Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste

[krautbernd]

Because someone mentioned the zrbite tank earlier. Has the ufopaedia entry been fixed? I always get a crash when i select it.

[Solarius Scorch]

Because someone mentioned the zrbite tank earlier. Has the ufopaedia entry been fixed? I always get a crash when i select it.

Sorry, not yet... I mean it was, but only on my end.

Maybe it's time for another fix release.

[tkzv]

In the missions in towns, during the 1st enemy/civilian turn the game crashes with an error:

A fatal error has occurred: Unsupported action (val: 12) for item STR_DOGE_TRACK

To reproduce, load the attached "DOGE_TRACK.sav" and end the turn.

The only workaround I found, is starting the mission anew (reloading a Geoscape save). Just in case: the missions that worked fine had no dogs in them.

[Solarius Scorch]

I can't load up this save; it says, "bad conversion".

But I'll check what can be wrong with the dogs.

[Meridian]

I can't load up this save; it says, "bad conversion".

But I'll check what can be wrong with the dogs.

It's an OXCE 3.8 bug. Already reported to Yankes today in the morning.

[Solarius Scorch]

It's an OXCE 3.8 bug. Already reported to Yankes today in the morning.

Thanks Meridian.

Regarding dogs, would it be a problem if alien armour had this:

Code: [Select]

    builtInWeapons:
      - STR_DOGE_BITE
      - STR_DOGE_TRACK

When STR_DOGE_TRACK is a Motion Scanner:

Code: [Select]

  - type: STR_DOGE_TRACK
    weight: 0
    bigSprite: 481
    floorSprite: 0
    handSprite: 0
    battleType: 7
    tuUse: 15
    fixedWeapon: true
    invWidth: 2
    invHeight: 3
    recover: false
    defaultInventorySlot: STR_LEFT_HAND
    costUse:
      time: 15
      morale: 20
?

[Meridian]

Actually, I reported the dogs to Yankes.... that's the OXCE bug.

Don't know how those bad conversions happened, but replacing NULL with "NULL" in the save file will solve/workaround it.

[Solarius Scorch]

Actually, I reported the dogs to Yankes.... that's the OXCE bug.

Don't know how those bad conversions happened, but replacing NULL with "NULL" in the save file will solve it.

Thanks. I guess it means... no enemy dogs, for now? Or is it enough to make a separate armour for enemy dogs (now they share it with X-Com dogs) and remove the scanner?

[Meridian]

Thanks. I guess it means... no enemy dogs, for now? Or is it enough to make a separate armour for enemy dogs (now they share it with X-Com dogs) and remove the scanner?

Tbh, no idea.
You may want to return to 3.7 for now.

[Solarius Scorch]

Tbh, no idea.
You may want to return to 3.7 for now.

I tried generating a mission with enemy dogs. No issues, no crashes.
Maybe the problem is with tkzv's installation? No idea.

[Meridian]

I tried generating a mission with enemy dogs. No issues, no crashes.
Maybe the problem is with tkzv's installation? No idea.

It's a code bug... it just happens "rarely".

[tkzv]

I tried generating a mission with enemy dogs. No issues, no crashes.
Maybe the problem is with tkzv's installation? No idea.

Gentoo Linux AMD64.
I installed the nightly vanilla OpenXcom, then
unpacked the original games to ~/.local/share/openxcom/UFO/ and ~/.local/share/openxcom/TFTD/ ,
unpacked OpenXcom_XFiles_0.6.5c.zip and copied OpenXcom_XFiles/user/mods/XComFiles/ to ~/.local/share/openxcom/mods/ ,
umpacked Extended+-3.8a-80622cd-2017-06-13-jessie-x86_64.7z and run OpenXcomEx.

And I've got another bug to report. When a bullet destroys a staircase section, it becomes a water cooler

To reproduce:
Load the attached "for cooler.sav". — Agent "Kamran Rezaei" should be active. 2 disciples of Dagon are visible.
Switch "Kamran Rezaei" to snap shots and shoot the staircase right behind the 1st enemy. — See "before.png"
This may take around 5 reloads, but eventually the bullet hits the staircase and turns it into a cooler. — See "cooler.sav" and "after.png".

[hellrazor]

Gentoo Linux AMD64.
I installed the nightly vanilla OpenXcom, then
unpacked the original games to ~/.local/share/openxcom/UFO/ and ~/.local/share/openxcom/TFTD/ ,
unpacked OpenXcom_XFiles_0.6.5c.zip and copied OpenXcom_XFiles/user/mods/XComFiles/ to ~/.local/share/openxcom/mods/ ,
umpacked Extended+-3.8a-80622cd-2017-06-13-jessie-x86_64.7z and run OpenXcomEx.

That sounds about right

And I've got another bug to report. When a bullet destroys a staircase section, it becomes a water cooler

To reproduce:
Load the attached "for cooler.sav". — Agent "Kamran Rezaei" should be active. 2 disciples of Dagon are visible.
Switch "Kamran Rezaei" to snap shots and shoot the staircase right behind the 1st enemy. — See "before.png"
This may take around 5 reloads, but eventually the bullet hits the staircase and turns it into a cooler. — See "cooler.sav" and "after.png".

Thats just a wrong asigned DIE mcd in one of the mapset MCD files, a easy fix usually.

[Solarius Scorch]

Those damn cultists and their hidden water coolers.

[Meridian]

Gentoo Linux AMD64.
I installed the nightly vanilla OpenXcom, then
unpacked the original games to ~/.local/share/openxcom/UFO/ and ~/.local/share/openxcom/TFTD/ ,
unpacked OpenXcom_XFiles_0.6.5c.zip and copied OpenXcom_XFiles/user/mods/XComFiles/ to ~/.local/share/openxcom/mods/ ,
umpacked Extended+-3.8a-80622cd-2017-06-13-jessie-x86_64.7z and run OpenXcomEx.
 take around 5 reloads, but eventually the bullet hits the staircase and turns it into a cooler. — See "cooler.sav" and "after.png".

That sounds about right

The nightly installation is not required and not desired.
XcomFiles distributes all the necessary data files... and they might be different from nightly data files, depending on the OXCE+ version (e.g. v3.8a matches nightly from March, not from July).

That said, I don't think the error is caused by installation issues.