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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace & FreeSpace Open Support => Topic started by: Doomreaper on May 27, 2009, 10:20:13 am
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I am on a school computer and cannot install OpenAL because i do not have any rights.
I am on a Windows system.
Is there any way to get around this so i can play the game?
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Maybe don't use a school computer?
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While I do agree with Sushi - you've usually signed/agreed to a terms of use which specifically prohibits games - you're on your own if you do this and it is against school policy.
You should be able to just stick the openal dlls in the same directory as the game and have it run.
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where do i download the dlls without having to install them.
And my teacher is fine with it.
The Class im in is called 3D Computer Gaming/Modeling.
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where do i download the dlls without having to install them.
And my teacher is fine with it.
The Class im in is called 3D Computer Gaming/Modeling.
Then ask your teacher to install it for you, he should have access rights!
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If that fails, install OpenAL to a computer where you can install it, then copy OpenAL32.dll and wrap_oal.dll from C:\Windows\System32\ to the \freespace2\ folder.
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Let me get this straight - you're trying to play FSO on a school computer??? :wtf:
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The Class im in is called 3D Computer Gaming/Modeling
Let me get this straight - you're trying to play FSO on a school computer??? :wtf:
And?
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and...
Your teacher is fine with it? Playing a full retail game, not some cheap flash game, installing it on a public school computer, and playing it during class time?
Maybe it's just me, because the public computers in my school are automatically re-formatted at midnight every single day. :rolleyes:
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i play it before school because i dont have a computer i can go on at home.
and the game is installed on my flash drive.
and i cant install anything onto the computer.
is there a way some one can set up a download for just the dll's?
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If you have a flash drive, then Lobo's last suggestion should work fine.
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i dont have a computer to install the dll's and copy from it.
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Maybe it's just me, because the public computers in my school are automatically re-formatted at midnight every single day. :rolleyes:
Wow...
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:sigh: Can somebody else copy their dll's, put them into a zip file, and put it up for download please? :sigh:
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i dont have a computer to install the dll's and copy from it.
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You reall should get/have a computer. FreeSpace isn't the sort of casual game that you can easily play at school. It takes time. Certain missions take surprising amounts of time and there is no saving during missions. And I concider serious gaming to be a tad bit out of place at school.
If you must, I can upload the .dll's somewhere, but seriously. Think about it.
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Yeah, this is NOT the way to do it. Period.
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Before school i have 45 min. and sometimes when i stay after school i have 3 hours. so i think i have enough time. and i know how long the game can be i had to play one mission in Freespace 1 for 2 hours at school. i know what im getting myself into so can you just please help me? :wtf:
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Not knowing your school computers' specs: retail FS2 runs without OpenAL.
And again what Wobble already said: if you have your teacher's approval, ask him/her to install OpenAL to the computer(s) you're going to use.
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he told me i cant install anything on the school computers i just said that.
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Calm down dude. He's taking time out to help you. Just run FS2 retail (select no mod) in the launcher.
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Oh well, here you go. Extract these dlls into the same folder the Launcher and the FSO exes are in.
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Promises to read thread before posting in the future
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ps you will need at least 4gb for a minimum fsopen install
No you won't. You can run FS2_Open only taking up a few more MB than retail. But even with the media VPs too you still aren't necessarily looking at that much.
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Just run FS2 retail (select no mod) in the launcher.
No mods is vanilla.
Retail is the original, non-FSO FreeSpace2. Retail means that the FSO game engine is not used at all.
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Yeah, you need to select the retail exe in the launcher, that doesn't require OpenAL, FSO does require OpenAL.
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Just run FS2 retail (select no mod) in the launcher.
No mods is vanilla.
Retail is the original, non-FSO FreeSpace2. Retail means that the FSO game engine is not used at all.
Ah I see, I didn't realise there was a difference.