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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
But not everyone is having the problem, which means it's not easily-reproducible.
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Docking works fine in mission 3 but I can't dock on the next mission. I've tried a new pilot file again on advanced difficulty but I can't dock at the end of mission 4.

I've attached a debug log if it's any help. I tried docking in the port dorsal bay but I've not tried the others yet and I'll also try lowering the difficulty.

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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
But not everyone is having the problem, which means it's not easily-reproducible.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I couldn't land in the 1st mission under 1.0.4 once.  But it worked OK after replaying the mission or restarting FSO (I forget which one it was).
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Well this is exactly the sort of problem the event.log was designed to solve. Gimme a little bit, I'll upload a version of the mission that writes to the event log in an hour or two, as soon as I get back to my main PC.

EDIT : Okay you have three choices.

1) Run one of these missions until you can't land. Quit while you're still in a position you should be able to land.
2) Run a debug build. Get into a position where you should be able to land and then press ~ + Q. You Do not need to download a mission to do this.
3) Run a release build. Enter the cheat (www.freespace2.com IIRC). Get into a position where you should be able to land and then press ~ + Q. You Do not need to download a mission to do this.

Whichever you choose, I then need to get a look at the event.log you'll now have. It should tell me why the event isn't triggering.


NB. More details on 2 and 3 can be found here.

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« Last Edit: February 04, 2014, 08:31:52 am by karajorma »
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Keep in mind landing code is different between Easy, Normal, and Advanced+ difficulties so please post which you've tested on.
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
The log should make it clear which path was followed, but it would be nice not to have to look through the log and figure it out. :)
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Here you go, I've generated this by method 2 using the debug build on advanced difficulty for The Strike mission (SP-R1-M2.fs2). I think it was the starboard dorsal bay that I tried to land in but I don't think it worked in any of the other bays either.

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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
The log is a little hard to read cause you appear to have actually used method 1 and downloaded the missions I gave you. But I can quite clearly see that the Theseus has already departed when the log ends so I don't know when exactly you were supposedly in a position to land. Can you please quit while the Theseus is still present (or use the option in 2) and take a snapshot of the events as they are when you think you have landed.

Assuming that you were in the pod at the second the Theseus jumped out, you were not in the right position based on what the log states. The log states that at that precise time, you were stationary but 77m from the closest fighterbay subsystem. Since the game was on insane, you actually need to be within the box defined in the Landing event and the log states that at that time you were not. It is possible the box is slightly too big. Another possibility is that since the patch includes an altered MK 7 pof the centrepoint has moved and now the centre is outside the box even when landed. Although that seems unlikely given that the MK VIIe seems to also exhibit this issue.
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Yeah I skim read the post so my mistake and I'll try again. Difficulty was set on medium before starting the mission not insane. I doubt this is relevant but I'm getting this during loading the mission.

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Submodel <Seata> in model <Col_Viper_Mk7.pof> has a radius <= 0.1f

ntdll.dll! ZwWaitForSingleObject + 21 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObjectEx + 67 bytes
kernel32.dll! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
fs2_open_Diaspora_R1_Debug.exe! <no symbol>
kernel32.dll! BaseThreadInitThunk + 18 bytes
ntdll.dll! RtlInitializeExceptionChain + 99 bytes
ntdll.dll! RtlInitializeExceptionChain + 54 bytes
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
I've used method 1 this time which I've attached the log below. Again it is saying I'm playing at hard in the log when it is definitely set to medium (advanced) in the game options.

I've docked again in the starboard dorsal (upper right) bay. Just to check, if things were working as intended where do I need to be in the bay to dock successfully as I'm trying to dock in the middle? Should I be able to dock in any of the bays in this mission?

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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Yeah, you should be able to dock in any of the bays.

The log is very helpful, for some reason, is-in-box is returning false, which means that either the box is too small, or the centre of the Viper has moved. Both of those shouldn't be too hard to test tomorrow.
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Yeah, you should be able to dock in any of the bays.

The log is very helpful, for some reason, is-in-box is returning false, which means that either the box is too small, or the centre of the Viper has moved. Both of those shouldn't be too hard to test tomorrow.

In some of the missions I build the raptor wasn't able to land, just like the viper. So it's probably not the vipers' problem. I also played on normal difficulty.
I even increased the is-in-box size of the landing event (by changing the y values) but that didn't matter. Other is-in-box events did still worked properly.

I've reïnstalled diaspora to get an earlier version back to get rid of the issues.

There was another issue in Asheron mission 1 that caused the cargo carrier to continue moving, while it should have stopped. Now I've reïnstalled diaspora the cargo carrier does stop, while the mission file is unchanged..
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
I'm attaching a test mission. See if you can land in this version. You'll get a message when you do it successfully.

Cause it works perfectly for me. If it doesn't work, post the log again.

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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Thanks Kara, seems to be working now. I tested (on medium difficulty) all the bays in the Mk7 successfully but then I remembered the landings were fine in mission 3 in the Mk7 so in FRED I switched the player to a Mk7e and the landing message still appeared!

 

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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
So the test mission works but you still have problems with the real missions?
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Yes, basically I can land okay in mission 3 (SP-R1-M1) and the test mission but I can't land in mission 4 (SP-R1-M2).

 

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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Sorry, was super busy. Replayed tutorial today, could land in tutorial 1 (automatic) and 2 (real combat landing).
 Anything else I can do to help? Should I also follow your steps?
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
It would help. All that is necessary is to enter the cheat as soon as you notice you can't land and then take a snapshot of the SEXPs.

What difficulty level are you playing on?
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
Advanced, the 3rd of the five which is "Medium" in FS2. Will try to get that done tomorrow.
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Re: Diaspora : Shattered Armistice patch 1.1 Release Candidate 1
It only happens when I make the jump from Normal to Advanced. I can bounce along the flightpod runway as normal and not "collide", but my ship doesn't lock in place. Perfectly fine in the training missions, too. I'll check other missions to see if it works or not.

[EDIT] Okay, so far it's looking as though the issue is mission-specific. Played up to Desperation and I've had no issues with landing.
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