[tinfoil]

Okay so i installed fso on my computer and it proceeded to not work - fine then i stripped it down to freespace retail and voila it works but ther is no breifing/ debrifing voices and worse yet no in game radio chatter. this is really screwing me over so if someone could help please do. thanks

[Herra Tohtori]

Post the file names of all the *.VP files in your root FreeSpace2 directory. Or a screenshot. My suspicion is that you are missing stu_fs2.VP (either have accidentally deleted it or misplaced it somewhere else, or something)... also, have you checked from the F2 in-game settings menu that there is some volume in Voice?

[tinfoil]

Thanks Herra, i guess the volume would have been an intelligent thing to check BEFORE posting. unfortunately i can't do either recommended thing until my gaming computer works again on friday. but thanks for the help.

[General Battuta]

Also, we can probably help you get FSOpen running fine.

[Stormkeeper]

And reccomend mods, plus the order in which you should play. :X

[Jeff Vader]

Also, under the Speech tab in the Launcher, make sure that all the options are unticked. Nobody likes Microsoft Sam.

[karajorma]

If music is also missing I'd look at OpenAL as the cause of this. Otherwise missing/corrupt stu_fs2.vp is the likely cause.

[Wobble73]

Or something other than General Software has been selected under the Audio tab on the launcher, but then he's talking about retail, not FSO! 

[Stormkeeper]

You can't run FS2 without installing Open AL. But you could try re-installing it if the vps are all jake.

[Jeff Vader]

You can't run FS2 without installing Open AL.

Actually, you can. You can't run FSO without OpenAL.

[karajorma]

Or something other than General Software has been selected under the Audio tab on the launcher, but then he's talking about retail, not FSO! 

Actually, you can. You can't run FSO without OpenAL.

Actually you're both incorrect to a degree.

First tinfoil said that he stripped down an FSO install to retail and still had the problem. Now unless we are certain he's actually running the FS2.exe we can't be certain he didn't mean he selected No Mods and deleted the media VPs folder. He probably did it the correct way but it's always best not to assume. I've seen far too many newbies get it wrong to go down that path.

As for installing OpenAL, if you have a dodgy version it is possible to run the game and have it fail to do certain things. Again, best to never assume that just cause FSO runs that OpenAL is installed correctly. Not unless you've seen the debug log and it quite clearly states it found OpenAL 1.1.

You are correct about retail of course. It never needed OpenAL.

[Wobble73]

Actually you're both incorrect to a degree.

Does that mean we are also right to a certain degree? 

[karajorma]

Of course. You're probably correct. I just didn't want it ignored that you might not be.

[tinfoil]

When I used the fso installer it said the sound files were not includedand i could get them somewhere. As usual i forgot where the somewhere was. i think this may be the problem. then again it could just be me. or my POS computer.

[Jeff Vader]

When I used the fso installer it said the sound files were not includedand i could get them somewhere.

Does it do that? It probably said that you must install OpenAL. If you've managed to start FSO up without any "Cannot find openal32.dll" error reports, you must have OpenAL installed. But I guess there is a chance that it is an old version. In that case, uninstall it, then reinstall using the installer available in my signature. If that fails, follow these instructions and again uninstall/reinstall OpenAL.

[tinfoil]

Or something other than General Software has been selected under the Audio tab on the launcher, but then he's talking about retail, not FSO! 

Actually, you can. You can't run FSO without OpenAL.

Actually you're both incorrect to a degree.

First tinfoil said that he stripped down an FSO install to retail and still had the problem. Now unless we are certain he's actually running the FS2.exe we can't be certain he didn't mean he selected No Mods and deleted the media VPs folder. He probably did it the correct way but it's always best not to assume. I've seen far too many newbies get it wrong to go down that path.

As for installing OpenAL, if you have a dodgy version it is possible to run the game and have it fail to do certain things. Again, best to never assume that just cause FSO runs that OpenAL is installed correctly. Not unless you've seen the debug log and it quite clearly states it found OpenAL 1.1.

You are correct about retail of course. It never needed OpenAL.

Actually i didn't technically strip it down i just reinstalled it but only checked retail core in the install thingy. i also got a new launcher because the included one crapped out on me. would this mean i need to get openAL?

[colecampbell666]

Make sure you have Launcher 5.5d (in my sig).

OpenAL is also there.

[tinfoil]

Screw It I've gotten fso and put it at gunpoint, forcing it to work
i have now officially given up on freespace 2 retail - mods kick ass
By the way got music working with launcher 5.5 but no voice so as i said SCREW IT

[karajorma]

Actually, my bet is now that you have a corrupt stu_fs2.vp

If you run the debug 3.6.10 build FSO installs and then post the fs2_open.log you'll then find in your data folder I can confirm that in seconds and show you how to fix it.

[IPAndrews]

You must make update!