FFX 3.2 failing to initialize

[apfarmakis]

After making a few built-ins, FFX simply fails to initialize. Initially, I thought I had maxed out the number of built-ins, but, based on the script.log, there seems to be something else happening. Here's the script.log entry:

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Traceback (innermost last):
  File "C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Farmakis\Local Settings\Application Data\Irrational Games\Freedom Force vs the 3rd Reich\temp\ia_all.py", line 50, in OnPostInit
    SetupFFXSkirmish()
  File "E:\Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\.\ffx32_DC\missions\scripts\m25skirmish.py", line 104, in SetupFFXSkirmish
    ffx.FFX_InitSkirmish()
  File "E:\Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\.\ffx32_DC\missions\scripts\ffx.py", line 270, in FFX_InitSkirmish
    initialise(1)
  File "E:\Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\.\ffx32_DC\missions\scripts\ffx.py", line 407, in initialise
    FFX_Transformers = getBuiltinTransformers()
  File "E:\Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\.\ffx32_DC\missions\scripts\ffx.py", line 741, in getBuiltinTransformers
    fxDat = datfiles.Campaign_ReadFX()
  File "E:\Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\.\ffx32_DC\missions\scripts\datfiles.py", line 1242, in Campaign_ReadFX
    pType = ord(npr[375])
IndexError: string index out of range
initialising FFQ_initialiseExtras()
FFX_UpdateSun: getting default sun
FFX_UpdateSun: setting = (-140.0, 70.0, 1.0, 0.800000011921, (0.699999988079, 0.600000023842, 0.600000023842))
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "E:\Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\.\ffx32_DC\missions\scripts\ffx.py", line 666, in initAttribs
    object=initialiseChar(object)
  File "E:\Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\.\ffx32_DC\missions\scripts\ffx.py", line 800, in initialiseChar
    for temp in FFX_Transformers:
NameError: FFX_Transformers
Plugin 'firehydrant' OnPostInit() called
Plugin 'zombie' has no OnPostInit()
Plugin 'freeroam_keepbuildingdamage' OnPostInit() called
Plugin 'm25ai_lowjumper' has no OnPostInit()
Plugin 'm25ai_realitymanipulation' has no OnPostInit()
Plugin 'cutscene_power' has no OnPostInit()
Plugin 'm25enc_opendoor' has no OnPostInit()
Plugin 'm25enc_simplechoice' has no OnPostInit()


I tried deleting a few unnecessary FX and that seemed to do the trick but now nothing. Any help would definitely be appreciated.

[stumpy]

Had you made other changes to the fx.dat for the mod? It's possible the FX reading code is getting confused by an entry in your fx.dat for that mod. I will PM you an email address and if you send me that DAT file, I will see if I can spot the trouble.

[edit]I had written fx.py instead of fx.dat.  :doh:[/edit]

[stumpy]

(I haven't heard back, so I am assuming the file I sent isn't giving any trouble.)

The first error is caused by some "garbage" left in the DAT file when adding/removing FX with FFEdit. It is probably fixable with FFEdit's defrag functions, but I rewrote the FX-reading routine in datfiles.py so that it is more careful, anyway.

Here is the link for the udated datfiles module (v0.253). It is a drop-in replacement for previous versions and goes in the ..\Missions\Scripts folder for any mod.