Author Topic: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I  (Read 101267 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline The E

  • He's Ebeneezer Goode
  • 213
  • Nothing personal, just tech support.
    • Steam
    • Twitter
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
Hey all! I just wanted to thank you all for your help. I finally got it to work.

One thing I'd like to point out is the fact that when I ran FS2 with Launcher 5.5e, I had an error, but when I went back to 5.5d, things worked smoothly.

Once again thanks! And the campaign is looking very nice!

What. The ****.

If you encounter an error, it is a mighty fine idea to tell people what the error is. So that it can be, you know, fixed.
Or, as is most often the case, steps can be taken to troubleshoot your setup.
If I'm just aching this can't go on
I came from chasing dreams to feel alone
There must be changes, miss to feel strong
I really need lifе to touch me
--Evergrey, Where August Mourns

 
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
Who on the team is a fan of Sword of the Stars?  It was unusual hearing the Morrigi and Zuul music in this mod, although it was fun blowing up Hiver wing all those times (Repensum est Canicula, humans FTW!).
17:37:02   Quanto: I want to have sexual intercourse with every space elf in existence
17:37:11   SpardaSon21: even the males?
17:37:22   Quanto: its not gay if its an elf

[21:51] <@Droid803> I now realize
[21:51] <@Droid803> this will be SLIIIIIGHTLY awkward
[21:51] <@Droid803> as this rich psychic girl will now be tsundere for a loli.
[21:51] <@Droid803> OH WELLL.

See what you're missing in #WoD and #Fsquest?

[07:57:32] <Caiaphas> inspired by HerraTohtori i built a supermaneuverable plane in ksp
[07:57:43] <Caiaphas> i just killed my pilots with a high-g maneuver
[07:58:19] <Caiaphas> apparently people can't take 20 gees for 5 continuous seconds
[08:00:11] <Caiaphas> the plane however performed admirably, and only crashed because it no longer had any guidance systems

 

Offline High Max

  • Permanently banned
  • 29
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
;-)
« Last Edit: May 25, 2010, 10:53:02 pm by High Max »
;-)   #.#   *_*   ^^   ^-^   ^_^

 
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
Sparda, that would be me. I happen to be the SoTS fan, and he who provided the tracks.

I felt the music for the Morrigi and Zuul music would be appropriate for the Ancient-Shivan War, as they do have an Ancient feel to them and in many places, fit in perfectly. For example, the Zuul battle theme in mission three I found made things seem a bit more dramatic. Also, this was a battle against great odds. Usually, Zuul battles tend to feel that way.

High Max, ACT 1 is meant to be short. It's the first chapter of this story after all. Believe me, ACT 1 is not all there is to ASW.

Heck, if they had beam cannons very early on, the Ancients would be wiped already. Besides, you can't say that they've always had them. There are some things they would have to have developed in the thousands of years leading up to the Great War and Capella.

My advice, keep fingers crossed and wonder what is to come for ASW.
Previous Projects: Ancient-Shivan War | GTF Durandal

Current Projects: Exile: Into The Dark Waters (Proof-editing/misc)

 
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
Not slamming the music, in fact I love the SotS music, I was just wondering what it was doing in FS is all.  I would have to say that Morrig music seems to go very well with the Ancients you have created, and the Zuul music went in there nice as well, considering their Mother.

And I am eagerly awaiting Act 2 of the ASW, however I hope it is a bit longer than Act 1.

[offtopic]Are you registered on the Kerberos forums by any chance?[/offtopic]
« Last Edit: March 11, 2010, 09:59:43 pm by SpardaSon21 »
17:37:02   Quanto: I want to have sexual intercourse with every space elf in existence
17:37:11   SpardaSon21: even the males?
17:37:22   Quanto: its not gay if its an elf

[21:51] <@Droid803> I now realize
[21:51] <@Droid803> this will be SLIIIIIGHTLY awkward
[21:51] <@Droid803> as this rich psychic girl will now be tsundere for a loli.
[21:51] <@Droid803> OH WELLL.

See what you're missing in #WoD and #Fsquest?

[07:57:32] <Caiaphas> inspired by HerraTohtori i built a supermaneuverable plane in ksp
[07:57:43] <Caiaphas> i just killed my pilots with a high-g maneuver
[07:58:19] <Caiaphas> apparently people can't take 20 gees for 5 continuous seconds
[08:00:11] <Caiaphas> the plane however performed admirably, and only crashed because it no longer had any guidance systems

 

Offline High Max

  • Permanently banned
  • 29
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
;-)
« Last Edit: May 25, 2010, 10:53:11 pm by High Max »
;-)   #.#   *_*   ^^   ^-^   ^_^

 
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
Yup, I am one of the ASW's developers.  :nod:

 I've done a fair bit for it. The Aesdherian textures, some weapon effects (Muzzleflashes, impact anims) and fredding/music are some of the things I've done for the campaign.

