 3.1.1. This causes the game to crash when you get to level four where some missing texture/file/whatever is called for in the briefing room (S_Rockeye or something).

If you try to launch the mod after that, the game crashes out with errors such as:

Code: [Select]

TBM  =>  Starting parse of 'fs1_effects-wep.tbm' ...
WARNING: "Weapon explosion 'Shivan_Impact01' does not have an LOD0 anim!" at weapons.cpp:180
WARNING: "Weapon explosion 'Akheton_Impact' does not have an LOD0 anim!" at weapons.cpp:180
WARNING: "Weapon explosion 'Prometheus_Impact' does not have an LOD0 anim!" at weapons.cpp:180
WARNING: "Weapon explosion 'Prometheus_Impact' does not have an LOD0 anim!" at weapons.cpp:180
WARNING: "Weapon explosion 'Maxim_Impact' does not have an LOD0 anim!" at weapons.cpp:180

I'm told this is because "The FSOpen team haven't updated their ****.". A work-around is to manually install FSPort 3.2 (from the Complete package (http://fsport.freespacemods.net/releases/fsport3_2-retail.zip)) after deleting / mv'ing the  'fsport' and 'fsport-mediavps' directories from my existing FS2 root dir.

NOTES:

The mod.ini file laid down by the automated installer is:

Code: [Select]

[launcher]
modname      = FSPort v3.1.1;
image255x112 = fsport.bmp;
infotext     = A fourteen-year war between the Terran and Vasudan species leads into something far more sinister.  This is the story of the Great War.;
website      = http://fsport.hard-light.net/;
forum        = http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,39.0.html;

The one in the Retail 3.2 package linked above:

Code: [Select]

[launcher]
modname      = FSPort v3.2;
image255x112 = fsport.bmp;
infotext     = A fourteen-year war between the Terran and Vasudan species leads into something far more sinister.  This is the story of the Great War.;
website      = http://fsport.hard-light.net/;
forum        = http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,39.0.html;

Clearly the .vp files etc. are different too.

Title: Re: Using the automated installer installs an old version which crashes the game.
Post by: Goober5000 on August 30, 2010, 03:28:04 pm

Yup.  I need to double-check some things with Galemp.