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Title: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Nagrach on August 29, 2011, 06:02:51 am

Here it is after long time of work, I've finished my first campagin. 22 Mission long you are fighting to save humanity - again. It plays 15 years after Capellan.There are some new ships, too
Well it is no Blue planet but I think it isn't too bad for my first campaign. :nervous:
Construct critism wished!
Enjoy

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?8m8buyykbh23uwl
FSMods Mirror: http://www.freespacemods.net/download.php?view.811

Added a space for clickability. --Vader
Added a link to the fsmods mirror because the original link is broken.  --Swantz

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Darius on August 29, 2011, 06:50:34 am

I get an error message when starting the campaign.

Code: [Select]

Can't open model file <fighter04.pof>
<no module>! KiFastSystemCallRet
<no module>! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
<no module>! <no symbol>
<no module>! <no symbol>

Does this campaign use FSPort? You may need to edit the mod.ini.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Nagrach on August 29, 2011, 07:55:29 am

Strange IT seems there are some bugs left in the uploaded verions Please wait until I fixed them.

Edit: IT should be fixed now.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Axem on August 29, 2011, 10:11:20 am

I tried the first mission. It's an escort mission. :( And I had to wait 2 minutes for anything to happen. There wasn't any talking or anything to fill the time, so it was kind of boring. It could be improved by having the pirates arrive a lot sooner or have some transports talking between each other. Making a fun escort mission is hard, especially since we've been through so many that they get tiring after awhile (and all campaigns seem to start with them :p).

Also there's a number of textures still missing from the mod. Most notably the Apollo. I looked around in the tech room, there's a few more too. (Maverick, Fury and a few others)

There's a number of spelling mistakes and grammar errors. Now I'm guessing English isn't your first language, so it might be best to find someone to help you proofread your text. Makes everything much more enjoyable.

That said, good work on actually getting something out there. :)

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Darius on August 29, 2011, 10:37:37 am

Every campaign's got to start with an escort mission :P

Downloading now.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Nagrach on August 29, 2011, 12:11:53 pm

Missing textures?  :banghead: I knew something was forgotten, should fixed now with new version.

No english isn't my first language, im german, sorry.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: swamper123 on August 29, 2011, 12:12:17 pm

Finally a new campaign, will play it ASAP : P

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: swamper123 on August 29, 2011, 12:12:57 pm

Better I wait for the fixes :D

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: MatthTheGeek on August 29, 2011, 12:29:58 pm

Better I wait until I'm on something else than the crapbook :p

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: swamper123 on August 29, 2011, 01:57:33 pm

Missing ships warning, and it crash when I tries to go to the weapon select screen, anybody knows why?

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Lester on August 29, 2011, 02:02:50 pm

Try ticking the 'use 3D models for ship selection' option in the launcher.

Also, downloading the campaign now.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Jeff Vader on August 29, 2011, 02:09:45 pm

If the crash is in the weapon selection screen, "Use models for weapon selection" might work better.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Nagrach on August 29, 2011, 02:13:49 pm

@swamper What ships are missing? what version do you have? 1-1 or 1-2?

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: swamper123 on August 29, 2011, 02:19:24 pm

Already fixed, I forgot to delete a custom flag  :nono: :nono:

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Lester on August 29, 2011, 02:32:05 pm

Quote from: Jeff Vader on August 29, 2011, 02:09:45 pm

If the crash is in the weapon selection screen, "Use models for weapon selection" might work better.

derpface. Thats what I meant  :banghead:

The first mission seems fine except for the issues that Darius already mentioned.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Nagrach on August 29, 2011, 02:36:28 pm

Is with the new version any texture or model missing?

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: swamper123 on August 29, 2011, 02:57:29 pm

I like the first mission, but I think it have a lot of waves of enemy ships, also the distance between the player and the enemy is tremendous, I am not criticizing,  just giving my opinion, I will play the rest of the missions of course, : D

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Jeff Vader on August 29, 2011, 03:00:15 pm

There's something wrong with your ships.tbl (and you probably should have used tbm's), but as a person who doesn't really do any tabling, I cannot help with the issue. It's just a warning that popped up with a debug build, so it's nothing that would prevent people from playing but still.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: WouterSmitssm on August 29, 2011, 03:00:56 pm

i have trouble with this campaign
Couldn't load pilot file, bailing
ntdll.dll! NtWaitForSingleObject + 21 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObjectEx + 67 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
Verify failure: Vbuf0 != NULL

ntdll.dll! NtWaitForSingleObject + 21 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObjectEx + 67 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
Verify failure: Vbuf1 != NULL

ntdll.dll! NtWaitForSingleObject + 21 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObjectEx + 67 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Nagrach on August 29, 2011, 03:25:56 pm

try make a new pilot.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: WouterSmitssm on August 29, 2011, 03:33:30 pm

thats what i tryed too but if i do this its crashed agein

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Nagrach on August 29, 2011, 04:08:16 pm

