SCP Error - squirrel.osm not loaded

[665ca33003650KlemStan]

Hey all,

So I've followed the top rated modding guide on Steam very thoroughly, but when I start a new game I'm unable to enter the starting elevator because of an "SCP error - squirrel.osm not loaded" message. I went and checked the sq_scripts folder in SCP_beta4, and sure enough the file is there.

I've reinstalled SCP, rearranged my mod list, and looked online for help, but it seems like no one else is having this problem. I'm very new to modding games, so I'm kind of at a loss here. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Cheers!

[665ca3300387bKolya]

Have you tried following the newbie modding guide here?

Could you post a link to the guide you did follow on Steam?

[665ca33003ab0voodoo47]

patching up with the tool is always a good idea (if you have followed the steam guide, you probably did), but even the bare GOG/steam build is (very intentionally) set up to work with SCP, should manual loading of mods be required for whatever reason.

so you are either running a cd install manually patched with the raw NewDark files (that is simply unsupported), or something is blocking the scripts.

anyway, lets see your ss2.log (in the SS2 folder).

[665ca33003f20KlemStan]

I'm running the fully updated Steam version. I tried following the newbie modding guide here, but I preferred the more in-depth approach taken by this one. It's "System Shock 2 Modding Guide" by Saleck. I'd post a url but I'm only a guest.

I think this is the log file for my SS2. Let me know if this is what you meant. By the way, would it help if I shared my mod order?

