Thanks for the reply.
I can't seem to find the .tbl files that you are mentioning. Below is a diagram of the freespace2 directory structure and the contained files that I have on my machine. I find it suspicious that the data/ directory is virtually empty. I have played through most of the single player campaign (up until the "A Game of Tag" mission) just fine.
~/Games/Freespace2
------------------ Root_fs2.vp
------------------ smarty_fs2.vp
------------------ sparky_fs2.vp
------------------ sparky_hi_fs2.vp
------------------ stu_fs2.vp
------------------ tango1_fs2.vp
------------------ tango2_fs2.vp
------------------ tango3_fs2.vp
------------------ tango3_fs2.vp
------------------ warble_fs2.vp
------------------ FS2_Open.app (version 3.6.9)
------------------ data/
------------------------ multi.cfg
------------------------ cbanims/ (empty)
------------------------ effects/ (empty)
------------------------ fonts/ (empty)
------------------------ force feedback/ (empty)
------------------------ freddocs/ (empty)
------------------------ hud/ (empty)
------------------------ intelanims/ (empty)
------------------------ interface/ (empty)
------------------------ maps/ (empty)
------------------------ missions/ (empty)
------------------------ models/ (empty)
------------------------ movies/ (10 items)
------------------------ multidata/ (empty)
------------------------ music/ (empty)
------------------------ players/
----------------------------- hud_1.hcf
----------------------------- hud_2.hcf
----------------------------- hud_3.hcf
----------------------------- images/ (empty)
----------------------------- multi/ (empty)
----------------------------- single/ (empty)
----------------------------- squads/ (empty)
------------------------- sounds/ (empty)
------------------------- tables/ (empty)
------------------------- voice/ (empty)
I also have some files in the directory
~/Library/FS2_Open
----------------- data/
--------------------- cache/
-------------------------- a bunch of *.ibx files
--------------------- mulit.log
--------------------- players/
-------------------------- multi/ (empty)
-------------------------- single/
------------------------------- my pilots
----------------------Tcp.cfg
---------------- fs2_open.ini
Please note: I did not include the media VP files in the directory listing. I have experimented with installing the following VP's: mv_core, mv_music, mv_models, mv_effects, mv_textures, and the patches. This does not make the problem go away.
And that about does it. Do the *.tbl files exist inside of *.vp files? I would glady edit them if I could find them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Robert