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Title: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: General Battuta on March 02, 2011, 10:34:41 am
The fsoinstaller.com domain is down.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Powerphreak on March 02, 2011, 04:27:00 pm
Daw. I just joined the forum today, seeing the revitalization that Freespace so deserves, and I can't find a current FSO Installer ;_;. This makes me baw. Anything I can do to help you guys out? I DID manage to find the previous version of FSO Installer (3.6.10), but it doesn't want to install.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 02, 2011, 04:32:26 pm
I DID manage to find the previous version of FSO Installer (3.6.10), but it doesn't want to install.
:wtf: Err, it's an online installer. It's a small program that gets a lot of stuff from the Internet. There shouldn't be any different "versions" as such.

Manual installation is always an option, though at the moment it relies on people to upload FSO builds somewhere, because those are also unavailable.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: General Battuta on March 02, 2011, 04:53:51 pm
Installations are at a halt until someone rehosts the builds. This is bad! We need to fix it!
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: chief1983 on March 02, 2011, 04:59:22 pm
Working on a solution.  Might be a day or so to get a temporary solution in place.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Lucika on March 02, 2011, 05:05:25 pm
Command: Support ship is down!

*presses C-5 again*
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Powerphreak on March 02, 2011, 05:51:40 pm
:wtf: Err, it's an online installer. It's a small program that gets a lot of stuff from the Internet. There shouldn't be any different "versions" as such.

Manual installation is always an option, though at the moment it relies on people to upload FSO builds somewhere, because those are also unavailable.

I try to run it and it tells me "This version of the Freespace Open Installer is outdated, and you cannot continue with an outdated version. Would you like to bring up the download page for the most recent version?" I click "Yes" and it does nothing. lol. I MUST HAVE FREESPACE ;_;
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Goober5000 on March 02, 2011, 11:24:09 pm
I try to run it and it tells me "This version of the Freespace Open Installer is outdated, and you cannot continue with an outdated version. Would you like to bring up the download page for the most recent version?" I click "Yes" and it does nothing. lol.
That's a bug caused by the installer not recognizing the difference between a missing version info file and an out-of-date version info file. :)  Rest assured, a fix (to that as well as the hosting issue) is in progress.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Powerphreak on March 02, 2011, 11:43:06 pm
Rest assured, a fix (to that as well as the hosting issue) is in progress.

This makes me happy. Once again, if there's anything I can do to help, let me know. I'll playtest it for you, but I think that's all I can do. lol.

I do pride myself on being a good critic, though :P
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Jhereg Dregg on March 03, 2011, 09:32:33 pm
Yeah I hope the installer becomes available soon.   I just installed Freespace 1 and 2 so I could show my 2 nephews how awesome the game is.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: General Battuta on March 03, 2011, 09:38:39 pm
Me too. Any updates, guys?
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: chief1983 on March 04, 2011, 02:02:43 am
Didn't hear from the account holder today, gonna try again tomorrow.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: mashi on March 04, 2011, 03:02:40 pm
I'm hoping for a good response.  It's been a few years since I last used SCP, lost HDD's and installs, and builds.  Bah!
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Lucika on March 04, 2011, 04:35:30 pm
Maybe a reupload of the necessary files to Mediafire or sg for now? Somebody surely has the files.

Please don't kick me if I said something stupid, I haven't reinstalled FSO since I became a member here.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: chief1983 on March 04, 2011, 05:03:50 pm
I have the builds, haven't had the time to get them re-uploaded manually anywhere yet.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Night Hammer on March 04, 2011, 05:06:22 pm
I pick today to get my first FS related itch in years and cant get it /cry




(lol at really old title/158thavatar)
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Jhereg Dregg on March 04, 2011, 05:19:41 pm
I just re-installed windows 7 and now I can't get FSO installer... oh dratt... I hope the site gets back up and going. 
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Qent on March 04, 2011, 05:51:58 pm
Everything is manually downloadable isn't it? I've never used the installer.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: General Battuta on March 04, 2011, 05:54:36 pm
The 3.6.12 executables are on the same server as the installer.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: mashi on March 04, 2011, 06:10:41 pm
So does this make it a full-fledged server issue, or just a problem with the naming records?  I do know that filefront will host very large files and has mirroring available if that's a short-term solution.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: kaem79 on March 04, 2011, 06:55:30 pm
I just wanted to say I need fs2_open and I hope you guys fix this asap. and thx for the fantastic job you guys do.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: General Battuta on March 04, 2011, 09:26:59 pm
We're all hoping.
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: Jeff Vader on March 05, 2011, 08:09:28 am
MatthTheGeek has uploaded the SSE2 INF build and the Launcher to Mediafire. Links are available in the first post of the 3.6.12 release thread.

