GarrettLoader Problems

ProjectX on 2/8/2005 at 12:14

OK, I've just done a fresh install of T3, and just patched it. I was just wandering why the downloaded version of T3Main.exe from your site is exactly the same size as the T3Main that was installed, whereas the editor version is about 2 meg bigger...

Also I'll be using this to post my various problems that I'm about to have, so as to have a central loation for bugfixing. I'm not flaming your program, it just seems to work for everyone bar me. :(

ProjectX on 2/8/2005 at 13:51

After installing GarrettLoader and setting it up I play 1 FM (TDS_Townhouse) I then go and install another FM (zschism) which doesn't play properly, due to vertex pools, etc. I thn go back to install Townhouse again and I get this error, promptly before closing garrettloader:

Run-time error '-21474177848 (80010108)':

Automation error
The object invoked has disconnected from its clients

I try loading it again and doing the same thing, but I get the same problem.

I try unzipping the backup.zip and still it doesn't work and it produces the same error.

I uninstall and reinstall GarrettLoader and I STILL get the same error message. The only way in fact that I can actually get it to work again is by competely re-installing Thief 3. Obviously I don't want to have to do that every two FMs I play.

Contents of debug.log:

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Debug log started at 02/08/2005 14:45:48
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Clearing the Flexgrid
Adding original missions option
Setting original missions image
Scanning Folder D:\Games\T3DS\FMs
Scanning Zip SFM_ZSCHISM_V2.ZIP
Tidy up flexgrid row 2
Zip SFM_ZSCHISM_V2.ZIP scanned
Scanning Zip TDS_TOWNHOUSE_V2.ZIP
Tidy up flexgrid row 2
Zip TDS_TOWNHOUSE_V2.ZIP scanned
Finished Scans
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I hope this can get fixed, because aside from this problem this is the most useful utility for Thief 3 out there.

Ziemanskye on 2/8/2005 at 13:55

Part of the problem might be that Townhouse isn't setup right for GL, while the newer versions (2 or 3) of schism ought to be, at least more so.
GL doesn't know which game Townhouse is for, so it might not be cleaning up after itself right, and I think Potterr is away for a while, so it's not going to get fixed anytime soon if GL is doing something wrong.

ProjectX on 2/8/2005 at 14:01

Oh right, it's a great mini-mission btw, now that I've had a chance to play with trig-scripts in it.

ProjectX on 2/8/2005 at 15:30

right I'm completely pissed off now. I've struggled patiently with Garrettloader all day, re-installed Thief 3 countless times and now it's buggered up my bloody editor install, so there goes my contest entry and the two maps that I was making for a separate FM! I still have the files, and I've just about managed to run them, but each time I do it has odd collision placement, I can hardly move in my contest entry and I get stuck in hallways in my other level! What did I do to anger whoever's controlling this bloody program!!!

Ziemanskye on 2/8/2005 at 16:24

(psst - check your staticmeshes out, the odd collisions is probably things you set to to no collisions because the collision model doesn't scale with the DrawScale property - this is especially limiting in terms of the skyboxes on Komag Comp entries)

ProjectX on 2/8/2005 at 16:27

yeah but I got upwards of 1k staticmeshes. This could take a while, still, if I must, then I must.

Although I can't remember setting anything different collision-wise in the place where I got stuck in TDS_Lockley (non-contest FM I'm making).

Ziemanskye on 2/8/2005 at 16:30

Start with the big things, and look for anything with the drawscale property...

It'll be something stupid like Roof, Building or Ship model meshes probably, they're some of the worst offenders.

ProjectX on 2/8/2005 at 16:40

OK, thanks for your help today, you've probably been all that's stopped me sticking my head through the monitor...

Well, I'm off to try and find that obtrusive mesh.

ProjectX on 2/8/2005 at 17:57

OK, the runtime error that occurs above ONLY seems to happen or me when I uninstall Z_Schism. Not any other FM.