No Mission Briefings or NPC dialog in Bunkers ABCD or E

JJ86 said:
I won't be around here too much, after a little power struggle I was kind of given the boot. So all future questions will have to be answered at DAC.
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Actually, it was resulting from JJ86 slagging some of our hosted groups, deleting posts and editing the posts of others when it is against our moderation policies (and he was warned quite a few times), tried to make me look like someone who indiscriminantly banned and changed the avs of newbies (when there was another thread, one edited by JJ86, that was the reason for the av change), and generally brewing up drama. The only reason why he's been given so many chances is because of his FOT tutorials. That wore thin, then wore out.

Therefore, he can enjoy the avatar he earned back at V13 as well. I really have doubts of the sanity of anyone who decides to try those things and expects to remain welcome here.
 
Hello again,

I have another idea for fixing the Fallout Tactics CD3 file corruption, it would allow anyone to fully repair the files using a PAR2 recovery method.

I borrowed my friends CD3 which does not have any corruption. I was able to finish the game without incident using his files, so for this purpose they are "known good" files. Unfortunately, I didn't use the files from my previous fix for the rest of the game, but I think they should still work. For reference, the damaged files on my cd are:

"loc-mis_D.bos"
"loc-mis_E.bos"
"spr-character_E.bos"

I used the uncorrupted files from my friends CD3 and created a PAR2 recovery volume (you can read all about PAR2 at http://www.par2.net/) using QuickPAR (http://www.quickpar.org.uk/). The recovery volume can be used to fix up to a certain amount of corruption in the above three files.

The tricky part was try to get the damaged files off the CD. Normal copying methods don't work. Instead I had to rip the CD to an image file and then use WinImage (http://www.winimage.com/) to extract the damaged files.

Finally, I used QuickPAR to repair the files. Everything went smoothly and the files were fully repaired.


There a lots of bonuses to using this method.

First, it allows complete recovery of the damaged files, unlike my previous fix, which really only smoothed over the errors.

Secondly, the size of the PAR2 recovery volumes is much smaller then the files themselves. At a minimum, they are 1.8 MB, more redundancy would increase this, but one could probably get away with about 2.5 MB, which is significantly smaller then the 60.3 MB of the damaged files (in my case).

Finally, there is no transferring of any copyrighted material. PAR2 files don't contain any actual data, they only act like a giant CRC file. I understand there is some uncertainty about hosting copyrighted files, even if only as a means of fixing problems, so I would leave the final decision up to a moderator before proceeding.


Summarized, someone could repair the files as follows:

1. Download the PAR2 recovery volumes (~2.5 MB) and QuickPAR or some other PAR2 capable program
2. Rip their damaged CD3 to an image file
3. Use WinImage or a similar program to extract the damaged files
4. Place the damaged files together with the PAR2 files and then run the recovery operation; the damaged files should be repaired
5. Copy the repaired files to the "core" subdirectory of the Fallout Tactics folder.
6. Profit !!! (aka. play as usual)


If someone wants to attempt this method, or has some other insight, please let me know. I have no hosting space of my own at the moment so I am unable to offer the PAR2 files for now. However, I'll wait for a decision from the moderators before proceeding.
 
I am having the exact same problem, although i'm stationed at bunker epsilon, and your first repair method didn't seem to work.

i was wondering if you could send me these recovery files or something of the sorts, as i don't have any hosting space either.
would you be so kind as to that ? if you could, then i'll post my email.

do you guys have any other thougts on this ? cuz i've tried almost everything, to no avail.
 
how do you guys extract anything out of a bos file ? i don't seem to be able to.

having that same problem, though i'm at bunker epsilon.
 
yea i just got the same problem so it would be a hell of alot easier to e-mail them to me but if not i'll just do it the slow way

edit: it didnt work and i not know why
 
Why the heck is all this weirdness suddenly happening. Trouble shooting in the editor should show if the scripting is right. Then it should work if the local mission.txt file is in the right place.

Winzip extracts the .bos files fine.
 
I've remade the PAR2 files so there is one set for each damaged file, so it should be a little easier to distribtute them.

dragazul and Deadsy, PM me your e-mail addresses and I'll fire them off to you. If possible, let me know what files are damaged and I can create additional PAR2 files if necessary.

There are roughly 1.8 MB of recovery data for the three files, loc-mis_D.bos, loc-mis_E.bos, and spr-character_E.bos. I'm still not sure about that last file, I don't know if it's needed or not.
 
