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Offline karajorma

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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
To be honest we need good programmers more than we need good artists at the moment. Only a few of the team are actually actively fixing bugs and committing code at the moment.
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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
What is volition doing now?  I want to work for them or make FS3

Wow I dont even have the texture files because im on dial up :( but I got the music and advanced effects. 
I want to make a game like this !!

I'll get the textures tomorrow on the wireless network at school but Im in awe about what you guys have done so far.
I can't believe I never found this game before.  I played Privateer and WC prophecy and Xwing and Tie Fighter.  Ive been around for awhile with the whole space sim thing.  This is what I love.  Homeworld etc Ive played alot of space based games but this is it!  I need to learn more about the game engine and c++ in general and Im not good at artistic things like textures and such but I can see an FS3 in the future and I want to be part of it!

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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
:LOL:, I feel like its 2002 again, the amount of **3 questions flying around right now.
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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
From what I've seen ATI has perfectly good OGL drivers. You probably has a ****ty ATI card

If you don't believe me you can ask Taylor what he had to do to make env mapping work properly on ATI cards.  :nod:

However, as I said before, general usage should be fine. It's just riddled with tons of little bugs here and there.

 
Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
Ugh i got wincvs and im trying to check out the code but it keeps exiting with a 1 error code.

[email protected]: /home/fs2root/cvsroot

is this the correct thing to put or did I leave out a space or not put one in or something?

I'm going directly of the cvs 1.2 page on how to get a copy of the code. 


 
Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
What is an inferno build?  Do I need to get that in order to have the screenshots seen here??

http://fs2source.warpcore.org/wmcscreenies/inferno/index.php

I got the latest cvs and 3.6.8 media

Where are those cool nebula backgrounds coming from and there must be more textures that make the ships look metallic and more solid vs whats in the 3.6.8 media.

 

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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
Inferno is a mod that is fairly popular, those screenshots are from Inferno.

The Inferno builds are special builds that used to be required by Inferno, because it removed several limits from the engine, now I think it is no longer required, but it's useful to keep a build with higher limits.

 
Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
For the CVS:
It's /home/fs2source/cvsroot
That should worg...

  

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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
    Don't use WinCVS if you can help it. It's a horrible program. Tortoise CVS is a lot nicer.

    Here's how you set things up

    • Go to the Tortoise CVS homepage and download the latest version
    • Install it. You'll have to restart your PC afterwards
    • Make a new folder on your HD where you'd like to install the code. You'll need a fair bit of space for the code + the intermediate files when building it. Press right mouse and choose CVS Checkout from the list.
    • An new window will open up. Cut and paste this into the CVSROOT: textbox :pserver:[email protected]:/home/fs2source/cvsroot
    • In the module option at the bottom type fs2_open (exactly as shown. Do not use capitals) Your screen should now look like this
    • If you want to checkout the current stable branch rather than the development branch (Since you don't have write access you probably should go with the stable build so that that more of the bugs you encounter are your own fault) you should click on the revision tab
    • Click on the "Choose Branch or Tag" option. Press the Update List button. TortoiseCVS will then connect to the server and get a list of revisions
    • If you set up things correctly on the Module tab, you will be prompted for a password. The password for anoymous access is anonymous.
    • In the "Branch or Tag Name" dropdown you can now see a list of branches that CVS contains. fs2_open_3_6_9 is the one you want
    • Your screen should now look like this
    • Press OK to begin downloading from the repository. If not previously asked for a password you will be asked now. The password for anonymous access is anonymous.



    It's pretty easy. Shouldn't take you more than a minute or two to do once you've installed Tortoise.
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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
Excellent!  Wikify that post! :D

 
Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
Thanks again guys for the help.    ;)

Now how do I get the inferno build all set up and running??

I found an ftp site that said latest exes and dled an infernobuild there but it still looks the same.

Can you give me details on what files specifically I need.

Im currently running 3.6.8 mediavps and opengl 3.6.9 fs2open.

The inferno build I got was 20060630-P4Inferno.rar

There must be more to it then just that.




 

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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
Excellent!  Wikify that post! :D
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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
Did you grab the R1 stuff from http://inferno.hard-light.net/R1.htm ? Don't forget the SCP Patch.

The inferno build is only going to make things look like those screen shots when you're actually playing inferno.....otherwise (in the case of Playing FSPort or any other mod) it's still going to look like a regular scp exe.....the data is in the mod.

If you DID grab all the R1 stuff (and the patch) and you're still having problems, then what are the command lines being used in the launcher?
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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
Wow thats exactly the link I needed.  I didn't know how to get that mod before now.  Thanks alot i'll have to download it all and let you know if I come across any problems.

BTW the regular FS2 with 3.6.9 and the vps looks awesome!!

The lighting advances are really noticeable too very nicely done and great eye candy!

 

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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
Hmmm. I think there has been a misunderstanding here. You don't need Inferno builds unless you're a developer on the Inferno team. The current release runs perfectly well with standard SCP builds AFAIK.

Excellent!  Wikify that post! :D

I intend to. I tend to write posts like that with an eye for transferance to my FAQ or the wiki now :)

EDIT : Only problem is that I just tried to FTP in to upload the pics and my password wasn't accepted.
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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
Excellent!  Wikify that post! :D

I've just reached this thread... (sorry as it is pretty old).

PLEASE Kara, add it to Wiki  :yes:
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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
You know the great thing about a wiki?

Instead of bumping a 5 month old thread to ask someone else to add information thats listed, you could to that yourself!
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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
You know the great thing about a wiki?

Instead of bumping a 5 month old thread to ask someone else to add information thats listed, you could to that yourself!

Yes, but I don't know how to upload pictures  :confused:

(I've updated by myself some other threads, so please, don't suppose I'm SO LAZY. Although, maybe, I should have asked in Wiki zone how to do it ...)
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  • Please, please, please, READ and UNDERSTAND the sticky threads in FreeSpace & FreeSpace Open Support board.
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  • Then, if you aren't still able to solve your issue, feel free to ask for help in that same board.
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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
File upload in FSwiki still broken or rather prevented.

But next time... If you have the HLP theme, look at the selection bar on the left. Just under the 'search' field you can see toolbox area. Now if you are registered just press 'Upload file' and you are taken to upload page..
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Re: Please help a noob!! Why does my game not look as good as screenshots?
What is an inferno build?  Do I need to get that in order to have the screenshots seen here??

http://fs2source.warpcore.org/wmcscreenies/inferno/index.php

I got the latest cvs and 3.6.8 media

Where are those cool nebula backgrounds coming from and there must be more textures that make the ships look metallic and more solid vs whats in the 3.6.8 media.
I just realized that those nebulas are the ones I made a couple of years back.  Still nice to see them circulating around :D
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