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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Coolio on February 25, 2009, 04:51:28 pm

Title: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: Coolio on February 25, 2009, 04:51:28 pm

Hello everyone, i just got into Freespace 2 thank to a friend. First thing i did was download Open Freespace. I followed instructions, but im not sure if game is installed correctly. I first installed FS2 from the cd, and on top of it i used the Open FS installer and downloaded all the files. How can i be sure its installed correctly?
Also i want to use the FSPort mod, it comes already with the installer?
Thanks!

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: General Battuta on February 25, 2009, 05:13:05 pm

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Installing_fs2_open (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Installing_fs2_open)

Let us know if that doesn't cover everything.

The best mod to start with is 'MediaVPs'; you should see drastically enhanced graphics. There's a small chance your MediaVPs are corrupt if you got them from the installer, in which case you'll have to redownload them from the release thread over in the Freespace Upgrade subforum.

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: Coolio on February 25, 2009, 05:27:14 pm

Well, im just not sure what it meand by retail FS2 data. I just installed whole game first then used installer. Also i want to start playing a campaig, FS1 campaign to be exact. Cna i use MediaVPs mod and the FS1 port?

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: tinfoil on February 25, 2009, 05:50:05 pm

the stuff you get from installing is retail data. mods, media vp's etc are not.

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: Coolio on February 25, 2009, 05:56:00 pm

So its right what i did, installing retail (full game) patching, then using installer?

And to download mods, i want to start playing FS1 campaign . Can i use MediaVPs mod and the FS1 port? Or must be used separately?

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: tinfoil on February 25, 2009, 05:58:59 pm

when any user campaign that supports media vps is used the vp's automatically kick in. this includes the freespace port, so yes, both can be used simultaneously.

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: Rhymes on February 25, 2009, 06:02:03 pm

Select the mod you want to play under the "mod" tab on the launcher, then just run the game.  The files are installed such that if it supports the mediavps, it will run the mediavps along with the mod, with the mod taking priority.

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: Coolio on February 25, 2009, 06:25:17 pm

Great! Thanks a lot for your help!

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: tinfoil on February 25, 2009, 06:26:37 pm

It's not complicated, you'll get the hang of it.

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: Coolio on February 25, 2009, 07:00:41 pm

Ive been playing and no crashes or errors, im using 3.6.10 release, though not latest nightly build should i use one? Playing FS1 campaign now, mediavps work fine.
Last question, i want to play coop with a friend, how do we find out if games are compatible?

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: Pred the Penguin on February 26, 2009, 05:24:27 am

If you're lazy like me you can just get the latest builds whenever you feel like it. :P

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: tinfoil on February 26, 2009, 10:38:47 am

that's what i do. it's never failed me.

Title: Re: Help, kinda lost.
Post by: azile0 on March 01, 2009, 01:40:10 am

I guess I need to say this...

:welcome: