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Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: SadbutTrue on August 26, 2004, 07:54:01 pm

I created a basic scenario/campaign in FRED2, but after saving it i can't see it in the FS2 campaigns list.  I think I might be saving it in the right spot (i have it in data/missions i believe, and in a few other places).  Where shoudl I be saving it?  If thats not the problem, what is?  I'm very new to this, if that wasn't readily apparent

Thanks

Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: Flipside on August 26, 2004, 08:05:50 pm

Meh, didn't read your post properly, one sec :D

How have you done the campaign, is it a set of seperate missions?

Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: SadbutTrue on August 26, 2004, 08:14:58 pm

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Originally posted by Flipside
Meh, didn't read your post properly, one sec :D

How have you done the campaign, is it a set of seperate missions?

No no, nothign that crazy.  I just basically made a map with one terran fighter against one mara, just to see if i could get them to work, then I'd play with crazier missions and maybe campaigns if I foudn time.  I just don't know where to put it or what else I have to do to access it.

Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: Night Hammer on August 26, 2004, 08:17:06 pm

well its prolly in the tech room-mission simulator, unless you put it into a campaign

Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: phreak on August 26, 2004, 08:17:42 pm

try going into the techroom and select mission simulator up at the top

Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: SadbutTrue on August 26, 2004, 08:33:18 pm

brilliant.  does this differ in any way from what I would do with downloaded campaigns?

Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: redsniper on August 26, 2004, 09:06:33 pm

downloaded campaigns will either have a bunch of missions and an .fc2 file or it will all be in a .vp file. With the former, put the missions and .fc2 in you data/missions folder and select the campaign from the campaign select screen. With the latter, just put the .vp in your main FS2 directory (Games/Freespace2). and...
:welcome:
now someone else do the speech.

Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: Black Wolf on August 26, 2004, 09:07:54 pm

Yep. Downloaded campaigns will have a .fc2 file, which is the file FS uses to string the missions together. If you DL a campaign, put the mission files and the fc2 into data\missions, then open up FS2, select the campaign from the campaign room, and run it from the main room.

Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: karajorma on August 27, 2004, 04:21:55 am

Perfect. A complete FRED newbie. Just what I'm looking for.  :)

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,26495.0.html

Is this something that might interest you SadbutTrue? I want some opinions from the new guys on it.

Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: Cetanu on August 27, 2004, 04:27:32 am

in any case it will help him doing the Fred2 walkthrough... :D

Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: karajorma on August 27, 2004, 07:51:55 am

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Originally posted by Cetanu
in any case it will help him doing the Fred2 walkthrough... :D

I suspect he might have beem. The first mission in the walkthrough is a terran fighter vs a Mara :D

Then it moves on the more complicated stuff.

Of course I did it so long ago I'm surprised I remember :D

Title: Having trouble starting with map editor
Post by: magatsu1 on August 27, 2004, 01:54:46 pm

at least you won't haved to hand-out the "read the walkthrough" line.