The B.F.X. Mod for 7.62 High Calibre

[Carlomencia]

Just installed a fresh game with your mod 7 and its fix and unofficial patch .98, also switch needed files to read only 10 min into game playing your mister sister
"quest" and i have a recurrent crash at the end of that mission, what am i to do? I have never crashed b4 this early in the game and I only installed your mod because of the purported "bug fixes". Last install I had went on pretty far into the game until i had a recurrent crash at the bomb on truck defusing part of one particular mission.

[OneMug]

Just d/l & Installed 7.62, ver 1.11 from GamersGate.

Very first NPG I talked to was selling M1911 .45. On the black screen, I could move pistol but not complete transaction. Wait, wait...read next paragraph. Don't start bitchin' me out yet. (Later, maybe)

I have copied the Fixes (read only, English translation for 'nades, bandit_serv.inv change) listed in this forum and & hope they help.

Questions:
1. After fixes above, should I start a new game or will the fixes work with my previous set up?

2. When will this Mod be available? [QUOTE
The Blue Sun Mod v 1.0 (preliminary release date: Q1 2010)
Fixes and tweaks[/QUOTE]

3. If I install R@S mod Bue Sun, ver. 0.9,
will I have to start a new gamer when 1.0 comes out?
Where is the link to mod ver 0.9? The main link still shows ver. 0.7

I've played all the main JA & Brigade E-5 (vanilla, all 3 factions) & Bloody Money). four play throughs. Obviously I like it. So I hope the bugs in 7.62 can be minimized.

New on forum. Trying to learn. TIA, OneMug

[R@S]

Originally Posted by OneMug

Don't start bitchin' me out yet. (Later, maybe)

I would never do that, it's against my religion

Originally Posted by OneMug

I have copied the Fixes (read only, English translation for 'nades, bandit_serv.inv change) listed in this forum and & hope they help.

I would suggest you install the latest unofficial patch before you install the mod files. Since you're playing 1024x768, the black inventory screen suggests that, you need a couple of files from the patch.

Originally Posted by OneMug

1. After fixes above, should I start a new game or will the fixes work with my previous set up?

If these are the only changes you made you should be able to continue the game. But keep in mind that if you install the latest unofficial patch a new game is required. It's because of some changes in the source code and that might cause issues.

Originally Posted by OneMug

2. When will this Mod be available?

The Blue Sun Mod v 1.0 will be release in a few weeks, I'm not sure exactly when since i have a lot of stuff at work as well. Hopefully it will be ready in early March, but I can't give an exact date

Originally Posted by OneMug

3. If I install R@S mod Bue Sun, ver. 0.9,
will I have to start a new gamer when 1.0 comes out?

Not sure about this yet. So far I have only made a few minor changes to the code, but there might be more. But my best guess at this stage is that a new game will be required.

Originally Posted by OneMug

Where is the link to mod ver 0.9? The main link still shows ver. 0.7

The OP has links to the latest version, but if you're as lazy as I, here's a direct linky:
http://rapidshare.com/files/34260072...d_0.9_Beta.rar

To minimize the chances of CTD's you should restart the game every hour or so. If you play the game for more than 2 hours straight the game becomes sluggish and causes random CTD's. If you do that you might be able to play through the game without a single CTD.

Have fun and don't forget to save often

R@S

[OneMug]

R@S, glad your religion is kindness, a la the Dahli Lama?

I've d/l the patch but rapid share says they're too busy to let cheapskates like me d/l Blue Sun for free. I'll try later.

One requirement seems to be a "clean install". Initially, I started one game, discovered the black screens, stopped, did the ~50 "read only" check marks in the HUD folder. Deleted the 2 saves, tried a 2nd new game, same black screens. Deleted those 2 saves.

Do I have to do a complete reinstall now before I install the patch & the mod?

Thanks for your assistance. OneMug

[R@S]

Originally Posted by OneMug

Do I have to do a complete reinstall now before I install the patch & the mod?

If you haven't altered or added any other files than the ones mentioned above, there should be no need for a clean install.

If RapidShare still gives you a problem, here's the MediaFire linky:

Blue Sun Mod 0.9

have fun

R@S

[OneMug]

R@S, Rapid share let me d/l free after I checked about 3 hours later.

I started a new game and everything is running fine!

Note: After the patch & Mod were installed, just to make sure, I went through all the .tga files in the HUD folder. I was surprised to find that there were about 20+ tgas that didn't have "read only" checks marks. I put them in all. I don't know if those check marks not being in the.tga files (after the patch/mod adds files) might be the cause of some others' screen troubles?

I AM having fun! Thanks a lot for your advice, R@S.

OneMug
BTW, there was a modder, advisor, and all-around helpful contributor in BE5, other strategy games and, IIRC, early 7.62 forums. His handle was "AFP" and he was also a very helpful resource. Anyone heard from him lately?

[R@S]

Glad it's working for you, and thanks for letting me know about those TGA files. I'll go through them again and see if I've forgotten some.

I saw afp over at Bohemia's ARMA2 forum a few months ago and I think he's active over at the 6thsense community as well. He's up to his old tricks, modding a great game(ARMA).