[varsaigen]

bp-adv-visuals.7z is unavailiable

When I click the "Advanced Visuals" link in the Director's Cut thread, the file is not able to be downloaded. Every time I attempt it, I get the message that it is not present on the download servers. It just doesn't seem to exist. And nowhere else is the file availiable.

I have to think it is related to the problem in the "Preserving the Balance" mission where the player faces off against a Ravana and Demon, before 2 Ravanas and a Demon warp in at the end of the mission. Just as the new Shivan ships are attacked by the just-warped-in fleet, the game freezes. It has happened every single time, just as they begin their attack. So, supposing it is beam weaponry, it must be the "Advanced Visuals" file. I have not been able to figure out anything else that could be the problem, as my computer has been able to handle all the other graphics without problems.

If the file could be put up for download again, that would be great, as it would help myself and others avoid such devestating problems in the future.

[General Battuta]

Advanced Visuals is totally optional, so no, it shouldn't be related.

Could you please run that mission in a debug build and post your debug log after the crash? That'll let us solve the problem.

As for the download problem, the file is working fine for me. Did you try the mirror? The file is definitely downloadable from there (I just grabbed it to make sure.)

Again, though, debug log is what we need. This is probably some kind of issue on your end, not with the Blue Planet files, but either way we can sort it out real quick. 

[Fury]

The download server is probably temporarily unavailable, it'll be back later I'm sure.

There is mirror link just below Advanced Visuals link.

[varsaigen]

Ah. Found a spot where it is actually availiable. Thanks. :3
I'll be testing it soon to check if it worked. (I don't see why it shouldn't) Thanks for the help.

[General Battuta]

It shouldn't have any effect on the crash because the Advanced VPs are totally optional. Whatever problem you have shouldn't be related.

Whether or not it fixes the issue, we really need a debug log. Could you please produce one? It'll help us figure out what the error is, and, if it's serious, correct it.

[Jeff Vader]

Your fs2_open.log: (possibly the most important thing ever)
fs2_open.log is a file generated by debug builds. It contains all sorts of useful information that we need in order to help you. That is why you should follow the instructions below and provide us with that file when asking for help. Creating an fs2_open.log happens like this:

• Download the recommended build (link is in the first post of this thread) if you haven't already and place the .exe files to your \freespace2\ folder.
• Switch to windowed mode (open the Launcher, open the Features tab, select Dev Tools from the pulldown menu and tick on "Run in window").
• Select the debug build (fs2_open_3_6_10d.exe) and run it. If you've been experiencing crashes, do exactly what you've done previously, up until it crashes.
  If you have had other issues, it is sufficient to run it until you get to the Main Hall. If the debug build crashes fatally even before getting to the Main Hall, no worries.
  Note that warnings and errors are not the same thing. Warnings are there to tell that something is a bit wrong, but not fatally wrong. You can skip warnings by clicking "No". Errors are more severe and if an error occurs, you really have to quit the game.
• Quit the game.
• Find the file called fs2_open.log from \freespace2\data\, copy it to a safe location and deliver it to us by using one of the following means:
  
  • include it to your post as an attachment (click Additional Options when posting)
  • include it to your post using the "code" tags
  • send it to pastebin and provide us with the link to it
    
    

[varsaigen]

Well, i managed to fix most of the problem by putting the same files in again. However, there continues to be the lack of 14 alien ships, and this:

Error: Invalid subsystem name.

In sexpression: ( when
   ( has-arrived-delay
      2
      "Unknown Destroyer"
   )
   ( add-goal
      "Kabhanda"
      ( ai-chase "Unknown Destroyer" 89 )
   )
   ( add-goal
      "Dantalion"
      ( ai-chase "Unknown Destroyer" 89 )
   )
   ( ship-subsys-guardian-threshold
      70
      "Unknown Destroyer"
      "turret01a"
   )
)
(Error appears to be: turret01a)
File: MissionParse.cpp
Line: 6096


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

Other than that, no errors have occured :/

[General Battuta]

Are you using a 3.6.12 Inferno build, as the installation thread instructs you to? That error should occur because you're not using one.
 
Sounds like you aren't.

If that doesn't work, you need to post a debug log so we can solve the problem.

[The E]

In the end, you seem to have somehow not read the sentence in the release thread about an Inferno build being necessary. Use one, and give us a debug log generated with one, if you still have problems.

[Thaeris]

Random question: isn't 3.6.12 (final) supposed to merge the Inferno builds into the normal FSO builds? If so, is the separate build issue just an RC thing?

[The E]

No. 3.6.12 final will still have separate Inferno and regular builds. After that, regular builds go bye-bye.

[Thaeris]

Thanks E!

 

[varsaigen]

Ah! There we go! It was the build. Thanks for your help!

[Liberator]

This has confused me for a while, what is different in the Inferno builds?  Allows more ships in a mission or something?

[Fury]

Inferno builds allows more ships in ships.tbl and weapons in weapons.tbl.

[General Battuta]

All builds will be Inferno builds soon.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

...which, according to several very established members in the community, is a godsend. I don't see any reason to argue with them.