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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: k19 on July 17, 2007, 06:57:16 am
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Hello i'm new to the FRED thing but i was playing around with it and i made my fighter arrival in the fighter bays and depart in the fighter bays how can i do this to my fighter?
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If you've already done it why are you asking?................ :confused:
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i can't make my fighter go into the fighter bay and depart without jumping out like the other ones
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To do that, use an event that ends the mission when the player comes within a certain distance of the fighterbay subsystem. Thus:
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ah, thank you for your help
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hang on where in the events drop down list do you get distance-ship-subsystem and end-mission
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The distance-ship-subsystem operator is in the Status category, end-mission is in the Change->Mission and Campaign category. And while we're at it, the less-than operator is in the Logical category.
A tip: Just once, start the FSO launcher and go to the Dev Tool category under the Features tab. There, check the box next to "Output SEXPs to sexps.html" and click Run. That will give you a list of all supported SEXPs and where to find them, in HTML format. Remember to uncheck it afterwards.
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FSO don't work on my FRED so will it affect my menus? also for the distance-ship-subsystem and end-mission do u need a different FRED version.
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Yes. Both SEXPs are FS2_Open only.
Why doesn't FSO work for you? It only won't work on very old PCs.
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Ooo. I was about to ask this too. Thanx K19!
On a sidenote, how do i make a ship arrive from the fighterbay? Precise placement?
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Change the arrival cue from hyperspace to the appropriate launch bay.
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my computer is fairy new but FSO does work because every thime i open it a error message comes up
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Run it again and tell me what the error is.
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the error is: Fred2_open has encountered a problem and needs to close. we are sorry for the inconvenience. now theirs one before that do you what me to type that open up to.
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Yes. Also run the debug build and post the contents of the fs2_Open.log you'll find in your data folder.
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which folder?
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Freespace2\Data
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sorry in which folder in data
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No folder. It should actually be in Data. You won't see it until you've actually run the debug build.
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i don't understand how do you run the debug build?
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so sorry i did not understand the first time FSO log file correct? where do i paste it again?
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In the launcher, click the "Browse" button at the very top, and select "fs_open_3_6_9_debug.exe" from the list. After that, click "Run" as normal. Attaching a pic of where to find the log file. One you've got it, simply attach it here or paste the contents.
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where is fs_open_3_6_9_debug.exe and where is the browse button
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at the very top
And the .exe should be in your main Freespace directory, which is where the launcher defaults to when you click the browse button.
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where is the main freespace directive
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The main freespace directory is where ever you installed your FS2 to.
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right when you click browse which folder/s do you search. or is it just there
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Is this guy for real? :wtf:
Don't tell me you don't know how to browse trough directories.....I smell something fishy...
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whats a "
Is this guy for real? :wtf:
Don't tell me you don't know how to browse trough directories.....I smell something fishy...
trough directories"?
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Basically in your FS2 folder you should have fs2_open_3_6_9.exe (which I assume you have been running) and fs2_open_3_6_9_debug.exe.
Run the second one. Either through the launcher or simply by clicking on it.
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i do not have fs2_open_3_6_9_debug.exe. i my fs2 folder
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and i i have a different version of fs_open (fs2_open_3_6_5.exe)
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3.6.5 is over 2 years old. Get yourself to the general forum and download Turey's Online installer. Run that and let it update you to something remotely modern.
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Ah, that explains a few things. 3.6.9 has done such a good job clearing up the version confusion we used to have that it didn't even occur to me to ask about the build.
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is there instructions on how to install it i download and don't know what to do next?
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<a href="http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,47045.0.html" target="_blank">Walkthrough[/url] for The FreeSpace Open Installer by Turey - or try hip63's FSSCP DVD 1.0 from <a href="http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,45514.msg942398.html#msg942398" target="_blank">FileFront[/url] or <a href="http://hades-combine.com/web/index.php?ind=downloads&op=section_view&idev=76" target="_blank">Hades Combine[/url] or <a href="http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,45946.0.html" target="_blank">Bittorrent[/url]
Get hip63's patch to 1.01 from <a href="http://hosted.filefront.com/hip63/1935621" target="_blank">FileFront[/url] or <a href="http://hades-combine.com/web/index.php?ind=downloads&op=section_view&idev=76" target="_blank">Hades Combine[/url]
Alternatively, you can try getting <a href="http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,39499.msg950119.html#msg950119" target="_blank">ShivanSpS' FS 2 Pack[/url]
Or see thesizzler's <a href="http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,47640.0.html" target="_blank">Manual Install instructions[/url]
Stolen from his siggy.
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OK still my internet bandwidth is already sky high i'll try this on the 31st see you then
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Hmm, if you have to watch your bandwidth, then make sure you follow the steps in my walkthrough for installing FS2 & copying the .MVEs... that will save you some bandwidth.
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Good news it work i can now do a hanger landing but was it was in FRED open are Freespace open and FRED open the same thing also Freespace open no longer displays the error message but still dones't work ( this may have something to do with the fact that i stopped the download while it was going through "sparky_hi").
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Hmm, ya... try finishing that... if you didn't d'l it at all, then IIRC you'd be stuck at 640x480 resolution. But with it half done, you may have created problems.
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it work (well kind of the some campaigns did not load) but still it work but the new FS_open doesn't work but the old does is all that freespace open is just better graphics or something else? also it install new things on my computer which i have no idea what they do they are: ANIBLD32.exe , ANIVIW32.exe , modviw32.exe , VPMage.exe , tblviw32l.exe and vpview32_20.exe. if you could send me a walkthrough or some help greatly appreciated.
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Did you install Open AL from www.openal.org ? (The Installer for Windows, SDK is not necessary.)
FreeSpace Open has much better graphics, and support for the newer campaigns that require it.
Those programs you mentioned are used for creating your own missions / campaigns or modding others'.
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is there a web page or manual that can help?
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also whats "modding I've heard it alot lot but what is it.
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Modding is modifying (making modifications to) a game; either to upgrade it (make it better), or to change it (use the engine for something different besides the way it normally is.)
For example, the BattleStar Galactica: Beyond the Red Line demo mod takes the FS2 Open engine and uses it for a BSG game... same with Wing Commander Saga, The Babylon Project, and others.
There are mods for Halo that introduce new vehicles, or make existing ones able to be controlled by the player. (Most use Halo: Custom Edition, see my siggy.)
OK, as far as a webpage or manual, I'll give you two:
karajorma's FreeSpace FAQ (FreeSpace Oracle) (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/FAQ/intro.html)
The FS Wiki (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/)
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FRED_open mission don't work on normal freespace is this right.
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Yep. There are ways to save a mission created in FRED2_Open in a way that Retail can use them but that only works if you haven't used any of the FS2_Open features. If you're not familiar with retail it's probably more hassle to check if you've done this than to simply make the mission in Retail FRED in the first place.
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but why is there a FRED_open if it doesn't work?
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Because there's also a FS2_open where it does work :) Trying to run FSO missions in FS2 is just as bad as trying to run FS2 missions in FS1. Or as bad as trying to run a windows program in DOS, for that matter. Different generations. Fred2_open goes with FS2_open, FRED2 goes with FS2, and FRED goes with FS1.
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ok then
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ok it works now thanks.
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:necro:
I'm glad you got it working, though. I remember when I got FSO working for the first time. With a good computer. :)