Solved Cartagena Firecracker Quest Bugs ( B14-3.4 ) Fixes

[Talisman]

I have just managed to rescue Elting from Inquisition

Gone to governor for last time - then transported back to Captains Cabin to brief Officers for the final battle. and the quest breaks.

I think Elting & Emilo are supposed to be in Captains Cabin for Berifing & then Emilio talks to me.

BUT - Elting & Emilio are not there - just the Dierman and Queiroz. - so the Quest breaks.

This is the case that I think is not working from quests_reactions.c

    case "end_report":
  RestoreOfficers(pchar.id); 
  DoQuestReloadToLocation("Cabin2", "rld", "loc6" ,"prepare_operation_fort");
     break;

     case "prepare_operation_fort":   
  ChangeCharacterAddressGroup(CharacterFromID("Elting"), "Cabin2", "rld", "aloc2");       
  ChangeCharacterAddressGroup(CharacterFromID("Arie Dierman"), "Cabin2", "rld", "aloc5");
  ChangeCharacterAddressGroup(CharacterFromID("Augusto Queiroz"), "Cabin2", "rld", "aloc1");
  ChangeCharacterAddressGroup(CharacterFromID("Emilio Soares"), "Cabin2", "rld", "startloc");

       LAi_SetActorType(pchar); 
       characters[GetCharacterIndex("Blaze")].dialog.CurrentNode = "details_operation";
       LAi_ActorSelfDialog(pchar, "");   
     break;

     case "operation_emilio": 
       LAi_SetPlayerType(pchar);
  LAi_SetActorType(characterFromID("Emilio Soares"));
       Characters[GetCharacterIndex("Emilio Soares")].dialog.currentnode = "begin_84";
       LAi_ActorDialog(characterFromID("Emilio Soares"), pchar, "", 2.0, 1.0); 
     break;

Attached are the Compile & System logs - no error log generated.

And a Save from just before you go to the Captains Cabin

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Uhm... @Bartolomeu o Portugues....?

 

[Bartolomeu o Portugues]

Maybe, because they are considered like officers and must be reloaded in officer locators.
That's weird, because I tested many times this part and I had no problem. Only Monday, I could work on a fix for that, because my computer isn't repaired at the moment and I have no internet at home these last days. So, if Pieter and Talisman want to fix that before, feel free to do that

 

[Talisman]

I have tried changing the locators for Elting & Emilio in :

case "prepare_operation_fort":

to officers officer1 & officers officer2

this did not make any difference - Elting & Emilio still did not appear

Also went back to an earlier save and played through - but quest still broke.

 

[Bartolomeu o Portugues]

That's really weird
And there is no error log to help
As I said, only Monday I can check that.
So, wait a few days, Talisman

 

[Talisman]

On looking at this further - I think the problem may start slightly earlier:

After you release Elting from Inquisition prison - when you go back to Captains cabin I think the code says Elting should be in cabin with Dierman and Queiroz - but he is not there - it is just Dierman and Queiroz who are there:

I think this is the code in quests_reaction.c:

case "elting_back_ship2":    
  DoQuestReloadToLocation("Cabin2", "rld", "loc2" ,"elting_back_ship3");
     break;

     case "elting_back_ship3":
  SetModelfromArray(&pchar, GetModelIndex("GypsyCaptn_10"));    
    
       pchar.quest.cart_soldados.over = "yes";
       locations[FindLocation("Cartagena_center")].reload.l1.disable = 0;
  Locations[FindLocation("Cartagena_Center")].locators_radius.goto.goto5 = 1.0;
  Locations[FindLocation("Cartagena_Center")].locators_radius.goto.goto8 = 1.0;      

       Locations[FindLocation("Cartagena_center")].models.always.locators = "cartTown_l";
       Locations[FindLocation("Cartagena_church")].models.always.locators = "church3_l_BOP_neutral";
       Locations[FindLocation("Cartagena_center")].reload.l2.close_for_night = 1;     //church
      
  ChangeCharacterAddressGroup(CharacterFromID("Elting"), "Cabin2", "rld", "loc1");   <<<--- This 2 lines do not appear to be working ???
  SetModelfromArray(characterFromID("Elting"), GetModelIndex("Johan_Elting_c"));   <<<----       
  ChangeCharacterAddressGroup(CharacterFromID("Arie Dierman"), "Cabin2", "rld", "loc5");
  ChangeCharacterAddressGroup(CharacterFromID("Augusto Queiroz"), "Cabin2", "rld", "aloc5");
      
  LAi_SetActorType(characterFromID("Arie Dierman"));
       Characters[GetCharacterIndex("Arie Dierman")].dialog.currentnode = "begin_11";
       LAi_ActorDialog(characterFromID("Arie Dierman"), pchar, "", 2.0, 1.0);      
     break;

     case "elting_back_ship4":
  LAi_SetActorType(characterFromID("Augusto Queiroz"));
       Characters[GetCharacterIndex("Augusto Queiroz")].dialog.currentnode = "begin_19";
       LAi_ActorDialog(characterFromID("Augusto Queiroz"), pchar, "", 2.0, 1.0);    
     break;

     case "last_meet_with_governor":
  SetCurrentTime(10.00, 0);
      
  DoQuestReloadToLocation("Cartagena_Townhall", "reload", "reload1" ,"last_meet_with_governor2");        
  break;

Attached is a SAVE from just having rescued Elting - slightly earlier in quest to SAVE in 1st post

Position of both Saves shown in extract from walkthrough from wiki in spoiler below

Spoiler

*****SAVE attached to this post is here*****
Go to Blacksmith – outside Blacksmith Elting talks to you – auto-run to guards at gate – watch Elting in distance walk up to guards –QB Update


Kill Guards – Elting talks to you – transported to Captain’s cabin – Dierman talks to you – Queiroz talks to you


Transported to Governor’s Residence – QB Update

***SAVE attached to 1st post in thread is here***

Talk to Montavez – transported to Captain’s cabin – give speech to officers - QUEST BREAKS HERE

So I don't know what is happening

 

[fjx]

Same happens to me.

