[nilloc93]

1st ok i downloaded FS2 and got it installed just fine but when i go to play it ses that i have -1154MB of ram how an i have negative ram?
2nd does FS2 open installer normoly take like 4 hours to install? cause i did this then i got rid of it when it did not work and i don't think i should have to wait another 4 hours to play this game
3rd i downloaded openall 1.1 fromt he openall website thing i got a nice little 556kb zip fine i unzipped it and clicked on the .exe file it gaem me a bunch of text and i clicked "ok" it sed installation complete INSTANTLY this seems odd since nothing happened
if you want me system specs i can give em but lets say this computer is but a meager 6 months old is it like WAY to new to play a game like this caue i can play a few older games on here i can run the descent #1 on here i think

[FUBAR-BDHR]

How much memory do you have?  Specs would probably help a lot. 

The installer takes so long because it has to download all the stuff again if you delete it. 

OpenAL does install very quickly.  If you run the launcher and don't get the OpenAL message then it's most likely installed correctly.

[nilloc93]

k windows vista home premium ODN"T SAY ITS THE PROB cause this is sort of a ripped vista with a lot of the annoying vista thigns replaced with xp tings so its sort of like windown vistaxp or somthing
enyways
total memory is 3 gigs
available right now is 1.55 gigs
avalable virtual memore is 5.96 gigs
456 gigs of hard disk space 258 gigs free
uhh graphics card is a NVIDIA geforce 6150SE nforce 430
Processor   AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+, 2600 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
thats the general sum of it if you need enyhting more spesific i can get it

[nilloc93]

oh yes and iwth the openal it install fast but there is no openal jsut the exe file still i loked around for it all is coauld fine what the installer exe file

[FUBAR-BDHR]

I'm not going to say the OS is the problem but it could be.  64 bit version(s)? Never heard of a config like that but it is possible that it's not reading more than 2 gigs of ram so it's showing the remainder as a negative.  That's just a guess and it would be better to wait for someone with more knowledge of FS2_Open and Vista. 

While you're waiting you might also want to check out the known Nvidia problem thread in the support forum. 

[Fenrir]

Don`t worry about the OpenAL thing. It`s just a .DLL file that you needed to play FS2. It`ll do what it`s supposed to without you having to ever see it again.

[nilloc93]

ok and i am average computer literate i cannont understand a word of taht support forum thing

so is it even possible for me to play withought the open thign cause i can't install it correctly if i have no idea what i am supposed to do cause apparently my last attempt was wrong

[nilloc93]

k wait i am sort of slugging thru this walkthru thing i will post agian if open still does not work after i do all this

[nilloc93]

i am stuck where am i supposed to get an fso launcher am i supposed to have FSO installed before i start this walktru i am RILLY confused

and what the HELL is fred?

k thats i i started all over again i am am goign to reinstall FS2 then await instructions on what to do

ok here is all i have installed right now
freespace2: stock not open
and openAL
i still get hte RAM thing so i am wondering do i HAVE to intal open in order to be abel to play

[Jeff Vader]

Getting FSO might help. If you don't want to download a lot of stuff, you can get Turey's FSO Installer and point it at your current FS2 installation. That way it won't redownload the retail files. The only things you need to play FSo are the FSO executables and the Launcher. Downloading those takes little time. Anything else, like the MediaVPs, is extra content that you can download if you want.

[colecampbell666]

k windows vista home premium ODN"T SAY ITS THE PROB cause this is sort of a ripped vista with a lot of the annoying vista thigns replaced with xp tings so its sort of like windown vistaxp or somthing

Is it Windows XP Ultimate? Cause if so, get rid of it, THROW IT OUT!

And take time to spell right, bud.

[Wobble73]

k windows vista home premium ODN"T SAY ITS THE PROB cause this is sort of a ripped vista with a lot of the annoying vista thigns replaced with xp tings so its sort of like windown vistaxp or somthing

Is it Windows XP Ultimate? Cause if so, get rid of it, THROW IT OUT!

And take time to spell right, bud.

Anybody heard of Windows XP Black Edition?

A friend of mine has it and it comes with Windows Blinds that make it look like Vista, (includes the clock and everything). Looks neat!

[colecampbell666]

Same as XP Ultimate.

[nilloc93]

it is not xp its a vista with a bit of windows XP home edition trown in

[colecampbell666]

OK. Could you please take more than 3 seconds and spell right.

So just let the installer run, it will be more than 4 hours, and OpenAL installed fine.

[nilloc93]

I ALLREADY DID THAT AND IT DID NOT WORK THATS WHY I AM POSTING HERE

[colecampbell666]

WELL WHY DIDN'T IT WORK??!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?

Go into your FreeSpace 2 folder and run launcher.exe.

[nilloc93]

i don't know why it did not work if i did i would have fixed the problem and the launcher for what?

[colecampbell666]

Runt he file launcher.exe that you will find in C;\Games\FreeSpace2. This is the FreeSpace Open launcher.

[nilloc93]

k i'll try this again
will take a long time tho casue as sed in my erlier post i got rid of FSO so i need to reinstall