voodoo47 on 28/5/2014 at 11:24
as long as the files are not corrupted, extracted and placed properly, there is just no way FMsel would fail to load the mission. check the files, maybe they are zero size or something.
fortuni on 28/5/2014 at 12:28
i know it doesn't really make sense to me either, but i just cant play that mission thr FMsel, but can thr Darkloader.....weird
another thing i've noticed today, is with a couple of other missions, the loading page says that the fm i'm about to play is 'Hellerhouse' but when you actually start the mission the correct fm plays, on one occasion i discovered that the intrface and strings were missing from the zip file so i deleted all and re-downloaded that fm..
Q...Can FMsel get 'bunged up' like darkloader can, and is there any way to 'clean up' FMsel.....for example on a number of fms my FMsel is showing 2 installs ie mystery + mystery(2), i have gone through my ThiefGold/HDmod/FM file and removed all 'doubled up' installs but they are still showing in FMsel....
apart from that my FMsel's working fine....:D
voodoo47 on 28/5/2014 at 12:40
delete the FMs folder, let the exe create it anew.
fortuni on 28/5/2014 at 12:44
do you mean delete the whole FM folder, with all the 200 different fm's in it....(i've just been deleting individual fm as and when)
Yup...that works Thanks VooDoo, all issues seems to be resolved, apart from 'Uninvited Guests' that still needs to be copied into FM file manually...:D:D:D
fortuni on 29/5/2014 at 06:00
@ Voodoo
found another one....:D
Mineshock by JIS...crashes at the start if playing via FMsel, but works OK via Darkloader....???
voodoo47 on 29/5/2014 at 16:53
confirming the FMsel crash, we'll see.
fortuni on 29/5/2014 at 17:02
Quote Posted by voodoo47
FMsel loads it fine for me....... it does crash right before going ingame though, might be something on my system.
it loads ok with me too, it crashes as you go into game just like with you, so no its not your system....its works fine on Darkloader tho...
out of interest, i suggested to nickie that it may be a good idea to 'sticky' a post at the top of each fm thread warning potential players of Newdark issues / other significant playing bugs and crashes....and advising players how they can get around such issues where ever possible...this fm could be a prime example of such a 'sticky', along with 'Uninvited Guests' 'Oblivion' 'Torben - The Traitor' and 'Thieves Quarters' along with any other we know about
voodoo47 on 29/5/2014 at 17:07
yeah, realized that it's the same a bunch of seconds later. anyway, Torben works fine with the latest TFix (as it enables the rope length fix by default), just checked.
fortuni on 29/5/2014 at 17:22
i've got Tfix 2.0 with 2.01 patch...is that not the latest Tfix...hadn't heard that you had released a more upto date one, though i do remember you saying it was going to be released shortly not that long ago... could you let me know where the link is please and ill install it...thanks
Ok. got it its called Tfix 1.19i
I agree the Problematic FM topic is Ok for now, but it will not remain on the 1st page forever, so if you are not a member of TTLG and can't see or don't know about that thread and you can't do an advanced search, you are limited the forum thread brought up through 'cheapmissions' or google, so may not know there's an issue with an fm until you hit a bug, and there's nothing more frustrating than getting 3/4 way though an fm only to discover then that you can't finish it.....as well as that not every player of thief will always be fully up to date with the latest patches and fixes, and as there are maybe only 20 or so fms that need to be flagged up, its a little project that take only a few hours to sort out....i could easily write a 'Important Notification' for each fm affected and nickie would just paste in....
