[jr2]

EDIT: Split into two requests:

I. Perhaps edit the release thread to include links to mjn's High-Res CBANIMs found here: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=76393.0

II. Re: Zacam's comment on the GOG MVEs: GOG stores stuff, including the .MVEs, in \data2 and \data3 in addition to \data for whatever reason; perhaps put this info into the install tutorials.

Also, for whatever reason, GOG saw fit to put an exact duplicate (I verified the hash) of the warble_fs2.vp in the FS2 root directory in \data2 as well as another exact duplicate in \data3
Additionally, there is an exact duplicate of root\tango1_fs2.vp in \data2, as well as an extra, unecessary file, tangoA_fs2.vp
Also, there are exact duplicates of root files tango2_fs2.vp and tango3_fs2.vp in \data3

As Yarn explained to me below, \data2 and \data3 are basically the contents of Disk2 and Disk3 which GOG retail has been modified to search when it wants Disk 2 or Disk 3

tangoA_fs2.vp and tangoB_fs2.vp are unecessary, and we don't know what their purpose is, although they do contain one file each. tangoA contains game_dat2.set, and tangoB contains game_dat1.set

\data2:

• colossus.mve
• intro.mve
• mono1.mve
• duplicate of root\tango1_fs2.vp
• tangoA_fs2.vp
• duplicate of root\warble_fs2.vp

\data3:

• bastion.mve
• endpart1.mve
• endprt2a.mve
• endprt2b.mve
• mono2.mve
• mono3.mve
• mono4.mve
• dupicate of root\tango2_fs2.vp
• duplicate of root\tango3_fs2.vp
• tangoB_fs2.vp
• duplicate of root\warble_fs2.vp

Is the \data2 and \data3 perhaps what was originally on the FS2 retail disks 2 and 3?

Anyways, I just dumped the contents of \data2 and \data3 into \data, except for warble_fs2.vp  EDIT: I should have dumped everything to the FS2 root directory, except the .mve files, which go in fs2root\data\movies, and tangoA_fs2.vp and tangoB_fs2.vp, which are extraneous files.

EDIT: Apparently, duplicates of tango1_fs2, tango2_fs2, and tango3_fs2, as well another dup of warble_fs2 are in the FS2 root directory.    What's up with the duplicate files, GOG????

Anyways, I guess the only tangos that aren't present in root or \data are tangoA_fs2 and tangoB_fs2 -- of course, your .mves won't play unless they are in \data\movies

EDIT2: Can someone do a vanilla FS2 install from CD or .ISOs of the Retail CDs, patch it to 1.2, run the following command, and post it?

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tree /f /a c:\games\freespace2>%userprofile%\desktop\fs2dirs.txt

[Beskargam]

Can I second this?

[mjn.mixael]

I don't think FSU should be responsible for people's install issues. Most of this information should go along with the install tutorials on the (Modding or FS Gen Disc?) board.

[jr2]

I don't think FSU should be responsible for people's install issues. Most of this information should go along with the install tutorials on the (Modding or FS Gen Disc?) board.

Edited the OP splitting request in two.  Does that sound about correct?

[jr2]

EDIT2: Can someone do a vanilla FS2 install from CD or .ISOs of the Retail CDs, patch it to 1.2, run the following command, and post it?

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tree /f /a c:\games\freespace2>%userprofile%\desktop\fs2dirs.txt

Pretty please?

[Yarn]

EDIT2: Can someone do a vanilla FS2 install from CD or .ISOs of the Retail CDs, patch it to 1.2, run the following command, and post it?

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tree /f /a c:\games\freespace2>%userprofile%\desktop\fs2dirs.txt

Pretty please?

Here you go. This is from the Sci-Fi Sim of the Year Edition, which has additional files in the data\missions folder.