Than try to reinstall your freespace 2, i don't know what this error means and can't explain if it is something to do with my campaign.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: WouterSmitssm on August 30, 2011, 02:09:49 pm

ive fixed already without reinstall
there was a file missing
but now the cutseners
i hope you guys can fix it
becouse he can find them
is stands n the maps data1 + data 2
if someone knows how to get it work than i will thank you
ok
sorry for my bad english

i try to understand english

here's my channel link wattch my channel for all games i play on it
http://www.livestream.com/woutersmitsgameschannel
please watch my channel live
guys
aand there's more things to do
as fs2open3.6.12
works with data1 + data 2 can read
than is all my trouble fixed
ok

and watch on youtube my channel too
guys

here's the link to youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/WouterSmits1
please watch this link too

Quote from: Nagrach on August 29, 2011, 04:08:16 pm

Than try to reinstall your freespace 2, i don't know what this error means and can't explain if it is something to do with my campaign.

Quote from: WouterSmitssm on August 29, 2011, 03:33:30 pm

thats what i tryed too but if i do this its crashed agein

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Jeff Vader on August 30, 2011, 02:14:43 pm

Quote from: WouterSmitssm on August 30, 2011, 02:09:49 pm

but now the cutseners
i hope you guys can fix it
becouse he can find them
is stands n the maps data1 + data 2
if someone knows how to get it work than i will thank you

Move the cutscenes to \freespace2\data\movies\ .

Quote from: WouterSmitssm on August 30, 2011, 02:09:49 pm

here's my channel link wattch my channel for all games i play on it
http://www.livestream.com/woutersmitsgameschannel
please watch my channel live

I know you'd want people to watch your videos. But it isn't very polite to blatantly advertise it in campaign release threads. Or any threads that aren't about Youtube videos, for that matter.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: WouterSmitssm on August 30, 2011, 03:01:56 pm

how to do to get people to watch
if you understand me i have no ideas how to get people to watch my channel
AND live channel

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: yuezhi on August 30, 2011, 03:16:59 pm

say, should this be highlighted? It is this guy's first campaign.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: swamper123 on August 30, 2011, 04:11:57 pm

Think the same, a highlight is needed, not everyday a campaign is released

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Jeff Vader on August 31, 2011, 05:15:37 am

Quote from: WouterSmitssm on August 30, 2011, 03:01:56 pm

how to do to get people to watch
if you understand me i have no ideas how to get people to watch my channel
AND live channel

Put a link in your signature?

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Eratharon on August 31, 2011, 02:41:08 pm

Okay, I downloaded it and started playing it. First escort mission wasn't bad but a little boring, however I ran into some bugs. I don't know if anyone got them too so I'll put spoilers just in case.

Spoiler:

It was fine until I got to the part where I had to defend the Yamato and the Sol Gate from that Typhoon Destroyer. I killed everything and the Aquataine told me to jump back. I did so but it marked the mission as a failure and I couldn't continue. After that I played the mission two more times but it didn't let me continue. I became curious and blew up the Yamato and then it let me continue.

I thought it was the only problem. The next mission I go up against the Ravana then defend the Memphis. The same bug appears saying I can jump back to base but after I jump I can't contiune again.

I will wait until the situation with these is resolved so please fix these issues because this campaign isn't bad. Looking forward to the fixes.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Cyborg17 on September 01, 2011, 12:09:20 am

Quote from: Eratharon on August 31, 2011, 02:41:08 pm

Okay, I downloaded it and started playing it. First escort mission wasn't bad but a little boring, however I ran into some bugs. I don't know if anyone got them too so I'll put spoilers just in case.

Spoiler:

It was fine until I got to the part where I had to defend the Yamato and the Sol Gate from that Typhoon Destroyer. I killed everything and the Aquataine told me to jump back. I did so but it marked the mission as a failure and I couldn't continue. After that I played the mission two more times but it didn't let me continue. I became curious and blew up the Yamato and then it let me continue.

I thought it was the only problem. The next mission I go up against the Ravana then defend the Memphis. The same bug appears saying I can jump back to base but after I jump I can't contiune again.

I will wait until the situation with these is resolved so please fix these issues because this campaign isn't bad. Looking forward to the fixes.

This.

If you make a campaign, it's pretty important to play through it once, even if you've tested all the individual missions.  This is not as bad as the showstopping bug in the last campaign to be released.  You probably tested the missions, at least a few times.  Last person had a mission that he may have never tested.  There was a mission which you couldn't jump out of because of a faulty sexp.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Nagrach on September 01, 2011, 12:41:05 pm

Ok , Im working on a patch now.

New version has been uploaded, know the campaign should work properly. Enjoy!

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Cyborg17 on September 01, 2011, 09:11:38 pm

I've dowloaded it and I'm looking forward to trying the new version.

