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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Sayne on January 17, 2006, 08:32:49 pm
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Hello everyone,
I'm new to the FS2 modding stuff, and I had a very basic question: if I've done everything right with my installation of FS2 open (which I think I have) why does my game not look nearly as pretty as the screenshots on the scp site? (by screenshots I'm referring to these http://fs2source.warpcore.org/wmcscreenies/ )I use an ATI Radeon x800XT PE with the most recent drivers (cause FS2 isn't the only game I play) so I play FS2_open on OpenGl. I get the shinemaps on fighters, but not on all capital ships, but my engine glows and my lighting in general are not as pretty as the pics.
Did I dl the wrong mv files or the wrong build or something?
What should I use to make the game as pretty as the screenshots on this site? I'm not new at modding games, but the FS2_open system has befuddled me. I thought I got the newest everything.
Thanks
(feel free to move this to a different forum if you think it's necessary)
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First
:welcome:
Then:
i) try using -ambient_factor 70 in the command line. More about command line options in here (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Command-Line_Reference)
ii) if you are using recent builds make sure you have species_defs.tbl somewhere. Here (http://koti.mbnet.fi/vekkup/FS2/Species_defs.tbl) is an example that disables the retail modelled thrust cones and uses only the new SCP thrust effects. But that particular file functions only with with recent builds (post 08/01/06). Here (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,37620.0.html) is another one..
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Thanks, that was very helpful :)
My only question, then, is how do I make a .tbl file... :(
I r stupid sometimes.
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Just copy-paste that into a .txt and then rename it as .tbl. Then just stick it in the ~Freespace2/MediaVPs/data/tables directory (if you have a seperate directory for the Media VP's, of course).
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It's always simpler than I think it is. Wasn't sure if I had to create the file with a specific program.
Thanks ^_^