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: PID: 17948
: CPU: arch=x86-64 , fam=586 , cpus=4
: SIMD: SSE=3 , 3DNow=0 , MMX=1
: OS Version: 6.2.9200
: Desktop resolution: 1920 x 1080
: Virtual desktop resolution: 1920 x 1080
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: Command line: "L:\Games\steamapps\common\SS2\ss2.exe"
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: CWD: L:\Games\steamapps\common\SS2
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: App Version: System Shock 2 Patch Final 2.48
: --------------------- misc config -------------------------
: resname_base .\+.\Data+.\Data\res
: load_path .\+.\misdml+.\Data
: script_module_path .\+.\Data
: movie_path .\cutscenes+.\Data\cutscenes
: mod_path .\DMM\Vurt's Hi-Res Water+.\DMM\Vurt's Flora Overhauls+.\DMM\Tacticool Complete v1.05+.\DMM\Four Hundred+.\DMM\CyberBlutch Rebirth v05+.\DMM\CyberBlutch REALSG Rebirth v04+.\DMM\Vintage Song Remake v1.0+.\DMM\Vurt's Organics+.\DMM\Vurt's Hi-Res Space+.\DMM\SHTUP ND+.\DMM\Olfred's Fixed Objects+.\DMM\SCP_beta4+.\patch_ext
: uber_mod_path osm+ubermod
: language english
: game_screen_size 1920 1080
: game_screen_depth 32
: game_screen_flags 45
: game_full_screen 1
: screen_size 640,480
: screen_depth 16
: d3d_driver_index 0
: game_hardware 1
: single_display_mode 2
: ui_scale_mode 2
: use_d3d_display
: d3d_disp_scaled_2d_overlay 64
: framerate_cap 100.0
: SlowFrame 4
: SlowFrameUI 10
: force_32bit
: force_32bit_textures
: mipmap_mode 2
: lm_mipmap_mode 0
: lm_init_texmem 2
: lm_filter_margin 1
: tex_edge_padding 2
: alpha_test_as_opaque
: d3d_disp_enable_atoc 1
: multisampletype 8
: postprocess 1
: d3d_disp_enable_distortionfx
: sfx_device 4
: sfx_channels 48
: sfx_vol_music -497
: sfx_vol_2d 0
: sfx_vol_3d 0
: sfx_mixer_timeout 200
: game shock
: obj_min -6144
: obj_max 8000
: max_refs 32768
: gui_font fonts\mainfont
: enhanced_sky 1
: skip_intro
: crop_movies
: new_mantle
: z_far 512
: render_weapon_particles
: legacy_force_match_unrefs 0
: shock_single_bind_set
: shock_quicksave_slot 13
: shock_autosave_slot 14
: edit_screen_depth 16
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: Enumerating D3D9 adapters (1)...
:    Adapter 0
:       device name: \\.\DISPLAY6
:       driver     : nvldumd.dll
:       descr      : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
:       driver ver : 0x001A0015-000E1206
:       vendor id  : 0x000010DE
:       device id  : 0x00001C03
:       subsys id  : 0x11D7196E
:       device guid: D7B71E3E-5F43-11CF-D868-D9311BC2
:       desktop res: 1920 x 1080
:       Modes
:          640 x 480 x 32
:          720 x 480 x 32
:          720 x 576 x 32
:          800 x 600 x 32
:          1024 x 768 x 32
:          1152 x 864 x 32
:          unsupported mode 1176 x 664 x 32 (not in mode table)
:          unsupported mode 1176 x 664 x 32 (not in mode table)
:          unsupported mode 1176 x 664 x 32 (not in mode table)
:          1280 x 720 x 32
:          1280 x 768 x 32
:          1280 x 800 x 32
:          1280 x 960 x 32
:          1280 x 1024 x 32
:          1360 x 768 x 32
:          1366 x 768 x 32
:          1600 x 900 x 32
:          unsupported mode 1600 x 1024 x 32 (not in mode table)
:          unsupported mode 1600 x 1024 x 32 (not in mode table)
:          1680 x 1050 x 32
:          unsupported mode 1768 x 992 x 32 (not in mode table)
:          unsupported mode 1768 x 992 x 32 (not in mode table)
:          unsupported mode 1768 x 992 x 32 (not in mode table)
:          1920 x 1080 x 32
:          1440 x 900 x 32
:       Device Validation
:          validated ok, device added (0, E390000)
: Enumeration done
: OpenAL Init...
:    OpenAL32.dll: 6.14.357.25
:    wrap_oal.dll: 2.2.0.7
:    Default device: Generic Software
:    Enumerating devices without validation...
:       Device: Generic Software
:       found 1 unvalidated device(s)
:    Enumerating extended devices without validation...
:       Device: Generic Software on Focusrite USB (Focusrite USB Audio)
:       Device: Generic Software on Realtek Digital Output (Realtek(R) Audio)
:       found 1 unvalidated extended device(s)
:    Opening default OpenAL device "Generic Software"...
:       Device 0 (default)
