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Title: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: Nami on October 10, 2010, 07:36:17 pm

I tried looking quite a bit through the forums, but couldn't find anything. 

Is it possible to build and run FRED2 Open on Linux?  I have 3.6.13 of the fs2open code, but couldn't find a way to build the FRED files.  I noticed when setting up a Windows install of fs2open that a version of FRED2Open was included with the dist, but I would prefer to avoid using Windows (or Wine) if possible. 

I'm new to any form of FS2 modding, so any tips would be a tremendous help. 

Title: Re: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: Galemp on October 10, 2010, 07:48:56 pm

As far as I know FRED is Windows-only for the time being. There is a cross-platform wxFRED under development.

But you could always use TextEdit...

Title: Re: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: The E on October 10, 2010, 08:31:54 pm

Right now, the only way to use FRED on Linux is via Wine.

Title: Re: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: Nami on October 10, 2010, 08:36:44 pm

Thanks for the responses!  Now that I know for sure I can stop worrying about it for the time being.  ;o)

Title: Re: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: Nami on October 11, 2010, 10:06:44 am

Anyone know how/where/if possible to check out the code for wxFRED?  I looked around a bit but couldn't find anything.  Thanks. 

Title: Re: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: The E on October 11, 2010, 10:48:40 am

It's in the FSO svn. Check the code/wxFRED directory there. However, it's not even close to being functional at the moment.

Title: Re: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: Goober5000 on October 11, 2010, 11:11:00 pm

It's not even close to being complete.  But it is functional, for extremely trivial functions. :p

Title: Re: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on October 14, 2010, 03:49:46 am

"Posts: 3"

Welcome beams anyone ? :D

oh, and yes, you can textEdit a misson :) it just takes a little more time.

Title: Re: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: CommanderDJ on October 14, 2010, 04:33:51 am

:welcome:

Title: Re: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: Nami on October 18, 2010, 06:37:47 pm

Quote from: X3N0-Life-Form on October 14, 2010, 03:49:46 am

oh, and yes, you can textEdit a misson :) it just takes a little more time.

Are you referring to some particular program, or just straight-out "wires' n pliers" text editing?  Hahaha...it sounds interesting...I will have to learn more about the format. 

Title: Re: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on October 19, 2010, 03:11:13 am

Quote from: Nami on October 18, 2010, 06:37:47 pm

Are you referring to some particular program, or just straight-out "wires' n pliers" text editing?  Hahaha...it sounds interesting...I will have to learn more about the format. 

Just Notepad, or Notepad++, WordPad, ConTEXT... Whatever your favorite text editor is, doesn't matter.

Title: Re: FRED2 Open building on Linux
Post by: CommanderDJ on October 23, 2010, 03:16:06 am

Notepad++ FTW











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