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Bomb Bloke: /* UFO/TFTD CE EXE Splitter / Merger */

2013-01-22T00:55:42Z

UFO/TFTD CE EXE Splitter / Merger

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	:Urgh. Too late at night for thinking. If I got the patch wrong then I should be able to fix it in the morning. Or later in the morning, I should say. Otherwise I can hopefully at least isolate it down to a specific cause. - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 09:12, 21 January 2013 (EST)		:Urgh. Too late at night for thinking. If I got the patch wrong then I should be able to fix it in the morning. Or later in the morning, I should say. Otherwise I can hopefully at least isolate it down to a specific cause. - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 09:12, 21 January 2013 (EST)

			::Ok, did some tests, here's what I can say for sure at the moment:

			::Kryub's patch works and is implemented in my version of the splitter correctly.

			::On my Windows 7 machine, I created a fresh install of TFTD, used my splitter, and confirmed it worked as intended. I then installed the latest TFTDextender+patch, and it still worked just fine. Ditto with my ComboMod going (which tweaks the TFTDextender INI a bit).

			::I copied that installation over my network to my XP Pro SP2 machine, and tested there: that errored out, but only when using TFTDextender.

			::So it appears there's an OS-specific problem there (either that or Windows 7 is somehow suppressing the error - actually, having TFTDextender suppress errors entirely would be a somewhat viable fix in itself). I'll see if I can do some more tests tonight, and hopefully I can narrow it down to a specific function of the extender that's conflicting. - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 19:55, 21 January 2013 (EST)

Bomb Bloke at 14:12, 21 January 2013

2013-01-21T14:12:29Z

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	- [[User:Bomb Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] 02:38, 22 May 2010 (EDT)		- [[User:Bomb Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] 02:38, 22 May 2010 (EDT)

	==Clean Up==		=Clean Up=
	If it is in your abilities can you erase all these Russian blank pages (and their discussions)? They are redundant and left after vandals invasion. Thanks. ---[[User:Ufo.mesh\|ufo.mesh]] 05:32, 27 August 2010 (EDT)		If it is in your abilities can you erase all these Russian blank pages (and their discussions)? They are redundant and left after vandals invasion. Thanks. ---[[User:Ufo.mesh\|ufo.mesh]] 05:32, 27 August 2010 (EDT)

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	Why to keep in the toolpack a ready to use script for converting Ufopedia while not another one for TFTD?		Why to keep in the toolpack a ready to use script for converting Ufopedia while not another one for TFTD?
	There is one here: [[File:convusopedia.zip]], perhaps you will add it to your pack?		There is one here: [[File:convusopedia.zip]], perhaps you will add it to your pack?

			[[User:Sherlock\|Sherlock]] 06:12, 20 January 2013 (EST)

			:I threw that batch together in order to populate [[UP001.SPK-UP042.SPK\|this page]], and I'm fairly sure I did one for TFTD too in order to churn out [[UP001.BDY-UP112.BDY\|this one]] too. But I don't think I got around to putting it in my main "release" folder, so that one got lost somewhere along the line...

			:I'll certainly throw that new one into my next update, thanks. :) - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 09:12, 21 January 2013 (EST)

	= UFO/TFTD CE EXE Splitter / Merger =		= UFO/TFTD CE EXE Splitter / Merger =
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	[[User:Sherlock\|Sherlock]] 06:12, 20 January 2013 (EST)		[[User:Sherlock\|Sherlock]] 06:12, 20 January 2013 (EST)

			:''Five'' bytes? Well that's interesting...

			:The reason the files differ is because kryub came up with [http://www.strategycore.co.uk/forums/topic/10103-tftdxcomutil-error-message/#entry119203 a fix] for the error in Scott's original code, and I implemented that fix into my version of the splitter. And I tested it, and it worked, though I now can't remember if it worked in conjunction with Extender. It's the sort of thing I'd've tested, but I just can't remember for certain.

			:But I also get the same crash as you do when used with TFTDExtender. And maybe without it, too, though TFTDExtender causes the game to report the same errors in different ways. I'd been meaning to try playing with the Extender INI to try and narrow it down, but since kryub told me to alter six bytes, I might've messed up. Though I've got a vague memory he might've told me to change a byte to something it was already set to, which'd explain the thingy. I've sorta been assuming something in Extender changed after I implemented the patch.