:          name       : Generic Software
:          version    : 1.1
:          version str: 1.1
:          vendor     : Creative Labs Inc.
:          renderer   : Software
:          3D sources : 248
:          2D sources : 8
:          EFX        : 1
:          EAX2       : 1
:          EAX3       : 0
:          EAX4       : 0
:          EAX5       : 0
:          occlusion  : 1
:          XRAM       : 0
:    Opened device 'Generic Software'
:       EAX reverb support enabled
:       occlusion support enabled
: D3DProvider: Enumerating adapter 0 modes
:    640 x 480 x 32
:    720 x 480 x 32
:    720 x 576 x 32
:    800 x 600 x 32
:    1024 x 768 x 32
:    1152 x 864 x 32
:    unsupported mode 1176 x 664 x 32 (not in mode table)
:    unsupported mode 1176 x 664 x 32 (not in mode table)
:    unsupported mode 1176 x 664 x 32 (not in mode table)
:    1280 x 720 x 32
:    1280 x 768 x 32
:    1280 x 800 x 32
:    1280 x 960 x 32
:    1280 x 1024 x 32
:    1360 x 768 x 32
:    1366 x 768 x 32
:    1600 x 900 x 32
:    unsupported mode 1600 x 1024 x 32 (not in mode table)
:    unsupported mode 1600 x 1024 x 32 (not in mode table)
:    1680 x 1050 x 32
:    unsupported mode 1768 x 992 x 32 (not in mode table)
:    unsupported mode 1768 x 992 x 32 (not in mode table)
:    unsupported mode 1768 x 992 x 32 (not in mode table)
:    1920 x 1080 x 32
:    1440 x 900 x 32
: D3DProvider: Enumeration done
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 640x480x32 (5 9 0 2D) ; 2d_surf_mode: 0
:    CreateDevice: res = D3D_OK ; 1920x1080 fmt=22 zfmt=75 cnt=1 ms=8 swap=1 fs=1 hz=0 pres=1 flags=2
: OpenAL Init...
:    OpenAL32.dll: 6.14.357.25
:    wrap_oal.dll: 2.2.0.7
:    Default device: Generic Software
:    Enumerating devices without validation...
:       Device: Generic Software
:       found 1 unvalidated device(s)
:    Enumerating extended devices without validation...
:       Device: Generic Software on Focusrite USB (Focusrite USB Audio)
:       Device: Generic Software on Realtek Digital Output (Realtek(R) Audio)
:       found 1 unvalidated extended device(s)
:    Opening default OpenAL device "Generic Software"...
:       Device 0 (default)
:          name       : Generic Software
:          version    : 1.1
:          version str: 1.1
:          vendor     : Creative Labs Inc.
:          renderer   : Software
:          3D sources : 248
:          2D sources : 8
:          EFX        : 1
:          EAX2       : 1
:          EAX3       : 0
:          EAX4       : 0
:          EAX5       : 0
:          occlusion  : 1
:          XRAM       : 0
:    Opened device 'Generic Software'
:       EAX reverb support enabled
:       occlusion support enabled
: OpenAL Init...
:    OpenAL32.dll: 6.14.357.25
:    wrap_oal.dll: 2.2.0.7
:    Default device: Generic Software
:    Enumerating devices without validation...
:       Device: Generic Software
:       found 1 unvalidated device(s)
:    Enumerating extended devices without validation...
:       Device: Generic Software on Focusrite USB (Focusrite USB Audio)
:       Device: Generic Software on Realtek Digital Output (Realtek(R) Audio)
:       found 1 unvalidated extended device(s)
:    Opening default OpenAL device "Generic Software"...
:       Device 0 (default)
:          name       : Generic Software
:          version    : 1.1
:          version str: 1.1
:          vendor     : Creative Labs Inc.
:          renderer   : Software
:          3D sources : 248
:          2D sources : 8
:          EFX        : 1
:          EAX2       : 1
:          EAX3       : 0
:          EAX4       : 0
:          EAX5       : 0
:          occlusion  : 1
:          XRAM       : 0
:    Opened device 'Generic Software'
:       EAX reverb support enabled
:       occlusion support enabled
: Loaded script module "allobjs.osm" [FileModDate=1999-Sep-09]
: Loaded script module "nvscript.osm" [FileVer=1.2.4.0 ; ProductVer=1.2.4.0 ; FileModDate=2017-Sep-12]
: Failed to load script module "squirrel.osm" (error code 126)
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 960x540x32 (7 9 1 3D) ; 2d_surf_mode: 3
: sw framerate cap requested (10000 us)
: D3DProvider StartMode: smode 1920x1080x32 ; mode 640x480x32 (5 9 1 2D) ; 2d_surf_mode: 0