And if you're looking for someone to help with English, I'll be willing to look over everything and suggest edits.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: achtung on September 01, 2011, 11:08:44 pm

http://www.freespacemods.net/download.php?view.811

Link to new version, old version removed.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Eratharon on September 02, 2011, 02:46:14 am

Thanks, trying out now.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Nagrach on September 02, 2011, 06:52:48 am

Quote from: Cyborg17 on September 01, 2011, 09:11:38 pm

I've dowloaded it and I'm looking forward to trying the new version.

And if you're looking for someone to help with English, I'll be willing to look over everything and suggest edits.

Thanks for your offer, you are allowed to correct my mistakes in Act 1. Would be great if you can dothis also for act 2 when its finished.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Alpha1 on September 12, 2011, 05:22:17 am

Hey Nagrach,
you are from Germany, right? ;-)

Yesterday I downloaded your Campaign and played approximitely the first half of it.
What i liked so far:
-I'm not restricted to the basic weapons in the first half
-The plot of the missions are relatively rich in variety
- jumping directly into the firefight instead of approaching it :-)

and now some criticism... some missions are very long! The last one i played took 22 minutes und i killed over 80 Shivans. After that, there was no big dirrerence to the Situation i started with.
In a story there is always an introduction, a climax and the end. Maybe you can shorten the missions to the essence but make moments which are more intense. Some Turns, a surprise and a little more diverse shivan presense. Maybe Bomerwing, bomberwing with escort, two bomberwings approching from different positions, time for some chatter, showdown. Let something happen which might act as a bridge between the missions.

There may be \ are some plotholes... where does the node lead to? time for a suicide mission ;-)? Why did I miss the great reunion? If i'm not involved, tell me otheres where and what they did.

and now ill fly another mission :-)

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Ranger1 on September 12, 2011, 06:34:24 pm

This is the error I get on the first mission on the Tortuga.

Couldn't load animation/bitmap 'nebdeb02'

ntdll.dll! ZwWaitForSingleObject + 21 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObjectEx + 67 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
<no module>! <no symbol>
<no module>! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: yuezhi on September 12, 2011, 07:05:11 pm

Quote from: Ranger1 on September 12, 2011, 06:34:24 pm

This is the error I get on the first mission on the Tortuga.

Couldn't load animation/bitmap 'nebdeb02'

ntdll.dll! ZwWaitForSingleObject + 21 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObjectEx + 67 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>
<no module>! <no symbol>
<no module>! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_12r_INF.exe! <no symbol>

Does this mean you're using 3.6.12?
try using a nightly build instead. that solved problems like these for me.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Ranger1 on September 12, 2011, 11:59:51 pm

No change...

Couldn't load animation/bitmap 'nebdeb04'

ntdll.dll! ZwWaitForSingleObject + 21 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObjectEx + 67 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
fs2_open_3_6_13r_INF-20110912_r7714.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_13r_INF-20110912_r7714.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_13r_INF-20110912_r7714.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_13r_INF-20110912_r7714.exe! <no symbol>
<no module>! <no symbol>
<no module>! <no symbol>
fs2_open_3_6_13r_INF-20110912_r7714.exe! <no symbol>

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Ranger1 on September 15, 2011, 04:23:26 pm

Anyone have any ideas?

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Cyborg17 on September 15, 2011, 07:29:42 pm

When you open the mission, right?  It could be that you're missing part of the Media VPS somehow, and that part is part of the background of mission 1.

I did a quick check and the files that it says are missing are inside the MV_Effects.vp  Inside its Data\Effects folder.  Check to see if your VP has these files.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Ranger1 on September 19, 2011, 12:59:27 pm

I've redownloaded everything.  Both the vps(from 2 different places) and the campaign with the same result.  I have no clue how to look in the vp files.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Cyborg17 on September 19, 2011, 04:07:37 pm

Ok.  If you redownloaded them, then there's almost no chance that that's where the problem is.

Try running it on a debug build and posting the log.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: badpenguin on September 23, 2011, 03:49:23 pm

i'm the stuck at the incoming transmission  mission
i ended up in shivan enemy field
but the ship has no control, no engine, no steering
any idea if is the red alert bug or something else?

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Nagrach on September 24, 2011, 07:38:05 am

Is this one a a Red alert mission? Can you post the number of the mission?

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: badpenguin on October 25, 2011, 01:59:45 pm

it should be mission 16/17
using the debug version instead of release it crash at mission start
any idea?

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: badpenguin on November 09, 2011, 12:56:28 pm

creating a new pilot solved the problem with red alert bug
still
the last mission some problem:
- when completed it starts from the same mission again
- the 2 escort ship are not following the orion class ship to the node

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: MrTealTwo on June 26, 2012, 03:05:46 pm

No file on the other end of the DL link. It is on FSMods, however.

Title: Re: RELEASE:Secret of the Ancients
Post by: Mobius on November 14, 2020, 02:16:55 am

I confirm the Mediafire link is down, but the FSMRP link works, at least. I see the campaign is not on Knossos, and I'm really bad at creating mod.json files. The package features a good old mod.ini.

Could anyone create one such json and get the mod to work for Knossos users? Also, has anyone played this campaign recently? Any known bugs?