The Blue Sun Mod

[Badbru]

OneMug, I'm no modder, and had difficulty installing 1.7 myself however what I'm not seeing in your list of things you've done is "installed unofficial patch", and what I am seeing in line two of your crashdump is "unable to find patch 1_12. So I'd re-read the install instructions again as I'm sure you needed to apply the unofficial patch to your vanilla 7.62 install before you add any part of Blue Sun Mod. If you've done this and just neglected to say so then I'm out of ideas, like I said, not a modder and had difficulty myself.

[OneMug]

Badbru, thanks.
According to R@S's May 15 2011 post on this forum the latest patch is 1.06. So I guess 1.06 installs 1_12 patch? That's a bit confusing.

I see that there is a "install 1.06 only" option in the Blue Sun 1.8 installation window & I tried it once but didn't know the complete instructions for installing it at the time. I hadn't installed the 1.06 patch in the other attempts.
So, I will try this:

From my GamersGate 7.62 download, fresh install to C:\1C Company\7.62 Hi - Calibre

From BSM 1.8 window, install 1.06 patch only. Then "run the PatchMe.bat file once you've copied the patch files to your game directory." - (quote from the May 15 post above).

Restart my computer, then run BSM installation again and hope it works this time. Am I leaveing anything else out?
OneMug
Maybe I should d/l the 1.06 patch separately? I don't know where the BSM will install the folder and there seem to be some issues about how you unzip and copy the files to the 7.62 folder. Any suggestions on this?

[Badbru]

Seems right about unofficial patch being 1.06, my bad. It looks odd though that your crashdump says cannot find patch_1_12.azp and also cannot find many items. maybe you're not getting one of the three media packs?

I've not actually tried BSM 1.8 yet but here's what I did for BSM 1.7:

1:Created a new folder named BSM.

2: Downloaded BSM 1.7, BSM 1.7 fix 1, media pack 1, media pack 2 and media pack 3, and unofficial patch 1.06 to this new folder.

3: Made a copy of my Gamersgate7.62 vanilla install, as I couldn't install it twice, and renamed that 7.62BSM.

4: Checked to see my copy worked by starting the 7.62BSM named game.

5: Applied unofficial patch 1.06 to 7.62BSM and checked to see it worked.

6: Followed the other install instructions applying BSM 1.7 then BSM 1.7 fix 1, then media packs 1 through 3 (media packs may have unzipped all at once I'm hazy on memory of that.

7: Went though and changed to readonly every single one in all three resolutions of those files you have to change to read only. Not just the folders either, every single tga. Just to be sure.

Note somewhere along this process I also hit the mscvr.117 issue and had to troll through this thread for a link to that and apply it.

After going through all that it mostly works, which is to say it works better than vanilla 7.62 ever did (Thankyou R@S)but still has issues.
I'm enjoying BSM1.7 so much and had to do so much work to get it up and running I'm a tad shy at trying 1.8.

[OneMug]

Badbru, thanks for your step by step procedure. I'll try it with BSN 1.8. Here's a couple of quick comments.

FYI if you decide to do BSM 1.8. I purchased 7.62 from GamersGate in mid-2010. 7.62, Brigade E5 and other games, are now in "My Games" folder permanently. I can download them as many times as I wish. I would think you can do that too but there's a reason you can't? Anyway,

After I d/l & install 7.62 from GG, I get a window that asks me if I want to delete the temp file, save the temp file for possible reinstallation, or restart the installer. I finally started saving the temp file and don't have to d/l each time I want to install 7.62 after I screw things up.

I haven't come across the mscvr.117 issue yet so I'll look that up later, unless you have a link to that thread.

Thanks again, OneMug

[OneMug]

After 2 tries today, success installing 1.8. First time, I extracted 1.06 patch to a separate folder & tried to copy & paste all the files to the 7.62 folder. No dice.

Then I extracted 1.06 patch directly to the 7.62 folder and ran the batch file. No dice. Then I went to the BMP\Hud files. Some sub files were blank so I checked read only.

Now I'm into the game, killed the 4 hooligans, but when I looted their equipment and got rid of the bodies, and got my Mr Sister reward. When I opened my inventory, the guns & the knives were there but ammo & canteens had disappeared. I reloaded the end of battle, left the bodies alone, got my Mr Sis award, then went to the arms dealers and picked up only what I could carry and sell at one time. Then saved. Rinse & repeat. Got all the loot that way. I hope I don't have this loss of dropped gear throughout the game.

So far, that's the only minor glitch. Oh, I had to go to 1280x960 because the full screen x1024 was too wide for my Acer 23" flat screen and some of the picture was just off the screen.

Well, thanks for everyone's help and patience. Hope I don't have to bother you all in future.

Best wishes, OneMug

[OneMug]

Just as I was getting started, Alex Lond gave my noobie merc the Top Secret mission. Just to see if it could be done, I took over the secret army base. It wasn't easy but I won't go into detail unless someone is curious.

Along with all the goodies in the base locker, I found the Top Secret documents. I couldn't put either of the TS documents into my inventory or the mission specific box. Went back to Lond and got only the "remind me of my mission" dialogue.

Did I break the mission by taking the base over too early in the game? Or when I advance my merc's CGL will I be able to complete the mission?

From my previous 0.08 BSM ver. campaigns over a year ago, I seem I recall that a black ops squad intercepts my team on the way back to Lond. I'm sure my new merc would be toast if that were to happen right now, so I'm hoping I just need to level up (& hire at least 2-3 mercs, which I can't afford now!).

Hope I didn't break the mission for good and all. But, if that's the case, why would Lond give the mission so early in the campaign?
Please advise. TIA OneMug

[Kuujis]

Originally Posted by OneMug

Just as I was getting started, Alex Lond gave my noobie merc the Top Secret mission. Just to see if it could be done, I took over the secret army base. It wasn't easy but I won't go into detail unless someone is curious.

Along with all the goodies in the base locker, I found the Top Secret documents. I couldn't put either of the TS documents into my inventory or the mission specific box. Went back to Lond and got only the "remind me of my mission" dialogue.

Did I break the mission by taking the base over too early in the game? Or when I advance my merc's CGL will I be able to complete the mission?

From my previous 0.08 BSM ver. campaigns over a year ago, I seem I recall that a black ops squad intercepts my team on the way back to Lond. I'm sure my new merc would be toast if that were to happen right now, so I'm hoping I just need to level up (& hire at least 2-3 mercs, which I can't afford now!).

Hope I didn't break the mission for good and all. But, if that's the case, why would Lond give the mission so early in the campaign?
Please advise. TIA OneMug

Document go to the special items list, which is separate from the inventory. Its a line of items below all the backpack/pockets/vest slots. And I don't thing you broke anything, just go back and take the documents: either ctrl+left click OR left click + drag them to the line of misc items in the bottom of inventory screen.

Also - SOME glitches might occur due to grenades being dropped near loot laying on the ground or simply due to bad handling of dropped items. I once participate in rebels Vs government battle in one of the cities and waited to get the loot while being neutral... Almost every second weapon disappeared... They reappeared a day later, when I came back though...

[Schobbejak]

Hi all, these mods keep getting better and better
R@S and all they others who created these mods ... Thanks !!
The fun you brought into this game, again thanks !!
And please keep making them.

[JC LEON]

hi i'm new to he game and i recenlty discovered this beautiful mod.. i installed BSM 2.0 but i dont know how to install the patch 3

I simply put it in game dir and overwrite?
thanks i advance

[Melthorse]

@ JC LEON: that's correct. You have to unzip it, then put it in your game dir and overwirte it. After that you have to start an new game.

Then have fun