Trying to figure out why I get bad assets.

[Zero Angel]

I am getting sporadic bad assets errors on BZ2, when I try to join certain games. There doesnt seem to be a pattern to it, sometimes its strats and sometimes its MPIs. I tried to host some games using default rec, and all my clients got bad assets too.


Bzone.cfg load order is as follows:
addon -> maps13 -> patch13.pak -> data.pak -> data


My addon folder has the following subfolders and/or files:
IvGlowSkins/ (contains only textures (Softimage PIC files))
missions/models/bbgtow.inf
custom/bzgame_keys.cfg
autoreg/*.autoreg (seems to contain all rec variants)
config/ (bunch of configs)
config/game/ (a bunch of resolution specific configs)
commando.zip
OpenILChanges.7z
BZ2_v13pb4.txt

Theoretically, NONE of these should cause bad assets. As I do not recall modifying them (the configs files all have the modified timestamp of 01/08/08. Bindata is empty save for NULL.msh. Everything appears normal in the maps13 and data folders.

Any ideas?

[Commando]

If you try to join a session hosted by someone using the German or French copy of bz2, you will get bad assets.  GSH has a fix made for pb4a.

[General BlackDragon]

If you're using that bz2 Gold thingy, (i.e. IF your data.pak's modification date isnt around 2000, your install is fubar) you'll get bad assets.

[Axeminister]

If you were trying to join my games yesterday for 1.3pb4, I had installed a version that fooled me into believing it was the right one because of it's exe. name on my pc. But I repaired the install by running the install from bzuniverse over that build and others were able to join after that.

I know Red Devil wasn't able to join my 1.3pb3 G66 games because he was using his packed version of 1.3G66. I don't use that. I'm waiting for Natty to upgrade G66 to 1.3pb4a.

[Commando]

Speaking of Natty, I haven't heard from him since the 18th of July.  I wonder if he has made any progress on g66.

[GENERAL MANSON*]

Same.