Corrupted file, mbases.ini as far as I can remember - the one that defines who appears in bars etc.

Probs something around an = sign, under the heading.. the start of the line is missing, or basically it's two lines in one (like base = blah blah blah = blah blah blah)

when it should be

base = blah blah blah
line = blah blah balh

Take a look at new entries, and then at some originals. You'll spot it

I can't spot that... it would be Under [GF_NPC would it not?

If there is no NPC at all, then it might have to do with something about the whole mBase entry, not just the specific NPCs.

Best way to go is methodically: first take an existing and working mBase entry and swap it out so it's associated with your new base. Then, see if the NPCs show up in the game. if they do, your mBase entry is the issue. If they do not, try doing the opposite: swap out your mBase entry so it's associated with an existing base. If the NPCs show up at that base, then your custom base's the issue. If they do not, both your base and your mBase entry are problematic, in which case it might be better to restart from scratch

Make sure your mBase is NOT a BINI decrypted one. It must come from the SDK, otherwise it's prone to have decryption errors. Make also sure you based your new mBase entry on an SDK entry, not a directly decrypted one.

Hope this helps!
FF

Aahh!!! the dreaded mBases.ini, Nooooo take it away it's been a while since I last did anything with the mBases.ini, last time was to rebuild a 10Mb one, nightmare.

No NPCs at all - FL stops reading the mBases.ini from the first error it finds, this can be as little as one silly typo hiding in the file, or as much as a completely screwed base entry. If none of the debugging tools can find it then you have a couple of choices, do as FriendlyFire suggests and swap entries around, or jump in and out of bases in game, trying to find the last base with NPCs, or spend several hours eyeballing the mBases.ini trying to find the bloody error.

Only Dealers - This is caused by an errant base entry in the mBases.ini, duplicate entries cause this, but so does having an entry for a base that doesn't exist in the Universe.ini.

**shuffles off with a new headache**

that would explain it... is there a quick way to find non existant bases, or do i have to spend hours searching the file?

flscan?

Do a search and replace for 'offers_missions = mission_type'

should be
offers_missions = true
mission_type = DestroyMission.....

The original algorithm didn't compensate for the missing 'true' statement
DA saved a few bytes by not writing it. Because if offers_missions is present, then obviously it's true. They saved even more by omitting the whole thing if it was false.

Hope this helps.
P1p3r

Nothing on the Mission type thing...
FlScan Only manages to find errors within Existing FL Files... So Far it's not helped me at all.

Don't forget FLini Analyzer and FL Error Checker.

Maybe you could post the code for the bases that aren't working.

well... Thats all of them. All New bases have no Missions. They did before.
I'll post an Entry

Wait, I have a Better idea. If I post a link to the Mbases.ini File Here, Perhaps someone could skim through it and take a look at it. Link is here... it's 1.6 megs

http://www.box.net/shared/hsy9b00ac8

Just a super-quick glance at your file...I scrolled to the bottom and pasted a sample:

[BaseFaction
faction = gd_z_grp
weight = 9
npc = li0305_001_f

[BaseFaction
faction = co_ic_grp
weight = 9

[BaseFaction
faction = co_vr_grp
weight = 9
offers_missions = true
mission_type = DestroyMission, 0.000000, 0.205130, 100

[BaseFaction
faction = gd_bh_grp
weight = 9
offers_missions = true
mission_type = DestroyMission, 0.000000, 0.205130, 100
npc = li0305_002_m

See how the second and third one have no npc line?

Even if I had no NPCs in the base from that faction that would still affect it right?