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Title: oops...
Post by: Guest on June 28, 2003, 04:38:34 pm
Hi, im Hippos brother Mike. I went to run freespace (1), so i put in the first cd cause i just restarted the campagian. i click play and watch the movie. the log in screen came up, and there were no pilots :confused:
now, honestly, i didn't even touch anything else. i just started the computer after rob left, and went to the game. i didnt even enter the hard drive. I've tried 5 times now, and it still asks for a new pilot name.
the good thing is, he backs up his files daily after i microwaved his cd... so could someone tell me what the files would be named if his pilot name is Hippo so i can search for them?
ps; i would put this in the free space forum but he looks there too often, and i can't get to it...
thanks
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Post by: Stealth on June 28, 2003, 04:40:53 pm
he deleted them and backed tem up somewhere because he didn't want you messing them up? :D :D :D :D D :D

hahahahaha that's hilarious :D

if he backs his files up every day (including his pilot files?) then only he would know where he put them.  try asking him?
Title: oops...
Post by: Guest on June 28, 2003, 04:50:51 pm
but if he finds out, he won't let me play! is there any way i can search for whatever the file name would be? at least if i fix them, he might go easier on me
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Post by: Goober5000 on June 28, 2003, 05:00:21 pm
Search for anything with a .plr extension.
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Post by: Anaz on June 28, 2003, 05:07:08 pm
...and he is of course not going to find out because you posted your request on a public forum that he frequents? :rolleyes:
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Post by: Guest on June 28, 2003, 05:08:25 pm
no files found with the name Hippo.plr
are you sure thats freespace 1? then i searched for any files named .plr and it came up empty

im doomed :shaking:
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Post by: Guest on June 28, 2003, 05:22:46 pm
oh no!

he just called from a friends house, wrking on getting freespace installed there, and he wants me to find out how many assists he has (who knows why) so i said that i would call him back. i found hippo.plr but it says it needs another file. any idea what that file would be called?
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Post by: Sandwich on June 28, 2003, 05:23:30 pm
Sorry, but this is hilarious, since it sounds like my little bro and me. ;)

Search for any and all .plr files - *.plr
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Post by: Levyathan on June 28, 2003, 05:23:31 pm
Oh. So that's what an annoying brother's like.
Title: oops...
Post by: Guest on June 28, 2003, 05:31:21 pm
i found only the file Hippo. when i go to proporties, it says .plr file. but the game says its missing another two files.

Oh! i found his old multiplayer files. they have two .FeeSpace files among them. would i need those for single player?
Title: oops...
Post by: IceFire on June 28, 2003, 05:37:52 pm
There is just the .plr files for single and multiplayer.

Lets be smart about it, go look in /Games/FreeSpace/data/players and see where his pilot files are.
Title: oops...
Post by: Sandwich on June 28, 2003, 05:57:16 pm
Yeah, if he has the display of registered extensions turned off, then the .plr extension might not show up. Where is this Hippo. file located?

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Originally posted by IceFire
Lets be smart about it, go look in /Games/FreeSpace/data/players and see where his pilot files are.


...that's assuming he's a logical human being like you and I and actually installs all his games under \Games\... ;)
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Post by: Anaz on June 28, 2003, 06:43:38 pm
well...he'd have to be pretty abnormal not to install it in games, it's the default path :p
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Post by: Guest on June 28, 2003, 06:57:29 pm
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Originally posted by IceFire
There is just the .plr files for single and multiplayer.

Lets be smart about it, go look in /Games/FreeSpace/data/players and see where his pilot files are.


thats the directory, and in the sinle folder, i put Hippo.plr but in the multi directory there is Hippo13.plr, Hippo13.FreeSpace and Hippo13.FreeSpace (yes, there are two)

I solved the temporary problm with pilot view, and told him his kills, and hes sleeping over his girlfriend house(i think), so i think im safe for the moment.

The file i found was in the folder as follows;
C:/games/FreeSpace/Shortcut to Drive D/Backup/AHTW/FS1/All Data/Shortcut to Drive C/_Emergency Backup_/Games/FreeSpace/Data/Players/Single

Im going to start going through disks and stuff.
Title: oops...
Post by: Sandwich on June 28, 2003, 07:13:29 pm
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Originally posted by Guest

The file i found was in the folder as follows;
C:/games/FreeSpace/Shortcut to Drive D/Backup/AHTW/FS1/All Data/Shortcut to Drive C/_Emergency Backup_/Games/FreeSpace/Data/Players/Single
:wtf: :wtf: :eek2: :wtf:
Title: oops...
Post by: Guest on June 28, 2003, 07:26:38 pm
Well, he was mad when i microwaved his backup CD... And lost his disk 1 of freespace 2. he really didn't wat me to find it. i found it because it was typed in a file in the data/mod folder. the file was called 'In case of emergency'
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Post by: vyper on June 28, 2003, 08:55:55 pm
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Originally posted by Guest
Well, he was mad when i microwaved his backup CD... And lost his disk 1 of freespace 2. he really didn't wat me to find it. i found it because it was typed in a file in the data/mod folder. the file was called 'In case of emergency'


Wait... you actually put his disc in the micro? :wtf:
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Post by: Unknown Target on June 28, 2003, 08:59:04 pm
How old are you? I mean, did you REALLY freaking nuke his CD?!
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Post by: Zeronet on June 28, 2003, 09:01:51 pm
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Originally posted by Guest
Well, he was mad when i microwaved his backup CD...




:lol: :lol:
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Post by: Rictor on June 28, 2003, 09:28:47 pm
He sounds very paranoid. Does he triple-encrypt his files and have a padlock on the fridge so that the governemnt cant mess with his drinks?

