Assault (CAN) 1 Posted March 4, 2002 After playing a single player mission, I go back to the main screen. When I try to access the single mission menu again, the book opens but it is blank. Instead of the Play and Cancel options I get ' ERROR - replace ' Whats going on here? This has never happened before I updated my PC. I went from an Intel celeron 400 mhz processor to an Athalon 1.7 ghz. I also updated my RAM from 64mb to 256mb of DDR RAM. My graphics card is still a VooDoo 3. Also, every time when I get killed and hit the Replay button, I start the new mission off with a standard loadout instead of the weapon and # of mags/grenades I chose. I thought it might have been caused by an unnofficial mod/addon, so I did a complete uninstall of OFP and reinstalled without the mods/addons. I still have the same problem. I am currently at 1.30. Also. Evertime I click the link for OFP on my main screen (Win 98) instead of starting up smoothly, it goes to the 'OPFlash Preferences' screen and I have to start from there. Another thing. After I did my reinstall, I found OFP playing new music, stuff I havent heard before, on the main screen of OFP. There is also music when I hit certain triggers in a few missions, like when I steal the UAZ in the first mission of the Single Mission mode. Weird...... Can anyone help?? Tyler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assault (CAN) 1 Posted March 4, 2002 Avon, I checked out your FAQ, found nothing similar. Can anyone help? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted March 4, 2002 That bit about the music has me thinking. Did you recently install that new Desert Storm mod from Italy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted March 4, 2002 /bump I hope I got to you before you feed yourself to a polar bear or slash your wrists with ice hockey skate blades. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assault (CAN) 1 Posted March 4, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I hope I got to you before you feed yourself to a polar bear or slash your wrists with ice hockey skate blades.<span id='postcolor'> LOL, I'm on the brink! </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Did you recently install that new Desert Storm mod from Italy?<span id='postcolor'> No. Have you heard of my problem before? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted March 5, 2002 Are you back in business? Did you discover what the problem was or just reinstalled? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted March 5, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Assault (CAN) @ Mar. 04 2002,02:00)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Also, every time when I get killed and hit the Replay button, I start the new mission off with a standard loadout instead of the weapon and # of mags/grenades I chose. I thought it might have been caused by an unnofficial mod/addon, so I did a complete uninstall of OFP and reinstalled without the mods/addons. I still have the same problem. I am currently at 1.30.<span id='postcolor'> I think I can explain that prob. If you choose your weapons from briefings, and press 'ENTER' key instead of clicking on 'Start' with your mouse, this happens for some reason. Try it with SP mission 'Steal the car'. If you want to restart your game from SP with weapon of your choice, click 'Start'. else, it will revert back to default weapons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assault (CAN) 1 Posted March 5, 2002 Thanks Ralph, I'll give that a try. </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Are you back in business? Did you discover what the problem was or just reinstalled?<span id='postcolor'> Nope. I followed your re-install guide exactly as you set it out. I still have the same problem. Do you think I might have a dodgy CD? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Random 0 Posted March 5, 2002 Just to let you know, I think there should be music playing when you steal the UAZ in the first mission. There always is in my game anyway. About your problem... I don't suppose you feel like formatting your hard drive? I have no idea why it would be happening, but if it's still doing it after a format it would tell you if your CD is borked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assault (CAN) 1 Posted March 6, 2002 How do I do that? Do you mean de-frag? Or erase everything on my hard drive and start from scratch? </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">there should be music playing when you steal the UAZ in the first mission. There always is in my game anyway. <span id='postcolor'> The thing is, it never has before. I have had OFP since November and it just started now. Tyler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted March 6, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Assault (CAN) @ Mar. 04 2002,02:00)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Another thing. After I did my reinstall, I found OFP playing new music, stuff I havent heard before, on the main screen of OFP. There is also music when I hit certain triggers in a few missions, like when I steal the UAZ in the first mission of the Single Mission mode.<span id='postcolor'> It seems like once in awhile, BIS changes contents of some randomly chosen missions to use as benchmark of what version yours is during patch upgrade. I noticed that sometimes musics play, but I really don't have time to care for it. just get the da-mn car and run for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted March 6, 2002 The music always played for me in Steal The Car. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted March 6, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (theavonlady @ Mar. 06 2002,06:47)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The music always played for me in Steal The Car.<span id='postcolor'> True...i remember that song...sweet song after my first ride in UAZ. of course, rammed it into a building and subsequently shot by Russians Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assault (CAN) 1 Posted March 7, 2002 Hmmmm, I tried the camapin mode. I cant play more than one mission in it. When it trys to load a new mission I get an error message. Something like : (can't load worlds/abel) I checked the folder and the 'abel' folder is there but it wont load. I am going to re-format my hard drive over the March break with the help of my sister's boyfriend, he knows what he's doing. If I still have the problem, I will contact BIS. Thanks Tyler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparksfly 0 Posted March 7, 2002 i have only just formatted my comp...its now clean as a whistle.....and i think i will keep it that way...Let me know when opflash 2.0 comes out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted March 7, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Assault (CAN) @ Mar. 07 2002,03:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Hmmmm, I tried the camapin mode. I cant play more than one mission in it. When it trys to load a new mission I get an error message. Something like : (can't load worlds/abel) I checked the folder and the 'abel' folder is there but it wont load.<span id='postcolor'> How much ram do you have? How much free hard drive space? Is your swapfile limited or is windows managing it? I'm guessing that there isn't enough ram/swapfile space for the new world to be loaded into? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assault (CAN) 1 Posted March 8, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">How much ram do you have?<span id='postcolor'> 256 Mb of DDR ram </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">How much free hard drive space?<span id='postcolor'> 18.9 Gb of free space. </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Is your swapfile limited or is windows managing it?<span id='postcolor'> What's a swapfile?, I would imagine Windows is running it. I have Win98. Tyler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suma 8 Posted March 8, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Assault (CAN) @ Mar. 07 2002,04:43)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Hmmmm, I tried the camapin mode. I cant play more than one mission in it. When it trys to load a new mission I get an error message. Something like : (can't load worlds/abel) I checked the folder and the 'abel' folder is there but it wont load.<span id='postcolor'> It is very likely your abel.wrp is dammaged. Did you get any warnings about it when installing patches? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DodgeME 0 Posted March 8, 2002 A bit off topic but that voodoo 3 is keeping your commputer back a lot. Get a better card mate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assault (CAN) 1 Posted March 8, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">A bit off topic but that voodoo 3 is keeping your commputer back a lot. Get a better card mate.<span id='postcolor'> I know, lol, I'll get around to it. What do you recommend? </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">It is very likely your abel.wrp is dammaged. Did you get any warnings about it when installing patches?<span id='postcolor'> No, not at all, the installation and updates went quite smoothly. I can only seem to play one mission (in either Single Mission or Campaign) before something happens that prevents me from playing another one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted March 8, 2002 I suggest GeForce 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assault (CAN) 1 Posted March 24, 2002 /bump I did a complete re-install of Windows 98 and eliminated all my old Windows files. Problem solved! I can play OFP again! I don't know what it was in Windows that did it, but there was a problem that caught my eye recently. Something to do with the 'Zupdate' file not being able to run. It sounded like it was what was casuing my problems so I fixed it and voila! The only new problem is that the ground texture has all but dissapeared, the ground texture looks worse no matter how high I set the resolution. Any ideas? Thanks, Tyler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
