voodoo47 on 24/5/2014 at 20:41
the only step where you can fail with FMsel is extracting the FM properly. create a UGUEST folder right inside the FMs folder, and extract the files and folders from the archive there, so you will have miss15.mis and the rest of the files and folders from the archive under THIEF\FMs\UGUEST
nickie on 25/5/2014 at 08:17
I've just tried this out and it's as fortuni says - at least for FMSel. I see that it's only extracting about 12KB using normal methods (winrar). I think this is the first mission where I've had to create the folder myself and manually extract the files for it to play. So do what voodoo suggests, fortuni, and it should work.
voodoo47 on 25/5/2014 at 09:36
ah yes, one weird thing that has happened when I was trying to extract the zip file (downloaded from thief missions) with 7zip - it actually failed completely (unsupported compression method error), and had to extract it manually using windows explorer. anyway, what I've said before is still valid - as long as the FM files are extracted properly and sitting directly under THIEF\FMs\UGUEST, there is virtually no way it wouldn't work.
nickie on 25/5/2014 at 09:57
I thought at first it was a bad zip so then downloaded from darkfate but got the same result. I noticed that most of the files were 0KB. Still, following your instructions, it works fine.
It's worth checking out file size if the same thing happens again.
fortuni on 25/5/2014 at 13:05
Thanks for your help everyone.....but being a real computer dummy, I thought I had followed Voodoo's instructions precisely, made my own UGUEST file and manually extracted zip, but still doesn't work.....I'll wait till my mate comes back after the weekend and see if he can help show me how to do it properly.....
If not it doesn't really matter as watched the vid on YouTube and it's not the most exciting fm ever made.....:D
Out of interest, I did play this fm before in the days before NewDark, as I still have my notes from that time, and I didn't think much of the fm then either, so presumably this issue did not occur before NewDark.....could NewDark be causing this issue now in some bizarre way, if so should we put this fm into the list of fms that don't work correctly with NewDark
fortuni on 25/5/2014 at 13:15
Whoa.....penny just dropped....instead of extracting manually, copy contents of zip file into UGUEST file.....:D
And it works :D:D:D
Thanks everyone
fortuni on 26/5/2014 at 21:11
NewDark mission error ???.....T1/TG....'The night i Ghosted Berkshead' ( dl...(
http://www.taffersparadise.net/thief2mission/NightIGhostedBerkshead,The.zip) http://www.taffersparadise.net/thief2mission/NightIGhostedBerkshead,The.zip)
at the very beginning of fm you hit an invisible wall and can't leave the room.....can post a save and screenshot if you require, but thought as its in the opening screen you may not need them...
Ricebug on 26/5/2014 at 21:46
No problems on this end. It's a T2 FM. Running through DarkLoader.
fortuni on 27/5/2014 at 04:38
Quote Posted by Ricebug
. It's a T2 FM.
Oops that will teach me to check the read me file 1st....was trying to play thr T1 engine
Thanks Ricebug
fortuni on 28/5/2014 at 06:28
as with 'Uninvited Guests' ...see thread below
just tried to load 'Hellerhouse' via FMsel...this time the opening screen shows difficulty / title /quit or continue of 'Helllerhouse' but the next opening screen with objectives shows 'Lord Bafford's Manor objectives, and OM level boots up.
tried manually copying contents of zip in FM file of HDmod, as i successfully did with 'Uninvited Guests' and still the same....OM level boots up
tried loading the fm using Darkloader normally ....no problems 'Hellerhouse' boots up.
could this mean there is a compatability issue with a small no of older fms with FMsel