Hope it all works out, its very funny trying to imagine the situation, no offence intended to you:D :D
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Post by: diamondgeezer on June 28, 2003, 09:56:38 pm
You know you two brothers seem very alike :nod:
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Post by: Goober5000 on June 28, 2003, 11:25:55 pm
The other two files might be .csg and .css.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on June 29, 2003, 02:13:44 am
I have the feeling Hippo might've done some of this just to be mean to you...

...but that's just me. :D
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Post by: Sesquipedalian on June 29, 2003, 02:51:45 am
If someone put my CDs in the microwave, I'd take extra precautions too.  

Perhaps precautions involving electrical shock torture therapy.
Title: First of all...
Post by: Star Dragon on June 29, 2003, 03:49:39 am
Microwaving a FS disk (even an unuseable end of life FS1 disk) is a felony! I would be VERY harsh with my little brother  (if I had one that lived :drevil: ) if he even *Thought* of touching my comp or worse yet MY FS stuff!

   You should be very ashamed of yourself, confess your latest sin, and beg his forgiveness. Then mention BTW dumbass your files are corrupt or something cause you didn't back them up right :p

  Lastly he needs to get a proper backup made and change that folder to "Im Case of Little Brother", and put it in a safe deposit box... And give the key to his girlfriend so you can't search his room for it!

   :nod:
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Post by: Turnsky on June 29, 2003, 09:22:12 am
THIS is precisely why i'm thankful that i was born an only child:p
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Post by: Hippo on June 29, 2003, 09:22:37 am
Eh hem...

*swoops in from above*

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Does he triple-encrypt his files and have a padlock on the fridge so that the governemnt cant mess with his drinks?
No, put them in a winzip, back them up several dozen times, monitor the times they've been opened, and put a password on them...

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How old are you? I mean, did you REALLY freaking nuke his CD?!

Hes 12 (adopted) He microwed the AHTW backup CD, and apparently lost FS2 CD1...:mad: (hes paying fr the replacement)

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You should be very ashamed of yourself, confess your latest sin, and beg his forgiveness. Then mention BTW dumbass your files are corrupt or something cause you didn't back them up right :p

He din't actually do anything either... He ran FS off the autorun from the CD... That led to a backup install with that i would use for Multiplayer... If he had run the game from the icon in the quick-toolbar, it would have worked...

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he just called from a friends house, wrking on getting freespace installed there, and he wants me to find out how many assists he has (who knows why) so i said that i would call him back.

:p I was watching this whole thing unfold while i was away... the phonecall was just for panic...

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Originally posted by Guest

The file i found was in the folder as follows;
C:/games/FreeSpace/Shortcut to Drive D/Backup/AHTW/FS1/All Data/Shortcut to Drive C/_Emergency Backup_/Games/FreeSpace/Data/Players/Single

:wtf: :wtf: :eek2: :wtf:

Half those folders are hidden anyways...

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(even an unuseable end of life FS1 disk)
:wtf: :hopping: how can you put unuseable and FS1 in the same sentense?
Title: oops...
Post by: Stryke 9 on June 29, 2003, 09:39:26 am
Man, you are evil.

I want to go to Aldoran and learn to be a jedi like you. Or however the **** ever that quote goes.
Title: oops...
Post by: Hippo on June 29, 2003, 10:15:22 am
meh... hes getting off easy... He just has to pay the 5.99 shipping for the repcement disk... and i fgured it still let him play, since i isn't actually messed up... (he can play when im not ;7 )

OT
would i get a money order in the bank? or post office?
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Post by: Stryke 9 on June 29, 2003, 10:32:28 am
I was more referring to the phone call.:D
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Post by: Sesquipedalian on June 29, 2003, 11:39:24 am
Money orders come from the bank.  Careful with it once you've got it.  It is just like cash, so don't lose it.
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Post by: Rictor on June 29, 2003, 12:34:06 pm
I have abig bro (well twins, but he's alot bigger than me) and I know how it sucks to get blamed for all the stuff that goes wrong with the comp:D :D

Go easy on the little fella Hippo, he'll probably end up knowing more about computers than you in a few years so then you wanna be on his good side
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Post by: Hippo on June 29, 2003, 12:49:52 pm
meh... im teaching him FS stuff now... he like computers, but doen't know much about them...
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Post by: Hippo on June 29, 2003, 07:29:12 pm
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Originally posted by Stryke 9
I was more referring to the phone call.:D


Hippos school of; "Putting your brother into awkward situations and making them awkwarder..."
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Post by: Whitelight on June 30, 2003, 12:05:32 am
Hippo, now I know what you were talking about when you told me you were watchin your brother postin, I didn`t even think that it was on the HLPBB :lol:

(edit) Hippo if you have any trouble getting that FS2 disk, I got you covered, ok.. :) :D
Title: clarify
Post by: Star Dragon on June 30, 2003, 08:52:25 am
Sorry I meant (if) a FS1 disk has reached the end of it's life (damage or missing other disk ect...) I still have the trifold and disc (2 I think) for my first FS1. I love the game so much I had to buy it again even though I have FS2... I break it out every few months... (Die Vasudan!)...


   As for your brother. Get him into modling (get them while they're young) "train him you must, yes.".... "When 33 years old you will be, look this good you will not, heh." Damn yodaisms.... :lol:
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Post by: Nico on June 30, 2003, 09:53:59 am
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Originally posted by Stryke 9
Man, you are evil.

I want to go to Aldoran and learn to be a jedi like you. Or however the **** ever that quote goes.


Hippo, hmm? A name not to forget.
I like this guy :D
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Post by: Hippo on June 30, 2003, 10:44:33 am
i still have the large box for FS1... it has the weird size eference on the back, which i think someone should make... :nervous: