Mission fix?

[Kahuna]

'What's up with the "mission number" setting?
Each mission you create with the Skirmisher needs to have its own number assigned to it. Don't use the same number twice for the same mod or the game will crash when starting up! The only exception is when creating missions for the same mod, that use the same number AND the same mission name. You can do that, though you'll overwrite the previous mission each time you click on "Create mission".'
  If someone accidentally does this..how is it fixed?

[Arparso]

Good question and another addition to the FAQ

Go to your mods//universe/mod_missions folder and do one of the following:

a) delete all mission files starting with duplicate numbers except the one you'd like to keep. These files will be named "#_.mission" where # represents the mission number

OR

b) open these mission files and change the first line of these files to a different number... e.g. change "MISSION 1" to "MISSION 27" ... you won't need to rename the files, but it won't hurt either

[Kahuna]

Thank you,i was able to get it to work again after changing Mission 11 to mission 12 somewhat.Is there any danger in deleting all missions and starting over again?There isn't an option to delete missions that I can find..Am I missing something? Thanks again

[Mularac]

yes, and it is most of the time a good thing to clean up the mess...

[Kahuna]

Mularac,I don't understand your answer,,is it ok or not ok to delete created mission files in order to "clean up the mess" or is there another way?Thank you! :huh:

[Arparso]

Yes, you can delete your mission files without doing any harm to the mod or the game itself. If you're going to delete a mission, make sure to delete the corresponding .mach-files as well (beginning with the same number as the mission). Usually these won't be needed anymore with one exception: if you've made a mistake numbering your missions and fixed this issue by assigning a new number to the problematic mission, then this particular mission will still need the .mach-files beginning with the old number. If you delete these .mach-files,then the mission won't work anymore.