Unable to get characters to appear in incoming transmission window

Thaddeus wrote:
As Buck says, dont think that combination is allowed, proberly just see the robot, rather than black window. bit of a head scatcher. no head hardpoint on the robot so head wouldnt show.
anyway thought you wanted the mission vendor guy, hes defined in custumes and is in faction props as mc_costume =. but thats not what your wanting. As you say, arent the in-flight characters produced at ramdom from the selection produced from faction_props with their parts coming from bodyparts.ini?

The issue is that I’m using scripted missions code which is pretty specific and not randomly generated. That’s why I’m at a bit of a loss to all of this.

As for the base, I changed the robot piece to another model and still no joy. That’s why I’m wondering if I’m missing something else since no matter what I try, I still cannot render the character model.

Thanks for all the assistance thus far, guys. I’ve tried what you said, StarTrader and I still get the problem. I made a video to make sure we’re all on the same page:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtwXK8JKh1U

Here’s the base code:

[Object]
nickname = Li01_01
ids_name = 459870
ids_info = 66141
pos = 1000, 1000, 1000
rotate = 0, -90, 0
Archetype = dock_yard_dock
loadout = dock_yard_dock
reputation = li_p_grp
dock_with = Li01_01_Base
voice = atc_leg_f01a
space_costume = , robot_body_B
behavior = NOTHING
difficulty_level = 1
visit = 1

As for the mission code, this is what it has written currently:

[NPC]
nickname = m01a_y-wing_1
npc_ship_arch = rebel_y-wing
affiliation = rebel_grp
individual_name = 216136
voice = pilot_c_leg_m01
space_costume = ge_male1_head, re_rebel_pilot1_body, prop_hat_rebel_pilot

[NPC]
nickname = m01a_y-wing_2
npc_ship_arch = rebel_y-wing
affiliation = rebel_grp
individual_name = 216137
voice = pilot_c_leg_m01
space_costume = ge_male2_head, re_rebel_pilot1_body, prop_hat_rebel_pilot

Ya. I made sure I had the dynamic com displays checked on. Everything else is full.

Could it be that the game option to display the comms character is off, and that the comms tower picture which should be shown has been removed or become corrupted?

There’s always a chance that it is corrupted, that being said, to have a corrupted function revert to something else is a bit of a stretch. I guess I could look into it.

Is your costume re_rebel_pilot1_body properly made?

Nope. The model works for NPCs in the bars

Do you get any comms characters displayed from other NPCs or bases?

Sadly, no. I tried all the vanilla characters and I still get that window showing without a character.

Standard faction NPC’s?

Ya, tried.

Could it be your screen resolution set too high? Try lower, 1024x768?

Tried that too, no joy.

I think I may have to accept defeat on this weird bug.

That somewhat hard to do with a total conversion…since we really don’t have much of the original mod left. That being said, FriendlyFire found the solution to the problem. In the HUD.ini

Our original code:

[Receiver]
object = interface\HUD\hud_CommsIcon.3db
action = Target
shut = -0.498000, 0.365999, -1
open = -0.309000, 0.178000, -1
delay = 0.150000
video_fovx = 5
speaker_rotate = -180, 0, 0
male_speaker_offset = 0, -1.250000, 100;-2.150000
female_speaker_offset = 0, -1.150000, 100;-2.150000
backdrop = backdrop
static = 0;1
win_pos = -0.400000, 0.250000, -1
win_size = 0.200000, 0.200000
btn_pos = 0, 0, -1
fly_time = 1.000000
tool_tip_id = 1021

FF got it working by putting in the stock vanilla coding Now everything works like it should. Thanks for all the assistance, though!