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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Rocky on June 15, 2011, 09:53:07 pm

Title: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Rocky on June 15, 2011, 09:53:07 pm
Hi!  New to Freespace2, can't wait to play through this campaign I've read so much about :)

However, I was hoping to make my experience all that much better by adding high def graphics and most of all cockpit views.  The only thing I didn't like when watching videos is that there was no cockpit.  I did see however, that there are cockpit mods.  I just can't quite seem to find out how to get these mods.  I see a lot of modding tools threads but not the actual ones play with.  Help is greatly appreciated! :D
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: General Battuta on June 15, 2011, 09:55:34 pm
Cockpit mods are not that well developed. To get the high def graphics, though, use the FreeSpace Open Installer on the top bar - make sure to select The Works or the download will fail (the installer is dumb right now.)

Once you're done with the install, use the launcher to select mediavps_3612 as your mod.
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Rocky on June 15, 2011, 10:12:46 pm
Hmm....  This is the one I had my eyes on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=defkKHCWh74

I am looking forward to getting the BtRL as I loooove battlestar galactica.

But I'll go ahead and get the open installer :D
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: General Battuta on June 15, 2011, 10:13:44 pm
Hmm....  This is the one I had my eyes on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=defkKHCWh74

I am looking forward to getting the BtRL as I loooove battlestar galactica.

But I'll go ahead and get the open installer :D

Beyond the Red Line is dead. Fortunately you've got something much better in the form of Diaspora.
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Rodo on June 15, 2011, 10:16:24 pm
It's dead indeed, but you still can get the demo, I don't remember where exactly now but I played it a couple of months ago.. just for that nostalgia thingy.
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: rhraziel on June 15, 2011, 10:28:02 pm
I would focus on just getting FS Open installed and playing some of the campaigns. Later down the road, if you wanted to delve into setting up cockpit views, this post should have all the info you need. Like Battuta said though, it's not well developed yet. It can be tedious to set up for every ship in the game.

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=71151.0
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: karajorma on June 16, 2011, 04:32:35 am
Beyond the Red Line is dead. Fortunately you've got something much better in the form of Diaspora.

Diaspora will be fully cockpitted. Except for the cylons. And we might one day cockpit those when it would make sense.
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Rocky on June 16, 2011, 06:50:39 pm
I went ahead and installed freespace open.  But definately can't wait to play Diaspora.  Looks faaaaantastic!
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Hades on June 16, 2011, 06:54:39 pm
Diaspora will be fully cockpitted. Except for the cylons. And we might one day cockpit those when it would make sense.
Will there be a version for those of us who don't like cockpits?
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: MatthTheGeek on June 16, 2011, 07:02:35 pm
Take glass texture -> make it opaque -> problem solved.
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Rocky on June 16, 2011, 09:46:20 pm
Aah getting all sorts of errors with freespace open.  Trying to reinstall to local C:/games/Freespace 2 now.
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: General Battuta on June 16, 2011, 09:48:12 pm
Aah getting all sorts of errors with freespace open.  Trying to reinstall to local C:/games/Freespace 2 now.

We can solve errors very quickly if you post a debug log.
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Mongoose on June 16, 2011, 10:29:29 pm
Take glass texture -> make it opaque -> problem solved.
I'm assuming Hades means setting the viewpoint in a fully-modeled cockpit, not the existence of little cockpit models in other ships.  Your solution wouldn't work too well in the first case. :p
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Rocky on June 17, 2011, 12:27:00 am
Holy crap.  Apparently it is working now cause it has been downloading and extracting for a long time and the game is already up to 7+ gigabytes
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: karajorma on June 17, 2011, 03:19:57 am
Diaspora will be fully cockpitted. Except for the cylons. And we might one day cockpit those when it would make sense.
Will there be a version for those of us who don't like cockpits?

Probably not.
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 17, 2011, 10:11:46 am
Ahem..........


FIRE THE GOLD ONE AT ROCKY!!

:welcomeyellow:
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: G0atmaster on June 17, 2011, 01:47:30 pm
BtRL may be dead, but the demo was freakin sweet!
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Destiny on June 17, 2011, 03:27:03 pm
BtRL may be dead, but the demo was freakin sweet!
'cept for the fact that you can't hit Cylon Raiders with the Viper Mk.VII with the tri-gun mounts because Cylon Raiders are super-thin from the front and the Viper Mk.VII gun mounts are on the edges of the wings and the top of it's rudder in a triangle configuration |:
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Rocky on June 18, 2011, 01:16:52 pm
When trying to apply the graphic enhancements via the launcher, the only thing listed is "D3D 32bit mode"

I'm following the instructions thoroughly but still can't seem to get it to list anything but that under "graphics" in the features tab.
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: The E on June 18, 2011, 01:18:43 pm
You need to click on the "Browse" button and select an fs2_open build. In addition, you need to go to the "Mod" tab and select the mediavps as your active mod.
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Jeff Vader on June 18, 2011, 01:19:37 pm
You'll need to use "Launcher.exe". Not "Freespace2.exe" and not "FS2.exe". Edit: err, never mind me, just mumbling to myself.
Title: Re: Hello! new, and havin a bit of trouble
Post by: Rocky on June 19, 2011, 11:31:10 pm
I did all that.  Still nothin.  Ah frustrating indeed.  In fact now nothing is showing up.

Oooh I got it now!  I didn't have openal installed.  My bad :)