I cannot honestly reveal how many parts are planned to ASW, or if beams are returning. But I can say there is plenty to do, make and add. With the release of the 3.6.12 RC1 client, the ASW also has to go through the process of been upgraded. You know, to become more compatible and uitilize any of the latest additions to FS.

Yeah, a lot of the interface sound and music does make things sound aquatic. Many of the models largely resemble or look like aquatic creatures too. I've always thought the Tylisos looked like a sea horse without a visible head, and the Attis/Zakros looking like string rays/tadpoles. The original models from which many of the ASW ones came from were in this pattern, so I guess we've kinda carried that tradition on.

I'm proud to be part of the ASW. Unique, pretty and enjoyable. It is also a nice escape from my own WIP campaign, when I have the need to retreat.  :P
« Last Edit: March 12, 2010, 04:32:15 am by starwolf1991 »
Previous Projects: Ancient-Shivan War | GTF Durandal

Current Projects: Exile: Into The Dark Waters (Proof-editing/misc)

 

Offline High Max

  • Permanently banned
  • 29
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
;-)
« Last Edit: May 25, 2010, 10:53:18 pm by High Max »
;-)   #.#   *_*   ^^   ^-^   ^_^

 

Offline Droid803

  • Trusted poster of legit stuff
  • 213
  • /人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕ 人\ Do you want to be a Magical Girl?
    • Skype
    • Steam
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
That won't be happening for two reasons.
One, we don't have a modeler who wants to model aliens.
Two, we've decided to leave how they look up to the player to imagine, as it will be impossible to create a 'look' that won't just spew more controversy (like the issue with names).

Of course, both may change, but don't hold your breath, cause it probably won't.
(´・ω・`)
=============================================================

 

Offline Kosh

  • A year behind what's funny
  • 210
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
Ok, here's my problem with ASW. Right when I start FS2 it gives me a dialog box stating that the mod I'm running has generated 64 errors and/or warnings (no CTD). During the first cutscene it CTD's with this message:

Error: sexp-add-background-bitmap: Background bitmap NebulC1-Main not found!
File: SEXP.CPP
Line: 10301


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


Ran the debug build, fs2open is attatched. Did I somehow miss dl'ing a part of it? The VP's I have are ASW1, ASW1_Animaps, ASW_Interface, ASW_Intro. Did I miss one?



[attachment deleted by admin]
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

Brain I/O error
Replace and press any key

 

Offline Droid803

  • Trusted poster of legit stuff
  • 213
  • /人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕ 人\ Do you want to be a Magical Girl?
    • Skype
    • Steam
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
Do you have the mediavps? They're required.
That's the only reason I could think of that you could be missing files in the mediavps :P


Is your mod.ini set up correctly?

Ehhh I don't know. I'd try renaming your ASW folder to well, ASW instead of ancient shivan war (might not like spaces).
« Last Edit: March 19, 2010, 11:35:31 pm by Droid803 »
(´・ω・`)
=============================================================

 

Offline Kosh

  • A year behind what's funny
  • 210
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
Do you have the mediavps? They're required.
That's the only reason I could think of that you could be missing files in the mediavps :P


Is your mod.ini set up correctly?

Ehhh I don't know. I'd try renaming your ASW folder to well, ASW instead of ancient shivan war (might not like spaces).


No effect. Any other suggestions? I honestly couldn't tell if mod.ini was set correctly. In the debug build it gave me a couple of warnings during the loading, after the loading is complete it will promptly CTD:

Warning: Could not find a usable bitmap (SunWhite_ASW) for weapon 'Aesdherian Light Laser'!

File: Weapons.cpp
Line: 3757


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    weapons_page_in()    level_page_in()    freespace_mission_load_stuff()    game_post_level_init()    game_start_mission()    game_enter_state()    gameseq_set_state()    game_process_event()    gameseq_process_events()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c817077()
------------------------------------------------------------------

Warning: Could not find a usable bitmap (SunWhite_ASW) for weapon 'Aesdherian Huge Laser'!

