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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: k19 on September 09, 2007, 02:54:49 am
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Is there any download site that has a free Freespace 1 full version download because i have the demo and can't find it in stores i do have freespace 2 but still it would be good to have both.
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FS1 isn't freeware so there aren't sny legal download sites for it. Just download Turey's FSO Installer (look in my sig) and play FSPort. That way you can play FS1 with all the FS2 and FSO goodness.
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all ready downloaded it the FS port fail to download anything else.
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If the Installer refuses to download FSPort, just get it manually. Go to the FSPort site (http://fsport.hard-light.net) and to the downloads section. I just tried myself and you can download at least from FSMods. Fileplanet might work as well.
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What happens in the installer? Do you get any error messages?
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FS1 isn't freeware so there aren't sny legal download sites for it.
FS2 isn't freeware either. :p
Seriously, it really isn't.
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Yea but between the two, FS1 is more illegal to download, because the source for that isn't open :p
Anyway, if you can't find it, just grab the FSPort. :)
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Then again the company that published it bit the dust a couple of years ago and had its office locked up by the state of California. I think they have bigger things to worry about then warez copies of a 10 years old game that they didn't really care about anyway.
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Let's not turn this into another discussion about Interplay please. But they are still around and apparently are moving slowly out of debt.
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FS2 isn't freeware either. :p
Seriously, it really isn't.
True. But I've created my own moral code: If it's in HotU, downloading it is legal enough.
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I found the ISO over at Hades Combine and i downloaded it. I have one problem.though, I use Daemon to mount the image and i get the game running. when i click to proceed to the missions the load screen comes up and then freezes. so i reboot and try it again and it always freezes at the same spot. is there something I'm doing something wrong or is it a bad download?
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Simple solution: Download Turey's FSO Installer (found for example in my sig), download FSO with it and play FSPort.
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FS1 isn't freeware so there aren't sny legal download sites for it.
Not even illegal. Out of curiosity, I just did a Google search on that and came up with only one result, with S/L of 1/25. And it's 1.67 GB, for some reason, which makes me a little wary of whether it's FS1 or not. A lot of torrents about this "FreeSpace Battle Pack", whatever that is.
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Did you use Toorgle (http://www.toorgle.com/)? And, did you search for Descent: FreeSpace and Conflict: FreeSpace? How about FreeSpace: The Great War?
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Thanks for your help out of interest is a torrent the same as a download.
P.S. Thanks jr2 for giving be the Toorgle version of Google.
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A torrent is a p2p download, using the BitTorrent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent) protocol. You will need a BitTorrent client to use them. I recommend [url=http://www.utorrent.com/]uTorrent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_client); if you need more help (eg, with port forwarding), let me know.
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FS1 isn't freeware so there aren't sny legal download sites for it.
Not even illegal. Out of curiosity, I just did a Google search on that and came up with only one result, with S/L of 1/25. And it's 1.67 GB, for some reason, which makes me a little wary of whether it's FS1 or not. A lot of torrents about this "FreeSpace Battle Pack", whatever that is.
The Battle Pack is either FS1 and ST bundled or FS1 and 2 bundled.
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It couldn't be FS 1 + 2 unless they were (or at least FS2 was) stripped - down versions.
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It couldn't be FS 1 + 2 unless they were (or at least FS2 was) stripped - down versions.
The White Label re-release carried both games in a multi CD pack. It's possible someone could have ripped that. But seeing as how the Battlepack was the official name used for the FS1 and Silent Threat release it's most likely that.
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It couldn't be FS 1 + 2 unless they were (or at least FS2 was) stripped - down versions.
The White Label re-release carried both games in a multi CD pack. It's possible someone could have ripped that.
Look at the download size.
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Does anyone here off the top of their heads know a site where freespace one or freespace 1 + silent threat?
Thanks.
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1) You don't want to use FS1 + ST via the SCP or FS2 Retail FSPort? If you do, I can give you a link to FSPort.
2) Do you know how to use Toorgle (http://www.toorgle.com)? How about Bittorrent (http://www.utorrent.com)? You might need help forwarding your ports (http://www.portforward.com) if you use Bittorrent.
