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Offline stargate2008

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Problems
on: November 29, 2006, 01:35:14 pm
Hi, I'm new to the TBP games and i been having trouble with the game.
 I installed 3.2 on my brand-spanking new Windows XP computer, Raider Wars, EMW war, MDF, Tale of EA Janus. The only campaign that works is the Raider wars. EMW, MDF has been installed and they dont show up on the campagin screen. Tale of EA janus shows up on the campaign screen but doesnt work, the game stops running and i have to shut down my computer.

Any ideas why?

I could really use help!
Thanks guys
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Offline 0rph3u5

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Re: Problems
Reply #1 on: November 29, 2006, 02:38:16 pm
Quote from: stargate2008 on November 29, 2006, 01:35:14 pm
EMW, MDF has been installed and they dont show up on the campagin screen. Tale of EA janus shows up on the campaign screen but doesnt work, the game stops running and i have to shut down my computer.

MDF is not a campaign of it's own - it features a storyline but no campaign file which would made it show up in the campaign room; so try the mission simulator accessable via the tech room

Tale of EAS Janus is still in version which was created back for release 2; a lot has changed since then and campaign file and some of the missions are now incompatible to the current release (but be sure I'm personnally trying to fix it up... please look at the following link*)

regarding EMW I can only take a good guess -- but it could be that you have placed it into the wrong subfolder(s)...
please be sure that the file "B5-C-sp-EMW01-missions-2_0.vp" is in your TBP main folder (where the other .vps are supposed to be too)


* http://www.tbp.relichost.net/forum/index.php?topic=25.0
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Offline stargate2008

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Re: Problems
Reply #2 on: November 29, 2006, 02:44:19 pm
The only thing that shows up in my campagin screen is Earth-Minbari War Demo and Raider Wars. Tale of EA Janus does show up but when i click on contiune to play the game, the game stops working.

What about the Mars Defense Force?
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Offline karajorma

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Re: Problems
Reply #3 on: November 29, 2006, 04:55:44 pm
EAS Janos was a pretty good campaign. Unfortunately Miburo vanished a while ago. Last time I spoke to him was March 2005.
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Offline stargate2008

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Re: Problems
Reply #4 on: November 30, 2006, 09:42:00 am
So im stuck on Tale of EA Janus, meaning i cant play it?
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Offline stargate2008

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Re: Problems
Reply #5 on: November 30, 2006, 12:49:19 pm
How do I make the game work on my computer?

Any other ideas?
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Offline 0rph3u5

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Re: Problems
Reply #6 on: November 30, 2006, 04:54:33 pm
Quote from: stargate2008 on November 30, 2006, 09:42:00 am
So im stuck on Tale of EA Janus, meaning i cant play it?

yep - until it gets updated
"As you sought to steal a kingdom for yourself, so must you do again, a thousand times over. For a theft, a true theft, must be practiced to be earned." - The terms of Nyrissa's curse, Pathfinder: Kingmaker

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"I am Curiosity, and I've always wondered what would become of you, here at the end of the world." - The Guide/The Curious Other, Othercide

"When you work with water, you have to know and respect it. When you labour to subdue it, you have to understand that one day it may rise up and turn all your labours into nothing. For what is water, which seeks to make all things level, which has no taste or colour of its own, but a liquid form of Nothing?" - Graham Swift, Waterland

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Offline -Norbert-

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Re: Problems
Reply #7 on: December 02, 2006, 04:09:54 pm
Since Raiderwars works the problem can't be the game itself.
Have you tried re-downloading the campaigns that don't work, maybe the downlaods where corrupted.

And what is MDF?

Another thing you could try, would be using another exe file from here: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,97.0.html

Edit:
I just noticed that you wrote you have 3.2 installed.
You should install the 3.3 patch (sticky thread).
« Last Edit: December 02, 2006, 04:15:50 pm by -Norbert- »
 

Offline IPAndrews

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Re: Problems
Reply #8 on: December 04, 2006, 07:27:18 am
It wouldn't be too difficult a job for someone to get these campaigns working again. Anyone who's interested in spending time updating old campaigns to work with TBP 3.4 get in touch with me.
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Offline stargate2008

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Re: Problems
Reply #9 on: December 04, 2006, 10:28:58 am
would the game engine help? 3.6.9?
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Offline -Norbert-

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Re: Problems
Reply #10 on: December 04, 2006, 11:03:28 am
Maybe.
Just try it out. The 3.6.9dot9x package is only some 6,5 MB big, so it shouldn't be a problem even for a 56k user.

And if you then get error messages when starting the game, stop by the "biuld 3.5.9?"-thread for the solution.
 

Offline Col. Fishguts

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Re: Problems
Reply #11 on: December 04, 2006, 12:47:38 pm
Orpheus, you're working on bringing the Janus campaign to 3.4, right ?
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Offline 0rph3u5

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Re: Problems
Reply #12 on: December 04, 2006, 12:59:48 pm
Quote from: Col. Fishguts on December 04, 2006, 12:47:38 pm
Orpheus, you're working on bringing the Janus campaign to 3.4, right ?

yes and I made a good progress so far - but some mission have to be totally redone as well as the backgrounds and the old campaign file
"As you sought to steal a kingdom for yourself, so must you do again, a thousand times over. For a theft, a true theft, must be practiced to be earned." - The terms of Nyrissa's curse, Pathfinder: Kingmaker

==================

"I am Curiosity, and I've always wondered what would become of you, here at the end of the world." - The Guide/The Curious Other, Othercide

"When you work with water, you have to know and respect it. When you labour to subdue it, you have to understand that one day it may rise up and turn all your labours into nothing. For what is water, which seeks to make all things level, which has no taste or colour of its own, but a liquid form of Nothing?" - Graham Swift, Waterland

"...because they are not Dragons."
 

Offline stargate2008

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Re: Problems
Reply #13 on: December 06, 2006, 01:43:31 pm
I dont know if i said this or not but i use a WIndows XP and Mac OS X, 10.4.6. How can i make the Babylon Project work on the mac?
Also i dont know how to do all that binary stuff so if someone has a program that makes the game work on the mac pls tell me
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Offline -Norbert-

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Re: Problems
Reply #14 on: December 07, 2006, 12:47:59 pm
If you'll get help for Mac anywhere, it's probably in the SCP/Cross platform development forum --> http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,113.0.html
 

Offline Centrixo

Re: Problems
Reply #15 on: December 11, 2006, 07:26:53 am
im getting problems within the game, the game freezes for a minute or so then get a error come up.



the objective in red, i always experiment if you cant win the damn situation no matter how hard you try..
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Offline karajorma

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Re: Problems
Reply #16 on: December 11, 2006, 10:14:08 am
Which version of FS2_Open were you using?
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Offline Centrixo

Re: Problems
Reply #17 on: December 11, 2006, 03:38:19 pm
latest, there should be no reason for this error.
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Offline Col. Fishguts

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Re: Problems
Reply #18 on: December 11, 2006, 04:34:05 pm
Check the errorlog.txt in your TBP folder, maybe there's some useful information in there. If not, try using a build that came with TBP 3.3a (one of the 3.6.7 branch) and see if the problems still occur. This looks not like a TBP-specific error.
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Offline karajorma

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Re: Problems
Reply #19 on: December 11, 2006, 04:48:15 pm
You'll get that error on null and wild pointer problems. Both of those are code errors rather than TBP specific ones although a poor installation can also cause them.

Run the debug build and see what it says.
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