SP - Operation Cold Harvest

[sick1 13]

I know they removed the little birds. I had to change one of my missions.

[therev709 10]

I know they removed the little birds. I had to change one of my missions.

Ahh crap, I had little birds in my next op too. Thanks for the heads up though.

@BlackMamba - I just updated ACE2 and loaded Cold Harvest and it ran perfectly fine for me, both from the .pbo you're using and from the mission editor.

Do you get any error messages?

[=kct=blackmamba 44]

no it just crashed to desktop....

do u understand those rpt files ?

if so ill try to reproduce the crash tonight...

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this is the error im getting...

cannot open object ca\weapons3\m107\m107_muzzle_pilot.p3d

it has something to do with the ac50 rifle i think...

just the same when i exit the map after i infestigated the effidence

i get a ctd...

[therev709 10]

Hmm that is interesting. I'm at work today (got called in so I'm behind on everything now) but ill try to figure it out tonight when I get home.

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Btw what version of arma 2 r u running?

[=kct=blackmamba 44]

im a little short in time too...

i was frozen out a few weeks,

but its above zero again so duty calls.

lets hope it wont go below -0 again...

[therev709 10]

@BlackMamba - oh wow, thats cold . . . its 37 degrees where I'm at right now lol

Try updating Ace again today and see if the problem persists (I'm doing that atm). Also, check what version of Arma 2 you're running, because that file is actually an Arma 2 file.

Update on Jackal's Hunt:

Two people quit work this week so I'm working on all of my days off and all the days I have classes so, regrettably, I'm behind on everything with the new mission. For anyone waiting for the voice acting script I just finished it last night and will be emailing it to everyone shortly. The voice acting and the intro are the last items to check off before release, so the quicker I get the voice recordings back and once I get time to knock out the intro it will be released!

Heres a little screeny I took yesterday:

Edited January 20, 2010 by TheRev709

[jasonnoguchi 11]

Screenie looks good!!! Hey buddy, take your time, we all can wait for a GREAT mission. :) Will do the voice the moment I get it! :)

[therev709 10]

Screenie looks good!!! Hey buddy, take your time, we all can wait for a GREAT mission. :) Will do the voice the moment I get it! :)

Just sent out the script ;) check your email.

[jasonnoguchi 11]

@USRanger, roger that! check yours in a couple of hours...hehehe

[therev709 10]

@USRanger, roger that! check yours in a couple of hours...hehehe

Lol I'll get it tomorrow night . . . I got work tomorrow 9-6 through Sunday. Nevertheless I'm going to do everything I can on my end to get this Op released by the weekend!

Otherwise I've outlined my third and final single release mission . . . if I can pull it off I promise it'll be something a little different than you're used to ;)

[jasonnoguchi 11]

By the way, I can do arabic but I am sure as hell I won't sound authentic to real Arabs. :(

Also, are you going to fix the cold harvest mission? I feel like having another go at it with a slightly different approach. :)

UPDATE: Cold Harvest working perfectly now.

Edited January 21, 2010 by jasonnoguchi

[therev709 10]

By the way, I can do arabic but I am sure as hell I won't sound authentic to real Arabs. :(

Also, are you going to fix the cold harvest mission? I feel like having another go at it with a slightly different approach. :)

By all means do the arabic lines :)

And are you having trouble with Cold Harvest too? It still runs fine for me even after I updated ACE2 :/

But oddly enough everytime I load a map I'm missing some file or another from CA (Arma 2 file), yet nothing has CTD yet :/

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The errors I was seeing was caused by a messed up map i tried to download . . . but otherwise everything is working fine on my end for Cold Harvest . . . so I don't know what to fix :/

@BlackMamba try to run only the required addons for the mission and tell me what happens.

[Mysteryman5150 10]

How difficult would it be for me to unpack this and remove the ACE requirements for my own personal use? I would like to try some of the new missions but everyone is starting to require ACE. I personally don't desire to use ACE at this point. I have installed many mods to get the game currently the way I like it.

[therev709 10]

How difficult would it be for me to unpack this and remove the ACE requirements for my own personal use? I would like to try some of the new missions but everyone is starting to require ACE. I personally don't desire to use ACE at this point. I have installed many mods to get the game currently the way I like it.

You would have to remove all of the ACE weapons/rucks etc. from the players/vehicles/description.ext.

Remove the ACE invisible target in the intro and find a subsitute for it to work.

Remove the ACE Medic System.

Add ammo crates throughout the mission because without Rucks you'll burn through all of your ammo halfway through the mission.

I think thats about it . . . but I would recommend giving ACE 2 a try, you can always disable it when you play other missions. This mission was built around many ACE features such as using Rucks, and most notably their ultra milsim sniping system. I've got a ton of mods added to my game, and every time I play I use different onces (SLX, GL4 Zeus AI).