[665ca330040b1voodoo47]

mod order already is in the log. anyway, it confirms that squirrel.osm fails to load - check the OSM folder, is the file actually there? if it is, try rightclicking it, open properties and see whether it's getting blocked by security, something like what you can see on the screen capture here (maybe explore the logs of your antivirus, it might be blocking the file as well). the file should be about 2.6MB (if it's smaller, it might be corrupted) - attaching for convenience.

one more idea - the game is on the L drive, try moving/copying it to the C drive (this will work, the build is portable), and see whether that makes it work (L is a bit further down the road than most apps expect).
[squirrel.osm expired]

[665ca330041aaKlemStan]

That worked, thanks a ton!

However I've run into two more problems. First, no vocal clips are playing outside of cutscenes. Second, I'm unable to access the basic training tutorial.

Any ideas?

[665ca330042bfvoodoo47]

what has worked, exactly?

if some audio is not playing, check the audio options, and make sure the voice/ambient balance slider is right in the middle. file corruption might be the culprit as well, especially if the squirrel file was corrupted.

no idea what do you mean by not being able to access the tutorial - if you aren't getting teleported, that would again, point to scripts not working (missing or corrupted).

[665ca330043a0KlemStan]

I was wrong about the tutorial section. Everything works except voiceovers during gameplay and audio logs. Oddly enough the enemy dialogues are still intact.

[665ca330046c2voodoo47]

check the audio options, and make sure the voice/ambient balance slider is right in the middle.

[rightinthemiddle.jpg expired]

[665ca330047bbKlemStan]

Unfortunately that was the default setting, so nothing's been changed.

[665ca33004912voodoo47]

try changing the hw acceleration option to something else - there should be three options, on, off and openal, there is a good chance one will work properly.

[665ca33004a33KlemStan]

The only thing that changed was turning it to anything but openal completely removed all sounds/music. Is there somewhere the voice files would be hiding in the SS2 folder?

[665ca33004b7cvoodoo47]

snd.crf (about 140mb) and snd2.crf (about 120mb). any extra sound devices in your system, like dedicated/usb sound cards? I can see a Focusrite USB Audio in the log.

forgot to mention, in addition to changing the audio devices, try turning EAX on and off.

[665ca33004c98zombieassaultman]

Just thought I'd hop in and confirm that I had the same issue with squirrel.osm. It wasn't being blocked by Windows Defender so I moved the install folder + mods from my E: drive to C:/Program Files (x86) and everything seems to be working fine at a glance.

[665ca33004d9fvoodoo47]

any chance you could provide the full paths/locations? the first one that didn't work, and the second one that did as well.

anyway, program files is not exactly recommended either way.

[665ca33004f64atomicgasman213]

Voodoo47, sorry to bother you again. I'm missing the squirrel.osm file. It is not in the sq_scripts folder nor is it in the osm folder. I ran a search inside of my shock file and it seems that squirrel.osm is nowhere to be found. I've ran the ss2tool patch 3 times now with no luck. What would be my next step? is there a way that can download just the squirel.osm script from somewhere else or is it possible for someone to upload a copy of their squirrel.osm script that I could download and plug into my osm folder?

[665ca33005035voodoo47]

can you post the latest ss2tool.log?

[665ca33005283atomicgasman213]