CD3 Corruption Alternate Solution

Hi, I was having one hell of a time trying to inable the speech/text in the Epsilon Bunker. I tried the various methods and none worked so I came up with a simple solution.

Obtain Winrar (a very easy to find program) and open this directory in the top area:

C:\Program Files\14 Degrees East\Fallout Tactics\core

Your location may vary if you chose not to install the default. Select any corrupted archive such as loc-mis_E. Winrar will tell you it's corrupt upon opening. Highlight the file you want fixed and choose repair archive from the Tools menu. Choose a destination and the proceed. After it's done locate the repair file and rename it to the orignal (i.e. repbuilt.loc-mis_E should be changed to loc-mis_E). Take the renamed and rebuilt file and place it into your core folder and say yes to replacing the corrupt file. That's it and you now have a working game once again.
 
Weird problem, BOS bunker Delta

for some reason I cant talk to people anymore. the 'conversation'window doesnt open, also I cant read my pippoy anymore, when I view map it shows the map, but not the text fields on what is what (engineering, debriefing room, etc.)

also I can click on the junktown mission, but then I just get an empty black field, no text in it...

travelled to junktown, same problem there. I cant talk to any of the people, nor read my briefing or check the map

travelled back to gamma bunker, and everything works, its ridiculous, can talk to people map works

anyone know what this could be, because I cant play on like this. thanks in advance
 
I hate to be rude, since I'm just as much of a guest here as you, but please try reading some of the other threads in this forum or use the search function at the top of the page.

You haven't posted a problem yet that hasn't already been covered in a previous thread, just by looking through this and the second page of topics you'd see that other people have had similar problems and it's a good bet that the advice given to them will apply to you as well, even if they're having problems with a different bunker etc.
 
sorry bout that, and yes i've read them now,

basically on cd 3

local-mis_D.bos - 22.080kb
local-mis_E.bos - 23.670kb
spr-character_E.bos - 16.062kb

are all corrupt
and I couldnt find anyplace where these are hosted (gotta love interplay for not still having them hosted somewhere, great support)


anyone feel like uploading 62mb somewhere? please?
 
yes I did that one, it didnt work, 1 file seems to come out correctly (the E file)
the other 2 come out with different sizes and the game still doesnt work


could be there are more files missing maybe? but I dont know
 
local-mis_D.bos - 22.080kb
is now
local-mis_D.bos - 7.416kb

spr-character_E.bos - 16.062kb
and is now
spr- character_E.bos - 9.716kb


basically there are a couple of files he just can't fix
 
impossible to find these files on the internet, if somebody could transfer them via irc?

would be damn great...
 
Before any Rosh or Sander guy comes in here and locks/vats/insults and bans you, dont tripple post so close after posting, 50 min is hardly enough time for your question to get answeared.
 
although i am unable to help you with your file problem, a few words of advice.

Take the warning posts seriously, the mods around here are strict, and rather a large group of pricks!!!

But dont do rude or irregular posting and they will be more then happy to answer your questions and help you with problems, however, be sure to read all the rules previous posts etc. They just want you to do a little work before you ask others to do the same for you.

Ive had my share of problems, but after fixing them the mods have been great, and maybe, some of the more generous posters will be able to share some files with you. (if it isnt against the rules!)

Try cleaning your CD
 
if you read my posts I clearly say that I did search the forums and that my problem was not solved by doing any of the suggestions made in the other threads...

anywayz someone was nice enough to help me get the files, clearly in my situation it was the only way to fix the problem. thanks al lot again :)
 
I know I'm very late but I've had the same problem.

I was stuck at delta bunker with no speech but I fixed that with the cdmage tool you suggested.

I thought I was saved but now I've gotten to epsilon bunker and the same problem has hit, I have run out of options!

I'm guessing that I need the loc-mis_E.bos file (e for epsilon) again.

Can anyone suggest something or perhaps supply that file, thankyou!!
 
magic8bob said:
I've remade the PAR2 files so there is one set for each damaged file, so it should be a little easier to distribtute them.

dragazul and Deadsy, PM me your e-mail addresses and I'll fire them off to you. If possible, let me know what files are damaged and I can create additional PAR2 files if necessary.

There are roughly 1.8 MB of recovery data for the three files, loc-mis_D.bos, loc-mis_E.bos, and spr-character_E.bos. I'm still not sure about that last file, I don't know if it's needed or not.
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im pretty sure the last file doesnt effect the game-playing at all, I fixed both the other 2 files, and the game works fine now
 
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