Can't Host Game in W:ET

(acefox) #1

Hello all,

I’ve played Wolfenstein:ET since 2003- obviously quite an addict of the game. I recently came back to playing after a long hiatus, but I’ve discovered I can no longer Host Games anymore. I really just like to play the maps by myself to get a feel for them.

Any map I choose I get either one of the following error messages:

“BG_IndexForString: unknown token ‘NOT’; (animations/scripts/human_base.script, line 3351)”

or

"ERROR: CG_RegisterPlayerClasses: failed to load character file ‘characters/temperate/axis/soldier.char’ for the Axis soldier

or sometimes I just get an error from ET.exe that force quits the whole program.

I used to be able to host the games fine without any problems. I thought maybe one of the downloads from one of the servers may have corrupted one of my ET files, so I systematically moved out any files where the creation date was newer than 2006, but I still get the error. The weird thing is I can connect and play on other servers fine- even if I play on a certain map, I then disconnect and try to host that same exact map I get the error. What happened?

(system) #2

Hey mate,

that error is typical a ‘mod’ error.
Some idiot wannabe mods tend to f*ck up the standard wolfet menu.
I guess if you clean out your wolf install directory, you should be fine.
Probably clean ut /etmain too

(god i hate clan servers…)

(stealth6) #3

naa, you probably just have too many pk3 files in your installation. If you want to host a server it’s better to make a fresh install, then only copy over the mod and it’s essential files and the maps you want. Then from there host a server.

(acefox) #4

Thanks for the prompt reply.
Hmm, I was trying to do this without having to do an entire reinstall- but I’ll keep that in mind if all else fails. I’ll try to move out all files newer than 2005 and see if that works. I imagine I’ll only need the latest pk3 file for each mod folder that I want to play right?

(stealth6) #5

you need the dlls too :smiley: otherwise it’s not going to work

(acefox) #6

I was able to host most of my old maps again though I’m not entirely certain what did it. I mainly just moved a whole bunch of .pk3 files from the etmain folder to a backup location. Not sure which ones were the ones giving me the problems above.

What still baffles me is which maps are listed when you Host a Game for each mod that is selected. I thought it was as simple as having the map.pk3 file in a specific mod folder, but even when I move that map out of that specific mod folder, it still shows up when I go to Host a Game, so I’m never sure of which map is being used if there are multiple versions of the same map. Is it generally recommended to keep all the map.pk3 files in the etmain folder, and just keep the mod folders clean?

Finally, the link to the Guide on modding and scripting is broken on the W:ET Barracks page. Is there an official guide somewhere out there?

(Paul) #7

It’s better to host a game on another path, so make a different lose install for the server and remain your currect install for client :wink:

(stealth6) #8

keep maps in your etmain folder, keep mods (skin mods sounds mods) in the respecitve mod folder that you are running.

Also it is doubtful that you had a ‘bad’ pk3 file causing your ET to flip out, as I previously stated it was probably just the fact that you had too many pk3 files in your installation.

Also not sure what Paul means :s
running both client and server on localhost on the same installation works fine.

Also don’t think there is a real guide to modding or scripting, more reference pages, but the best source of information is this forum and if you have questions you can just ask!

(-SSF-Sage) #9

I get that error if I try to run etpro server with only client side installation (one downloaded from a server). So if you use etpro, download full etpro from their site.

(acefox) #10

Thanks all! I appreciate the help.

As far as guides to modding go I just wanted a comprehensive overview of the subject as I am a complete noob when it comes to that. If I think of anything else I will ask here.

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