The Blue Sun Mod

[R@S]

Make sure you have the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package installed, it's needed for the new HLA.dll system to work. Use the links depending on your OS, x86 or x64.

Microsoft Visual C + + 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
Microsoft Visual C + + 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64)

1: Install 7.62 in a new folder, like C:\games\7.62\. Do not intstall the game in your Program Files or User folder, that will cause problems with vista/win7

2: Extract the Unofficial Patch files to your game directory, including this file: msvcr71.dll

3: Run the PatchMe.bat in your game folder to pack up the files in an AZP archive

4: Extract all the files from Media.pack_pt_1.rar, Media.pack_pt_2.rar and Media.pack_pt_3.rar to your 7.62\Media.pack\ folder.

5: Extract the Blue Sun Mod Base files to a temporary folder, then copy them to your game directory.

6: Run the BlueSunMod.exe to start the game.

If you have the Russian or German version of the game you need the comaptibility patch for the respective version. those packs includes the right E6.exe and are needed to get the game working.

[TodeswolF]

BTW R@S did you managed the crash with the e6q.txt for the GCP?

[R@S]

Yup, as long as you use the German Unofficial patch 1.06 and the GCP 1.6 the mod is very stable.

[Kuujis]

Originally Posted by R@S

Yup, as long as you use the German Unofficial patch 1.06 and the GCP 1.6 the mod is very stable.

What is this you are talking about?

Possible spoilers ahead.

Also - was doing the poor wino mission line. Several strange things:
1. When I got the puta companion, we went to the hooker looking for luggage, she sends us to the Campechino? I stopped by Sagrada, puta says - lets go to my brother da police. All the other luggage missions skipped?
2. CGL1 at start. After fending off the drug dealer mission from puta police ambush CGL is suddenly 8?

[R@S]

Originally Posted by Kuujis

What is this you are talking about?

Dint you know, BSM is available for the Russian and German version of 7.62

Originally Posted by Kuujis

1. When I got the puta companion, we went to the hooker looking for luggage, she sends us to the Campechino? I stopped by Sagrada, puta says - lets go to my brother da police. All the other luggage missions skipped?

You can go straight to Sagrada after Paquito joins, it's been that way for a while now. The Puerto viejo - Campecino - Sagrada route is when you don't know who's got the luggage.

Originally Posted by Kuujis

2. CGL1 at start. After fending off the drug dealer mission from puta police ambush CGL is suddenly 8?

Similar issues has been reported, but that had to do with the Player Base. I need to know more about it before I start looking for the bug, like if you recruited militia at your base or took over any other sector.

[Kuujis]

Originally Posted by R@S

Dint you know, BSM is available for the Russian and German version of 7.62

You can go straight to Sagrada after Paquito joins, it's been that way for a while now. The Puerto viejo - Campecino - Sagrada route is when you don't know who's got the luggage.

Similar issues has been reported, but that had to do with the Player Base. I need to know more about it before I start looking for the bug, like if you recruited militia at your base or took over any other sector.

Silly me for not figuring the 2 first points...

As for the CGL change bug:
1. I accidentally took over Santa Maria after talking to a mayor
2. Hired Muerte via barmain.
3. Didn't recruit militia or anything like that.

Overall - my save game is attached, if it provides anything useful.

[R@S]

Originally Posted by Kuujis

1. I accidentally took over Santa Maria after talking to a mayor

This is a vanilla thing, you always get bumped to CGL 8 if you take over a city. I think the devs made it like that to prevent players from exploiting it. If the enemies carry low CGL weapons it's much easier to take a city than when they're well armed.

I'm still at work but will check the save when I get home later tonight.

[polarticus]

been a fan of BFX and hardlife, recently got back from afghanistan and wanted to replay 7.62 with the new blue sun mod.

I'm running windows 7 64bit and despite installing the C++ distributable and a fresh (gamersgate) installation of 7.62 I get the HLA.DLL error with the cyrillic text.
I've searched for the answer extensively before posting as well as done my fair share of troubleshooting but I haven't found a thing.

PS: has anyone recently downloaded from any of the available resources for BSM 1.6? AVG picks up a trojan hijacker to be hiding as the bluesunmod.exe
on second look, i thought it was rather curious that an executable was only a 34kbs

If this is the problem would anyone be willing to send me a clean BSM via email?