The Blue Sun Mod

[Greyfoot]

Ok, I took a few screenshots, I'll upload them now.

The first one is in Cali Cantos after the ambush, in search of Miguel (he cannot be found)
http://img713.imageshack.us/f/shot20101126134541.jpg/

This one is during the ambush
http://img148.imageshack.us/f/shot20101126134648.jpg/

This is in Sag..I forget, I forget again before Miguel's speech
http://img600.imageshack.us/f/shot20101126134738.jpg/

This one in the beggining of the game, 2quests done, one for the hooker, the other one for Mister Sister(the first one)
http://img88.imageshack.us/f/shot20101126134851.jpg/

And finally this is another save from a different game, well into the game, just attacking Ciudad El Oro
http://img842.imageshack.us/f/shot20101126134951.jpg/

Is this progression normal?I mean I haven't checked during my last game, as everythng seemed to be normal, but as far as I remember my character's level was always ahead of the game's level. Now it seems even at the beggining I am behind a level.
I am playing on hard only hit probability and last enemy checked if that helps.

[Greyfoot]

Well I just tried to recreate the same events, but no matter what I do to which character I cannot reach game level 2 at the beggining as its on the second last picture. I tried 3 different new games and even tried to copy the skills and parameters of the hero in question to no avail. I thought the bug appeared because of some of my parameters were above 100 and hearing set to 1 but no.
I tried it with Cameron but everything seems normal, the game level stays at 1 after helping the lovely "ladies".

I try it once more with Kurt this time and see if it helps(I doubt it though)

[R@S]

I'm starting to suspect that it has nothing to do with BSM, but a weird bug that originated from the Russian version of the game. It has to do with stuff being left in memory from your current game when you start a new game without exiting to desktop first.

Let's see if my guesses are correct, shall we

You started the game, loaded your current game where you were at CGL 7. You decide to start fresh, goes to the menu and starts a new game(without exiting to desktop). Then you play along, and when it comes to a normal CGL increase it suddenly jumps to 7. Is this what happened? The CGL jump could also have been when you saved your game before you should jump to CGL 2, and then loaded the game and found that it was suddenly at CGL 7, even if it was at CGL 1 when you saved it.

Anyways, I always exit to the desktop before I start a new game, otherwise these things might happen. Sometimes the quests will get screwed up as well, resulting in missing dialog options and hostile "friendlies".

[Greyfoot]

This indeed very likely the cause as I said I couldn`t recreate the same events.
Strange as you mentioned a sudden level increase if you look at the second last picture the game level on 2 so there must have been some sort of increment I am not aware of, not just a simple sudden jump.

Thanks for your time and answers, I am off to restart and play the game

Btw your nick seems familiar to me, aren`t you active over at Bear`s Pit too?

[R@S]

Originally Posted by Greyfoot

Btw your nick seems familiar to me, aren`t you active over at Bear`s Pit too?

Yeppers, I'm very attached to my nick and have been using it for decades. I'm not that active at bear's pit tho, haven't played JA2 in a couple of years. Even if the 1.13 mod is great, but a bit unstable, I find the TB a bit too slow for my taste after the SPM experience. But I'll get back to 1.13 when a stable version comes out, one with all the great new functions Headrock and co. has added.

[Greyfoot]

Everythings back to normal, happy days whoo hooo!

Btw Paco-Taco does say Miguel is hiding in Cali Cantinos, might be a small error

@R@S the latest JA2 1.13 is pretty stable, just played wf6.06, it`s just one of those games I have to replay every year or so, no matter what top notch pc I have

[R@S]

Originally Posted by Greyfoot

Btw Paco-Taco does say Miguel is hiding in Cali Cantinos, might be a small error

It's supposed to be that way, consider it disinformation spread by the not-so-stupid Miguel

I finished the Skyrider mission and script this weekend. To limit abuse I implemented some rules, like the player needs to have fuel if a MedEvac is to be used, the player will also lose his car, if he has one. But that only comes into play if the service is used more than twice, before that it costs nothing. I've placed a few fuel containers around the map, the player needs to carry at least one around just in case of an emergency.

Now off to more testing, which actually is starting to get fun again. I've made some tweaks on weapons and will check those as well.