HELP: TADRS woes :S

[andwan0]

I installed 0.99b2 then 1.0.0.545 (which is the latest last version). I also have the 15 official extra maps & 6 official extra units. I also have Core Contingency installed too.

I download some demos from TADRS. Each one I get the error messages upon load up:

Sent all units - 284
You are missing 4 of 283 units!
Sent ack on all units 567
Unit sync is complete

I also get notified that I do not have the map... but clearly I do! I carefully double-check that the map the demo is going to play is one of the official from original TA, or CC or one of the additional 15 extra maps.

So I just play the demo. Everytime I see all the commanders is a conquerer warship... skimming along the ground... and there's a peewee doing nothing... and one of two spider bots. This happens on all the demos I've downloaded and tried to play back. It seems the units are totally messed up.

Could it be these demos were recorded with 0.99b2 and 1.0.0.545 isn't compatible? I tried to find the version of the demos and can't see.

Someone please help :S

[retard0h]

mcn-terra.ufo or something...you'll find it

[andwan0]

What's this? mcn-terra.ufo

[locmachine]

tazone.tauniverse.com/cgi-bin/download.pl?file=mcnterra.zip

pretty hard to miss it...

[andwan0]

I mean... is this some unit/terrain/texture that is missing? Why is it missing in the first place?

I did a perfectly solid clean install of TA, CC, 6 units & 15 maps by Cavedog.. then update to 3.1c then spanker yanks 99.2b patch.

There's no where else that's written that I need this terra.ufo file... but I'll use it anyway..... but at least explain...

[FFAxPostal]

mcnsterra.ufo is a file that came a long with the Beta Tropics map or something like that. As a result a lot of players had this file. In order to watch demos with people who had this file, you had to have it yourself, continuing its spread. Now its just an inconvient little thing that you've got to get out of the way so you can watch demos.

By downloading it you're creating the solution to your problem, while perpetuating the problem as a whole. But really, its not that big of a deal. Download it and watch demos, they own.

[andwan0]

Thanks guys (FFAxPostal, locmachine, retard0h). You guys the best! Works perfectly now! Now I can enjoy watching all those TA recorded demos!

TA Long Live Forever!