Edit: For you lazy bastards: FSO 3.6.12 SSE2 INF (http://www.mediafire.com/?ut8udk186htveo8), the Launcher (5.5g) (http://www.mediafire.com/?wdvzn7hhhzh418m).
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: Deadly in a Shadow on March 05, 2011, 08:52:09 am
The funniest thing about this is that even Antipodes and the nightly builds are/were uploaded there. If Matt manages to upload every build he is a god.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: MatthTheGeek on March 05, 2011, 09:37:10 am
If you want nightlies just go compile the sources. FSO svn is still up.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: chief1983 on March 05, 2011, 10:26:00 am
They're on the same Dreamhost account, and the payment lapsed.  Still working on getting it sorted out.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: mjn.mixael on March 05, 2011, 12:48:24 pm
They're on the same Dreamhost account, and the payment lapsed.  Still working on getting it sorted out.

 :sigh:

Guess it's time we all started donating again huh?

I shall go find my wallet.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: Deadly in a Shadow on March 05, 2011, 01:24:34 pm
Some news about the server?

BTW: Have someone the normal .12 builds? I had to reinstall Freespace 2 and I don't know how to compile the sources for the nightly builds in SVN :D
Title: Re: FSO Installer is down
Post by: mashi on March 06, 2011, 02:45:11 pm
MatthTheGeek has uploaded the SSE2 INF build and the Launcher to Mediafire. Links are available in the first post of the 3.6.12 release thread.

Edit: For you lazy bastards: FSO 3.6.12 SSE2 INF (http://www.mediafire.com/?ut8udk186htveo8), the Launcher (5.5g) (http://www.mediafire.com/?wdvzn7hhhzh418m).
Good stuff.  Now I can get my FS/2 games a going.  And make it look pretty on my new monitor.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: chief1983 on March 07, 2011, 01:51:38 am
Payment is pending to Dreamhost, these services should resume once it goes through.  Unfortunately, might be a few days.  We'll be taking steps to reduce effect should something like this happen again in the future.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: MatthTheGeek on March 07, 2011, 04:06:19 am
I think setting up mirrors for major stuff as the latest stable builds and latest MVPs on FSMod.net for example would help a lot.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: maelstrom0511 on March 08, 2011, 09:38:03 am
Matt, would you please consider putting up the Linux builds?
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: chief1983 on March 08, 2011, 09:54:41 am
They'll be back in a day or two.  I kind of doubt he has them anyway.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: MatthTheGeek on March 08, 2011, 10:21:18 am
If you're on linux, just follow this (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Guide_to_FS_Open_on_Linux), steps "Aquiring the Code" to "Compiling", to get the builds. It's quite straight.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: maelstrom0511 on March 08, 2011, 10:49:43 am
Thanks for the heads-up, Matt. I'm taking the plunge as we speak.

EDIT: I gave it a try; I'm on this page of the guide at the moment:
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Fs2_open_on_Linux/Checkout_Script

I'm running the script, and getting this error:
"connect to warpcore.org(205.251.142.178):2401 failed: No route to host"
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: chief1983 on March 08, 2011, 11:31:58 am
That is seriously outdated.  It shouldn't have even been linked from that guide.  You need to get it from Subversion, not CVS.  You might want to browse over the whole guide once before diving in to get an idea of what's going on.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: maelstrom0511 on March 08, 2011, 11:46:11 am
Ohhh... gotcha. Well, if the guide's outdated... then I might be stuck.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: chief1983 on March 08, 2011, 12:27:31 pm
The pages I can see are fine.  I don't know how you even got to that script, I don't see it.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: MatthTheGeek on March 08, 2011, 01:33:11 pm
You don't need that checkout script. Just grab the code on the svn and compile it.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: maelstrom0511 on March 08, 2011, 03:25:28 pm
Well, I got up to the "make" stage... ran it with sudo... now, I don't see any binary files anywhere.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: chief1983 on March 08, 2011, 03:31:18 pm
They would be in the code folder if it was successful.  code/fs2_open_r or code/fs2_open_d I believe.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: maelstrom0511 on March 08, 2011, 03:35:09 pm
I don't see those folders in my code folder.  :blah:
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: chief1983 on March 08, 2011, 03:48:41 pm
Files, not folders.  And that's only if it was successful.  It'll say whether there was an error or not after you run make.  If it just ended with 'cleaning blah...' it should have worked, and the binary fs2_open_* should be in the code/ folder.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: maelstrom0511 on March 08, 2011, 03:50:42 pm
Ohh... nothing like that, just two makefiles.

EDIT: Never mind, I found it XD Now, I'm trying to run it with the launcher... right now, it's only loading the splash screen and then crashing. No error windows, it just closes.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: chief1983 on March 10, 2011, 06:45:46 pm
Files are back up anyway, if anyone feels like mirroring what's available now please let me know, we should probably try to get something set up in the next month or so.
Title: Re: FSO Installer (And Nighly Builds Location) is down
Post by: General Battuta on March 10, 2011, 06:48:53 pm
You rock!