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[Stubbs]

Ok, I am having big problems with Remix. There are two problems but I am certain they have the same cause, whatever that may be.

Problem 1 : The AI never builds any vehicles. It acts normally to begin with, building quickly, but then just stops doing anything but building infantry (and never sending them to attack me). This is true on any map, with any difficulty (and yes, it is the Robot general). It does rape me with its powers, which it uses normally (cheating like hell on Insane of course). The fact I can beat Insane without breaking a sweat on an 8 player map should suggest something is massively wrong (I have heard how hard it is supposed to be).

Problem 2: The game will mismatch every time I try to play Olli, about 1 minute in.

I have reinstalled ZH afresh (twice in fact) making sure absolutely everything is gone before I reinstall. I have also re-downloaded Remix 3 2.29 in case it got corrupted the first time. I know all of the files are in the right places, so do not suggest that please.

The 2 problems suggest that somehow my version is different. I am using The First Decade, but my friend says the mod is working fine for him and he also uses TFD. It's a clean install, at version 1.4 (TFD forces that) but something is just plain not working right.
An additional clue: Olli tried to watch a replay of mine but it turned out differently (again, game version cannot be the same).

Does anybody have any suggestions as to what the solution is? I really want to play this mod, but I cannot due to this problem. Ok, give me all you've got.

[Gredinus]

As long as i know, the first decade version is diffrent and generaly dosent work good with mods.

Did you clean the files in the user profile?

[Stubbs]

Did you clean the files in the user profile?

If you mean the registry, yes, I deleted everything I could find with the word "Generals" in it. If you mean in My Documents, yes, I nuked those too.
However, there have been developments... I reinstalled ZH again to find that a fresh install of ZH would not run! (Serious Error)

This is the crash log:
Release Crash at Sun May 27 20:41:50 2007
; Reason Error parsing INI file 'Data\INI\Object\assaultgeneral.ini' (Line: 'Object Aslt_GLAInfantryRebel ')

Now... assault general? Sounds like Contra to me, but I deleted that. I know Remix is based on Contra and will have an assault general, so it could be something to do with Remix. However, both mods had been so thoroughly deleted that this just makes no sense.
Now, ZH will successfully boot IF Remix's files are in the folder, but if they are not there, I get the above error message. Note that I still have the previous problems. I am starting to think that Contra is ruining me from beyond the grave.
Creator, or Pendaelose - is there something of Remix or Contra in the registry somewhere? How do you explain a fresh install of ZH wanting to load Assault General units?

Looking forward to hearing the explanation for all this...

[Gredinus]

Remix was created from Contra so they both have Assault general.
The problem might be that you place one of the files wrong into the generals folder.

In witch language is your game in?

[Stubbs]

Remix was created from Contra so they both have Assault general.
The problem might be that you place one of the files wrong into the generals folder.

In witch language is your game in?

"I know all of the files are in the right places, so do not suggest that please." *Sighs*.

English.

Also, I want an explanation for why a clean install of ZH, and I mean as clean as I could get it, was still infected with one of these mods.

[Phoenix911]

if there was still a mod file left in a fresh install then thats not the games fault thats user error as u must have missed that file.
The install wont install remix or contra as they are not on the disk i would assum right? lol
So i sure you could have worked out that if ther was a contra/remix file crashing the game then it had to have been your error in missing it to delete.
Contra and remix and all mods that i know do not touch the registry of your computer because all it needs is to add some new files to the files.

Now my only advice is to remove everything CnC generals related, If thats the only game by EA on your computer then remove everything EA related.
(Not including profiles/settings folders ie: the one in your my document folder)
Get a fresh install and download the patch from the website, do not download from within the game as i never trusted that.
And then install your remix copy... if u want verification of where the files go u can ask me or any other project team member.

Thats should work fine, also if using hamachi make sure in your options your ip is set to the hamachi ip given to you.
other than that i have no clue as to your problem, everyone else seems to have it working fine.

[Pendaelose]

I think I know what the problem is... its a TFD problem, and easily fixed. In you ZH folder, go to /data/ini. If you see any .big files just delete them or change the extension. That should fix it.

[Stubbs]

I think I know what the problem is... its a TFD problem, and easily fixed. In you ZH folder, go to /data/ini. If you see any .big files just delete them or change the extension. That should fix it.

Thanks for the suggestion, but INI is empty. However, as yet I have no evidence that TFD is not the cause of the mismatching problem.

if there was still a mod file left in a fresh install then thats not the games fault thats user error as u must have missed that file.
The install wont install remix or contra as they are not on the disk i would assum right? lol
So i sure you could have worked out that if ther was a contra/remix file crashing the game then it had to have been your error in missing it to delete.
Contra and remix and all mods that i know do not touch the registry of your computer because all it needs is to add some new files to the files.

Now my only advice is to remove everything CnC generals related, If thats the only game by EA on your computer then remove everything EA related.
(Not including profiles/settings folders ie: the one in your my document folder)
Get a fresh install and download the patch from the website, do not download from within the game as i never trusted that.
And then install your remix copy... if u want verification of where the files go u can ask me or any other project team member.

Thats should work fine, also if using hamachi make sure in your options your ip is set to the hamachi ip given to you.
other than that i have no clue as to your problem, everyone else seems to have it working fine.

Everything you just said indicated that you did not read a word of my post before rushing out your own. You protray me as stupid but anybody reading my post and then yours is not going to be fooled.

I did delete everything, and if you go and look at my post, this fact is painfully clear.
My point is: something of Contra or Remix remains on my PC and it must be in the registry somewhere since a full, clean install gives me non-working ZH - UNTIL I put the remix files in, and then it works perfectly. Have you got that, or do I need to reword it to be simpler?



UPDATE: I have the AI working, solely due to Tournament Mode being turned off. I am to test multiplayer with Olli now.

Edited by Stubbs, 27 May 2007 - 10:27 PM.

[Phoenix911]

You could not have read my post as well remix or contra does "NOT" add anything into the registry so tell me how is it in the registry?
It is your user error if there is any left over files that u have missed.