McTaffer on 25/11/2018 at 20:45
I'm certain this has been asked somewhere before, but I can't find the correct thread if so.
I've tried loading a mission (my own mission for testing, so that's embarrassing) from TG FMSel, but it just loads up Bafford's Manor. I'm 99% sure this is somehow an archive configuration problem, but it's been so long since I've actually done a Thief install that I can't remember what the solution is; I have tried re-configuring the archive path and uninstalling/reinstalling the mission through FMSel. In case it's an important detail, I'm using an install ported to my laptop from my main PC (which has a totally functional FM ready copy installed on it), so something could have gone wrong in the transition.
I realize the "why don't you just use your main PC" question is going to come up, so to answer that- I'm away at school, so that's not going to be an option for quite some time. A fresh install is also not an option, since I'm far away from any discs and don't have access to internet that will permit the download of anything game-sized.
Can anyone steer me in the right direction?
voodoo47 on 25/11/2018 at 20:48
are the FM files in their own folder inside the FMs folder?
McTaffer on 25/11/2018 at 21:00
No, the FM folder is completely outside the Thief folder.
skacky on 25/11/2018 at 21:23
Did you configure MISSFLAG.STR in your fan mission archive to point to your mission and skip all the others? It should look like this:
Quote:
// skip This mission doesn't exist; it should be skipped.
// no_briefing Skip the briefing movie
// no_loadout Skip the loadout
// cutscene Play a cutscene immediately afterward
// end End the game when this mission is completed
// miss_##_next: "##" The given mission jumps to a selected mission number.
miss_1: "skip"
miss_2: "skip"
miss_3: "skip"
miss_4: "skip"
miss_5: "skip"
miss_6: "skip"
miss_7: "skip"
miss_8: "skip"
miss_9: "skip"
miss_10: "skip"
miss_11: "skip"
miss_12: "skip"
miss_13: "skip"
miss_14: "skip"
miss_15: "skip"
miss_16: "skip"
miss_17: "skip"
miss_18: "skip"
miss_19: "skip"
miss_20: "no_briefing,end"
McTaffer on 25/11/2018 at 23:53
It didn't look quite that way (there were "skip" missions afterwords all the way to 26), but I edited it and it's still shooting me straight to Bafford's Manor.
skacky on 26/11/2018 at 00:10
Do you mind shooting me the mission archive in PM so I can see what's going on? That sounds pretty weird to me. Unless MISSFLAG isn't where it should be, the mission should load.
McTaffer on 26/11/2018 at 01:27
Solved. Thanks skacky!
