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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: hurleybird on September 11, 2006, 03:59:43 pm

Title: Trying to get into FRED --need help
Post by: hurleybird on September 11, 2006, 03:59:43 pm
Hi. I just started getting into FRED (3.6.9) today, and after a few seconds I'm already stuck. When I click on "Run Freespace" to try to test my mission, the editor complains that it "cannot find the file specified." What to do?
Title: Re: Trying to get into FRED --need help
Post by: Mobius on September 11, 2006, 04:09:32 pm
Simply do not sue that link.It doesn't work...
Title: Re: Trying to get into FRED --need help
Post by: hurleybird on September 11, 2006, 04:11:02 pm
Ah, ok. And where to put new missions? FRED wants to put them into 'my documents', is that right?
Title: Re: Trying to get into FRED --need help
Post by: Dark Hunter on September 11, 2006, 05:21:56 pm
No, it's not. What you need to do is put them in \Freespace2\data\missions.

Then, select the techroom in-game, select mission simulator, select "Single Missions", and voila! there it is, ready to play! It's a hassle, I know...

Quote from: hurleybird on September 11, 2006, 03:59:43 pm
...and after a few seconds I'm already stuck.

What in the world did you manage to get done in a few seconds that already needs to be tested? :p


Hint: before asking anymore questions about FRED, go through the walkthrough. It's very informative and covers all aspects of mission building.
Title: Re: Trying to get into FRED --need help
Post by: hurleybird on September 11, 2006, 05:33:16 pm
Quote from: Dark Hunter on September 11, 2006, 05:21:56 pm
Hint: before asking anymore questions about FRED, go through the walkthrough. It's very informative and covers all aspects of mission building.

That's what I was doing  :lol:
Title: Re: Trying to get into FRED --need help
Post by: Dark Hunter on September 11, 2006, 05:40:08 pm
Then you're already ahead of some people who come here asking questions!  :yes:
Title: Re: Trying to get into FRED --need help
Post by: Mobius on September 11, 2006, 06:41:36 pm
I agree....

I'm available for every question,contact me via PM or using a thread(I prefer the second one for obvious reasons :D ).
Title: Re: Trying to get into FRED --need help
Post by: karajorma on September 11, 2006, 08:23:03 pm
Quote from: LieutenantGeneralMobius on September 11, 2006, 04:09:32 pm
Simply do not sue that link.It doesn't work...

It does actually. The problem is that it was never updated between FRED and FRED2. So it's looking for FS.exe instead of FS2.exe.

Copying and renaming the exe will solve that problem and still let you use the original FS2.exe from the launcher.


Not certain what the FS2_Open code does though.
Title: Re: Trying to get into FRED --need help
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 12, 2006, 09:29:50 am
Makes sentry guns into waffle irons.....


I thought the Run Freespace Bug would be fixed by now, although to be honest when i'm on a Fredding Session, i Run FS2 in a window and Alt-Tab.

It saves launching over. :nod: just press escape, Alt tab to fred, edit whatever>save, then go back to FS2 and click Restart the Mission.
Title: Re: Trying to get into FRED --need help
Post by: Mobius on September 12, 2006, 05:56:24 pm
hey,I thought it too!It would say Run FreeSpace 2 instead...