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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: magatsu1 on September 05, 2004, 05:04:52 pm

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: magatsu1 on September 05, 2004, 05:04:52 pm

I don't wanna sound like an idiot, but how do I actually use these ? I'm using open build 3.6 and (for now) FRED3.5.5 with all media downloads but the background editior in FRED doesn't appear to have any new entries.

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: redmenace on September 05, 2004, 05:42:43 pm

I think you have to use notepad for now.
And Fred is majorly SCREWED UP to put it mildly.

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: magatsu1 on September 05, 2004, 05:44:36 pm

no 3.5.5 is okay. When you say notepad, do you mean table entries ?

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: Lightspeed on September 05, 2004, 05:59:02 pm

FRED3.5.5 doesn't support the nebulae. You'll have to use a newer version of FRED.

See if you can find fred2_open_c04282004. That one's pretty reliable and has the new stars.tbl code in it.

The problem is that FS2 only supported a small number of entries in stars.tbl, and any further entries were ignored. Same with FRED, of course.

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: redmenace on September 05, 2004, 06:13:17 pm

Quote

Originally posted by magatsu1
no 3.5.5 is okay. When you say notepad, do you mean table entries ?

Still FRED inside the repository is really goofy right now.

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: Lightspeed on September 05, 2004, 10:22:09 pm

fred2_open_c04282004.zip (http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/SCP/fred2_open_c04282004.zip)

Works for me, and has the new stars.tbl code in it. Briefing icons and waypoints are slightly messed up, but the rest works flawlessly (and you CAN do briefing and waypoints with it, if you know how). :nod:

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: magatsu1 on September 06, 2004, 01:56:30 pm

Okay I got that build and it looks cool, but I still don't know how I specify a background image to a mission. Only retail stuff appears in the b/ground editor.

Edit: Heh, |I just noticed the tables in the .zip !!

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: Lightspeed on September 06, 2004, 02:56:33 pm

duh!

you'll need stars.tbl from the latest release (#6) :)

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: magatsu1 on September 06, 2004, 03:17:33 pm

done and done. you know that FRED you linked is showing as v.3.5.5. BTW.

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: Lightspeed on September 06, 2004, 03:49:44 pm

Yes, I know. Obviously, it isn't Fred 3.5.5 though :p

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: magatsu1 on September 06, 2004, 05:07:03 pm

Another question (this ain't stupid though. I think)

Release6 table mentions Nebulas A through to F but I've only got A and F files. Unless I chop the table I got warnings. Should I have all the extra files (ie; B to E)

I've got 3.6 Open vp.files core, zpack and kpack BTW
(the media links in the unoffical release thread all appear to be outdated)

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: Flaser on September 06, 2004, 05:43:15 pm

Download all the nebula files extract them into the apropiate directory and use the stars.tbl file in the last nebula pack.

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: magatsu1 on September 06, 2004, 05:49:28 pm

link ?

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: Taristin on September 06, 2004, 06:42:49 pm

http://www.penguinbomb.com/lightspeed/

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: Lightspeed on September 07, 2004, 03:36:52 am

Yay! Someone linked to it! :p

(Thanks Raa.)

It's in the WIP section :)

Title: Lightspeed's Lovely Jubley Background Media
Post by: magatsu1 on September 07, 2004, 03:17:53 pm

thanks chaps. (downloading now)