[Mysteryman5150 10]

Thank you for the response Ranger. BTW, didn't mean to sound ungreatful when I asked that question. I just noticed many missions are starting to require a gameplay changing mod, i.e. ACE, SLX, Zues. I just prefer to choose my gameplay style for personal use. Thank you anyway for putting your personal time and effort into creating new missions and making the game much better for the many people who play the game.:cheers:

[therev709 10]

Thank you for the response Ranger. BTW, didn't mean to sound ungreatful when I asked that question. I just noticed many missions are starting to require a gameplay changing mod, i.e. ACE, SLX, Zues. I just prefer to choose my gameplay style for personal use. Thank you anyway for putting your personal time and effort into creating new missions and making the game much better for the many people who play the game.:cheers:

Oh you didn't sound ungrateful, and its understandable. Ace is a commitment in the fact you have to constantly update it and learn all of the new features and keybinds as well as how they work.

I just come from the frame of mind that the original campaign made great use of the regular BIS units, and there are hundreds of custom addons for Arma 2 available, why not use them? I'm trying to keep my addon requirements down, and only use addons that make a real difference in the mission, not just a background prop (originally I had a landrover sitting at the start of Cold Harvest that didn't do anything but came from vila's project 85 addon pack). Ace 2 had a lot of really cook and unique features that greatly change the way you play the game, but its understandable if its not for you. Not every game/addon/mod is for everybody.

While I was considering releasing a non Ace 2 version of the mission I decided against it due to the fact that the mission really revolves around the sniping/ruck mods implemented in Ace 2.

I still highly recommend you give Ace 2 a chance, at least with my mission. Like I said, you can still unselect the Ace 2 mod when playing other missions/multiplayer, but who knows, you may change your mind ;)

[=kct=blackmamba 44]

ok im back had to work around the clock myself last night.

i made a expensive mistake at work, infact im glad im still his employee,...

wanted to connect 6 houses to the glassfiber network when i cut the wrong cable,

shabang!!!.... 15 houses without internet,telephone and television... pffff.

thats 3 days work now we did it in 14 hours.

ok ARMA2 DVD version patched to 1.5

going to update right now...

[therev709 10]

Eww I've done the same thing tho while working landscaping, only it was no internet/tv for one house lol.

Btw did u install any new mods or maps? I had a problem with the custom east timor map :/

[=kct=blackmamba 44]

east timor map?? u mean queshkibrul ?

no the ctd only happens while taking a AS50 sniperrifle it has something to do with the magazines.

today im going to try to reproduce the ctd in a other mission.

when i take a hk416 the mission works fine. played yesterday when one of my team mates started throwing grenades into the threes in direction of the houses blowing me up. next time ill bether command my team to hold fire while engaging...

with the cable cutting thing i was lucky there werent 24 houses on a (full) cable

the cable was allready in use those lucky bastards get internet speeds of 100mb up and down, cant whait till my village gets connected....

[therev709 10]

I havent had any problems with quesh kribil, as a matter of fact my next op is on QK. The East Timor (something) Airfield is where I had issues.

I'll test the AS50 today (I finally got a day off, so I'm excited to finally have time to get some work done) as well as other snipers.

And 100mb up and down!?!?! thats insane!! I think the best I can get in my state is 10 to 20 mb down and 1 mb up. . .

[=kct=blackmamba 44]

yes its a new glassfiber network.

internet go's with light pulses over the network.

technicaly its possible to get a speed of 1000 mbps up and down stream over this network.

and every hous haves its own individual connection so if the whole street go's on the net at the same time u still have a speed of 100 mbps.

[therev709 10]

yes its a new glassfiber network.

internet go's with light pulses over the network.

technicaly its possible to get a speed of 1000 mbps up and down stream over this network.

and every hous haves its own individual connection so if the whole street go's on the net at the same time u still have a speed of 100 mbps.

boy do I envy you lol. I'm pretty sure most networks in the US have the same capability, but the nodes on the ends of the networks arent updated to handle those speeds.

Anyways, have you tried the mission without using the AS50?

I had the same problem when I began with the rifle also, but no CTD, just the error message. I'll be looking into this issue with ACE2, but until its resolve I'm going to remove it from the mission. I've edited some of the voice dialoge at the beginning of the mission, as well as fixed a few nitpicky things, and removed the AS50, so expect a new version release soon for Cold Harvest.

As for OP Jacka's Hunt I'm still just waiting for all of the voice actors to send in their recordings. I'm gonna knock out the intro to the mission today.

[kMaN175 34]

Awesome mission and for us we think it would make a good COOP also!

[therev709 10]

Awesome mission and for us we think it would make a good COOP also!

I've never done a multiplayer op before (coop or pvp) . . . but this is something I've already thought to look into doing. Once I get Jacka's Hunt released I'm going to look into exactly what I want to do next.

But now that I think about it I have all day and not much I can do with JH, so I'll get started on this :D

[therev709 10]

Here's a little teaser trailer for Jackal's Hunt I just put together. First video I ever made/edited so go easy, I aint no James Cameron . . .

I'm just waiting on two voice recordings and its done :D

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