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Folder PATH listing
Volume serial number is 7431-44E3
H:\FREESPACE\FREESPACE2
|   FRED2.exe
|   FreeSpace2.exe
|   FS2.exe
|   fs2uninst.dll
|   patchw32.dll
|   pxo.url
|   readme.txt
|   root_fs2.vp
|   smarty_fs2.vp
|   sparky_fs2.vp
|   sparky_hi_fs2.vp
|   squadwar.url
|   stu_fs2.vp
|   tango1_fs2.vp
|   tango2_fs2.vp
|   tango3_fs2.vp
|   Uninst.isu
|   UpdateLauncher.exe
|   warble_fs2.vp
|   
+---data
|   |   multi.cfg
|   |   
|   +---cbanims
|   +---effects
|   +---fonts
|   +---force feedback
|   +---freddocs
|   |       3d-compass.gif
|   |       add-variable.gif
|   |       additional-ship-properties.gif
|   |       adjust-grid-dialog.gif
|   |       arrival-and-departure-cues.gif
|   |       asteroid-field-editor.gif
|   |       axis-constraints.gif
|   |       background-editor-bitmaps.gif
|   |       background-editor-misc.gif
|   |       background-editor-nebula.gif
|   |       background-editor-suns.gif
|   |       briefing-editor.gif
|   |       briefing-icons.gif
|   |       campaign-diagram.gif
|   |       campaign-editor-controls.gif
|   |       cartesian.gif
|   |       command-briefing-editor.gif
|   |       concepts.html
|   |       cruiser-adjustments.gif
|   |       debriefing-editor.gif
|   |       distances-example.gif
|   |       edit-menu.gif
|   |       editors.html
|   |       empty-selection-box.gif
|   |       emptymsg.wav
|   |       events-editor-events.gif
|   |       events-editor-messages.gif
|   |       file-menu.gif
|   |       force-1-arrival-true.gif
|   |       force-1-arrival.gif
|   |       form-disband-wing.gif
|   |       FRED2-opening.gif
|   |       fred2.css
|   |       general.html
|   |       groups-menu.gif
|   |       help-menu.gif
|   |       index-no-really.html
|   |       index.html
|   |       initial-orders.gif
|   |       initial-status-editor.gif
|   |       internet.html
|   |       junk.html
|   |       marking.gif
|   |       menus.html
|   |       misc-menu.gif
|   |       mission-objectives-editor.gif
|   |       mission-specs-editor.gif
|   |       mouse-drag-mode.gif
|   |       msgend.wav
|   |       msgstart.wav
|   |       nacbkg1.gif
|   |       nacmenu1.gif
|   |       nactitle1.jpg
|   |       not-incomplete.gif
|   |       nyarlathotep-after.gif
|   |       nyarlathotep-before.gif
|   |       objects-editor.gif
|   |       pelican-departure.gif
|   |       player-orders.gif
|   |       pomotep-initial-status.gif
|   |       pomotep-intercepting.gif
|   |       primary-goal.gif
|   |       quickstart-placement.gif
|   |       quickstart.html
|   |       reinforcements-editor.gif
|   |       relentless-boarded.gif
|   |       relentless-chained.gif
|   |       relentless-departure.gif
|   |       relentless-outcomes.gif
|   |       relentless-pulling-out.gif
|   |       ring-trick.gif
|   |       rotate-around-object.gif
|   |       rotate-locally-example.gif
|   |       rotate-locally.gif
|   |       select-list.gif
|   |       selection-box.gif
|   |       selection-lock.gif
|   |       send-message.gif
|   |       sexp-compressed.gif
|   |       sexp-example-2.gif
|   |       sexp-example.gif
|   |       sexp-help.gif
|   |       sexp-right-menu.gif
|   |       SEXP.html
|   |       shield-system-editor.gif
|   |       ship-selection-dialog.gif
|   |       ships-editor-main-area.gif
|   |       shipyard-completed.fs2
|   |       shipyard.gif
|   |       show-distances.gif
|   |       sleipner-1-done.gif
|   |       sleipner-2-going-in.gif
|   |       sleipner-directives.gif
|   |       special-explosion.gif
|   |       speed-menu.gif
|   |       status-bar.gif
|   |       team-loadout-editor.gif
|   |       too-close.gif
|   |       toolbar-form-wing.gif
|   |       toolbar.html
|   |       vasudantalk.wav
|   |       view-menu.gif
|   |       vssver.scc
|   |       walkthrough.html
|   |       waypoint-paths-editor.gif
|   |       weapons-editor.gif
|   |       wing-positions.gif
|   |       wings-editor.gif
|   |       zoom.gif
|   |       
|   +---hud
|   +---intelanims
|   +---interface
|   +---maps
|   +---missions
|   |       Gs-Shi.fs2
|   |       Gs-Ter.fs2
|   |       Gs-Vas.fs2
|   |       M-01b.fs2
|   |       M-02b.fs2
|   |       M-04b.fs2
|   |       M-05.fs2
|   |       M-06.fs2
|   |       M-07.fs2
|   |       readme.txt
|   |       SPDemo-01.fs2
|   |       SPDemo-02.fs2
|   |       STemplar-01.fs2
|   |       STemplar-02.fs2
|   |       STemplar-03.fs2
|   |       STemplar-04.fs2
|   |       STemplar.fc2
|   |       X_Calm_b4.fs2
|   |       X_Cold_Sword.fs2
|   |       X_Excellence.fs2
|   |       X_Greyface.fs2
|   |       X_Nekhbet.fs2
|   |       X_One_Step_Too_Far.fs2
|   |       X_Rites_of_Passage.fs2
|   |       X_Shivan_Incursion.fs2
|   |       X_The_Queen.fs2
|   |       X_The_Trap.fs2
|   |       X_Third_Coming2.fs2
|   |       X_Third_Watch.fs2
|   |       X_To_Destroy.fs2
|   |       
|   +---models
|   +---multidata
|   +---music
|   +---players
|   |   |   hud_1.hcf
|   |   |   hud_2.hcf
|   |   |   hud_3.hcf
|   |   |   
|   |   +---images
|   |   +---multi
|   |   +---single
|   |   \---squads
|   +---sounds
|   |   +---16b11k
|   |   \---8b22k
|   +---tables
|   \---voice
|       +---briefing
|       +---command_briefings
|       +---debriefing
|       +---personas
|       \---special
+---ereg
|       EReg.Bin
|       EReg01.ini
|       ereg1.bmp
|       ereg2.bmp
|       EReg3201.dll
|       EregUI.ini
|       ERegUI32.dll
|       ERHttp01.dll
|       ERHTTP01.ini
|       ERLocal.ini
|       HTTP01.ini
|       inter.bmp
|       Reg32.exe
|       RegBody.txt
|       RegBrwsr.html
|       RegFax.txt
|       RegMail.txt
|       RegRcrd.txt
|       RegXMit.txt
|       
\---mindspring
    |   AUTORUN.INF
    |   CDROM.ID
    |   INSTALL.EXE
    |   MEDIA.ID
    |   OEM.ID
    |   PLATFORM.ID
    |   readme.txt
    |   SETUP.EXE
    |   
    +---Autorun
    |       AUTORUN.WAV
    |       CDAUTO.EXE
    |       
    \---Setup
        |   306.10
        |   INSTALL.ID
        |   SETUP.EXE
        |   
        +---Files
        |       AK.LOC
        |       AL.LOC
        |       AR.LOC
        |       AZ.LOC
        |       CA.LOC
        |       CANCEL.INS
        |       CO.LOC
        |       CT.LOC
        |       DC.LOC
        |       DE.LOC
        |       FL.LOC
        |       GA.LOC
        |       HI.LOC
        |       IA.LOC
        |       ID.LOC
        |       IL.LOC
        |       IN.LOC
        |       KS.LOC
        |       KY.LOC
        |       LA.LOC
        |       MA.LOC
        |       MASTER.LOC
        |       MD.LOC
        |       ME.LOC
        |       MI.LOC
        |       MN.LOC
        |       MNDS.INS
        |       MO.LOC
        |       MS.LOC
        |       MSHEAD.GIF
        |       MSPGDONE.HTM
        |       MSPGSIGN.HTM
        |       MSSHEXEC.BIN
        |       MSUNSICO.BIN
        |       MT.LOC
        |       NC.LOC
        |       ND.LOC
        |       NE.LOC
        |       NH.LOC
        |       NJ.LOC
        |       NM.LOC
        |       NV.LOC
        |       NY.LOC
        |       OH.LOC
        |       OK.LOC
        |       OR.LOC
        |       PA.LOC
        |       RI.LOC
        |       SC.LOC
        |       SD.LOC
        |       SERVICE.TXT
        |       SIGNUP.HTM
        |       SIGNUP.ISP
        |       TN.LOC
        |       TX.LOC
        |       UT.LOC
        |       VA.LOC
        |       VT.LOC
        |       WA.LOC
        |       WI.LOC
        |       WV.LOC
        |       WY.LOC
        |       _SETUP.EXE
        |       _SETUP.ILB
        |       _SETUP.INI
        |       
        \---Mid
                MSAP3.EXE
               


