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Already some bug smashing has occured, Griffon UK and silversword both found errors in the .fsc file that prevented the loadout screens to display their contents properly.

Of course, it's been fixed.

Check out this thread for further updates on smashing those pesky chitinous things...

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chitinous

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Chitin=that hard stuff that makes bug shells.

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heh... you think no weapons is a bastard?

try actually *running* the mission after the first nebula one... it always drops FS2, i think its corrupted...

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I found a big error. Really big. I emailed Ace bout it

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yeah thats the error i found.

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crash?

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Well as I told G-UK, over 80% of the testers aren't having the crash bug.

I'll still check into it, since it seems tied with the red-alert script as well as Alpha 2's message timing. (though how this could possibly crash FS2 on some systems remains a mystery to me)

Still, for the rest out there, don't worry, the final release will be smooth sailing.

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Originally posted by Ace:
I'll still check into it, since it seems tied with the red-alert script as well as Alpha 2's message timing. (though how this could possibly crash FS2 on some systems remains a mystery to me)

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Maybe Alpha 2's message occurs right at the mission start, & the red alert tag is still configuring the loadouts based on the previous mission on slower PC's... could be that...

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Maybe, but I'm testing on a pretty fast PC (750mhz) and I still get the crash bug.

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It could just be that Ace made a bigger mistake than that, but is too proud to admit he did...


Or what that other guy said... i dunno.

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As I said before, most people aren't having the problem.

Also, I'll check on Alpha 2's messages, having them begin at mission start or with 'true' message-delay '0' should not cause any errors. (as it never has in the past, and never does with other campaigns)

UPDATE: It appears that certain processors are sensitive to the arrangement of the sexpt scripting in mission 3, it has been reorganized to function on all systems. The red alert tags between mission 5-6 are also being investigated.

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Man i keep putting off playing the test... I'll need to play it sometime soon... even though I'm busy on running a squad and 2 campaigns.(ahhhh) lol

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Ehh... I gave up on my squad... we were never able to actually meet another squad for battle... the others never showed up, or well, the others never showed up... :-/

Hey! Post 1941!
1941,
What a year...

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...but 1942 was better

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And 1944 will be even better

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Damn... overcalculated that one

Now it's 1944... In another year, WWII is over

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*cough*... 2001 is even better

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Ace does that mean if we download it again it'll work. I get it when on the download new orders screen.

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