File: Weapons.cpp
Line: 3757


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
    weapons_page_in()    level_page_in()    freespace_mission_load_stuff()    game_post_level_init()    game_start_mission()    game_enter_state()    gameseq_set_state()    game_process_event()    gameseq_process_events()    game_main()    WinMain()    WinMainCRTStartup()    kernel32.dll 7c817077()
------------------------------------------------------------------

Does that help any?
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

Brain I/O error
Replace and press any key

 

Offline Droid803

  • Trusted poster of legit stuff
  • 213
  • /人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕ 人\ Do you want to be a Magical Girl?
    • Skype
    • Steam
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
It seems that somehow your computer isn't loading the effects?
I'll wait for someone more skilled at troubleshooting to come around (I have no experience).
(´・ω・`)
=============================================================

 

Offline Kosh

  • A year behind what's funny
  • 210
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
It seems that somehow your computer isn't loading the effects?
I'll wait for someone more skilled at troubleshooting to come around (I have no experience).


That certainly would explain the error message the oridinary build gave me. But what could cause it?
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

Brain I/O error
Replace and press any key

 
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
That SunWhite_ASW is a known issue, I accidentally deleted it and only found out after release. It's already been fixed for the ASW 3.6.12 release.

As for the other errors, I have no clue; FSO should just be able to find NebulC1-Main in the MVPs. Can you run other mods correctly with the MVPs?

 

Offline Jeff Vader

  • The Back of the Hero!
  • 212
  • Bwahaha
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
While waiting for the ASW 3.6.12 release, you could try running ASW with FSO 3.6.10, since ASW was designed for it.

Also,
Code: [Select]
Passed cmdline options:
  -32bit
what the bloody hell is that? :wtf:
Edit: I think that's a really old flag. How/why do you have that flag entered?
« Last Edit: March 20, 2010, 05:00:32 am by Jeff Vader »
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []

 

Offline Kosh

  • A year behind what's funny
  • 210
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
That SunWhite_ASW is a known issue, I accidentally deleted it and only found out after release. It's already been fixed for the ASW 3.6.12 release.

As for the other errors, I have no clue; FSO should just be able to find NebulC1-Main in the MVPs. Can you run other mods correctly with the MVPs?


I've had no problems running other mods.

Quote
you could try running ASW with FSO 3.6.10,


That is what I was using.

Quote
what the bloody hell is that?
Edit: I think that's a really old flag. How/why do you have that flag entered?


I think that got in there when I copied and pasted the command line parameters to change the ambient lighting from the wiki entry you showed me.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

Brain I/O error
Replace and press any key

 

Offline Jeff Vader

  • The Back of the Hero!
  • 212
  • Bwahaha
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
Quote
what the bloody hell is that?
Edit: I think that's a really old flag. How/why do you have that flag entered?


I think that got in there when I copied and pasted the command line parameters to change the ambient lighting from the wiki entry you showed me.
Can't be. It's not listed there. And this is the first time I've heard such a flag even existed. Remove it. It probably can't do any good.

Quote
you could try running ASW with FSO 3.6.10,


That is what I was using.
You did try to run ASW with a regular build and not the debug build, right? Because with your current mod setup, and the numbers of files included in each .vp, there really is no reason for it to not work.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []

 

Offline Kosh

  • A year behind what's funny
  • 210
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
Quote
You did try to run ASW with a regular build and not the debug build, right?


Yeah, the first time through, which is what gave me the original error message during it;s CTD. After that I ran the debug build to generate that fs2_open log file to post here, and it gave me those warnings, then a CTD with no error message after the first mission cutscene thing finished loading (the same place as the regular build CTD'd).

And yeah, it's a complete mystery and it's also a real shame since it looks so awesome.

Quote
Can't be. It's not listed there. And this is the first time I've heard such a flag even existed. Remove it. It probably can't do any good.

Now we have phantom flags? *cue x files music* Ok, I'll remove it, but if it wasn't from the wiki then how it got in there is a mystery.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

Brain I/O error
Replace and press any key

 

Offline Jeff Vader

  • The Back of the Hero!
  • 212
  • Bwahaha
Re: RELEASE: Ancient-Shivan War, Act I
Quote
You did try to run ASW with a regular build and not the debug build, right?


Yeah, the first time through, which is what gave me the original error message during it;s CTD. After that I ran the debug build to generate that fs2_open log file to post here, and it gave me those warnings, then a CTD with no error message after the first mission cutscene thing finished loading (the same place as the regular build CTD'd).
Hmm. I had to test this myself and hot damn, I got the 64 errors thing too. Which is ****en' amazing since I didn't get it when I played ASW the first time. The only differences between our setups are that I don't have MV_Advanced (crappy laptop) and that I do have the ASW patch (which is completely unrelated to the issue, though). Curious.

Quote
Can't be. It's not listed there. And this is the first time I've heard such a flag even existed. Remove it. It probably can't do any good.

Now we have phantom flags? *cue x files music* Ok, I'll remove it, but if it wasn't from the wiki then how it got in there is a mystery.
Well, if you've had the same installation since, like, 2007 or earlier, it could be that the damn thing has struggled along ever since.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []