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    Thread: Can someone explain the WAU a bit to me?
Post: RE: Can someone explain the WAU a bit to me?

The structure gel is how the WAU does anything. Embedded in the nanoparticles and the ferrofluid (somehow) are specific instructions that allow the WAU to command the gel so that when the gel gets to ...
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 1 2,425 03-07-2019, 10:07 AM
    Thread: Fatal error: Could not load script file
Post: RE: Fatal error: Could not load script file

Reinstall the game, and if you still have issues, post your log file.
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 2 3,012 03-04-2019, 07:28 AM
    Thread: No SOMA file in Documents/My Games
Post: RE: No SOMA file in Documents/My Games

Visual Studio C++ 2010 Runtime is one of SOMA's dependencies. The first time you launch the game after you install it from Steam, it would've been one of the things that Steam automatically installs. ...
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 4 4,785 02-15-2019, 11:03 PM
    Thread: No SOMA file in Documents/My Games
Post: RE: No SOMA file in Documents/My Games

I also have SOMA installed on a separate drive from my C drive and it runs fine. It should still put the log files in the "Documents/My Games/SOMA" folder on your C drive no matter where the game itse...
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 4 4,785 02-15-2019, 07:15 PM
    Thread: Out of bounds
Post: RE: Out of bounds

The best solution would be to get a save file from someone else who is in the position you need to be in. (Unfortunately, I don't have such a save handy, sorry.)
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 2 3,530 01-08-2019, 01:26 AM
    Thread: SOMA crashes on the opening cinematic.
Post: RE: SOMA crashes on the opening cinematic.

Is there an error message that pops up when the game crashes?
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 7 5,613 01-07-2019, 06:26 AM
    Thread: Request for Help
Post: RE: Request for Help

The answer to all of your requested feature changes is "Yes, but it will take some work". I would recommend that you go to the Frictional Games Discord Channel and ask there for advice on how to accom...
Abion47 User created content 2 3,470 01-02-2019, 05:57 PM
    Thread: Impassable door bug
Post: RE: Impassable door bug

Your image links seem to be broken. When I click on them, I get a 503 error. Beyond that, I'm not sure I understand from your description what part of the game you are talking about. Are you at Theta?...
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 5 5,068 12-30-2018, 06:14 PM
    Thread: Could not load AddOn batch file
Post: RE: Could not load AddOn batch file

In the log file, it says it's trying to launch the file in the folder "C:\Users\Abigail.DESKTOP-DD4K4BS\AppData\Roaming/SOMAModLauncher". In your screenshot of the error message, however, the path sto...
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 9 9,208 12-29-2018, 07:28 AM
    Thread: SOMA is now free for a limited time only on GOG!
Post: RE: SOMA is now free for a limited time only on GO...

Not the most reassuring wording in the OP, but can confirm this post is legit.
Abion47 General Discussion 1 2,795 12-29-2018, 06:55 AM
    Thread: Could not load AddOn batch file
Post: RE: Could not load AddOn batch file

The path "C:/Users/Abigail.Desktop" on a Windows computer is typically the root path to your user files, assuming your username for the machine was "Abigail.Desktop". The error message implies that it...
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 9 9,208 12-28-2018, 05:48 AM
    Thread: Could not load AddOn batch file
Post: RE: Could not load AddOn batch file

Is "C:/Users/Abigail.Desktop" the path to where Soma is installed on your computer? Also, what platform are you playing Soma on (e.g. Steam, GoG, etc.)?
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 9 9,208 12-26-2018, 07:24 PM
    Thread: Fatal error FMOD
Post: RE: Fatal error FMOD

Have you tried verifying your game files or reinstalling?
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 1 2,803 12-26-2018, 06:49 PM
    Thread: Could not load AddOn batch file
Post: RE: Could not load AddOn batch file

Could you post the full error you are getting, or perhaps a screenshot of the window showing the error?
Abion47 Technical Support - SOMA 9 9,208 12-26-2018, 06:46 PM
    Thread: Change Lamp (Not Light) Colour Through Script
Post: RE: Change Lamp (Not Light) Colour Through Script

Quote:You mean in the level editor, right? Just making sure Tongue No, I meant the model editor. Lamp entities have light sources defined for them in the model editor, which is different than talking...
Abion47 Technical Support 4 4,664 10-30-2018, 04:23 PM
    Thread: Change Lamp (Not Light) Colour Through Script
Post: RE: Change Lamp (Not Light) Colour Through Script

I'm doing this from memory as I'm getting ready to walk out the door and it's been a little while since I've done this effect, so if it isn't quite right, I'll take another stab at it when I get home ...
Abion47 Technical Support 4 4,664 10-29-2018, 04:49 PM
    Thread: Script doesn't work?
Post: RE: Script doesn't work?

You might try moving the code into `OnEnter`. `OnStart` is for initialization stuff that happens the first time the game loads a particular map, while `OnEnter` is the one that fires when the map is l...
Abion47 Technical Support 4 4,412 10-25-2018, 02:57 AM
    Thread: Script doesn't work?
Post: RE: Script doesn't work?

Is that the entire contents of your map script file? If so, then that's why it isn't working. The structure of the script files have changed from Amnesia. Where Amnesia's script files were just a bunc...
Abion47 Technical Support 4 4,412 10-24-2018, 07:35 PM
    Thread: The Coin Flip: A Different Perspective
Post: RE: The Coin Flip: A Different Perspective

There are a couple of ways that the Ship of Perseus analogy breaks down in comparison to the Simon copy process. First is that our existence is continuous. Our cells are constantly dying and gettin...
Abion47 General Discussion 9 6,897 09-23-2018, 07:32 PM
    Thread: The Coin Flip: A Different Perspective
Post: RE: The Coin Flip: A Different Perspective

(09-22-2018, 12:23 PM)cantremember Wrote: The way it's portrayed in SOMA IMO isn't really possible, except if the game (at least up until the ending of Omicron) is played as a flashback of Powersuit...
Abion47 General Discussion 9 6,897 09-22-2018, 11:21 PM