Mission will not load

[Bf109Ace]

Hi all,

After working in FMB and attempting to play the mission, the screen shows the percentage task bar and then a dialog box pops up " Index was outside the bounds of the array"

Does anyone know why this is and perhaps a fix for it?

Thanks

[BENKOE]

Hi Bf109Ace, without additional information, remote diagnosis is quite challenging. Enable the log file if you haven't already. This is done in the conf.ini file in your Documents/1C SoftClub/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover/ folder.

 

[Console]

 ... ...

  LOG=1
  LOGTIME=1
  ... ...
  LOGFILE=log.txt
  LOGKEEP=1

 

This keeps a record of the game operation in a file called:  log.txt
Open the log file, look at what is there and post it here.

[Bf109Ace]

Hi BENKOE, 

When I opened the conf.ini file my LOGKEEP=0. I changed it to 1, did not make any difference.

 

[Console]
  IP=20001
  UseStartLog=1
  WRAP=1
  PAUSE=1
  HISTORY=1024
  HISTORYCMD=1024
  PAGE=20
  LOG=1
  LOGTIME=1
  LOAD=console.cmd
  SAVE=console.cmd
  LOGFILE=log.txt
  LOGKEEP=1

 

The log.txt file I have attatchedlog.txt

Hope this helps

[BENKOE]

Thanks, a first look at the log-file suggests that the mission includes a script that was written exclusively for a campaign mission. I'll get back to you.

 

On 10/17/2023 at 1:31 PM, Bf109Ace said:

... The log.txt file I have attatched log.txt ... Hope this helps

Edited October 19, 2023 by BENKOE

[BENKOE]

Hi Bf109Ace, the good news: I don't see any exceptions in the log file that point to technical issues. However, this thread could be something for the subforum "Blitz Missions & Campaigns."

 

If you want to modify existing (older) missions, you should consider that Team Fusion has made a lot of modifications. It wouldn't surprise me if the mission files were written before certain static objects and vehicle waypoints were renamed, changed, or deleted in a later iL2CoD version. (For example, campaigns were affected by erroneous data for the Krupp_L2H43_Protze_Kfz69_Pak35. The bug was fixed with the 5.026 HotFix). In other words, check the mission files for compatibility with the current Blitz! version.

 

If your mission is planned as a campaign file, I strongly recommend saving it in a subfolder within the "<UserDocuments\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\mission\campaign>" directory. Since v5.00, iL2CoD supports user-created campaigns in that folder. Forget about the other folders you can see.

Edited October 19, 2023 by BENKOE

[Bf109Ace]

Hi BENKOE,

Thanks for the info.

Yes, I am aware that some of the older mission files might pose a problem, when modified at some later date, not being compatible with the latest Blitz version.

I have often wondered just how much/many of the updates become applicable on older mission files. 

In this case I am 'updating/ modifying' the old "Spitfire on my Tail" campaign.

 

What I have been doing is copying the mission files from "<UserDocuments\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\mission\campaign>" to "<UserDocuments\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\missions>" where I can get into the file from FMB. Once modified, the file is copied back to the former address.

The interesting bit is the fact that all the mission files [ almost 40 of them ] work fine [ in both subfolders ] except for the one mission [ #30 in this case ]

I will have to delete the attributes one at a time to see if any one of them is causing the problem.

Thanks again