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Insano-Man Joined: Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:09 am Posts: 22 Location: Columbus, Ohio	[Help] FNG Questions: Jetpacks I've been poking and prodding at making my own faction for Cortex Command since picking it up on Steam. I've done some softmodding here and there for Garry's Mod, STALKER, and so forth, so I'm not much of a stranger to user-friendly code. So far, things have been fine. Well, they were until I started to work on a custom jetpack. At the end of the day, it's effectively a reskin, and yet it's the most difficult obstacle I've run up against. Here's the code I've got: Code: AddEffect = Attachable CopyOf = Muzzle Flash Pistol PresetName = IMWD Thruster Glow SpriteFile = ContentFile FilePath = IMWD.rte/Effects/Thruster.bmp FrameCount = 3 SpriteOffset = Vector X = -2 Y = -6 ScreenEffect = ContentFile FilePath = Base.rte/Effects/Glows/GreenSmall.bmp AddEffect = AEmitter CopyOf = Jetpack PresetName = IMWD Thruster AddEmission = Emission EmittedParticle = MOPixel CopyOf = IMWD Thruster Blast A Spread = 0.07 MaxVelocity = 40 MinVelocity = 20 AddEmission = Emission EmittedParticle = MOPixel CopyOf = IMWD Thruster Blast B Spread = 0.1 MaxVelocity = 30 MinVelocity = 15 EmissionSound = Sound AddSample = ContentFile FilePath = IMWD.rte/Sounds/Thruster/thruster_loop.wav LoopSetting = -1 // Means loop infinitely until stopped BurstSound = Sound AddSample = ContentFile FilePath = IMWD.rte/Sounds/Thruster/thruster_start.wav EndSound = Sound AddSample = ContentFile FilePath = IMWD.rte/Sounds/Thruster/thruster_end.wav ParticlesPerMinute = 6000 Flash = Attachable CopyOf = IMWD Thruster Glow AddEffect = MOPixel PresetName = IMWD Thruster Blast A Mass = 2.0 LifeTime = 50 Sharpness = 0.15 HitsMOs = 1 GetsHitByMOs = 0 Color = Color R = 100 G = 255 B = 200 Atom = Atom Material = Material CopyOf = Air TrailColor = Color R = 100 G = 255 B = 150 TrailLength = 2 ScreenEffect = ContentFile FilePath = Base.rte/Effects/Glows/BlueTiny.bmp EffectStartTime = 0 EffectStopTime = 350 EffectStartStrength = 0.2 EffectStopStrength = 0.0 EffectAlwaysShows = 1 AddEffect = MOPixel PresetName = IMWD Thruster Blast B Mass = 2.0 LifeTime = 75 Sharpness = 0.2 HitsMOs = 1 GetsHitByMOs = 0 Color = Color R = 150 G = 200 B = 255 Atom = Atom Material = Material CopyOf = Air TrailColor = Color R = 200 G = 200 B = 250 TrailLength = 1 ScreenEffect = ContentFile FilePath = Base.rte/Effects/Glows/BlueSmall.bmp EffectStartTime = 0 EffectStopTime = 500 EffectStartStrength = 0.3 EffectStopStrength = 0.0 EffectAlwaysShows = 1 Taken from IMWD.rte/Effects/Jetpack Effects.ini I've added this to an actor and, whenever he unloads from his delivery vehicle, the game immediately CTDs without a crash dump. I'm flying blind without an error report, so I can't tell if it's my mistake or I'm doing something the game just doesn't like. I realize this is probably a pretty dumb question with an obvious answer somewhere, but I'm absolutely clueless. I tried using a direct, renamed copy of the basic jetpack in Pyro.ini; still crashed the same way. Am I just putting this in the wrong file or something? I've checked and rechecked again that it's in the index for the mod, so I know the game actually knows it's there.
Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:33 am

Arcalane Joined: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:32 pm Posts: 1609 Location: UK	Re: [Help] FNG Questions: Jetpacks Well I can see one major problem to start with -- you should define the Jetpack after defining the particles it emits. That should be causing a loading error. If reorganizing it doesn't fix it, I have no idea what's up.
Wed Nov 14, 2012 4:11 am

Insano-Man Joined: Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:09 am Posts: 22 Location: Columbus, Ohio	Re: [Help] FNG Questions: Jetpacks Unfortunately, that didn't do it. I might ask if it could have something to do with the new actor I made, but he works just fine with Jetpack Heavy.
Wed Nov 14, 2012 4:34 am

Insano-Man Joined: Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:09 am Posts: 22 Location: Columbus, Ohio	Re: [Help] FNG Questions: Jetpacks I don't know if I actually figured out what's wrong, but I got it working, at least. I went out on a limb just a few minutes ago and copied the code for my jetpack into Base.rte's Pyro.ini. As much as I felt this one coming a mile away, it worked. I'm going to do a bit more fiddling to see if I can find out what exactly is the source of the problem. I've got a hunch that I just didn't have the file in the right folder, which would be a lot less headache in the future than something more serious. Edit 1: Now this is just ridiculously frustrating. Tried putting it into its own Pyro.ini, didn't work. Threw it back into the Base.rte Pyro.ini and now it's not working again. Generic "Cortex Command has stopped working" crash once the unit exits its delivery craft. Edit 2: False alarm. It was a kneepad. Edit 3: I took a chance last night and fiddled with the load order for the mod's files. In the end, it actually was the order in which things were being loaded, but via the Index.ini settings, not the files themselves. A mistake I'm glad to have learned from, at least.
Fri Nov 16, 2012 8:32 am

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