			:Urgh. Too late at night for thinking. If I got the patch wrong then I should be able to fix it in the morning. Or later in the morning, I should say. Otherwise I can hopefully at least isolate it down to a specific cause. - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 09:12, 21 January 2013 (EST)

Sherlock: /* Splitter */

2013-01-20T11:12:28Z

Splitter

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	:You can keep track of when a page was last changed using the "history" link at the very top of the article, or, using the "recent changes" link listed in the toolbox to the left. - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 18:30, 23 June 2011 (EDT)		:You can keep track of when a page was last changed using the "history" link at the very top of the article, or, using the "recent changes" link listed in the toolbox to the left. - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 18:30, 23 June 2011 (EDT)

	== Convusopedia? ==		= Convusopedia? =

	Why to keep in the toolpack a ready to use script for converting Ufopedia while not another one for TFTD?		Why to keep in the toolpack a ready to use script for converting Ufopedia while not another one for TFTD?
	There is one here: [[File:convusopedia.zip]], perhaps you will add it to your pack?		There is one here: [[File:convusopedia.zip]], perhaps you will add it to your pack?

			= UFO/TFTD CE EXE Splitter / Merger =

			Files produced by this splitter differs from that produced with XComUtil. And even if we took the correction for TFTDextender error when exiting geoscape, there are still 5 bytes different. What is it for?

			BTW., the newest version of TFTDextender generates Geoscape-exiting errors with any known version of the split exe.~Perhaps any further corrections are needed.

			[[User:Sherlock\|Sherlock]] 06:12, 20 January 2013 (EST)

Sherlock: /* Convusopedia */

2013-01-20T10:58:40Z

Convusopedia

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	:You can keep track of when a page was last changed using the "history" link at the very top of the article, or, using the "recent changes" link listed in the toolbox to the left. - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 18:30, 23 June 2011 (EDT)		:You can keep track of when a page was last changed using the "history" link at the very top of the article, or, using the "recent changes" link listed in the toolbox to the left. - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 18:30, 23 June 2011 (EDT)

			== Convusopedia? ==

			Why to keep in the toolpack a ready to use script for converting Ufopedia while not another one for TFTD?
			There is one here: [[File:convusopedia.zip]], perhaps you will add it to your pack?

Bomb Bloke at 22:30, 23 June 2011

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 -Copy the files from the xcom1 folder of xcombugfix091 (the file you linked me) and replace patch.dll.
--...Same error.
+-Same error.
 --[[User:Man.manza|Man.manza]] 12:34, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

Man.manza at 09:09, 23 June 2011

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 -intro without sound, black screen, exits to desktop, and the same windows message: "unable to fing xcloader.exe etc..."
--Copy the files in the xcom1 folder of xcombugfix091 (the file you linked me) and replace patch.dll.
+-Copy the files from the xcom1 folder of xcombugfix091 (the file you linked me) and replace patch.dll.
--Same error.
+-...Same error.
 --[[User:Man.manza|Man.manza]] 12:34, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

Bomb Bloke: /* BBmod.bat error: "dont find xcloader" */

2011-06-23T03:22:01Z

BBmod.bat error: "dont find xcloader"

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	:The idea is that BBMod seems to be getting confused by the fact that the Steam release contains BOTH DOS and Windows versions of UFO. It sees the DOS version first and tries to run that, but fails horribly unless you use DOSBox. There's plenty of irony there, because I'm the one who requested that it be that way... - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 23:01, 22 June 2011 (EDT)		:The idea is that BBMod seems to be getting confused by the fact that the Steam release contains BOTH DOS and Windows versions of UFO. It sees the DOS version first and tries to run that, but fails horribly unless you use DOSBox. There's plenty of irony there, because I'm the one who requested that it be that way... - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 23:01, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

			::If, on the other hand, you want to force it to use CE, then delete UFOEXE\Black.exe and run BBMod.bat directly. - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 23:22, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

Bomb Bloke: /* BBmod.bat error: "dont find xcloader" */

2011-06-23T03:01:54Z

BBmod.bat error: "dont find xcloader"

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	--[[User:Man.manza\|Man.manza]] 12:34, 22 June 2011 (EDT)		--[[User:Man.manza\|Man.manza]] 12:34, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

			:Ok, if it's the Steam release, try this.

			:Goto the folder that contains the DOSBox executable and configuration file. This will typically be:

			:C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\xcom ufo defense

			:In there is "dosbox.conf", open that in a text editor (eg drag'n'drop the file into a Notepad window) and scroll right down to the bottom of it.

