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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Coding - The Source Code Project (SCP) => Topic started by: Stealth on February 29, 2008, 01:09:38 pm

Title: playing online
Post by: Stealth on February 29, 2008, 01:09:38 pm

call me noob, but i just saw this:
http://fs2netd.game-warden.com/?p=0

and i want to play FS2 open online.

all i've ever played is FS1 and FS2.  never downloaded or even looked at anything related to the SCP, although i'm interested, and at one point even helped Inquisitor by managing the beta testers (years and years ago).

So how do i go about installing FS2open, and playing it online?

Title: Re: playing online
Post by: karajorma on February 29, 2008, 01:15:04 pm

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,42854.0.html

Turey's installer will upgrade your FS2 install to FS2_Open. After that it's a case of following the instructions here (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,49012.0.html).

Title: Re: playing online
Post by: Stealth on February 29, 2008, 02:33:17 pm

awesome.  can i still play FS2 once i've installed FS2_open?  or is that a nono?

Title: Re: playing online
Post by: Polpolion on February 29, 2008, 02:47:19 pm

Quote from: Stealth on February 29, 2008, 02:33:17 pm

awesome.  can i still play FS2 once i've installed FS2_open?  or is that a nono?

It's fine. Just don't use the FSO launcher. Either use the retail launcher or just run straight from the retail exe.

Title: Re: playing online
Post by: karajorma on February 29, 2008, 03:13:29 pm

Installed correctly the two won't interfere with each other. I frequently pop back to retail to check how old a bug is.

Title: Re: playing online
Post by: Admiral_Stones on February 29, 2008, 04:54:09 pm

Hm. Why do I always get a message saying I got hacked table files? I nevar changed anything.

Title: Re: playing online
Post by: karajorma on February 29, 2008, 05:13:49 pm

Using the media VPs gets you that. The 3.6.10 ones will be validated once they are out of beta though.

Title: Re: playing online
Post by: Admiral_Stones on March 01, 2008, 02:16:44 am

I also removed the mediavps... won't work though :mad2:

Title: Re: playing online
Post by: karajorma on March 01, 2008, 02:31:56 am

You only needed to go to the launcher and select no mods in order to turn them off BTW. If doing that doesn't get rid of the warning then check your freespace folder and data\tables folder. You shouldn't have any table or tbm files in either. You shouldn't have any VP files that weren't installed by the retail game (except for the multiplayer voice and missions ones).

Title: Re: playing online
Post by: Admiral_Stones on March 01, 2008, 02:37:52 am

K... I managed to get to the login phase, but after that it just crashes. Suggestions?

Title: Re: playing online
Post by: karajorma on March 01, 2008, 03:07:49 am

Run the debug build and post the fs2_open.log you find in Data.

Title: Re: playing online
Post by: colecampbell666 on March 02, 2008, 08:06:41 pm

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,49012.0.html

This is the complete guide to everything. Everything. If a link isn't there, tell me.