FTL Captain's Edition 1.308/Inf 1.301b/EL 1.308

[MrSquash]

My game crashes whenever i try to install EL alongside CE and infinite, it works fine without EL but i want to use it, can anyone help? the modloader itself does not crash, the game however, does when it is done loading.

The answer is in Troubleshooting.
But the solution makes me roll my eyes and go "Uhhh yeah I'll play without EL."

I did what was reccomended, it still crashes, any advice?

[stylesrj]

I did what was reccomended, it still crashes, any advice?

Don't play with EL on?
While it sounds awesome, it requires a bit too much effort to get working properly, especially for one mod. No other FTL mod I've seen requires that much work to get running. It's like using a nuclear reactor to power a toaster.

Of course others will have actual advice but in the meantime, just don't worry about EL not working. Everything else works fine.

[MrSmite]

FYI, if anyone is using the profile editor to add crew, I posted a rough guide in the tool's thread on which bytes to edit in 'continue.sav' to change their outfits.

http://www.ftlgame.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 560#p89560

[Sakurambo]

i can not play the endless addon
these are the mods that use

Disable Fleet.ftl
EC Resource Pack 1.27.ftl
FTL Captains Edition 1.72.ftl
EC Additional Music Addon 1.266.ftl
EC Infinite Addon 1.267.ftl
EC Additional Music Infinite Compatibility Patch 1.0.ftl
EL Texture Pack 1.27.ftl
EC Endless Loot Addon for EC Infinite 1.27.ftl
EC Non-EL Enemy loadouts Addon 1.26.ftl


i get only to sector 8 and I will finish the game like a normal game
someone can help me?

[MrSmite]

I think there's a bug with the EL Captain's Edition. If I install it the game doesn't even start.

[stylesrj]

How many times will those questions be asked about Endless Loot?

If you install Endless Loot and it doesn't work, check Troubleshooting on the first page.

If you follow the instructions and it still doesn't work... don't use Endless Loot.

I apologise for the large font but perhaps someone might glance at it and sop asking such questions. I like the idea of Endless Loot but its execution is too advanced for my tastes.

[NarnKar]

Hmm. Maybe start a CE Troubleshooting thread, since people are afraid (and with good reason!) of reading this 496 page monster of a thread.

[Sakurambo]

How many times will those questions be asked about Endless Loot?

If you install Endless Loot and it doesn't work, check Troubleshooting on the first page.

If you follow the instructions and it still doesn't work... don't use Endless Loot.

I apologise for the large font but perhaps someone might glance at it and sop asking such questions. I like the idea of Endless Loot but its execution is too advanced for my tastes.

i don't ask about crashes of any kind, and not about endless loot
the game work perfectly, only that work just the captain edition, not the endless part of the mod
i ask if the load order work fine, or if there are something missing to make it work properly

i apologize in advance for my english, but i'm italian, so I might have written something wrong

[stylesrj]

i don't ask about crashes of any kind, and not about endless loot
the game work perfectly, only that work just the captain edition, not the endless part of the mod
i ask if the load order work fine, or if there are something missing to make it work properly

If your list has Endless Loot in it ,then you'll need something to make it work properly.

And I think it involves installing several pieces of software and I've already opened my computer enough to malware to not be a big fan of adding more 3rd party software.

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By the way Sleeper Service, you know that Slug event that shuts off your medbay and sends guys on your ship to fix it? in the vanilla game, it also shuts down most of your Clone Bay. Looking at the code, it seems only the medbay is affected. Intentional or should the Clone Bay be affected as well (or does it also count as a medbay in terms of listing things?)

[MrSmite]

i don't ask about crashes of any kind, and not about endless loot
the game work perfectly, only that work just the captain edition, not the endless part of the mod
i ask if the load order work fine, or if there are something missing to make it work properly

If your list has Endless Loot in it ,then you'll need something to make it work properly.

And I think it involves installing several pieces of software and I've already opened my computer enough to malware to not be a big fan of adding more 3rd party software.

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By the way Sleeper Service, you know that Slug event that shuts off your medbay and sends guys on your ship to fix it? in the vanilla game, it also shuts down most of your Clone Bay. Looking at the code, it seems only the medbay is affected. Intentional or should the Clone Bay be affected as well (or does it also count as a medbay in terms of listing things?)

The EL "fix" doesn't involve installing anything. It recommends that you use a tool which flips a bit (or two) in the FTL executable so it can allocate more than 3GB memory.

Unfortunately it is not 100% successful but it can also adversely effect your entire machine. With or without the /3GB switch, Windows allocates the same amount of ram, evenly divided between application space and kernel space. All the switch does is tell the memory manager that applications can cross the boundary and use some of the ram allocated for the kernel. The danger here is you can potentially run out of space for memory mapping (drivers, etc.) in the kernel leading to system instability.

So thanks for reposting the big red text but it is not a sufficient fix and those that are less technically inclined may not realize that short of rewriting FTL to optimize asset loading, there isn't much else that can be done.

In my opinion, FTL should only load assets when they're needed instead of loading everything up front. A machine that can play WoW or Skyrim should not crash due to malloc() errors on a game like FTL. It's simply trying to put too much into ram that isn't necessary.

Further reading about the /3GB can be found here: Demystifying /3GB

PS: FTL is still a great game even without EL.