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Community Projects => The FreeSpace Upgrade Project => Topic started by: Carnage on April 16, 2012, 04:01:19 pm
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I am a total noob in FS2, so maybe this is dumb question
I have used the Online Installer to upgrade my FS2. FS1 Port and FS2 really had great graphics. But most of the campaings I must choose as a mod in the launcher. And I cannot choose two mods at once. so how do I get the campaigns work if only MediaVPs 3.6.12 is choose as mod ? Is their any chance to enjoy capaings like homesick and awakenings with the much better graphics.
It seems that mods like Blue Planet have the better graphic included
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In a nutshell, you need to have installed the MediaVP's on your fs2 directory, after that most campaigns out there have an .ini file that tells the mod to load the contents of the mediavp folders, so as soon as you choose some of those mods the mvp content will be loaded automagically.
If you have an example of a campaign that's not using the mvps then you should post a debug log, or tell us the details about it.
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I have only used the complete Online Installer, nothing by hand. I have tested Awakenings, and the Explosions dont look like in FSP or FS2 wit the mod activatet. I just started the first missions in some campaigns and test how the weapons look. maybe the mod was activatet, but some effects differ
also I wonder that I have to select all the campaings as mod. I only know it from TBP, in which you can choose the campaigns in the game
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You should use your launcher to select the active campaign, then that campaign will load the files it requires.
If your problem is only with awakenings (as it seems) then it might be because the campaign is referencing an old mvp folder in the mod.ini file.
Go to the awakenings folder, open the mod.ini file, there should be a line there saying "secondarylist:" or "secondrylist:" and some mod folder names, one of those names should be "mediavps_3612". It's probably not there or using the old version of the mediavps which is "mediavps".
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Open the mod.ini file of any mod that isn't using MVPs graphics. Change 'mediavps' to 'mediavps_3612'.
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Oh ok will try later this day
but as example in the Homesick folder I found no mod.ini
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Your system may be hiding "well known extensions" so all that you see is a file called "mod" instead of "mod.ini"
To fix this:
In Windows Explorer (My Computer, same thing), hold down the Alt key on your keyboard, and then press the T key and release both. Now click "Folder Options..." or press the O (not zero) key on your keyboard. Click the "View" tab.
Now, you should see some settings. Of interest are:
"Hidden files and folders" -- you can set this to "Show hidden files, folders, and drives" and it will show you stuff marked as "hidden" (note that it may be marked hidden for a reason (like it's important!) so be careful.
"Hide extensions for known file types" -- this is the one I'm referring to above. It masks the .ini or .exe or .whatever extension, unchecking this shows it (and allows you to change the extension by simply renaming the file -- note that this can be very useful (if a file has the wrong extension, say) but also can make files not work correctly, e.g., if you renamed mod.ini to mod.exe, the file will attempt to execute as a program and will fail, and you won't be able to open it in Notepad (unless you opened notepad and specifically told it to open mod.exe). This is easy to fix, simply rename mod.exe back to mod.ini and everything will work correctly again.
"Hide protected operating system files" (Recommended) -- this one allows you to un-hide protected OS files. Useful if you know how to get out of a mess and want to change something in your system; leave it alone unless you know what you are doing (if you don't know the significance of the F8 key while booting and using System Restore from the "Repair your Computer" boot option, definitally don't mess with it!)
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You don't need to edit any of that, just go into the Homesick folder and open 'mod' with notepad.
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^ This is true. ^
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I have activate the full view of folders by default. there is just no mod.ini
as example, in the Blue Planet folder there is one.
can I easily create by myself ?
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I confirm I've got no mod.ini there either with the installer (I wondered why it didn't work)
Create New Text Document, call it "mod.ini", paste in something like this:
[launcher]
modname: Homesick
image255x112 = ;
infotext = It is the year 2355, twenty years after the destruction of the Lucifer. You've been hired as a wing leader for the Custodian Mercenary Escort group, a bunch of mercenaries based around a decomissioned prototype Deimos corvette who make their living guarding civilian convoys from pirates. Unfortunately, it quickly becomes a lot more complicated...;
website = ;
[multimod]
secondarylist = mediavps_3612;The important bit for upgraded graphics is that last line.
Like many old campaigns some of the fredding's a bit borked, the installer isn't recommended by many because of this among other reasons.
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Remember to set Notepad to 'save as type' : "All files (*.*)" or it will append .txt to mod.ini, making it mod.ini.txt