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SS2Tool Log
Version: 6.1.1.7
21.08.2020 9:00:40
You have the latest version of SS2Tool
Game dir: C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK
Exec dir: C:\Users\username\Downloads
AVI: 15/10/220927/103401
CRF: 33/17/616483/307850
MIS: 86/23/272036/247908
Installed: Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010)
Syncmethod: PERFECT
Creating Data & FM folders
Assuming English language game
Downloading new exclude list
opening tcp connection to www.systemshock.org port 873
rsync: read error: Connection reset by peer (104)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /usr/src/rsync/rsync-3.0.8/io.c(760) [Receiver=3.0.8]
Synchronising local game with master build at Systemshock.org
rsync: failed to open exclude file /C/System Shock 2/SHOCK/SS2ToolExcludeSync: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at /usr/src/rsync/rsync-3.0.8/exclude.c(1062) [client=3.0.8]
Enabling multiplayer in shock.cfg.
No line starts with "netplay" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\shock.cfg", appending "netplay_ui" to EOF.
Setting soft bloom (cam_ext.cfg)
No line starts with ";postprocess" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending "postprocess 1" to EOF.
No line starts with ";bloomscale" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending "bloomscale 4" to EOF.
No line starts with ";bloom_threshold" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending "bloom_threshold 0.85" to EOF.
Setting game GUI slightly transparent (cam_ext.cfg)
1 line(s) starting with "d3d_disp_2d_overlay_alpha" replaced with "d3d_disp_2d_overlay_alpha 0.9" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg".
Enabling subtitle support (cam_ext.cfg)
No line starts with ";enable_subtitles" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending "enable_subtitles" to EOF.
No line starts with ";subtitles_hide_types movie+player+convo+bark+nonverbal" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending "; subtitles_hide_types movie+player+convo+bark+nonverbal" to EOF.
1 line(s) starting with "subtitles_hide_types" replaced with "subtitles_hide_types nonverbal" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg".
1 line(s) starting with "subtitles_dim" replaced with "subtitles_dim 20 80 86" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg".
1 line(s) starting with "subtitles_font_dir" replaced with "subtitles_font_dir fonts\" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg".
1 line(s) starting with "subtitles_font_name" replaced with "subtitles_font_name mainaa" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg".
1 line(s) starting with "subtitles_spacing" replaced with "subtitles_spacing 1" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg".
No line starts with "subtitles_bg_color" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending ";subtitles_bg_color 0 0 0 0" to EOF.
No line starts with ";subtitles_show_descr" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending "subtitles_show_descr" to EOF.
1 line(s) starting with "subtitles_max_dist_bark" replaced with "subtitles_max_dist_bark 50" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg".
Enabling new mantle (cam_ext.cfg)
No line starts with ";new_mantle" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending "new_mantle" to EOF.
Limiting GPU buffer to 1 frame (menu and game) in cam_ext.cfg
1 line(s) starting with "d3d_disp_limit_gpu_frames 1" replaced with ";d3d_disp_limit_gpu_frames 1" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg".
No line starts with ";d3d_disp_limit_gpu_frames 1 1" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending "d3d_disp_limit_gpu_frames 1 1" to EOF.
Enabling crop movies (cam_ext.cfg)
1 line(s) starting with ";crop_movies 0 70 640 340" replaced with ";;crop_movies 0 70 640 340" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg".
No line starts with ";crop_movies" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending "crop_movies" to EOF.
1 line(s) starting with ";;crop_movies 0 70 640 340" replaced with ";crop_movies 0 70 640 340" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg".
Enabling multisample anti-aliasing (cam_ext.cfg)
No line starts with ";multisampletype 8" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending "multisampletype 8" to EOF.
Enabling weather effects (cam.cfg)
1 line(s) starting with "fogging" replaced with "fogging 1" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam.cfg".
1 line(s) starting with "enhanced_sky" replaced with "enhanced_sky 1" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam.cfg".
1 line(s) starting with "render_weather" replaced with "render_weather 1" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam.cfg".
1 line(s) starting with "game_screen_size" replaced with "game_screen_size 1920 1080" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam.cfg".
Quicksaves are stored in save slot 13 (cam_ext.cfg)
Autosaves are stored in save slot 14 (cam_ext.cfg)
1 line(s) starting with "shock_quicksave_slot" replaced with "shock_quicksave_slot 13" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg".
No line starts with ";shock_autosave_slot" in "C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\cam_ext.cfg", appending "shock_autosave_slot 14" to EOF.
Downloading Blue mod manager
backup_dir is SS2ToolSyncBackup/2020-08-21-9-02-31/
opening tcp connection to www.systemshock.org port 873
rsync: read error: Connection reset by peer (104)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /usr/src/rsync/rsync-3.0.8/io.c(760) [Receiver=3.0.8]
Create folder: C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\DMM
Create folder: C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\DMMArchives
[localVars]
contentversion=0.0.0.21
perfected=true
Creating log file at C:\System Shock 2\SHOCK\ss2tool.log

[665ca3300538fvoodoo47]

@Kolya any ideas?

[665ca3300547aatomicgasman213]

Is the squirrel.osm suppose to download from SS2Tools or from the SCP_Beta4?

[665ca3300561evoodoo47]

the tool. admittedly, it's been ages since I've tried it on a cd game, but the entire point of it is that it chews through everything, and spits out a complete, fully working install, and the cd shouldn't be an exception.

what exactly can be found in your OSM folder?


//just tried to delete my OSM folder and running the tool in update mode, a proper OSM folder with all the files has been created without issues. maybe try that, and post the newest log.

any antivirus that might be killing the files on the fly?

[665ca3300570batomicgasman213]

NVScript
NVScript.osm
script.osm
script-ss2.osm

[665ca33005801voodoo47]

so all the other files are fine. the update mode is not loading it either?

[665ca330058fcatomicgasman213]

ok I deleted the osm folder. When I repatched, ss2tool didnt create a new OSM folder.