EDIT: In addition to what's in this list, there are also a few other files in the root directory related to uninstallation (uninstall.isu and uninstall.exe I believe). (Only Uninst.isu was missing; I've added that to the list.) Other than that, this list is complete.

[Yarn]

I suppose I should try to explain the data2 and data3 folders...

First of all, those folder names are misleading; they should have been called "disc2" and "disc3" respectively (I'm assuming GOG chose the names of those folders). Those folders are used in lieu of actual discs and do not serve as extentions to the data folder (i.e., they're just virtual CDs).

As for the files in those folders, GOG simply included all the MVE and VP files from the second and third discs, including some redundant files. From what I can tell, the VP files are not necessary (I can play the first few missions of the main FS2 campaign in the GOG version of retail FS2 without those files being in those folders).

All versions of retail FS2 do not play MVE files from anywhere except the CDs (or data2 and data3 in GOG's case). For this reason, the movies are never installed to data\movies; you have to move or copy them to that folder yourself.

If you still have any VP files in the data folder, you really should remove them; VP files don't belong there. If tangoA_fs2.vp and tangoB_fs2.vp are in the root directory, you should remove those as well.

I. Perhaps edit the release thread to include links to mjn's High-Res CBANIMs found here: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=76393.0

I completely agree. Those really look nice, and it would be a shame if they fell deep into obscurity.

[jr2]

Thanks for the clarification; I put all the .vp files into the FS2 root.  Now that I've got that straight, it should be a bit easier to spot discrepancies with the FS2 installs of people requesting assistance.  tangoA and tangoB I moved back to their original (data2 and data3) locations, just in case they actually contain something that may prove useful in the future.