Mission was fine and suddenly spawn in and die

[6./ZG26_Emil]

I finalised a mission that we tested and it was fine. Last night I modified a target and next proceeded to save it with autumn season (loading the presets and pressing apply) and checking the season etc....and then  winter season doing the same.

 

Now if you log in and spawn you hear a weird noise and then you are in spectator mode and you are registered as dead. This happens at all airfields.

 

Does anyone have any ideas?

[JimTM]

Emil,

 

Check this post.

 

Jim

[6./ZG26_Emil]

Thanks Jim I'll check it out, I didn't think I did anything!

[[DBS]Tx_Tip]

No need to hit "Apply" beneath the Terrain section after selecting your Preset.

Also Autumn uses "Summer" in the GUI section for Season.

 

Don't forget the Set-On-Ground tool as a double check for the spawn points height.

 

Tip

[6./ZG26_Emil]

I edited the Mission file...it occured to me that I should then open the mission in the ME so it can recreate the msbin file.

 

I restarted the server (removed the mission file from that folder) and it was the same

[6./ZG26_Emil]

Maybe delete the MSNBIN so it is recreated?

[[DBS]Tx_Tip]

Is this a Moscow Map?

 

Just messing around for a minute with changing the Seasons. The GUI Season bug seems to be the problem. One time it wants to save the Moscow Autumn Map to "au" within the Mission file in which the GUI Season is blank in the editor.

Another time which I believe is the one that will work the GUI Season shows as Summer for the Autumn Moscow. The Moscow Winter Map should always be Winter in the Season GUI.

 

I would start from scratch in saving the mission. I assume you still have the original that was working before you wanted to change seasons.

 

Change the name of the working one to MissionNameII. Save.

Open up the newly saved MissionnameII.

Use the Terrain Preset. Do not use the landscape Section: Apply tab.

The GUI Section should change as well automatically. It it doesn't then Change GUI section to Moscow-Winter with Winter as the season. Or Moscow-Autumn with Summer as the Season. If the Season is blank or will not stay changed after saving then the bug is happening. I would rinse and repeat until the GUI sets up correctly. 

Then go ahead and use the set-on-ground tool to double check your airfield spawn point height. Just put a block right next to it and make sure the height is the same. 

 

All I have until get some time to play around with uploading testing missions to the server.

Good Luck,

Tip

[6./ZG26_Emil]

Yeh I selected all and saved the entire selection to a template. Then opened a totally new mission, selected map, season etc and imported the whole deal.....

 

Just going round each group to check they're set on ground etc but it has worked.

 

Now I think about it I have had this issue before a year ago....annoyingly I stayed up late to do this once my mission was created and made two seasonal versions, saved and went to bed last night. When we fired up the server nothing worked lol.

 

Looks like it's all ok now....I shall not be such a stranger to the ME again....got to keep learning

and yes it's Moscow

[6./ZG26_Emil]

and pps....mucho thanks!