 

[Talisman]

Well I have managed to get Emilio to appear in the Captains cabin & the dialog with him & Dierman and Queiroz all happens OK -- ( Elting is still not there though - he does not say anything so it does not break the quest)

What I did was to remove (comment out) this line of code

    case "cartagena_report2":
  SetCurrentTime(14.00, 0); 
       LAi_ActorDialog(characterFromID("Gregorio Montavez"), pchar, "", 1.0, 1.0); 
      break;

     case "end_report":
//  RestoreOfficers(pchar.id);       // <<<<---- TALISMAN - removing this line of code makes Emilio appear in CABIN ???
  DoQuestReloadToLocation("Cabin2", "rld", "loc6" ,"prepare_operation_fort");
     break;
 

 
     case "prepare_operation_fort": 
  ChangeCharacterAddressGroup(CharacterFromID("Elting"), "Cabin2", "rld", "aloc2");     
  ChangeCharacterAddressGroup(CharacterFromID("Arie Dierman"), "Cabin2", "rld", "aloc5");
  ChangeCharacterAddressGroup(CharacterFromID("Augusto Queiroz"), "Cabin2", "rld", "aloc1");
  ChangeCharacterAddressGroup(CharacterFromID("Emilio Soares"), "Cabin2", "rld", "startloc");

       LAi_SetActorType(pchar); 
       characters[GetCharacterIndex("Blaze")].dialog.CurrentNode = "details_operation";
       LAi_ActorSelfDialog(pchar, "");   
     break;

So now the talk in the cabin is OK.

Once the talk is over I think player is transported to Cartagena Port -- Unfortunately all I get is the Loading screen for Cartagena Port - then a Black Screen.

In the System.log there is this entry :-

Ptc("resource\models\locations\Town_Cartagena\Port\CartPortB_pn.ptc") -> file not found
Can't loaded patch data file CartPortB_pn.ptc for npc.




Attached is System and Compile logs -- no error log generated

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Ptc("resource\models\locations\Town_Cartagena\Port\CartPortB_pn.ptc") -> file not found
Can't loaded patch data file CartPortB_pn.ptc for npc.

Indeed I do not have that file either!

 

[Bartolomeu o Portugues]

bad news about my computer, only tomorrow, i can have it, and if no new problem detected.
Have you got the pd version? if yes, do a copy of this file and rename it pn.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I don't remember seeing that either, but I'll check tonight.

 

[Bartolomeu o Portugues]

I found right now the files in a pendrive with some stuff about POTC

 

[Talisman]

In my Beta3-4 game the only CartPortB file is - CartportB_l.gm

I have added the 2 files contained in the attachment from Bartolomeu in the post above - and that solves the Black screen - now after the cabin talk I am swimming in Cartagena Port


Thanks Bartolomeu

 

[Talisman]

I am now swimming in Cartagena Port

I swim towards the ship with the white hull - as I approach the rear of the ship I disappear and seem to go straight through the ship - I then can't turn round or do anything.

So I have magically vanished - (the Spanish won't have a chance when I attack them now ).

The system.log has this entry :-

Can't loading cubemap mip 0 (side: 2), not loading it.
Cube map texture resource\textures\AMMO\EN3.TGA.tx can't loading (size: 64, num mips: 6, format: D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8), not loading it.
Can't loading cubemap mip 0 (side: 2), not loading it.
Cube map texture resource\textures\AMMO\EN3.TGA.tx can't loading (size: 64, num mips: 6, format: D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8), not loading it.
resource\models\characters\GypsyCaptn_11.gm: can't open geometry file
Character model 'characters\GypsyCaptn_11' not loaded




It looks like the model for climbing the ship side is missing.

Attached System & Compile logs - no Error log generated.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Confirmed again; I do not have that model file either.

 

[Bartolomeu o Portugues]

Make a copy of GypsyCaptn_6 and rename it GypsyCaptn_11

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Is there anything special about the GypsyCaptn_11 model? If not, should we not make it use GypsyCaptn_6 by default?

 

[Bartolomeu o Portugues]

No, we can't because it uses the climb animation. (check initModels.c)

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Ah, same model with different animation! I get it now.

 

[Talisman]

Make a copy of GypsyCaptn_6 and rename it GypsyCaptn_11

Thanks Bartolomeu - that works - can now climb side of ship.

Next problem - ( sorry about this ) - on ship I fight Spanish soldiers - and am then supposed to fight Sebastian Ortega - but Ortega does not appear on the ship deck or the Mast. So I can't fight him and quest breaks.

Also what am I supposed to fight Ortega with - I still have the club pistol and the poison daggers equipped -

Attached System.log & Compile .log - no Error .log generated