[drb1986]

Long story short, when i downloaded and used the steps to install v3.2 to 3.3a including downloading some other programs, everything was good except for the freezes and crashes i would get here and there, but my mission editor wont work every time i started it up so after a while so i deleted TBP and reininstalled 3.2 which im using now to play the EAS Janus missions. i have some questions that need to be answered

1. one how do i get my mission editor to work on 3.4

2. where do i save my missions in order to play them cause i think it tells me that it cant find the file when i go to play it

3. do i need to play with open GL only or can i use D3D

4 is there any other programs that need to be downloaded.

5. are there steps that need to be followed in order to use my mission editor on 3.4

thank you.-D

[IPAndrews]

1. one how do i get my mission editor to work on 3.4

See 3.4 installation instructions.

2. where do i save my missions in order to play them cause i think it tells me that it cant find the file when i go to play it

data/missions

3. do i need to play with open GL only

Yes

4 is there any other programs that need to be downloaded.

See 3.4 installation instructions.

5. are there steps that need to be followed in order to use my mission editor on 3.4

See 3.4 installation instructions.

[Admiral Edivad]

@drb1986



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[0rph3u5]

3. do i need to play with open GL only or can i use D3D

Direct 3D works with these little problems:
- smoke effects turn into white boxes
- asteroids blow up as white boxes
- envoirment maps don't work

there is no way fixing envoirment maps --- but the other two can be fixed by getting the needed files from any other FS_Open mod (best the media vps)

[drb1986]

Right im using 3.3a now ill get to 3.4 in a bit but i fugured out how to use mission editor and what was the problem. the tables subfolder in which Ship.tbl was put in caused the mission editor not to work, and this was pure luck i found this out, so i removed it teporary to use it then i was done, i put tables file back in.

but with that problem solved im again having issue with 3.4 i put the file in the TBP file and took 3.3a out like your suppost to but now it cant run for some reason, so im stuck using 3.3a, any help please on how to make 3.4 work.-D

[IPAndrews]

If you've got table files hanging around in random folders screwing up the installation then you might be best doing a delete, reinstall following the instructions to make 3.4 work.