Is it a common problem, or custom ships generally don't work

[gefer8]

I had to download a few custom sprites, sure. But now the hard part is to get around these "in the face" errors, such as...

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ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object __newobject1016:

Error in code at line 42:
   nTur2(55,-11,PulseBeam,0,15,1,4)

at position 15: Unknown variable PulseBeam

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ERROR in
action number 1
of End Step Event
for object ShipSection:

Error in code at line 275:
       image_angle = l_owner.image_angle + l_angle + rs_rotang

at position 20: Unknown variable l_owner

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ERROR in
action number 1
of End Step Event
for object ShipSection:

Error in code at line 275:
       image_angle = l_owner.image_angle + l_angle + rs_rotang

at position 20: Unknown variable l_owner

I was using "Frank Exchange of Views" as the ship. Many other ships produce this annoying error. The only working custom ship was the MiniBee. I also see a loss of activity in the forums.

[Anna]

Those ships require the latest official release AND the unofficial release of BSF, MIRV version or better.

Download this, extract it into your BSF directory and use these .exes, and it should work if you have the custom sprites where they're meant to be: http://www.mediafire.com/?dzoz72j2ap4qj17

[gefer8]

What's the difference between "bsf_meta2_thrusterDX" and "sm-metacustom-thrusterDX"?

But anyways, I tried "bsf_meta2_thrusterDX"" and it all worked. Thank you very much.

[calvin1211]

IIRC bsf_meta2_thrusterDX is BSF itself (i.e. the game) while sm-metacustom-thrusterDX is the shipmaker for that build.

[gefer8]

Thank you for the clarification. The icons on them told me what they are shortly after my last post.