[Tahna Los]

I was mucking around with Freespace Open 3.5.5 before I started with 3.6.  Also, I never knew I needed a launcher when I had 3.5.5.  Don't know if I did anything.

Here's what's going on
1) My Campaigns automatically reset to the very first mission.  So, if I try to go to a finished mission in the simulator, it won't show, and I can't go to the next mission if I try to go through the mission briefing doors.

2) I am getting a registry error when I try to go to the registry in the launcher.

3) A really weird green glow pops up whenever I'm trying to select a mission in the mission simulator

4) I cannot use my joystick.

5) Game crashes usually when I try to exit from the mission.

My setup

P4 3.0 Ghz
1 GB DDR400
MSI 865 NEO
ATI Radeon 9800
SB Live 5.1
Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick

[kasperl]

What are you're command line flags?

What version of the Launcher are you using?

What driver versions?

What campaign?

Have you tried making a new pilot?

[Tahna Los]

No Flags

Launcher being used is the same that came with the installer

Catalyst 4.6

Main Campaign.

New pilot does not help.

I'll also point out that when I tried 3.5.5, problems 1, 2, and 4 occurred.  I don't know if it has anything to do with the way I set up SCP 3.5.5

[kasperl]

Are you using a HOTU version?

Have you tried re-installing FS2?

Are you using OGL or D3D?

[Tahna Los]

Freespace Interplay 20th Anniversary edition.  Using OGL.

Reinstalled FS2.  Problems 2 and 5 fixed.  Still cannot use my Joystick, and still cannot continue my campaign.

[Tahna Los]

Well, I got this while running the debug:

Warning: Campaign save file too old -- not compatible. Deleting file.
You can continue from here without trouble


File:E:\Languages\Visual Studio Projects\Visual C++\fs2_open\code\Mission\MissionCampaign.cpp
Line: 1101

Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
mission_campaign_load() mission_load_up_campaign() sim_room_init() game_enter_state() gameseq_set_state() game_process_event() gameseq_process_events() WinMainSub() WinMain() WinMainCRTStartup() kernel32.dll 77e814c7()
------------------------------------------------------------------

Now I can't even use the original FS2 build. When I run the original FS2, I get the following error:

Error: Error parsing 'weapons.tbl'
Error code = 2.

File:C:\projects\freespace2\code\Weapon\Weapons.cpp
Line: 1432

Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

[WMCoolmon]

1) Try moving the .csg file for your pilot outside of the Freespace 2 directory structure. It sounds like it's trying to delete it but can't, so it just tries to delete it every time you save.

4) You've tried using the "Force #" options in the Joystick section of the Launcher? Does the joystick show up properly in the Joysticks or Game Controllers Control Panel?

[kasperl]

Is there anything marked read-only in your FSO dir?

[Tahna Los]

1) Well, what I want is to be able to resume my campaign and run past missions in the simulator.

4) Forcing didn't work.  It's a brand new USB joystick, 12 buttons.  Don't know if that has anything to do with it.

[taylor]

The original capaign savefiles are version 12 and it was bumped to 13 when persistant variables were added.  There was no upgrade path though so the savefiles will just get deleted.  Like the others say, it probably can't get deleted for being read-only or something.  You can try moving the pilot and .csg & .css files to a safe location and creating a new pilot.  This doesn't help you continue where you last played but it will save your current stuff for near future use...

New code is in testing now and has been fixed to properly upgrade the pilot and savefiles while preserve all data.  Until that code hits CVS though there isn't any way to continue your campaign since it won't accept the savefile.  You can PM me if you want and we can work out an exchange of files which I'll upgrade for you to work in the current builds.  Not the best solution but you won't have to wait until the new code is ready.

As far as the joystick goes, I assume that it's working in other games or with any test utility software that probably came with it correct?  What kind of joystick is it (brand/model)?

[karajorma]

Make a new pilot. If you're playing the main campaign and don't want to start again simply post here once it works and I'll knock out a campaign file which will start you off on the last mission you played.

[WMCoolmon]

Tahna Los: Check out CSGEdit in the Tools section of HLP, it'll let you edit your CSG file easily.

I wrote a pretty comprehensive guide on how to use it in the wiki.

Edit: You should be able to get the relevant info from your old file. Unfortunately you'll have to play a mission to make Freespace2 a save file...CSGEdit will only edit CSG files, not make them.

[Tahna Los]

Can someone post the link to CSGEdit?  Can't find it.

Thanks

[WMCoolmon]

http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/hlp/category_show.php?cat=36

[RandomTiger]

Originally posted by Tahna Los

4) I cannot use my joystick.

The newest version of the launcher (avalible in my sig) has fixes for joystick problems.

If that doesnt fix it send me an e-mail and I'll have a look at the code.