The Blue Sun Mod

[Solon]

Mmh, is there any other way than going back to a previous savegame ? I'm not sure I'll be able to find one that precedes that Base bug... Plus I have another bug with an empty smoke grenade I keep to improve my throwing skill : when I launch it now it just causes a CTD... So any idea about what could resolve those crashes ? For your information, I installed the game in "my program files" and did no manipulation regarding "read only" files ; don't know if that could be the cause of my crashes...

EDIT : So it really was that empty smoke grenade which caused the bugs (CTD when trying to sell it, to put it on the ground, etc.), since there was one on the ground of my base too... Previous gamesave confirmed it, so now I know I should only practice my throwing with empty grenades in temporary places (no town or else the fact that there's an empty grenade causes CTD). So I guess my problem is resolved.

Still, there's something else I noticed since I began my game : why does it reads "0 enemy defeated" in the statistic books of my hero ? I don't know why the number doesn't change, since I've been killing a lot of enemies ;

[R@S]

The smoke grenade bug has been in the Apeiron games since Brigade E5, and the only thing they could do to fix it was making it impossible to move to the trunk without first picking it up with your hands. But some people can't take a hint

It seems you have missed my countless warnings about installing the game in the Program Files folder. So I'll reiterate, DO NOT install it in any folder that has write protection, that includes the Program Files folder, it'll end up in weird errors and sometimes tears

Originally Posted by Solon

Still, there's something else I noticed since I began my game : why does it reads "0 enemy defeated" in the statistic books of my hero ? I don't know why the number doesn't change, since I've been killing a lot of enemies ;

Are you by any chance using any Class system test version?

[Solon]

Ok for the program files thing. I thought the latest patch made that useless. So I should just install it in "c:", right ? Re-installing won't mess up my savegames, too ?

As far as the "class system test version" thing, I really don't know... I did nothing crazy with my installation of 7.62... I installed the english game (high calibre), and then the latest patch and blue sun mod (all contained in this thread)... So realy I don't know what kind of special version I could be running, since I just installed the usual stuff located in these forums... Any idea how I could fix that "0 enemies killed" problem ?

[R@S]

Any patch before the 1.06 version required you to set some files to read-only, but with it it's the other way around, you have to make sure no files or folders are set to read-only or has any write protection.

Your saves should be OK as long as you have a similar version and hadn't altered any files in your previous game. The save files store a lot of information, and if you made changes in your ini files it will cuse problems.

Since the kill counter is part of the source code, and you haven't installed anything other than the patch and mod files, I can only guess that you started using a different set of soure code files mid-game. There is nothng else that would explain this and the only fix is starting a new game and keep using that set of source code files through the entire game.

[Solon]

Wow, that's really strange, then ; for one, I never ever touched any files in my game folder or even installed new ones mid-game, and secondly, the "0 enemies defeated" thing has been there since the very beginning ; I just thought it would fix itself while playing. Couldn't it be that the patch/mod I downloaded had some files modified ? As previously reported, I did start the game with 100.000 $, too ! Weird, huh ?

+ : Okay for the read-only thing, I'll reinstall.

[R@S]

Since you started with 100k it proves that you've installed the class system test version and that your problem with the kill counter can be tracked back to that. Please try to keep track of what you install and always mention what you've installed when you ask for help, it'll save us both a lot of time.

EDIT: Or it could be that you dint install the patch correctly and that screwed up your game. Since you've installed it in a write protected folder this is very likely.

[Xiola]

Hi, I have the same trouble. I used a clean install, have tried both with unofficial patch and without.

I start with 100,000 whatever I do?

I downloaded from the first post in the BSM thread and seemingly got 1.02.

Could anyone tell me what I am doing wrong please? i dont want to cheat and start with 100,000.

[Solon]

Hey R@s, since Xiola here has the same problem as me, could it be that the patch proposed here has some kind of problem ?
Not that what you suggested about installing the game where I did isn't likely to cause bugs too.
What exactly does the fact that my statistic book says I killed 0 enenmies cause ? Because my CGL is actually raising...

[Xiola]

Also, I checked the outsourcedconfig ini file and it says start amount is 1000 Eldos, yet I get 100000.

Wierd eh?


There are two checks for wrong values. If the option names itself are altered, -1 is returned. If the values are out of range respectively loose (e.g. min > max), standard value will be returned.

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//********* Gamestart *********\\

StartMoney "1000"

IntroMovie "1" // on 1/off 0

[Zantar45]

Also having the zero kill count problem.


Fresh install of 7.62 into a new folder (C:/Games), patched to 1.06 and the latest version of BSM (w/$100k).

Noticed every skill except for Gunfighting/Hip Shooting can still be raised the old fashioned way. Even wiping out a whole town while hipfiring did nothing.

As long as everything else works, I can live with it, just gotta remember to dump more points into it when starting a new game.