Topic: C Jones Mega MOD v.s. TNZ MOD (Read 15186 times)

Locust · « **Reply #40 on:** March 27, 2003, 10:22:05 pm »

I downloaded the 4th file gonna see if it works.

Now when I played single player I accepted a survey mission, the one with enemy ships and a planet to probe just to be sure. Well it started up and there wasn't any planet, and when I fired a probe the game crashed. Another problem I see is that the arcs on some of the ships don't make sense, like for instance on the large borg cube there are some right side arcs that fire left while the left side arcs still fire left or something like that. Not a big prob but it's weird all the same. Other than this stuff it seems really good.

OK I tried many of the missions crash on me with assertion errors.

Praxis · « **Reply #41 on:** March 28, 2003, 02:42:44 am »

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I downloaded the 4th file gonna see if it works.

Now when I played single player I accepted a survey mission, the one with enemy ships and a planet to probe just to be sure. Well it started up and there wasn't any planet, and when I fired a probe the game crashed. Another problem I see is that the arcs on some of the ships don't make sense, like for instance on the large borg cube there are some right side arcs that fire left while the left side arcs still fire left or something like that. Not a big prob but it's weird all the same. Other than this stuff it seems really good.

OK I tried many of the missions crash on me with assertion errors.

The missing planet isn't a mission bug. Its a game bug. Even on the standard scan mission it does that.

Try playing on the dynaverse

Chris Jones · « **Reply #42 on:** March 28, 2003, 05:33:08 am »

http://www.stcd.sgnonline.com/~cjones/SFC3TNGMegaSpring.exe

You should be able to get it now.

Azrael · « **Reply #43 on:** March 28, 2003, 06:29:56 am »

Nice One Chris,

I'm at work now, and will try and get this sorted as soon as I get home.

So I'm clear, I should:

- Have a fresh install of SFC III.

- Have the patch.

- Download and run the Single Version Mega MOD.

- (Do I hit my Mega MOD desktop icon at this point)?

- Download the Spring Update from the link provided above.

If any of this is wrong, please correct me.

I cannot put into words how impressed I am that Chris is making such an effort to help people run the MOD successfully.

Thankyou for your time and effort Chris.

Cheers.

Azrael

Chris Jones · « **Reply #44 on:** March 28, 2003, 08:03:00 am »

My Pleasure -- I like to follow through when I can..

after you install the Spring update - then run the TNG Mega Mod batch file..

on another topic..

I like Tony Blair - he knows what he wants and is passionate about it.

Mysterio · « **Reply #45 on:** March 28, 2003, 11:32:04 am »

I tried to connect to the server last night but got a bad CRC message on all the .scr (script) files. I looked in to the scripts folder and they all seemed to be there. I guess they are a different version that the ones used on the server. I installed using the single .exe file. Should I install the spring update on top of that or is there a way to get just the scripts files? I even tried to install the Pelican scripts but I got the same message.
Help please.

Chris Jones · « **Reply #46 on:** March 28, 2003, 01:29:15 pm »

This is what happens when I get overloaded, lol.

I wish I had staff that could verify things before they go online. I am feeling a bit burned out of late.

It appears that the single file download needs a patch. As in I somehow got the wrong scripts into that exe. Until I get a script file update online.. use the Spring update link above.

What I am planning is a bug fix update, to address a whole bunch of things.. stay tuned.

Suiric · « **Reply #47 on:** March 28, 2003, 03:03:48 pm »

Chris I do not know nearly as much as some on this game but I am willing to help.... Time for me to pay back the community.... let me know if you need people to test anything...
thanks

Mysterio · « **Reply #48 on:** March 28, 2003, 04:29:26 pm »

No problem Chris. Balancing work, family and SFC can be challenging. I find it tough and I only play it, lol. I will go in and update the scripts from the spring update. I'm in as well if you ever need Beta testers. I've been involved in Beta testing the Bridge Commander Multi Player Mod Pack and it's a lot of fun.

Azrael · « **Reply #49 on:** March 28, 2003, 04:32:13 pm »

Chris Jones,

Thank you for creating the MOD.

Thank you for helping me to play on it!

I can now play on the Mega MOD server thanks to running the Single Download direct link posted previously by Chris on this thread, and then by downloading and running the Spring update, then clicking the Mega MOD Batchfile (desktop icon).

