[PotzUK]

Hi guys,

It's great to see FS2 is still going   I started out way back with Descent 1 & 2, played over Kali etc.  I loved Freespace even more, I even remember completing the FS1 demo countless times when it came out 

I'm currently having a bash at the Derelict SCP release, but I'm having a few problems...

Warning: Unable to load starfield bitmap: 'nebulH3-main'!

File:D:\C++\Freespace\fs2_open\code\Starfield\StarField.cpp
Line: 3033
[This filename points to the location of a file on the computer that built this executable]

Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    parse_bitmaps()    parse_mission()    parse_main()    mission_load()    game_start_mission()    game_enter_state()    gameseq_set_state()    game_process_event()    gameseq_process_events()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c816d4f()
------------------------------------------------------------------

Is what I am getting when I use the 17th of May build that Kara built... it's coming from the mission where the "Cypher" destorys the AWACS that you are tasked to escort.  I dont know more about it as I can't get more than a few minutes in before FS2 crashes to the desktop    

My folder structure is:

c:\freespace2
c:\freespace2\derelict
c:\freespace2\mediavps

I'm using the 3.6.8 Zeta files if that helps, on a Radeon 9800 Mobility card with the 6.15 catalyst drivers, DX9 in OpenGL mode.  I can't use Direct3D for some reason.  I'm using an OpenAL.dll file I found lurking on the internet... its version is 0.951 

I found an error log in the FS2 folder:

fs2_open_r_KARA_20060517 caused an Access Violation in module fs2_open_r_KARA_20060517.exe at 001b:0060faf1.
Exception handler called in FreeSpace 2 Main Thread.
Error occurred at 6/1/2006 20:49:42.
C:\freespace2\fs2_open_r_KARA_20060517.exe, run by ********
2 processor(s), type 586.
768 MBytes physical memory.
Read from location 00000008 caused an access violation.

Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=001b EIP=0060faf1 EFLGS=00090212
EBX=00000001 SS=0023 ESP=0012f960 EBP=027bec98
ECX=027bec80 DS=0023 ESI=01127968 FS=003b
EDX=00000000 ES=0023 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 72 08 3b 71 08 74 0c 8b 09 81 f9 18 e2 7b 02
Stack dump:

Thanks in advance

Does anyone have any pointers?

[PotzUK]

Anyone?

A search of the forum turns up a nebula.exe file, but the link is broken 

[Flipside]

Actually, at a glance it just looks like an image file is missing from the Inferno campaign, but I'm not certain. I'm not part of the Inferno team, but I suspect one will be along shortly and take a look

[karajorma]

I would suspect that he's got the old Nebulae from somewhere. The ones that don't include the H ones.

Where did you get them from PotzUK?

[PotzUK]

Thanks for the replies guys

All I've done so far is install FS2 fresh and update to 1.2, Install the DerelictSCP campaign from here with the voicepacks, the MediaVPS (3.6.8 zeta) and the May 17th CVS build...

[karajorma]

Ah. That's your mistake then. Derelict SCP obviously requires Lightspeed's nebulae and since you don't have them it's complaining. There should be a link in the Derelict release thread.

[PotzUK]

Aye, there is a link - but it's broken

Does anyone have a copy?

Incidentally, I'm also having a few crash-to-the-desktop issues with the 'Just another Day 2' campaign... but from what I've been able to play so far it's hilarious!

The crashes don't seem to be totally random though, a lot of the time they happen more when I'm using the 'Target next hostile' action, especially if I use it multiple times

[PotzUK]

I've found a set here, http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,29593.0.html but it only goes up to set 6, I believe I still need sets 7 and 8?

Assuming they go to \derelictscp\data\effects and not \mediavps\data\effects ?

[karajorma]

You could probably get away with either to be honest. IIRC the stars.tbl includes all the standard backgrounds and nothing else will conflict.

Putting it in mediavps has the advantage of making it available to other campaigns that might use it.

Just remember that Stars.tbl goes in the table folder not effects.

[PotzUK]

Cheers m8y.  I've put them in the mediavps data structure, but I'm still after the 7th and 8th sets which appear to have the files I need. 

Does anyone have them?  I can put them up on my webserver (pyroport.com - anyone here recognise it? )

[Wanderer]

You could try if this set solves it... it should have all LS nebulae in dds format and also the required stars.tbl

[PotzUK]

Cheers Wanderer

It has a nebula.vp in it, nothing else.  I'll try putting it in the mediavps folder and see what happens

[PotzUK]

Well that seems to have sorted it out m8y   Cheers ^_^