[karajorma]

Originally posted by Zarax
They are ON by default IIRC, on the launcer the flags are -nospec and -no glow, so it should be that way...

The boxes are called -glow and -spec in launcher v4 so I think the names need changing to -NoGlow and -NoSpec then.

[.::Tin Can::.]

So then, how do I do that stuff exactly... remember, I need to be stepped through because im a n00b.

[karajorma]

Go to the flags tab in the launcher and turn off -spec and -glow

[.::Tin Can::.]

Alright. New problem with this launcher. When I try to run it, it says "Failed to get int mode" and it has "Direct 3D" on the top. I dont know whats wrong with it so, I was hoping someone here could help.

[Setekh]

Welcome to HLP, Tin Can, and kudos for having the guts to come out and ask all your questions. Are you a System Shock fan?

[karajorma]

Originally posted by .::Tin Can::.
Alright. New problem with this launcher. When I try to run it, it says "Failed to get int mode" and it has "Direct 3D" on the top. I dont know whats wrong with it so, I was hoping someone here could help.

One possible problem could be launcher v4. Find a post by Random Tiger and download v3.4 from his signature (at the bottom of his post)

[.::Tin Can::.]

Abso-friggin-lutely. Played the game, beat it on ALL difficulty modes as a Navy guy three times, an OSA once and a Marine once. I have lots of fun with it and I hope CyberBlutch upgrades it to its glory. I was going to get into map making but it just got reall confusing a lot of the time, so, I didn't really fancy using "dromED" so instead I went on to Aliens Vs Predator 2 map editing with "DEdit" and thats about the length of my career with System Shock 2. I love the game to death and wish it was very popular still.

Dont worry guys, I solved my problem by restarting my computer... Ironic how that works.

[karajorma]

So FS2_open works now?

[Setekh]

Originally posted by .::Tin Can::.
Abso-friggin-lutely. Played the game, beat it on ALL difficulty modes as a Navy guy three times, an OSA once and a Marine once. I have lots of fun with it and I hope CyberBlutch upgrades it to its glory. I was going to get into map making but it just got reall confusing a lot of the time, so, I didn't really fancy using "dromED" so instead I went on to Aliens Vs Predator 2 map editing with "DEdit" and thats about the length of my career with System Shock 2. I love the game to death and wish it was very popular still.

Dont worry guys, I solved my problem by restarting my computer... Ironic how that works.

Hahah, awesome. You'll fit right into the other SS junkies who frequent this forum. I love the game too, but I can't get over how scary SS1 is (I haven't gotten to SS2 yet). I'm the kind of player who'll camp out an area for half an hour to get a better tactical advantage over a bunch of monsters, just so that I can save three or four bullets. Needless to say, in the more suspenseful bits, I can't handle it.

[Lightspeed]

Launcher v4 will only work on new testing builds.

They're planning on turning EVERYTHING off by standard, that's why theres 'spec' and 'glow' command lines.

You will have to add command lines for all SCP features you want to use.

Not too great from my point of view.

[Setekh]

Perhaps RT should add a "turn on everything" checkbox, for the people who know they want it different. I'm pretty sure the "everything off by default" decision is for the people who are saying "it doesn't look like FS any more"... well, this way it will be just as easy to go either way.

[.::Tin Can::.]

Im a little lost as to where this is going folks...

And SS2 is really creepy and suspensful, with ammunition scarce as hell. Your Assault Rifle is your friend as well as your Med Hypo's. Keep them in good supply, you will need it.

[Flipside]

Jeez, this thread moves fast

Just finished typing up instructions and he'd already figured it out, I think.....

Is FS2_Open working for you yet TC?

Flipside

[Fractux]

Originally posted by Setekh
Perhaps RT should add a "turn on everything" checkbox, for the people who know they want it different. I'm pretty sure the "everything off by default" decision is for the people who are saying "it doesn't look like FS any more"... well, this way it will be just as easy to go either way.

Yeah, i second this idea.

A box that says "Enable SCP advanced features" that will tick off -jpgtga -htl -spec -glow. But you can still deslect any of those at your leizure.

[.::Tin Can::.]

Yeah, all I had to do was restart my computer because when I tried to run Freespace 1 it made it really messed up and so I cant play it all of a sudden... boo hoo...

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Setekh
I'm the kind of player who'll camp out an area for half an hour to get a better tactical advantage over a bunch of monsters, just so that I can save three or four bullets. Needless to say, in the more suspenseful bits, I can't handle it.

Are you sure we weren't seperated at birth or something, Ed?

[.::Tin Can::.]

Im gonna need some help though on how to get those black squares around the planets to be be cut out so it looks like an actual circle, not a circle in a giant black box. Elaboration needed badly.

[Setekh]

Tin Can, are you using Lightspeed's new planets? I think we're still waiting for full DDS support and alpha transparencies for the 32-bit planets.

Originally posted by Sandwich
Are you sure we weren't seperated at birth or something, Ed?

Well, you know Mike, that would explain why I occasionally break out in Hebrew when I'm talking to my friends...

[karajorma]

Yeah. Unfortunately the planets have a couple of bugs in one or two missions. They should look fine in most of them though.

Lightspeed says he'll release a new dds set once support for that format is a little better and the black boxes will be gone forever

[.::Tin Can::.]

Ok, on to the next thing.

In FRED, how do I set the sensor radius to only 10,000 Meters for Alpha's ship? If I figure it out eventually then dont feel bad. But thank god those black squares will be gone.