Error when attemptin to start a mission

[superduck2020]

I recently downloaded The Dark Mod. It installed fine, allowed me to change video, sound, and control settings, even downloaded missions. When I attempted to start a mission for the first time the opening video played, the menus for buying equipment and picking skill level played, but the actual gameplay would not launch. This error reads with every mission I have attempted to start: 'Hips' not found for attachment position 'HIP_SHEATH_L' on ENTITY 'EMAN| . I have no idea what this means or what to do to fix it. Has anyone else run into this or have any advice?

 

[Bikerdude]

at a random guess, is your copy of TDM upto date..?and which mission are you trying to load..?

[superduck2020]

I downloaded the latest version and ran all the updates the updater would download, so as far as I can tell it is up to date. I was trying to load the training mission and the Tears of Saint Lucia just to start at the beginning. Same weird message displays with both missions.

[superduck2020]

I also just tried "A House of Locked Secrets" and "A Night to Remember" . Same blasted message with one difference, the word after ENTITY changes with each mission.

[nbohr1more]

Please post your full specifications and the entire stack from your error log.

[superduck2020]

Windows 8.1 Pro

 

Processor: Intel ® Core i7-3960X CPU @3.30GHz

 

(RAM): 32.0 GB

 

64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor

 

NVIDIA GeForce CTX 680 version 352.86

 

The error shows up in game and I don't know how to access an error log so I'm not sure what you mean by "stack from error log". I'm very new to mod games.

[nbohr1more]

Thanks.

 

If you can type anything in the console, try typing "condump TDM_error.txt" and enter, then see if that document is generated in your darkmod folder.

 

Also, make sure your darkmod folder is not set to "read only" and that your user account has full control over the folder. Then try running tdm_update by right-clicking

and choosing "Run as Administrator". Once that is done, try opening "TheDarkMod.exe" as Administrator too.

[superduck2020]

Thank you. I shall try that now.

[Springheel]

That error means that the map needs access to a .def file that is missing. Either your installation is not up to date or there is a corrupted file somewhere.

[AluminumHaste]

Run the updater one more time, then post the log here.

 

Here, I've outlined step by step what you need to do.

 

 

Step 1, run the updated then press the "Show Log" button

Step 2, copy everything in the log and save it to notepad. Upload the txt file to your post so we can read it.