[TrashMan]

Weird. I'll update the campaign files tomorrow then...the other stuff can wait a bit I guess....

[TrashMan]

Ok, I updated the campaign file  (FOW_COTS_C.rar)

I even thrown in a 3-mission bonus mini-campaign..sorta

Now, on to finishing this!

[TrashMan]

Allright, the big overhaul is done.

Pretty much all the models are optimized, new maps and stuff added, so I'm re-uploading all 3 files now. And I decided not to stuck them in a VP - easy access to all the files. All the ships should now look and perform better, especially the vasudan ones. There will be no more updates of COTS1 and COTS2 files, so consider them the final versions.

I like to remind you folks that this download (COTS1) contains the latest, most up-to-date version of all my stuff. And I pretty much tweaked everything.
COTS1 is a tad bigger now since I added some maps (and the extracted files for the Deimos and Aeolus from media VP's, since having them un-extracted caused some strange problems with them)

This current version could very well be the end of Beta and a formal release. As soon as one of you guys has a run trough and confirms no more major (fixable) bugs are present.

Now all that's left to do is wait for the files to upload and verirfy...

DONE.

[Titan]

ok, everything seems to be working find (save rather odd ship changes in the briefingless missions) but the missions with the pegasus are BORKED. can't explain it. when i get back to alderberan, it says alpha 1 and 2 are dead, but i'm still there. i can't DO anything save target, then when i try to warp out, my speed remains 0. i cheat to kill my self, and the death view zooms out to infinity, and i had to force exit.

[TrashMan]

I know...it's due to a red-alert event not triggering. I will upload new mission and campaign files that should fix that and several other missions shortly.

[Titan]

okee-dokee. I like the plot so far, even though its ignorable because of the rather poor briefings.

[TrashMan]

What's wrong with the briefings?

b.t.w - updated. This should finally fix all the errors that have been found so far by anyone.

I'm gonna move this up now to an official release (alltough I would so love to have some better backgrounds for some missions)

I also added a Extra.rar with a few loading screens that I forgot to pack.

[Macfie]

Mission fow_c3_m3a  beta wing has no primary weapons.  You have thunderstorms as the load out in the mission but these are not allowable by the ship's table.

[Titan]

What's wrong with the briefings?

like i said, they just feel... empty...

[TrashMan]

Thanks for the head-up Macfie. Fixing it now.

As for the briefings...I'll go over them and see what can be done about it..but it's hard to fix anything when the problem is so...vauge.

[Macfie]

 In Mission fow_c3_m3b I'm getting a series of parsing errors when  start the mission.  They appear to have something to do with the variable in some of the events and arrival cues.  It affects the following events Detected, Hubble goes 1, Wait 1 and Wait 2.  It affects the arrival cues for Dagger and Rapier.  For some reason it does not like the 0 in @piratedetect[0].  I'm testing with the current nightly build.  Also the Herc 3's don't show up in the target view only the glow points.

[TrashMan]

Odd...looks like you're missing the texture for the herc. Lemme check.

EDIT: I checked. There is one texture mission Hc01B (which is the same as 01A by the way) so LOD 2 appears transparent.

I'll upload a new Herc3 model. Here you go, just replace it with the other one (this one uses 01A texture on all lods)

As far as the parsing errors go, I use a single variable there (which is mission-persistant IIRC) and everything worked fine on my end.


EDIT2: I just updated the COTS_C.rar file. It should fixed the issue with the guns in mission03a as well as add message sounds for all messages.

Why isn't this highlighted yet?

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[Titan]

does it fix the red alert thing? How should i go about now, should i resart the campaign?

and DOTA is chapter 2, right? I'd be happy to test that, too.

EDIT: Oh, wow, thanks. i didn't realize you were serious about including me in the credits.

[TrashMan]

I was serious... your name wont' show up just yet...for some reason not all show-subtitle event trigger during the intro.. I have to expand the credits list anyway, so I'll look into that in the next patch

Yeah, this last version should fix ALL bugs you reported. Meaning it should be normally playable.
Emphasis on the "should" part
You'll probably need to re-start it.

[Titan]

and DOTA is chapter 2, right? I'd be happy to test that, too.

so?

[TrashMan]

ATM  I got no plans to continue anything.

DOTA is big in scope and in number of ships (even tough I already have most of them), so making it would be quite a task. We'll see I guess. I don't like the idea of leaving the story unfinished....

and DOTA isnt' really chapter2 ... its would be Chapter3, part2 (with COTS beign Chapter3, part1)

If you want to know what chapter 2 was supposed to be all about, read the intel in the Tech Room.

[est1895]

I got an error: Can't Open Model File<Minstallation.2pof>
File:Model Read.cpp
Line 1995
Call Stack

Thank you for your time
 

[TrashMan]

MInstallation2.pof? That would be the Naeros

can't be...the file is in there. Check your COTS/Data/models folder ...could be it didn't download properly.

Or it could be there's a typo in the tables (which would be strange cause there isn't one in mine).
Check the ships.tbl in Data/tables and make sure the .pof name written there matches the model.

[AlphaOne]

TMan i almost called in a angry mob with tar and feathers when you said you missplaced you campaign data and stuff. Now im all better and i cant wait to play it.

Played your previos FOW and loved them now im looking forward for this one.

also will you be dooing as i have read the second chapter or this 3'rd installment of FOW ??

[TrashMan]

Maybe.

The thing with "Chapter 2" is that it was not as fleshed out as "Chapter 3",  so  I just skipped it.