1st Cav Div. campaign problem...

[DRG]

Warhero said:
Well I tried to launch this campaign in my v.3.0 but as I press "start" nothing happens ... Other campaigns seem to work ok but not this... Any help? Corrupted files I suppose?

I will sort this out and post a fix once I figure out what's wrong

Don

[DRG]

OK guys I need some more info. What "START" does not "START" for you ? The one that brings you to the purchase screen ??

Don

[narwan]

When in the screen with all the different fixed campaigns (5th marines 1967 to African abbattoir) if you select "1st cav division: LZ x-ray' and press 'START' on the bottom of the screen the screen window disappears for a moment (background stays the same) and then returns with the campaign deselected (ie no longer highlighted in blue). Nothing else happens.

Narwan

[DRG]

narwan said:
When in the screen with all the different fixed campaigns (5th marines 1967 to African abbattoir) if you select "1st cav division: LZ x-ray' and press 'START' on the bottom of the screen the screen window disappears for a moment (background stays the same) and then returns with the campaign deselected (ie no longer highlighted in blue). Nothing else happens.

Narwan

OK.

[DRG]

Looks like we have another mystery on our hands guys. That 1st Cav campaign works perfectly in the my developement copy of the game AND in the game I use to test the patch intallers. Both start up just fine and I do recal testing this one because it's the one where you start by choosing how you want to play it by marching your HQ to one of the selected V hexes.

I will post the files for this later but I would like a bit more info on what it is that won't "start" for you that have this problem and I would like anyone else who reads this thread to try that campaign as well and see if it starts for you as well.

Don

[narwan]

I checked the game files and there is no campaign in slot 005. There are no C005xxx files. The only two files present referring to the campaign are the ucamp005 dat and text files.

Narwan

[markgame]

I just tried it as well and got the same result as the first two posters. I'm running CD version 3.0, patched from 2.51.

When I hightlight selection 005 from the campaign list, which is '1st Cav Div : "LZ X-ray"' and then press the START button I get the "click" sound and the screen flashes just a tiny bit, just like every other menu, but then it displays the exact same game menu I was looking at, the campaign selection menu.

Selecting item 006, "B Company, 11th MEU" takes me directly to the purchase screen, there is no introductory text screen.

All other campaign selection menu selections take me to their appropriate text introduction screens.

[DRG]

OK. I'll be digging the files out today and sending them to Andy to test. If this helps him it will help everyone else as well and I will post them on the forum.

Don

[junk2drive]

I had no problem with LZXray. I had previously used the installer to add this campaign to the game when it first came out.
I sent the installer zip to a friend with the missing files problem and that fixed it.

[DRG]

Gentlemen

THE MYSTERY HAS BEEN SOLVED !!

I had forgotten the LZ XRAY campaign was released separately from the game releases and had instaled it in my master game. When I issued the patch I made a slight adjustment to the main text file which is what you see when you start the game. Anyone who had already DL'd that campaign will see it work perfectly. Anyone who had not installed this campaign prior to V3 being relased will see this error.

There were no alterations in any way to the campaign other than a minor change to the main text file. Anyone who wants this campaign click on the link below and the DL will start


http://download.shrapnelgames.com/do...0Installer.exe


I will ensure this campaign is included in the next patch

Sorry for the confusion

Don