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The easiest way to get all that you need is to use Turey's Online Installer.
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The easiest way to get all that you need is to use Turey's Online Installer.
True. Unless you want to only use Retail, which I strongly suggest against.
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I'd rather the retail since the port failed to download, with toorgle i found a website that had it the trouble was resignations were closed haven't tried bit torrent yet but if anyone thinks of a website please tell thanks.
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...Was it Demonoid? I can send you an invite, I think... but, do try the Open Installer one more time first.
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It was Demonoid but i'll try the Open Installer onw more time let you know what happens bye
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There's a Walkthrough in my sig... if that helps. ;)
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ok now i know this has nothing to do with the download subject but i don't think it's right to open a new thread for this: In FSO the Hercules hull is gone the only thing left to see and shot at is the cockpit need help on this please.
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In the launcher's features tab tick "Enable jpg and tga textures"
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But I want the nostalgia feel!
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again i know this off subject but karajorma FREESPACE FAQ you said something about changing the name plates on the orion destroyers like the bastion i tried doing it but the link didn't explain it well and i have no idea how to do it . one last thing can you do this to other ships.
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The method in the FAQ is more for retail than FSO. FSO introduced a texture replacement system which makes things much easier.
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it's not that how do you get the texture or whatever.
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You make a transparent texture in Photoshop. Or something like that.
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ok lets get off texture for the monment the download fail again so how do people get their copy of freespace 1 not including the port or the shops.
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Hmm, this might be the problem: (I'll try to find you a retail FS1 download; give me a bit of time...)
NOTICE:
Due t' lack o' bandwidth, I'm droppin' th' files fer th' retail installation, an' Derelict, until th' next billin' cycle.
3 TERAbytes, people, to be sure!
Oy!
Seeya when I get some more bandwidth :D
K, pulled.
EDIT: Some statistics. Please note the time span. I'm not sure what happened to the logs after July 11th. I'll ask Hunter.
Hits between Dec. 7, 2006 and July 11, 2007
Total Hits File
2940 /files/installer/FreeSpaceOpensetup.exe
2877 /files/installer/filenames.txt
3205 /files/installer/version.txt
1971 /files/installer/UpdateFreeSpaceOpen.exe
1128 /files/installer/update_version.txt
6088 /files/installer/java/FreeSpaceOpenInstaller.jar
45449 /files/installer/java/core_files.txt
45806 /files/installer/java/filenames.txt
49941 /files/installer/java/version.txt
804 /files/installer/java/javautilities/javautilities.exe
364 /files/installer/java/FreeSpaceOpenUpdater.jar
850 /files/installer/java/update_version.txt
58569 /files/installer/FreeSpaceOpenInstaller.zip
Grand totals:
Total number of downloads of NSIS version: 2940
Total number of downloads of Java version: 64657
Total number of downloads of both versions: 67597
Average downloads/day: 321.89
Total number of executions of NSIS version: 4333
Total number of executions of Java version: 50791
Total number of executions of both versions: 55124
Average executions/day: 262.5
Percent of Java downloads that were the .exe version: 90% (Interestingly close to Microsoft's share of the OS market...)
Ah, that's what happened. SA (Yes THE SA) seems to have taken a liking to FSO. If anyone here happens to have an SA account could you post this link (http://www.fsoinstaller.com/sanote.html) for me on the following threads?
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2612076
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2613848
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2612827
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2614021
EDIT: Some other interesting referring sites:
Chinese site (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fezdiypc.com%2Fdiscuz%2Fviewthread.php%3Ftid%3D58%26extra%3Dpage%253D1%26page%3D1&langpair=zh%7Cen&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools)
Japanese site (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fstardogs.netgamers.jp%2Findex.php%3FFreeSpace%2520Series%2FFreeSpace%25202%2FFreeSpace%25202%2520SCP&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools)
A note to the members of Something Awful Forums
Hello, my name is Turey, and I wrote the FreeSpace Open Installer. All of you at Something Awful seem to have taken quite an interest in both FreeSpace Open and my Installer. I'm always glad to see more people become interested in FreeSpace Open, but the addition of the SA traffic to the normal traffic has caused a problem for one of the file hosts that the Installer relies on. As such, the retail files and the Derelict mod campaign have been temporarily removed from the Installer.
