AI portrait changes every turn ?

Me Loonn · #1 May 5th, 2003, 12:46 AM

I just started playing a solo game with TDM + FQM that i put together, and made few changes in components,txt (modded engines to faster).

About round 2x i made contact with AI race. This is where it got odd; the race portrait changes every turn, one round its EEE, another its klingon and so on !

Any ideas whats wrong ?

Slynky · #2 May 5th, 2003, 12:57 AM

As I recall, it usually means that you haven't downloaded the shipset that is necessary.

Sometimes, I just let it go because it doesn't matter that much. But if you are in need of seeing the same shipset, you need to see what shipset it is and download it and unzip it to your "pictures" folder.

Ed Kolis · #3 May 5th, 2003, 01:48 AM

Ah, the elusive "Polymorphs!"

Watch out because they might seem harmless for a while but then when they convert into horrible tentacle monsters that suck out your emotions

Gwaihir · #4 May 5th, 2003, 08:48 AM

So that's why my girlfriend left me!

I always thought she just didn't like that I cancelled dates to play turns!

Darn you polymorphs, darn you all to heck!

who me, addicted to SEIV? Never!

[ May 05, 2003, 07:49: Message edited by: Gwaihir ]

Me Loonn · #5 May 5th, 2003, 11:13 AM

Ah... so it seems, TDM-ModPack didnt include pics for some of the species

Well, where can i get them pics then ?
I'm good at searching but my finding skills are lacking

oleg · #6 May 5th, 2003, 07:48 PM

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Originally posted by Me Loonn:
Ah... so it seems, TDM-ModPack didnt include pics for some of the species

Well, where can i get them pics then ?
I'm good at searching but my finding skills are lacking

It should. TDM is a very throughout project. I surprise this issue turns up. Find the race that is missing and report it to TDM guys. Most likely you have some unfortunate misshap, since we all have TDM installed and never saw transformers

Me Loonn · #7 May 6th, 2003, 07:20 AM

I checked and it seems all stock races have subfolders in TDM mod folder, but they only contain AI txt files, no pics ..

Well i did put TDM and FQM together, mayby i did sumthing wrong (not unusual if i did

)
heres full list "no-pic" folders in TDM 3.20 (3.20 is in modinfo.txt)

Abbidon
Amonkrie
Cryslonite
CueCappa
Drushocka
Eee
Fazrah
Jraenar
Krill
Norak
Phong
Piundon
Praetorian
Sallega
Sergetti
Terran
Toltayan
UkraTal
Xiati
XiChung

Fyron · #8 May 6th, 2003, 08:26 AM

Those are the default races, so they do not need any images. They will be loaded from the default folder. Compare the contents of TDM-Modpack\Pictures\Races with TDM-Modpack + FQM\Pictures\Races and see if any folders are missing.

Me Loonn · #9 May 6th, 2003, 02:10 PM

Nope, i used your instructions from galileo.spaceports.com/~kazharii/fqm/Combining%20TDM+FQM%20Deluxe.html
and all seems to work (im gettin my *** kicked), but portraits.

I guess ill just copy the pics from unmodded folderm see if that does it ...

[ May 06, 2003, 13:11: Message edited by: Me Loonn ]

geoschmo · #10 May 6th, 2003, 02:18 PM

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Originally posted by Me Loonn:
I guess ill just copy the pics from unmodded folderm see if that does it ...

Since the lack of the images in the mod isn't causing the problem, copying them in isn't likely to fix the problem.

What is the name of the race that is switching images? Ignore the pics and look at the empire description and get the name. That will tell you which image folder is missing.

Geoschmo