Hi:

I have several installs of WOV, including one for YAP. The YAP install is very stable -- except when selecting mission type "Escort" from the Single Mission/Create a Mission menu. If I select "Escort," the game crashes to the desktop before getting to the hanger screen no matter what aircraft type I've selected. No other mission type does this.

Any ideas what might be causing this? Is this a known bug in YAP? Is there a workaround available?

Thanks,

Eric L. Howes

Yankee Air Pirate modified games do not work well in Create Mission. You get some strange creatures out there. You may find a guy with an SA-7 on his shoulder as the sole defense of a city. It's best to have a separate installation if you wish to stay with stock WOV.

zerocinco:

Thanks for the response. I do keep several installs of WOV around, including an un-modded stock install. That said, I do much prefer using the YAP install. I suppose I'll have to make do with the stock install for Escort missions.

Best,

Eric L. Howes

zerocinco:

FWIW, I figured out what was causing the CTDs on Escort missions: the Static aircraft in the \Objects\Aircraft folder. Once the static aircraft are removed, the CTDs cease.

I'm going to venture a guess that while creating Escort missions the SingleMission component goes looking for an aircraft model to use for the strike flight being escorted, encounters the Static aircraft, then crashes because the static aircraft are incomplete.

Best,

Eric L. Howes

But won't your airports look strangely empty?

zerocinco:

After identifying the cause, I restored the static aircraft folders. So, no, my airports aren't empty. I was simply interested in figuring out what was causing the problem in the first place.

This does raise the question, could you implement static aircraft as ground objects to sidestep the issue altogether?

Thanks,

Eric L. Howes

TK's latest architecture kind of precludes that. It's best to stick YAP in its own install and play the missions ONLY.

pfunk

PFunk:

Thanks for the explanation.

Best,

Eric L. Howes