I understand that this is inconvenient, but it has to be done. In the meantime, here's an alternative method of downloading. If you download the HotU Version (http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=4150), then run my Installer on top of it, it should result in an almost identical install to what you would have gotten with the retail files in my Installer. If you're looking for Derelict, you can get it from Hades-Combine (http://hades-combine.com/web/index.php?ind=downloads&op=entry_view&iden=302).
Thank you for your cooperation, and I hope you enjoy playing FreeSpace Open.
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thanks i'll try that, and thanks for trying to help good luck on finding the retail version.
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Here we go i found a work retail verison most of the credit goes to jr2 and karajorma. jr2 gave me help and advice and karajorma gave me the download site in his thread (freespace 2 download links).
Thanks let you know how it turns out. cheery o
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ok does anyone know if freespace 1 is compatible with XP because when i get to the launcher and click "play freespace" it doesn't start no error message nothing help please.
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It is compatible with SP2, as I can play it.
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Ya.... I use SP2; you have to set Compatibility mode... right-click on the \games\freespace\freespace.exe file, go to compatibility, and set it for Windows '95. (I use Win '98 mode, but I've heard some ppl get problems with that.)
Oh, and, if you want, you can use a Glide Wrapper to get 3DFX Glide in the setup screen for video (instead of D3D). zeckensack's Glide wrapper (http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/index.html).
See also zeckensack's supported Games list (http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/readme.htm#games); note that you should enable Application specific overrides in the configurator, so that zeckensack's FreeSpace optimizations will work. Then just re-run 'Setup' from the FreeSpace Launcher.
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out of interest have anyone had any problems with the hades combine website or their download of freespace one.
P.S. if you have heard this problem the problem is the launcher comes up and i click play freespace it closes as usual and nothing happens.
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out of interest have anyone had any problems with the hades combine website or their download of freespace one.
P.S. if you have heard this problem the problem is the launcher comes up and i click play freespace it closes as usual and nothing happens.
And this is after you set Compatibility mode to Windows '95?
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Yes i also saw on the comments on freespace on download a person talking about the same problem but no one ever answered him (dam) is this a bad download.
If so we go back to square one: finding a website that has the free download of the full verison of freespace 1 retail.
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Hmm... did you try here (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/FAQ/general.html#WhereGetFS)?
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yeah i tried that the trouble was that the page no long existed or there were no seeds.
did you say you had demoniod could you invite me i've been checking all this month but the resignations are still closed.
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I'll sort it out when I get home; give me 3 - 4 hours.
EDIT: Look in here for retail torrents (http://www.isohunt.com/torrents/freespace?ihp=1&iht=-1&ihs1=4&iho1=d). However, if you want SCP (including FSPort & a ton of mods), I can tell you for certain that this (http://www.torrentbox.com/torrent_details?id=95670) torrent works; I put that torrent up, and I'm still seeding it... currently, there are 4 seeders and 4 "Leechers" (downloaders, but with Bittorrent, downloaders also upload :D ). hip63 made this disc; the only thing is; after you install it, then you must rename the \freespace2\fs1_port_3 directory to \freespace2\fsport . Additionally, the patch to version 1.01 of the DVD can be found in my signature.
(http://i4.tinypic.com/6fu8r2g.jpg)
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Ya.... I use SP2; you have to set Compatibility mode... right-click on the \games\freespace\freespace.exe file, go to compatibility, and set it for Windows '95. (I use Win '98 mode, but I've heard some ppl get problems with that.)
Oh, and, if you want, you can use a Glide Wrapper to get 3DFX Glide in the setup screen for video (instead of D3D). zeckensack's Glide wrapper (http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/index.html).
See also zeckensack's supported Games list (http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/readme.htm#games); note that you should enable Application specific overrides in the configurator, so that zeckensack's FreeSpace optimizations will work. Then just re-run 'Setup' from the FreeSpace Launcher.
