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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Well, most recent is Sol:  A History.  I haven't kept too much track, but there were 2 or 3 others that I simply screwed up by not having a mediavps folder (I had 3612 properly named, but had named version 3610 in the same manner 12 was... which doesn't work so well when mods that use 10 do not actually refer to a "mediavps_3610" folder).  I was still figuring things out and wasn't yet aware that the naming scheme was only just introduced with 3612. 

S:aH is iffy for me mostly because INFR1 seems to be practically impossible for me to install properly for some reason.  INF:A works alright, but it seems to be difficult to find much information on the release, what with all the reworking that is apparently going on right now. 




Edit:  I managed to get INFR1 to work.  Disappointed with where it ended, etc, yada.   More importantly, Sol:  A History STILL doesn't work.  And now EVERY other mod now alt-tabs and brings up the debugger about 5 times when I try to start it. 

Edit again:  Bah, just remembered something from one of INFR1's text files said something about moving the campaign file into the INFR1 folder instead of leaving it in the base.  That seems to have worked for fixing the errors all the other mods started giving.  I'll try out S:AH again after I finish up the mod I am currently playing, but odds are it works now too.  Sorry to bug you. 




In the mean time, one question.  I tried installing The Babylon Project's mod a couple days ago, but the exe installation file seemed to make windows explorer hang, forcing me to enter task manager and close down stuff until the system resumes functional normality.  There appears to be nowhere to download the mod in an unpackaged form (i.e. the zip and rar files most mods come in).  And since a whole bunch of mods from that universe appear to all require TBP, I am kinda stuck as such.  Is there any way I can install TBP without an exe file? 




« Last Edit: April 28, 2011, 06:15:08 pm by Ryu Gemini »

 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Edit again:  Bah, just remembered something from one of INFR1's text files said something about moving the campaign file into the INFR1 folder instead of leaving it in the base.  That seems to have worked for fixing the errors all the other mods started giving. 
Yes. The game engine will attempt to use and and all .vp files that are either in \freespace2\ or an active mod folder. That applies to INF .vp files that are in \freespace2\ . And since they contain all sorts of conflicting stuff, things will break if you have them in \freespace2\ . Just remember: put each and every mod into its own subfolder. (Though in this case it wasn't as much your fault, since that stupid Inferno installer puts those files in \freespace2\ .)

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In the mean time, one question.  I tried installing The Babylon Project's mod a couple days ago, but the exe installation file seemed to make windows explorer hang, forcing me to enter task manager and close down stuff until the system resumes functional normality.  There appears to be nowhere to download the mod in an unpackaged form (i.e. the zip and rar files most mods come in).  And since a whole bunch of mods from that universe appear to all require TBP, I am kinda stuck as such.  Is there any way I can install TBP without an exe file? 
http://www.freespacemods.net/download.php?view.220

And remeber, that TBP is not a regular mod, but a standalone game. If you have FS2 in, say, C:\games\freespace2\ , "install" TBP to C:\games\tbp\ or something like that. Completely outside your FS2 installation.
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23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

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Offline General Battuta

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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Hello people, how are you doing right there? It looks like HLPBB sounds great and good to hang in.

What is your opinion of FreeSpace 2 Mr. Possibly Bot

 

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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
No, you did fine. You are verified not a bot! Welcome aboard.

:welcome:

 
Re: Semi-official new people thread!
The TBP link you provided there appears to be for macs and linux.  I should clarify.  I have a windows computer, but despite that the windows TBP installation exe doesn't work.  As in, my system hangs about 2 or 3 seconds after trying to open the file. 



Edit:  Sol: A History is still not working.  INFR1 and the media things are set to proper folders and all, but S:AH seems to call on a bunch of .wav and .ogg files that do not exist when I try to start running the mod. 
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« Last Edit: May 01, 2011, 03:29:49 pm by Ryu Gemini »

 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
The TBP link you provided there appears to be for macs and linux.  I should clarify.  I have a windows computer
I will also attempt to clarify. The exact same TBP will run on Windows, Linux and MacOS. The only difference comes from the fact that the FSO build you run TBP with must match your operating system. If you follow the link I gave, you can download TBP in a non-exe installer format. All you need to do after download is
- extract the  **** to C:\games\tbp\ or somesuch
- grab a good FSO build, such as 3.6.12
- install Zathras.

There is also a dedicated board here for TBP. Perhaps you should visit it.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []

 

Offline Androgeos Exeunt

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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Hello people, how are you doing right there? It looks like HLPBB sounds great and good to hang in.

Well, there's the ooh and ahhs, and then there's the screaming and running.
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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
In the mean time, one question.  I tried installing The Babylon Project's mod a couple days ago, but the exe installation file seemed to make windows explorer hang, forcing me to enter task manager and close down stuff until the system resumes functional normality.  There appears to be nowhere to download the mod in an unpackaged form (i.e. the zip and rar files most mods come in).  And since a whole bunch of mods from that universe appear to all require TBP, I am kinda stuck as such.  Is there any way I can install TBP without an exe file?

I'd bet money it's not actually causing your PC to hang at all. For reasons best known to them the TBP team at the time decided to go with a single massive VP file rather than several smaller ones. The result was that your PC is probably just slowing down while it tries to figure out what to do with such a massive file. Just start the installation process and go away for 10-20 mins or so.
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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Ohhaidere.  I've been playing Freespace 2 ever since I brought it lat October /me checks GOG.com for exact date.  After playing through the main campaign for about a dozen times, I more recently tried out 'some' of the mods.  I finally registered.

And I just completed an escort mission with a ship a 1% hull.  No kidding.  When a ship's captain reports hull integerty below critical, you know it's in trouble. As soon as I realized what was happening, I took screenshots as proof.  However, both imageshack and MS paint apparently do not like .tga files, so uploading them is a whole another matter   :banghead:


Edit:  Got it, thanks Jr2!  I uploaded the screenshots I took during the mission here: http://img651.imageshack.us/g/screen0027pl.png/

The mission in question was 'Exodus', main Freespace 2 Campaign.  Lambda 1 was at 2% hull for a good chunk of the battle.  I was thinking 'If I so much as sneeze on it, it will explode, but the battle is pretty much over'.  And then a lone Nahema bomber jumps in and takes it down to 1% before getting duel-trebucheted.
« Last Edit: May 06, 2011, 12:31:45 am by Alex Heartnet »

 

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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
I'm kinda busy with real life and my mod's issues... In this all mess I just forgot to say hello. Hi everybody! :D
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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Um... hi?
something

 
Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Hi!  :D
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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
I'll have to give TBP another go sometime.

 

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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Hello there!
New one here  :)

 

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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Hello there!
New one here  :)

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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Bought the game two days ago from GOG, and it's amazing! The source project made it much better, I love good graphics :)
Is there a mod where I can play a warship?

 

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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Blue Planet: WiH comes with a custom campaign called The blade itself, where you fly a cap ship in a single mission.
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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Bought the game two days ago from GOG, and it's amazing! The source project made it much better, I love good graphics :)
Is there a mod where I can play a warship?

Like Rodo said, Blue Planet 2.

 

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Re: Semi-official new people thread!
Cool, Thanks. I'll check it out.