Problems with Cardassians and Ferengi

[Dr Strangelove]

I'm having problems using the latest race mods of the Ferengi and Cardassians. I am able to make one or the other into a new race. If I try to make another new race, when I scroll past the picture of either one (Ferengi or Cardassian) I get a message that my computer was unable to load its Race-Pop picture. The game then freezes and I have to back out and delete the cardassians and ferengi from the Pictures/Race folder. Is there a solution to this problem?

Is there any chance that someone is working on adding the Minbari, Centauri, Draks, and Drassi? Does it make sense to have "Colonials" (BS Galactica) without having the "Cylons"?

[GruelThePurple]

There is probably an image missing, or improperly named. Fortunately, this can be fixed.

Browse down to the pictures\race directory where the suspect races are located. In each of these racial directories, there should be a 128x128 bitmap called cardasian_race_portrait.bmp (or ferengi_race_portrait.bmp as appropriate).

If the item is misspelled, name it correctly. If they are not there, then they need to be added. This can be done by resizing the "race"_pop_portrait.bmp file to 128x128 (using any graphics editor) and naming the new image appropriately.

Be aware though, this resizing will give a grainy pixelated image. It is best to try to hunt down the proper images for this purpose.

[Deathstalker]

This actually could be another problem entirely (if what Gruel says dosn't work that is). Make sure the name of the race folder (ex Cardassian) is the same as the files inside the folder. If the main folder is labeled Cardassian and the files inside are Card_mini_portrait etc it will not work/load the race. Just change the name of the folder to match the files within.

Hope this helps.

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[Atrocities]

I use the same races that I have set up for download. They are what I play, and I have not experienced this problem. To be on the safe side, I rechecked all of the files for errors, and did not see any. I do not understand what could be causing the problem.

However, the actual file that the Cardassian race is located in HAS TO BE NAMED the same as the FILES WITHIN IT. IE, I named the Cardassians "Card". All of the files in the Card Race folder start with Card. The same for the Ferengi, I named them Ferg. So the race folder containing them should also be named FERG. I think this is what is causing your problem. I renamed the race files to the full names, and I GET your error. Rename the actual folder to the name that the files within it are called. Again, thats "Card" or "Ferg". This should fix your problem.

On the other hand, you could rename all the files to Cardassian_Portrait etc, or Ferengi_Mini_cruiser etc. But that would take way too much time. So just rename the folder.

[This message has been edited by Atrocities (edited 25 May 2001).]