Branching off in different directions:

- How do I play Dominion Wars? If I click the Desktop Icon, do I need to do anything before I try and play on the Mega Mod again?

- Praxis, thanks for your help, and for hosting the server. Don't know if this is restricted to me, but battle leads to frequent desktop crashes. Still can play though.

Thanks again.

Chris Jones for President.

Azrael

Locust · « **Reply #50 on:** March 28, 2003, 06:27:46 pm »

I was playing on the Dyna when the game crashed.

Mysterio · « **Reply #52 on:** March 29, 2003, 07:34:28 am »

I copied over the scripts from the spring update and it worked.
I got on the server without a hitch.
Great job Chris. I'm going to have fun with this one.
One thing I noticed is the game crashes to desktop if you try to play the patrol mission.
Not sure why. Other than that no problems to report

Locust · « **Reply #53 on:** March 30, 2003, 01:18:42 am »

Patrol mission is normal conflict, I think you mean something else, er... maybe not...

Praxis · « **Reply #56 on:** March 30, 2003, 03:49:41 am »

Probably cause i disabled the Patrol mission, it shouldn't even make it selectable, rofl. If you see Patrol, DO NOT TAKE IT!

Enjoy the server

It was down last night since i didn't know the server wasn't running all night, lol. sorry. Its up again.

Mysterio · « **Reply #57 on:** March 30, 2003, 10:34:34 pm »

I tried to join the server last night and i got a message that "An unknown error has been encountered". That's a little vague, lol. Anyways, I couldn't join as a result. Also, when I ran the Orig.bat file and tried to join a couple of different un-modded servers I encountered a bad CRC on the Meta Distress Call script. So, I cant play on anything except conquest mode unless I do a complete re-install and lose the mod

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Praxis · « **Reply #58 on:** March 31, 2003, 05:32:20 am »

yeah yeah yeah...Server ran fine for about 7-8 hours and then got stuck. I checked the log viewer and i got an unhandled exception in tThread or something. This brings us to Flatfile vs SQL.

Flatfile advantages:

1) If something gets really messed up you can jump back to your previous save.
2) Its WAY more stable, i've heard of people running two weeks without one crash.

Flatfile disadvantages:

1) It saves every 5-15 minutes depending what you select. It can be a HD space eater if you're not careful. And if you have a crash people lose everything they've done since the last save about 5 minutes ago lol

2) Its uneditable. It just runs. If someone loses prestige to a bug, he loses it, it can't be fixed. If a hex won't turn, too bad. If a player's account gets messed up, his only choice is a new account, instead of asking the admin to fix it.

3) You have to reboot the server to change server settings and you can't specific things (see 2).

4) Its slower than SQL.

SQL Advantages:

1) Real-time saving. It saves things when they happen. So if you have a crash, when the server comes back up you'll have exactly what you had pre-crash, not what you had 5-10 minutes ago like in flatfile.

2) Real-time editing. In flatfile you can only edit the general server settings and have to reboot the server. Not in SQL- you can change things while it runs, you can add or take prestige from a player, change the color of a hex, etc etc, WHENEVER you feel like it, assuming you're the host.

3) It's faster than flatfile.

SQL Disadvantages:

1) Is far less stable. If you have SQL with server build 504 you'll probably have a crash once per day or two requiring a reboot. No data is lost but its annoying to be constantly after the server making sure you reboot it all the time and its annoying for the players when the server gives them unknown errors.

I'm running SQL. Faster, and i can edit things, but it crashes often.

The bad CRC on Meta Distress call is a mistake- Chris Jones forgot the original Distress call. Don't worry, it will be fixed in the bug fix Chris will release. If you want to fix it yourself, pop in your SFC3 disk. Open the disk (if it does the autorun instead of opening, right click on the disk and choose Open), and look around until you find somewhere on the disk the original distress call, then go to your SFC3 folder, find the agt folder, go in there, go to the Orig folder, and copy the original distress call into there. Then run the Orig batch file again. Ta-da!

Azrael · « **Reply #59 on:** March 23, 2003, 09:20:37 am »

Hey guys,

Where is the Chris Jones Mega MOD? I've got TNZ and can play on that server, but it won't let me into the Chris Jones Mega MOD server.

Any help would be appreciated.

Azrael

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