Game crashes when turning planet

[broddam]

Just got game and it worked fine. Then patched it and DL'd the latest frankenmod. Now, when I try to turn the planet with the green arrows, it crashes. Zooms in and out fine, but if i turn it any way it crashes to desktop with error message:

"Internal Error occurred-please send log file crash070527_123348.txt to technical support"

Any help or advice please?

(am going to lunch so may be a couple hrs before i check and or respond, thx)

[Shakespeare]

Well the contents of the text file is in your root directory for the game. I'd suggest checking in there and your console.txt files in the same location to see what the game was trying to do when it died.
Order of install for mod...
install game...
patch game
backup data folder
install frankenmod maintaining path structure...IE...everything is uncompressed into the data folder.
test...rinse..repeat...I love frankenmod, but unfortunately due to the real world constraints, I don't think it will have new versions coming out soon. Might want to check out Bman's version 2.09

Good luck

[broddam]

Well i did install them in that order although I did not backup my entire data folder, just the system.xbg file which is what i understood to do. here is the crashed file copied over:


Console started
UFO:Extraterrestrials game engine v 1.0 - Apr 15 2007, 11:17:11
Initializing filesys
[00:00:00.000] Creating main window
[00:00:00.005] Switching console to window output
[00:00:00.005] Loading configuration from data\ufo-et.ini
[00:00:00.006] Initializing events
[00:00:00.006] Initializing graphics
[00:00:00.016] Vertex shader version: 3.0
[00:00:00.016] Pixel shader version: 3.0
[00:00:00.017] Antialiasing enabled - Samples: 8, Quality: 0
[00:00:00.113] HLSL shader 'shaders\tree.fxs' is using technique: T0 (Passes: 1)
[00:00:00.147] HLSL shader 'shaders\planetselect.fxs' is using technique: TEsperanzaSelect20 (Passes: 1)
[00:00:00.165] HLSL shader 'shaders\earth.fxs' is using technique: TEarth20 (Passes: 1)
[00:00:00.186] HLSL shader 'shaders\instancing.fxs' is using technique: TInstancing11 (Passes: 1)
[00:00:00.218] HLSL shader 'shaders\planetn.fxs' is using technique: TEsperanzaStates20 (Passes: 1)
[00:00:00.220] HLSL shader 'shaders\bullet.fxs' is using technique: T0 (Passes: 1)
[00:00:00.222] HLSL shader 'shaders\fire.fxs' is using technique: T0 (Passes: 1)
[00:00:00.236] HLSL shader 'shaders\atm.fxs' is using technique: TAtmosphere14 (Passes: 1)
[00:00:00.264] HLSL shader 'shaders\planet.fxs' is using technique: TEsperanzaStates20 (Passes: 1)
[00:00:00.264] Pixel shaders loaded: 1
[00:00:00.264] Vertex shaders loaded: 1
[00:00:00.264] Effect shaders loaded: 9
[00:00:00.265] Switching console to graphic output
[00:00:00.266] Initializing input
[00:00:00.278] Initializing scripts
[00:00:02.405] Version EN-20070530
[00:00:02.867] Loaded texture set: nodxtc (2)
[00:00:03.135] Loaded texture set: globe (15)
[00:00:03.931] Initialization done
[00:00:16.931] 15.January 2108 Game started
[00:00:17.053] Loaded 1218 male names.
[00:00:17.080] Loaded 1000 last names.
[00:00:17.113] Loaded 1000 female names.
[00:00:21.627] Command not found GetFPS
[00:00:21.627] CameraMoveOneStep (globe\globe.xscr 1670:47)
GlobeArrowOnClick (globe\globegui.xscr 651:24)

[00:00:21.627] Int values:2
Float values:3
String values:1
Bool values:2
Object values:2
List values:1
Null values:2

[00:00:21.631] Waiting for sounds to stop playing
[00:00:22.167] Done waiting for messages.
[00:00:22.581] scripts done
[00:00:22.581] Switching console to window output
[00:00:22.733] graphics done
[00:00:22.734] input done
[00:00:22.734] event done
[00:00:22.735] Exiting with error

[broddam]

any ideas??

only thing i know to do is a fresh install and see what happens...

[broddam]

OK, did a uninstall and manually deleted some files also. Reinstalled, patched from within the game itself instead of DL from the site and then installed Frankenmod. I ASSUME all is right. no more crashing when turning the planet. Now though I have a question, I am booting the game from the UFO_ET inside the folder but it was there before i ever put the mod on there. Is this correct? I am seeing BMans options on the option screen so I guess the mod is working.

Also, why when I extracted to the data folder, do I have a new folder labeled programs/chaos theory/((3 or 4 things in this folder). should I load from here or form the original folder? Either way I am not crashing now, but I cant play tonight due to getting up early to drive 4 hours to see the doctor. thx for the replies!

[Shakespeare]

Glad to hear its working. If you install the latest frankenmod I think the parts that include version 2.05 of Bman require some additional folders under the data directory for the combat sounds IIRC. Regarding which place to run the game, I have only run from "C:\Matrix Games\UFO Extraterrestrials\autorun.exe"
according to the properties on my desktop icon.

I prefer using xbig to uncompress the system.xbg file - this will create a bunch of files under the data directory. This allows you to run multiple mods, but not all mods are compatible as I am finding [:)]

good luck!