			:You'll see a line that states "call ufocd.bat", change this to "call bbmod.bat", then save the file. Run "dosbox.exe" (or just launch the game through the Steam interface, which uses DOSBox by default) and it should work. If you want to go back to running the game normally, just change the line in "dosbox.conf" back to "call ufocd.bat" again.

			:The idea is that BBMod seems to be getting confused by the fact that the Steam release contains BOTH DOS and Windows versions of UFO. It sees the DOS version first and tries to run that, but fails horribly unless you use DOSBox. There's plenty of irony there, because I'm the one who requested that it be that way... - <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 23:01, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

Man.manza: /* BBmod.bat error: "dont find xcloader" */

2011-06-22T16:34:16Z

BBmod.bat error: "dont find xcloader"

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	:By the by, you can automatically generate a signature for your comments by typing four tiles (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).		:By the by, you can automatically generate a signature for your comments by typing four tiles (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).



	:- <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 07:28, 22 June 2011 (EDT)		:- <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 07:28, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

			Sorry, my previous post show a lack of information.

			My PC: AMD Phenom II X4 965 processor, 2.18Ghz, 3,25Gb ram. WindowsXP ue.

			And detailed steps:
			-clean copy of Steam "ufo defense" (windows CE version... I think)
			-Applied the seb76 extended mod. (The game runs successfully).
			-Copy the BB tool files in the ufo folder. (xcloader.exe is there)
			-Check bb_tact\Config\BBmod.ini: uniforms: off
			-run BBModBat...
			-black screen. Nothing happens...
			-press enter, again, and again...
			-at least several error messages:
			error: cant find personal armor set "alloy"
			using default instead...
			...path not found in module BBreset at address 26EC:19Ac
			unable to found xcloader...
			etc...
			-I exit to the desktop. A windows tell me: "unable to fing xcloader.exe etc..."
			-I finish the process at the task manager.

			Delete the entire ufo folder.

			Download again from steam.

			-New clean copy. Now without Seb76 Extended mod.
			-Check the vanilla game. Run "UFO Defense.exe". OK. Exit game.
			-Copy the BBtoolpack files in the game folder
			-This time I run the UniGen.bat first: ...procesing. It works.
			-I enable the uniforms in BBmod.ini
			-Run the BBMod.bat
			-intro without sound, black screen, exits to desktop, and the same windows message: "unable to fing xcloader.exe etc..."

			-Copy the files in the xcom1 folder of xcombugfix091 (the file you linked me) and replace patch.dll.
			-Same error.

			--[[User:Man.manza\|Man.manza]] 12:34, 22 June 2011 (EDT)

Bomb Bloke: /* BBmod.bat error: "dont find xcloader" */

2011-06-22T11:28:43Z

BBmod.bat error: "dont find xcloader"

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			:Sorry, I made some changes the other week and probably didn't test them too well before uploading.

			:Am sick at the moment, and not really in the mood to smooth it all out. You should be able to work around the main issue though.

			:Grab a fresh copy of [http://www.strategycore.co.uk/files/index.php?dlid=21 f0dder's loader]. In the "xcom1" folder of the archive, there's a file "patch.dll", you'll need to replace the one BBMod had with this. If you're running TFTD then don't worry about getting the new patch file.

			:There is no good reason why the batch wouldn't be able to find XCLoader, which is included in the toolkit archive now, so I'm assuming you're seeing the prompt to locate the game EXE instead... Either way I have no clue why the game would've started anyway.

			:Anyway, if that doesn't sort things, odds are it's unhappy because you didn't run "UniGen.bat" from the bb_tact folder before starting the mod. I'd tried to rig things so that you didn't need to do this unless you wanted to use the uniform manager, but I may have messed that up - if so, you'll probably need to reinstall the game and try again from scratch (backup your save folders if you're worried they'll be affected).

			:If you're still having trouble, I'll need some more info to go off. OS? Windows Collectors Edition, or through DOSBox? Which release of the game - Steam, GameTap, original disks/CD?...

			:By the by, you can automatically generate a signature for your comments by typing four tiles (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>).

			:- <span style="font-size:xx-small"> [[User:Bomb_Bloke\|Bomb Bloke]] ([[User_talk:Bomb_Bloke\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Bomb_Bloke\|Contribs]])</span> 07:28, 22 June 2011 (EDT)