[FreeSpaceFreak]

Never tried this, worth my time or not?

Well, yes.

[NGTM-1R]

Never tried this, wortgh my time or not?

Homesick was the second user campaign I ever played. It's basically the reason I'm here.

[Colonol Dekker]

Hmmm Blaises first?
 
Never realised. . . .now I just need to find a link.
I'm off to freespace mods.


EDIT- I'm good to run this with mvps / dumped in default data/missions right?

Unless there's another version?

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Err, yeah, you can run this with MVPs, but I suggest you make a mod folder for it

[Colonol Dekker]

Nah, i think i'll run it my way

[hansebee]

I know, Ive been in the jump node, flying in and out, around it, back to the old one and to the new one again, flying loopings and so on. But it still doesnt engage.

same problem here with the 3rd mission, after the convoy came under attack by several wings of fighters and several freighter-turned-gunboats - as well as two cruisers - the convoy jumps out, leaving behind the two wings you control, A and Beta, they are not the problem, the problem is the Sigma Wing Lokis stuck in circling mode a few klicks back. if they don't jump, the convoy doesn't count as complete and you wont be allowed to follow through.

no workaround for me so far...

[kaloonzu]

Can someone tell me (short and sweet) how to set the mod to use mediavps? I know I have to edit the mod.ini file, but I don't know exactly what to put where....sorry for my inexperience.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Here's the full content of the mod.ini:

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[launcher]
modname      = Homesick

[multimod]
primarylist  = ;
secondrylist = ,mediavps;
Copy-paste this into your mod.ini, in the Launcher select "no mod", "apply" , then reselect Homesick as mod (you won't lose campaign progress), "OK" . Then you're good to go.

The launcher fuzz is required since the game doesn't seem to read the mod.ini every time you run it, you need the Launcher to "apply" changes in the mod.ini .

[The E]

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[launcher]
modname      = Homesick

[multimod]
secondarylist = mediavps;
That's what you want to use. After all, we don't need to use the ugly workarounds for bugs that have been fixed anymore.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Hey E. No need to confuse the guy

[The E]

Hey FSF, no need to use old stupid hacks when you can do it right 

[Euth]

Problem here: on about the 3rd mission where you leave Capella and are with the entire freighter convoy (a red alert mission), my entire Beta wing is dead.  They're just gone at the start of the mission.  Alpha wing is OK.  During the prior mission, at Bytopia [sic] station, they were at 100% health.  This leads to the dialogs being nonsensical because Alpha 3's discussion with members of Beta wing is just Alpha 3 talking to himself.  

Does anyone else have this problem?  I am using Homesick.zip off the freespacemods.com website, in its own folder, with a simple mod.ini file (as given above by The E) to ensure 3.6.10 mediaVPs are used.

Maybe I will try just using FS2 retail with Homesick.vp in the main Freespace2 folder.  Graphics will be worse but maybe this will resolve the bugs.

[dragonsniper]

Isn't there a new and improved version of Homesick by the FSCRP that Euth could use? Or is that still to come?

[Thaeris]

I assume that when the FSCRP gets around to Homesick, it will actually be voiced.

I made my own custom mod .ini:

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[launcher]
modname      = Homesick;
image255x112 = FSU-MVP.bmp;
infotext     = 2355! Terrans and Vasudans alike have begun to shrug off the horrors of the Great War of twenty years ago, and started rebuilding their lives and homes alike. While Vasuda Prime remains a charred, uninhabitable reminder of the power of the Shivans, and contact has yet to be re-established with Sol... nevertheless, the newly formed Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance hurls itself into the void with no fear... Yet while the GTVA colonises and settles and organises the bright, new age of Reconstruction that has dawned on humanity, life for the average soul could not be more different. Their lives, unlike wheeling-and-dealing politicians or gung-ho GTVA pilots, consist of the drudgery of day-to-day work - yes, even for mercenaries, pilots-for-hire guarding traders from the ever-present threat of piracy. You are one such mercenary, but your life certainly won't consist of boring daily routine...;
website      = http://www.moddb.com/mods/homesick;
forum        = http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,19306.0.html;

[multimod]
primarylist  = ;
secondrylist = mediavps;

[settings]
flags = -spec;

...Note that I've used the MediaVP image as the icon for the campaign... I do have a nice screen that I may convert into a unique launcher graphic, though. If I do, I'll be sure to post it. 

[Jeff Vader]

I made my own custom mod .ini:

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[launcher]
modname      = Homesick;
image255x112 = FSU-MVP.bmp;
infotext     = 2355! Terrans and Vasudans alike have begun to shrug off the horrors of the Great War of twenty years ago, and started rebuilding their lives and homes alike. While Vasuda Prime remains a charred, uninhabitable reminder of the power of the Shivans, and contact has yet to be re-established with Sol... nevertheless, the newly formed Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance hurls itself into the void with no fear... Yet while the GTVA colonises and settles and organises the bright, new age of Reconstruction that has dawned on humanity, life for the average soul could not be more different. Their lives, unlike wheeling-and-dealing politicians or gung-ho GTVA pilots, consist of the drudgery of day-to-day work - yes, even for mercenaries, pilots-for-hire guarding traders from the ever-present threat of piracy. You are one such mercenary, but your life certainly won't consist of boring daily routine...;
website      = http://www.moddb.com/mods/homesick;
forum        = http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,19306.0.html;

[multimod]
primarylist  = ;
secondrylist = mediavps;

[settings]
flags = -spec;


Psst. Secondarylist is totally awesome.

[Thaeris]

 

Whoa... I never even noticed that! I will report that the mod worked just fine even with the mispelling, though...

[Jeff Vader]

Yes, both work. Just that "secondrylist" was a code typo originally and older mods used it in their mod.inis. Then someone fixed it, but maintained backwards compatibility with "secondrylist" for obvious reasons. But hey: since someone fixed it to "secondarylist", why not use it.

[Thaeris]

Good point. And here's a custom mod logo for Homesick... I hope you like it:

...Note that I've also included a 'corrected' mod .ini, so all you need to do is drop it into your Homesick mod folder.  I'll also attach the source file for your viewing pleasure...

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[dragonsniper]

I assume that when the FSCRP gets around to Homesick, it will actually be voiced.

Well, good to know that it has not been done yet...

[Euth]

For anyone interested re: the earlier problem, I went with a nightly 3.6.11 beta build (fs2_open_3_6_11r_sse2-20100116_r5824) and Beta wing is now alive at the start of the mission.  I'm not sure if I'll encounter the "Sigma wing not warping out bug" at the end of the mission as others noted above, but something in the nightlies at least resolves the dead wingmen problem.