[dedbeat999]

Nope, didnt work, still the same problem, this is the only mod i have installed, and all de VP files are on my freespace 2 folder...any ideas???

[Taristin]

games\freespace2\?

Put them in:

games\freespace2\data\  

and try again?

[dedbeat999]

Nop...the same problem, i put all the FSPort VP files on freespace2\data but its the same...btw im using the latest build of FS_Open,...Alpha_Monkey, what did you do to make it work?? Thanks for the help so far!

[Boct1584]

Fileplanet appears to no longer have the files associated with the conversion...can somebody mirror them somewhere? I'm finally getting a playable copy again courtesy of BitTorrent; hard to believe I still have my original discs.

Yes, I checked the mirror at the top of the page; it doesn't work.

EDIT: Apparently, FP simply doesn't list them, and only the links on the "Downloads" page work. Morons.

[dizzy]

What ? I have to register with FilePlanet ? Oh no, sorry, but I will NEVER do that.

So if someone can provide me with a working link not requiring registration whould be great. Also I will mirror the files on a working link that does not require registration.

[CaptJosh]

Are you already registered with Gamespy? If so, you already have a fileplanet login.

[dizzy]

Nope, sorry... I don't want to sound like a whining kid but I have this rule that free downloads should not require any registration (obviously I have nothing against ads on such download sites, but displaying ads AND requiring payed registration or even free registration is more than I can stand for ).

I can even setup a FTP access for upload if you have those files and wish to help. As I promised I will mirror them after that. So if someone wants to upload them please give me a private message and I'll reply with the upload information.

Thanks!

Edit: I noticed that The Babylon Project offers their files with a bittorrent tracker at  http://www.tbp-bt.com/ . Couldn't this files be published there too ? Not only that I get a > 200Kbytes/s download rate (heh) but bittorrent is the ideal way to distribute large files as it distributes the bandwidth usage with the peers. Of course you should also keep the old links too (if they are working that is).

[dizzy]

Ok... seems that tbp (huh, The Babylon Project, figures) is mostly for them. I do not know if they are OK to host other project files too (in the end is jsut a tracker is not like doing something very resource consuming). But if the answer is NO I will host a tracker! Well maybe not with nice webpages to manage the trackers but with a simple and functional page linking to the torrent files and the tracket itself (and seeding of course!).

[ARSPR]

I am trying to download FSPort 2.3 from Fileplanet and from the mirror shown (www.sectorgame.com) and it's impossible.

Can somebody tell me where and how I can download this mod?

[Goober5000]

If you have a FilePlanet login then you can download it from FilePlanet.  If it's not working, try again in an hour or so.  FilePlanet can be tempermental sometimes.

[ARSPR]

Thank you. I have just logged in with fake identity, (I hate giving my id for public downloads), and now I can get the files through the links in FSPort web.

[Boct1584]

Okay, just installed the files (retail version) and I'm having trouble. When I start the first mission, it puts me in a Ulysses which can't equip anything. I'm almost certain I have all the required files, so I can't see what the issue is, unless having Derelict also installed would cause a problem.

EDIT: I have no idea why, but it suddenly worked. Weird.

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by Boct1584
unless having Derelict also installed would cause a problem.

It would, since Derelict comes before FSPort2_3 in the alphabet and therefore is loaded first.

[dizzy]

Ok... By the good will of some other fsport user I have now the fsport .vp files. I would like to mirror them (as promised). However, I would like to have a confirmation of the files to be original first so I don't mirror some bogus files, here are a list of MD5 checksums on my files:

d7d87de21f89d86bfd2a89c4adf371b4  fsport2_3.vp
9cca931a15d0c53fd47ae0e75dd019b3  fsport_glow.vp
5a7f76cab6c9350819ae7ad706363f84  fsport_hi-res.vp
43727c2b55895bcc789ef92e8b966e70  fsport_shine.vp
5b405431be2c476a6fec0607fe0e2e28  sparky_hi_fs1.vp
5fc56b02fa454d60dd9ba423309776fe  stu_fs1.vp
38213b6f6222b2e94fc12ee9e36dd588  tango_fs1.vp
b849bbee619fc3a28ebe6ce7710a8063  warble_fs1.vp

Can someone confirm this ? Thanks!

[dizzy]

Oh well, seems I'm talking to myself arround here. So I have played a little bit and the files seem fine.

BITTORRENT MIRROR for FSPORT 2.3: http://dizzy.roedu.net:30000/
(use that in your browser and from there you should be able to download the torrent files and use them in your torrent client)

[Goober5000]

Thanks. It's been added to the first post.

[ODST_Shan]

Dizzy, thanks for the BT mirror, worked like a charm.  Fast and easy!  Just how I like my... Freespace mods....

[Flex]

Spam: Just to say thinks for the torrent dizzy provided and very VERY big thanks fot the mod... I really enjoyed going back through all the story

[Goober5000]

It's not spam to say thanks.  I'm sure dizzy appreciates it. You're welcome.

[dizzy]

heh, wow, had no idea that little torrent will be so successful. I had my share of FilePlanet trouble but I was sure was probably because my exotic setups (Firefox, Linux, no account, etc). The intend to have it as a torrent was because if more people download it at the same time it shares the bandwidth. It doesnt seem to be the case with fsport so I could switch it to ftp/http (a lot more accessible to a lot more people than torrent) if enough people complain about it

Another thing I can do is mirror other projects arround here. I see TBP have their own torrent which works quite fine (gave me the torrent idea for fsport in the first place) but if any other project needs megabytes of torrent hosting just ask and I will add them (I sadly saw for example a lot of older campaigns from the campaign list maintained by a forumer that are not accessible anymore for download... ).