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Broken Derelict mish, please help
So I was trying to play through Derelict and I've got the shuttle bug on the "Rites of Passage" mission. I'm a good forum-ite and I did look it up: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,43446.msg897633.html#msg897633

It's a pretty hilarious bug actually. However, dying five times and pressing "skip" doesn't get me by it for some reason. Someone had posted a solution that involved using FRED to modify the model of the space station, but I fear I'm way to dumb to attempt that. If it's not asking too much, could someone who's already doctored the mission (or knows how to) send me their version of the .vp file?

 

Offline Wobble73

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Re: Broken Derelict mish, please help
Hi coldstar517,

firstly:-

:welcome:

I believe the problem is a wonky faustus model, are you using the mediavps? Check your Derelict folder for a file called mod.ini, open this up in notepad and check there is a line nr the bottom that says secondary list = mediavps or somesuch. Make sure that mediavps is the spelt the same as your mediavps folder. If all this is okay, then I believe that if you use the older FSOpen 3.6.7 you can play this mission through and then switch back to 3.6.9. 


Hope this information helps!  :yes:
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Offline ARSPR

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Re: Broken Derelict mish, please help
You've got the solution and explanation in this post in the main Derelict thread.

PLEASE notice that if you are suffering it, YOU ARE NOT USING MEDIAVPS. So you are really missing tons of eye-candy.
IF YOU HAVE TROUBLES WITH FS2:
  • Please, please, please, READ and UNDERSTAND the sticky threads in FreeSpace & FreeSpace Open Support board.
    A lot of people are willing to help you, but, as anyone can understand, seeing the very same "issues" repeated again and again can become quite depressing. Please, spend a bit of time trying to solve the issue by yourself.
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  • Then, if you aren't still able to solve your issue, feel free to ask for help in that same board.
    FYI, most of the troubles are caused by wrong mod installations which lead to either missing data or undesired cross-effects between them. Always follow the mod installation instructions and keep a clean FS2 installation as explained in the sticky threads. Two additional links about how the game handles game data:
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