[chief1983]

It was just made from their website, rescaled to 255 wide, then padded top and bottom with black to make it 255x112.

[Jeff Vader]

Ya I know.

[Titan]

It's just like any other mod, make a new folder for it in your FS directory, and extract all the VP files to that folder.  Then select that folder as a mod in the launcher and you're done.

thanks. the fact that there was several files confused me.

[Titan]

ok, i downloaded all the files, and got this:

Error: Can't open model file <TerranDrone.pof>
File:J:\src\cvs\fs2_open_3_6_9.final\code\Model\ModelRead.cpp
Line: 1902
[This filename points to the location of a file on the computer that built this executable]

Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------


i understand that means the file is corrupted, in a bad directory,  or missing. what do i do?

EDIT: ok, this time i skipped tech room, and went right to the ready room, got this:

Error: Can't open model file <exos-main.pof>
File:J:\src\cvs\fs2_open_3_6_9.final\code\Model\ModelRead.cpp
Line: 1902
[This filename points to the location of a file on the computer that built this executable]

Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

[Jeff Vader]

1. Try downloading from a different mirror.
2. Make sure... actually, I suppose you put the files into their own mod folder, presumably named tvwp.
3. If you downloaded the normal maps vp, make sure you use one of the 3.6.10 builds or remove the normal map vp.

[Titan]

nvm, coulda swore i got the models, didn't trying again.

EDIT: i didn't get the normal maps, didn't know what HEAD was

[Titan]

ok, just so i understand: this is pre-TV war, which translates into the demo is in the unification wars?

EDIT: and is there any way to turn on your sensors? its hard enough to see were your bullets are going, let alone trying to find out were you want them to go to.



btw, excellent work guys.

[Jeff Vader]

Chapter 1: The Unification War

The year is 2313. Thanks to the development of intrasystem subspace jump drives and communications relays, Terrans have extended their reach throughout the solar system as never before. But with new opportunities come new risks, and no one can predict exactly what may happen on a given day. Fly as a new recruit to the Lunar Defense Force and defend the Lunar Republic from the growing threat of open war. Pirates, renegade factions, and natural phenomena will test your skills. But be prepared for a historic event that will change the fate of the human race forever...

Yes. Unification War.

And what are these 'sensors' you talk about? Whatever it is, we don't have 'em here at the Lunar Republic.
Not yet, anyways.

[chief1983]

EDIT: and is there any way to turn on your sensors? its hard enough to see were your bullets are going, let alone trying to find out were you want them to go to.

I think you misworded that statement.  It's no more difficult to see where your bullets are going now than in stock FS.  It might be more difficult to tell where your _target_ is going.  Bullets pretty much go straight, just like they always have.  I feel sorry for anyone who overly relied on the targeting reticle for aiming anyway, other than to have an idea of what direction the target is actually moving.  The lead distance is almost never close enough to rely on, especially when firing weapons with mixed velocities.  This mod is a great way to improve your aim.

[Woolie Wool]

ok, just so i understand: this is pre-TV war, which translates into the demo is in the unification wars?

EDIT: and is there any way to turn on your sensors? its hard enough to see were your bullets are going, let alone trying to find out were you want them to go to.



btw, excellent work guys.

Targeting is disabled by primitive sensors. Rely on the radar and your eyes or hack the misisons.

I never got the hang of primitive sensors, maybe you'll have better luck.

[chief1983]

I'm wondering if poor monitor contrast might be to blame.  I have a crystal clear 19" LCD and have no trouble usual visual targeting.  Is it really that difficult to actually see the ships, once you're aiming in the right direction via radar?  Or is it something else about the lack of targeting that you have difficulty with?

[Woolie Wool]

I'm wondering if poor monitor contrast might be to blame.  I have a crystal clear 19" LCD and have no trouble usual visual targeting.  Is it really that difficult to actually see the ships, once you're aiming in the right direction via radar?  Or is it something else about the lack of targeting that you have difficulty with?

I have a 24" widescreen that's very bright. I'd doubt it is the widescreen modes, as my accuracy is fine with targeting, and only the 2D HUD elements get misaligned, and only at the edges. My accuracy goes from around 2% with primitive sensors to 20% with full sensors.

[Titan]

i have an old flatscreen thats 1024 x 768, and about 16' wide by 12' tall. and im saying the bullets are these little particles that're hard to see once they're a lil distance from your ship. and i did fine with the primitive sensors. the targetting just helps me assess what ships are there.

EDIT: dang, those mustang betas are the sexiest bombers i've ever seen. 

[Akalabeth Angel]

   Holy **** a demo? Man, I need to get a job and get a real graphics card . . .not for new games but to play all these FSOpen campaigns I' missing out on.

[Akalabeth Angel]

     Well, I'll play it as long as there aren't any exploding ships and bombs . .. haha, how the hell do you do this glide thing? I know that the ship kinda, keeps moving after you centre the stick, but the damn enemy pilots are like flipping tail over the end so when I try to catch them they're coming at me guns a blazing. I'm getting shot out of the air, the freighters and my wingman are killing more of them than I am. What the hell's up with that? haha.


EDIT:
     Here's an error of sorts, on the mission where you have to guard the depot, then the moskalenko draws you and A1 off, the message from the schirra has the word "PIRMARY" instead of Primary. Not sure the exact context, it's when A1 first breaks formation to head off. ("primary objectives changed or something like that").

[Snail]

Whoah I just noticed why I'm not getting the same "ship shooting itself" problem as everyone else! I had a rogue -wep.tbm somewhere in my FS2 folder that had a weapon with the same name as the Firestorm missile but with different stats... Wow...

[Jeff Vader]

Here's an error of sorts, on the mission where you have to guard the depot, then the moskalenko draws you and A1 off, the message from the schirra has the word "PIRMARY" instead of Primary. Not sure the exact context, it's when A1 first breaks formation to head off. ("primary objectives changed or something like that").

'Error' is a rather harsh word for an issue like this. Try 'typo' instead.

[Akalabeth Angel]

Here's an error of sorts, on the mission where you have to guard the depot, then the moskalenko draws you and A1 off, the message from the schirra has the word "PIRMARY" instead of Primary. Not sure the exact context, it's when A1 first breaks formation to head off. ("primary objectives changed or something like that").

'Error' is a rather harsh word for an issue like this. Try 'typo' instead.

    Nah, spelling error. When someone's brain told his fingers to type the word they hit the keys in the wrong order.

[chief1983]

When someone's brain told his fingers to type the word they hit the keys in the wrong order.

That's the very definition of a typo, not a spelling error.

[Akalabeth Angel]

When someone's brain told his fingers to type the word they hit the keys in the wrong order.

That's the very definition of a typo, not a spelling error.

   typo(definition): typographical ERROR

   It's an error, it's misspelled, whether it's wrong because his fingers didn't do their job or because he's an idiot I don't care. Either way, it's an ERROR. What's wrong with you people? Last bug/error report I make. Offer some help and people got nothing better to do than to argue semantics.