[djkiernan]

I'm having a weird problem, just downloaded Free Space Open and installed it... I played the two original campaigns "the great war" and "silent threat" and now when I attempted to start the Free Space 2 campaign there are no weapons available to select, and also can´t change my ship or the ships in my squadron.
The mission name is Surrender Belisarius and when it starts loading I get 3 error messages:

Error: Invalid weapon name.

In sexpression: ( when
   ( true )
   ( good-secondary-time
      "Friendly"
      100
      "Cyclops"
      "Belisarius"
   )
)
(Error appears to be: Cyclops)
File:J:\src\cvs\fs2_open_3_6_9.final\code\Mission\MissionParse.cpp
Line: 5798
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Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

Error: Invalid subsystem name.

In sexpression: ( when
   ( true )
   ( send-message
      "Psamtik"
      "High"
      "FIRE!"
   )
   ( fire-beam
      "Psamtik"
      "turret03"
      "Belisarius"
      "turret13"
   )
)
(Error appears to be: turret03)
File:J:\src\cvs\fs2_open_3_6_9.final\code\Mission\MissionParse.cpp
Line: 5798
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Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

Error: Invalid ship class name.

In sexpression: ( when
   ( true )
   ( tech-add-ships "GTCv Deimos" )
)
(Error appears to be: GTCv Deimos)
File:J:\src\cvs\fs2_open_3_6_9.final\code\Mission\MissionParse.cpp
Line: 5798
[This filename points to the location of a file on the computer that built this executable]

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

Does anyone have an idea of what can be done to solve this?

Thanks!!!

[Mura]

Ok, here a couple things you should try...
First of all, select the No mod button on the launcher, this is important.

If that doesn't fix it, you most likely also have a corrupted pilot file, make a new one and play with that one.

[Jeff Vader]

Most likely you have forgotten to switch the mod. Playing the FS1 campaign and Silent Threat requires the FSPort as a mod, yes. But the FS2 campaign? No. If you've done a full installation with Turey's Installer, use the Launcher to select the \mediavps\ folder as a mod. If you don't have one, for some reason, just select No MOD.

And it is usually good to have a separate pilot for each campaign/mod.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

One more thing...

[djkiernan]

Hey guys, thanks for the help and the welcome.
I tried to set the \mediavps\ folder as mod but there was no file to select in there so I went with the NO MOD option and now it's working smooth.

Thanks again!!!

[Mura]

glad to see you got it worked out, and about the mediavps as mod folder, you dont really have to pick a file, just the folder and should work

[Jeff Vader]

I tried to set the \mediavps\ folder as mod but there was no file to select in there

use the Launcher to select the \mediavps\ folder as a mod.

You might want to read some reference material, such as Karajorma's FreeSpace FAQ. Many things are explained there. And it does actually work that way: you select a subfolder to be used as a mod folder instead of single files. So again, try to select the \mediavps\ folder as a mod, so that you could play prettier FS2.