[hironside]

Hello,

I would like to know before I install the latest updates, what are they exactly?
Because some pages indicated VP3.6.18 but on others I've seen VP3.7.0, so this is someone could tell me which is the latest update please?
Thank you in advance for your answers.    

[General Battuta]

The version numbers for the FSO executable and the MediaVPs are diifferent. The latest FSO executable is 3.6.18. The latest MediaVPs version is 3.6.12.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

The version numbers for the FSO executable and the MediaVPs are diifferent. The latest FSO executable is 3.6.18. The latest MediaVPs version is 3.6.12.

In addition, 3.7.0 is the next stable release of FSO, currently in beta.

[Jeff Vader]

The version numbers for the FSO executable and the MediaVPs are diifferent. The latest FSO executable is 3.6.18. The latest MediaVPs version is 3.6.12.

In addition, 3.7.0 is the next stable release of FSO, currently in beta.

One more thing. The latest FSPort version is 3.4. \o/

[hironside]

Thank you, or you can download the latest version 3.4 FSO? scp.

[Crybertrance]

Thank you, or you can download the latest version 3.4 FSO? scp.

No. FSPort (the 'port' of FS1 to the FS 2 engine, with vastly updated assets, music and tons of bugfixes) is at version 3.4. The MediaVPS (updated assets, sounds, bugfixes, etc, etc for FS2) is currently at version 3.6.12. And the '.exe' (which has new features, optimizations, etc) is currently at 3.6.18....

I know, I know... quite a lot of versions there

Gooby pls!

[mjn.mixael]

The biggest thing to understand is that HLP and the Source Code Project are not exactly making "upgraded FreeSpace 2".

The Source Code Project (the guys that make the .EXEs) are just trying to make the most awesome space-sim engine possible from the source of the original FS2 code.

The MediaVPs or FreeSpace Upgrade Project are the closest to making an "upgraded FreeSpace 2", but we, as a project, don't have anything to do with the .EXEs. We simply take advantage of features in the latest and greatest that the Source Code Project releases.

FSPort is, as previously stated, a project aiming to port FS1 to FS2 and the latest Source Code Project .EXE. It is also a separate project with it's own releases and versioning.

These 3 projects are each their own, albeit related. The MediaVPs and FSPort are more like their own mods that are somewhat standardized for the community to make use of. They just also happen to be the only projects focused on reliving the original Voltion-made campaigns, which is where I think most of the confusion comes from.

[Arpit]

Thank you, or you can download the latest version 3.4 FSO? scp.

Also FSPort is retail compatible. (not its mediavps set although)

[hironside]

Hi ,

Thank you to you for all these details, it is true that it is a bit complicated, or is it that I could download the latest FSport 3.4 please?
 

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Hi ,

Thank you to you for all these details, it is true that it is a bit complicated, or is it that I could download the latest FSport 3.4 please?
 

You can either:
- Download and play only FSPort 3.4, retail-style
- Or download FSPort 3.4, the FSPort MediaVPs, FSO 3.6.18 and the MediaVPs 3.6.12, for a much better-looking game.

Yes, it is a bit complicated

[Bobboau]

wow, the most recent media vp was nearly three years ago...

[Alan Bolte]

I hate to ask, but are there any concrete plans for a new release? Perhaps an 'asset freeze' or something to that effect?

[Black Wolf]

I think the problem there would be that nobody would want an asset freeze while Oddgrim is powering along making awesome Vasudan models at a mile a minute. Plus I think they have some internal, as-yet-unfinished models that they (The FSU people) are waiting on before finalizing a new version.

Still, the whole point of these multiply divided version numbers is to allow incremental upgrades, right? So a temporary "snapshot" VP showing everything currently finished might not be out of the question, and would be useful for threads like this - after all, if all you get is 3.6.12, you miss out on what I suspect would be at least a dozen upgraded models that have been released since then (possibly dozens with all the Shivan fighters and stuff).

[Arpit]

Couldn't find another topic so I would like to ask : I remember Dan Wentz had remixed some FS2 soundtracks. Will the next MediaVPs boast Dan Wentz music as an additional download?

[mjn.mixael]

The Dan Wentz tracks for FS2 have been in the MediaVPs for years. You are thinking about his recent FS1 tracks.

As for the FSU release.. Partially we have stuff to finish, partially we have stuff we want to finish, and partially we want to continue to ride HTLing motivation while it still is going strong inn multiple members.

So, of course we plan to make a release, just be patient. Asking when or making offhand remarks (bobboau) won't necessarily speed up the process. We'll release when it's ready(tm). Until then, we'd be glad to help you learn the basic modding skills required to customize your install with the individually released HTL models.

[Luis Dias]

Well, those remixes are not the original soundtracks, and would thus change the experience, so I am guessing with 99.9999% certainty that "No". However, Dan did retrieve a lot of better quality versions of his original music, and that is already included.

If you really want the "additional download", then I'd advise you to go straight to the source of them, the Daniel Wentz's Soundcloud page, where he posted them (IIRC all of them).

e: /ninja'd

[Arpit]

The Dan Wentz tracks for FS2 have been in the MediaVPs for years. You are thinking about his recent FS1 tracks.

No, I know about the improved versions in MV_Music.vp . I asked about the remixed ones. 

Well, those remixes are not the original soundtracks, and would thus change the experience, so I am guessing with 99.9999% certainty that "No".

That's why I just asked, not requested specifically. Anyways for me it would have been awesome, but again it's just me. 

If you really want the "additional download", then I'd advise you to go straight to the source of them, the Daniel Wentz's Soundcloud page, where he posted them (IIRC all of them).

I have already visited that site and thus I knew about the remixes. But I saw that there were FS2-Cinema, one briefing music, the Exodus soundtrack, mainhall music and victory music. So I just asked that whether you guys had the rest of the soundtracks. (Because I thought this on seeing the remixed arrival musics in FSPort which were not there on his Soundcloud page.) So perhaps I shouldn't have asked this question. Sorry.

*Arpit apologizes to the FSU team*

Anyways could you just give us a roadmap, so that we can know how much work you people still have to do for the next release of MediaVps ?

[General Battuta]

I hope we never get the remixed ones except as an optional VP.

[Arpit]

I hope we never get the remixed ones except as an optional VP.

Will the next MediaVPs boast Dan Wentz music as an additional download?

By additional download I meant an optional VP. 

[mjn.mixael]

I'm not ruling it out, but we currently have no plans to make an optional music pack.

As for a roadmap.. No. We don't work like that for one, and we aren't going to limit ourselves with such a plan. It will be released when it's ready as I previously stated. Besides, asking for a roadmap is a round about way of asking how much longer until release.