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Title: Unable to get the updated graphics
Post by: Smiddi on March 10, 2010, 06:26:59 pm

Hi, my apologies for my inexperience, but any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated. After following the installation guide in installing FSO, the game does not play on the updated graphics. I attempted to increase the resolution, graphics and color depth to no avail. Does anyone know what it is that i am overlooking?

Title: Re: Unable to get the updated graphics
Post by: The E on March 10, 2010, 06:32:00 pm

Quote from: The FAQ you should have read

Your fs2_open.log: (possibly the most important thing ever)
fs2_open.log is a file generated by debug builds. It contains all sorts of useful information that we need in order to help you. That is why you should follow the instructions below and provide us with that file when asking for help. Creating an fs2_open.log happens like this:

• Download the recommended build (link is in the first post of this thread) if you haven't already and place the .exe files to your \freespace2\ folder.
• Switch to windowed mode (open the Launcher, open the Features tab, select Dev Tools from the pulldown menu and tick on "Run in window").
• Select the debug build (fs2_open_3_6_10d.exe) and run it. If you've been experiencing crashes, do exactly what you've done previously, up until it crashes.
  If you have had other issues, it is sufficient to run it until you get to the Main Hall. If the debug build crashes fatally even before getting to the Main Hall, no worries.
  Note that warnings and errors are not the same thing. Warnings are there to tell that something is a bit wrong, but not fatally wrong. You can skip warnings by clicking "No". Errors are more severe and if an error occurs, you really have to quit the game.
• Quit the game.
• Find the file called fs2_open.log from \freespace2\data\, copy it to a safe location and deliver it to us by using one of the following means:
  
  • include it to your post as an attachment (click Additional Options when posting)
  • include it to your post using the "code" tags
  • send it to pastebin (http://pastebin.org/) and provide us with the link to it
    
    

Title: Re: Unable to get the updated graphics
Post by: General Battuta on March 10, 2010, 06:54:10 pm

Did you select 'mediavps' as a mod in the launcher?

And yeah, do what The_E said.

Title: Re: Unable to get the updated graphics
Post by: Smiddi on March 10, 2010, 08:23:24 pm

Hey there. it was the mediavps that had not activated. Thank you so much for your help, it was really appreciated.

Title: Re: Unable to get the updated graphics
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 11, 2010, 04:40:20 am

Quote from: Smiddi on March 10, 2010, 08:23:24 pm

Hey there. it was the mediavps that had not activated.

Indeed. The FSO engine makes graphical improvements possible, but the MediaVPs are the actual graphical improvements.