Author Topic: hip63's FS2 Open Easy Offline Installers (FS2O 3.6.12 + FSPort and ST:R) (Read 7515 times)

hip63 · **on:** December 10, 2011, 07:37:00 pm

hip63's FS2 Open Easy Offline Installers for Windows

Did someone say installers?
(Hey now, let's not kill a kitten OK?)

Easy Installers for:
FreeSpace 2 Open 3.6.12 (complete)
FreeSpace Port v3.3 (complete)
FreeSpace Silent Threat: Reborn v1.2
FreeSpace 2 Barebones Only
FreeSpace 2 + FSPort +STR Barebones Only

FS2 Open v3.6.12 Offline Installer:

FS2 Open v3.6.12 Offline Installer Download Link: (811mb)
http://www.mediafire.com/?aydv28vkcngc8qx

FS2 Open v3.6.12 Offline Patch Download Link: (495kb)
(Corrects very small auto configuration issue, not required IF you plan to upgrade to 3.6.14 RC1 below)
http://www.mediafire.com/?a0m9t66gl16u7lc

FSPort v3.3 Offline Installer: (1.5gb)

(Requires FS2O 3.6.12 or higher)

FSPort v3.3 Offline Installer Download Links:
Part 1 (503mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?89u5p7j6praa32k
Part 2 (503mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?m96g9r299c6n69v
Part 3 (501mb): http://www.mediafire.com/?4te7odkm77uw1gw

To Install: Download all three parts to the same folder and run the FSPort_33_Setup.exe to install.

FSPort: Silent Threat: Reborn Offline Installer: (250mb)

(Requires FSPort 3.3 or higher)

FSPort: ST:R v1.2 Offline Installer Download Link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?13b38ikktihye0e

BAREBONES ONLY INSTALLERS:

PLEASE NOTE:
The installers below are for low bandwidth users and install only the bare minimum files required to play FS2O, FSPort and Silent Threat: Reborn.
The MediaVps and other addons are NOT included.

FreeSpace 2 v3.6.12 Barebones Only Offline Installer Download Link: (17mb)
http://www.mediafire.com/?55hxszbbrvdm5vc

FreeSpace 2 + FSPort v3.3 +ST:R v1.2 Barebones Only Offline Installer Download Link: (257mb each)
(includes the FreeSpace 2 v3.6.12 Barebones Files)
Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?6q3pga8d8qpwwbc
Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?nxg618scen6buix
Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/?z2s88sbdom49zwk

To Install: Download all three parts to the same folder and run the FS2Open_3612BBplus_Setup.exe to install.

OPTIONAL DOWNLOAD:

FS2 Open v3.6.14 RC1 Offline Installer:
(Requires FS2O 3.6.12)

DISCLAIMER:
This package is NOT REQUIRED and should only be downloaded by those who wish to help test and provide feedback for the 3.6.14 release candidate.
This package should be considered the same as a BETA release.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

For more information about 3.6.14 RC1 and to post feedback, please see this thread:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=78898.0

FS2 Open v3.6.14 RC1 Offline Installer Download Link: (39mb)
http://www.mediafire.com/?mll6a02hcpwnhc2

Just trying to make life easier

hip63

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hip63 · **Reply #1 on:** December 10, 2011, 07:43:40 pm

couple more pics for the post above

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hip63 · **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2011, 10:11:44 am

EDIT2: Now really they are all up.

hip63

jr2 · **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2011, 03:16:36 pm

Nice!

Announcement + sticky, anyone?

MatthTheGeek · **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2011, 06:36:19 am

Probably not until it's been thoroughly tested and approved. We don't need another broken installer followed by a wave of "y it no work fix nao" posts.

jg18 · **Reply #5 on:** December 13, 2011, 01:48:57 am

What Matth said. An offline installer is more promising than an online one when it comes to reliability, though, since an offline installer doesn't have to download anything. The downside, of course, is that using an offline one requires downloading everything. Trade-offs, as always.

hip63 · **Reply #6 on:** December 13, 2011, 04:47:53 am

Guys I understand the concerns but just to let youy know I have done this before:

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=56246.0

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=45514.msg927255#msg927255

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=64634.0

I have personally tested it (playing thru the originally campaigns now), but of course I understand that you will want to test it yourself.

BTW - I could make another installer with just the Banebones stuff so people with slow connections could download just what they need.

hip63

jg18 · **Reply #7 on:** December 13, 2011, 07:04:17 am

Yeah, I can tell from your personal text and other posts of yours that you're no stranger to making offline installers, including FSO ones. Still, a "trust but verify" approach never hurt anyone, right?

Especially since people would be awfully

if they downloaded several hundred MB, only to find that it didn't work.

Quote from: hip63 on December 13, 2011, 04:47:53 am

BTW - I could make another installer with just the Banebones stuff so people with slow connections could download just what they need.

I like this idea. Just to clarify, would "bare bones" mean FSO without MediaVPs, FSPort without MediaVPs or high-res command briefing anis, and ST:R without voice acting?

hip63 · **Reply #8 on:** December 13, 2011, 07:10:46 am

Yep

hip63

hip63 · **Reply #9 on:** December 13, 2011, 06:49:15 pm

Alrighty! I've added some barebones only versions for our lowbandwidth brethern

hip63

QuantumDelta · **Reply #10 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:03:38 pm

Please, please don't put release candidate clients in your offline installers, it's bad enough that noobs get hold of RC builds and think they're proper builds, let alone that you feed them to them.
Pretty please. <puppy eyes>

hip63 · **Reply #11 on:** December 19, 2011, 04:34:39 am

it's it a completely seperate installer labeled RC1, I don't see the problem.

However I can add a disclaimer if needed.

Not to mention, they've been up a week with no issue reported at all...

Also there announcment for RC1 on the freakin' front page, so what's this comment about "feeding them"?

(I'm very evil, so puppies mean nothing to me)

hip63

hip63 · **Reply #12 on:** December 19, 2011, 04:41:14 am

OK, moved RC1 to the very bottom and added a Disclaimer:

DISCLAIMER:
This package is NOT REQUIRED and should only be downloaded by those who wish to help test and provide feedback for the 3.6.14 release candidate.
This package should be considered the same as a BETA release.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

For more information about 3.6.14 RC1 and to post feedback, please see this thread:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=78898.0

hip63

QuantumDelta · **Reply #13 on:** December 19, 2011, 05:29:55 am

The problem is not so much that the builds are unstable or such, it's that noobs only tend to look so far as the numbers and go "Ohh, 3.6.14, that's what I'm using!", especially, this causes problems when mods use things that are not in the RC but in the final, or when people are trying to play multi together, and, unless the troubleshooter is looking for it specifically, it may be missed, leading to repeated long term problems with tech support because people who don't really know what they're doing have gotten their hands on experimental builds and expected them to be 'release' builds.
It happens far more than you'd imagine.

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