ARRRRGH!!!! SP failure!!! missions won't load, please help

[CDR_Daxian]

Man, do i  - :bluescreen: with BC or what? (it's like it has a grudge against me)

okay, full story oh boy, this will take a long time to explain....

so when i load in a new foundation from BCUT on a fresh copy of BC, and load New game, the Program crashes

so i Run BC in testmode and still have no luck, so i look through the Maelstrom scripts, no luck in what it might be (two reasons why i didn't succeed, 1: i'm a noob with Python, 2 if i did find it i wouldn't know how to fix it)

then i assumed it was foundation because the problem was only started when i had installed, so i installed foundation into a temporary directory, then looked through the scripts to see what it changes,

wow the directory was large...

-AI
-Bridge
-Custom
--Autoload
--Ships
--Techs
-ftb
--Tech
-icons
-Mainmenu
-Quickbattle
-Systems
-Tactical
--Interface

but no Maelstrom

so if anything was changed in the SP Missions, it was done indirectly. ( man i hate looking through so many scripts, but I did) nothing i could find, but again: i'm a Noob at python.

so could somebody me, i'm stuck, (the only thought is that there a foundation 2010/2011, if it exists).

[flarespire]

what OS are you using, if its vista or 7 then its best NOT to install to the default directory or the C:\ drive(if possible) because the administrator contolls and restrictions cause alot of errors in BC.

[Bones]

have you patched your BC ? dunno if SP is compatible with Foundation tho... one thing is sure SP will cause problems when modded with ANY new tech ... only hardpoints, models and texture changes won't interrupt SP too much

what OS are you using, if its vista or 7 then its best NOT to install to the default directory or the C:\ drive(if possible) because the administrator contolls and restrictions cause alot of errors in BC.

unless you're the administrator and have disabled that dumb UAC ;)

[flarespire]

unless you're the administrator and have disabled that dumb UAC ;)

QFT

[CDR_Daxian]

Well, i am an admin on my PC (Win 7 is the OS) and i've got it under C:\Games what if I install it to My Portable Hard Drive

what should i Do, install a fresh Copy to it or Copy/Paste the existing files?

[Bones]

Ok I'll quote myself with previous question  ;)

have you patched your BC ? dunno if SP is compatible with Foundation tho... one thing is sure SP will cause problems when modded with ANY new tech ... only hardpoints, models and texture changes won't interrupt SP too much

[CDR_Daxian]

why yes, i have the BC 1.1 patch and the only thing i've done is installed foundation

nothing more, except a few texture replacements

[Morgan]

When you installed Foundation, did you do Basic or Full installation?

[Lurok91]

have you patched your BC ? dunno if SP is compatible with Foundation tho... one thing is sure SP will cause problems when modded with ANY new tech ... only hardpoints, models and texture changes won't interrupt SP too muchunless you're the administrator and have disabled that dumb UAC ;)

As Bones says, I've found SP only really works efficiently if unmodded except for hardpoints, models and textures.   Any additional new tech does seem to interfere/clash with Maelstrom scripts.  Believe me, I've tried every variant.   Even Supermod, which I personally found overrated and disappointing and de-installed.  So best advice is not to install Foundation or anything to SP install.   Still runs brilliantly without it, and you can happily tweak any of SP game ships/weapons/etc.   

[CDR_Daxian]

so this is common?

well, i guess if you guys have all had the same problem

heck, i play quickbattle about 99/100's of the time, and there are games for that too. for example DS9FX Xtended, or QuickBattleGame (quick battle replacement) so yeah, i guess your right, but if i could find out what made foundation screw with the maelstrom, i would try to fix it/let someone know about it, but for the third time in this topic: I'm a noob (noob/newb?) at python.

thanks,

and a future thought, maybe there will be a foundation 2010/2011. (repeated, man do i get monotonous)

[Lurok91]

CDR, don't worry     For a modded BC install with KM, foundation and all the bells and whistles, no problem,  even for QuickBattle.  Just don't expect to play the SP mission games, which I think was your original line of questioning.

If you want to play the SP Maelstrom missions, best advice is to make a new install with no mods added. 

[Morgan]

I don't mean to quote myself but I think I'll ask again:

When you installed Foundation, did you do Basic or Full installation?