I don't need to set compatibility.
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:lol: . . . tried using your afterburners? ;7
Unless for some reason you're really lucky, your afterburners are useless unless you set compatibility mode. They fail to ignite. Don't ask me why.
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Um, let's see if I got this right. You play FSO with XP SP2 and have to use the compatibility thingie? Crikey! I've been playing FSO in XP with SP2 since January, without setting compatibility and without problems. Is my rig flawed or is it yours?
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We're not talking about FSO, we're talking about FS1 retail.
:lol: . . . tried using your afterburners? ;7
Unless for some reason you're really lucky, your afterburners are useless unless you set compatibility mode. They fail to ignite. Don't ask me why.
I guess I'm really lucky. :p
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I have never had a problem with FS1 retail on XP. I wonder why i don't have any problems
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Maybe it's a minority who have a problem, not the majority.
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I have never had a problem with FS1 retail on XP. I wonder why i don't have any problems
Well, I'll have to run FS1 without the Compatibility mode and see... it could be its only FS2 Retail that has a problem... plus, I'm using a different computer than when I started (started with a Gigabyte GA-6BXD dual processor 500 MHz PIII and 512 MB RAM, with first a 3DFX Voodoo 3 w/ 16 MB, then upgraded to a BFG "Asylum" FX 5200 OC 256 MB... then my little bro stepped on the video out cable plugged into the computer :/ )
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I also get the afterburner bug, and it goes away with compatibility mode.
Also, FS1 should be played in software mode. It actually looks better than both D3D and Glide, and modern processors can easily handle it at maxed framerates.
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I also get the afterburner bug, and it goes away with compatibility mode.
Also, FS1 should be played in software mode. It actually looks better than both D3D and Glide, and modern processors can easily handle it at maxed framerates.
...Better than Glide? :confused: I thought that Glide was supposed to be the best-looking. Without acceleration, I thought some features were turned off, even if the processor can handle it. Else software mode would be quite impossible on the older machines... correct?
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I have never had a problem with FS1 retail on XP. I wonder why i don't have any problems
Well, I'll have to run FS1 without the Compatibility mode and see... it could be its only FS2 Retail that has a problem... plus, I'm using a different computer than when I started (started with a Gigabyte GA-6BXD dual processor 500 MHz PIII and 512 MB RAM, with first a 3DFX Voodoo 3 w/ 16 MB, then upgraded to a BFG "Asylum" FX 5200 OC 256 MB... then my little bro stepped on the video out cable plugged into the computer :/ )
No problems with retail. I'm assuming that your brother didn't cause any permanent damage, only that you killed him.
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Ya, that was a few years ago.... I'd thought he toasted the computer, so I got a new one. Come to find out, when the monitor went blank (from being unplugged), I guess he reached in back to "fix" it, and threw the voltage selector from 110 to 220 volts, so the compy was only getting half power. Since I didn't change the voltage selector, and couldn't imagine a sane reason to, I didn't find out until after I'd gotten a nice new MSI 6750E (aka K7N2 Delta2 Platinum) with an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with a BFG 6200 LE OC GFX card. ;7
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Ok i'm back can anyone tell me what these stupid leechs are for the not seeds so what are they? :mad: their on every FS1 link that still works.
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"Leechers" are people like you, who don't have a full copy yet... they can share what they have with you, but if there's not at least one "seeder", then eventually you will all have the same amount of information, and transfers will cease until someone with the entire torrent connects again (if they do). Do make sure you wait at least 10-20 mins before discarding a torrent, though, as sometimes it takes awhile for you to find all of the seeders / leechers. If there are no seeders, then ditch it. BTW, have you at least tried the SCP torrent in my sig? (hip63's one) I absolutely positively know that one works, because I'm seeding it 24/7! :p If it doesn't, then you have a problem with your connection... visit www.portforward.com with your router make / model # handy, and look for how to 1) set up a static IP with your router, not your ISP, and also how to forward your port.
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yeah i have...it doesn't look good does it
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Erg. Post your router's make & model #, I'll look up the info for you... :p
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good news found a site this can be close i found what i wanted thanks for your help.