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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace & FreeSpace Open Support => Topic started by: Vic-Viper.v1 on March 15, 2015, 11:08:39 pm

Title: Need help Installing Freespace Open Please
Post by: Vic-Viper.v1 on March 15, 2015, 11:08:39 pm

So i have downloaded Freespace open a few times now and i have gotten a  Copy of Freespace 2 from GOG

But my problem is i cant seem to install the Freespace open

the Freespace open installer does not have a program  to execute, at first when i  tried to run it it gave me a messege that  i do not have a program  to  run this file . So  i  went and downloaded 7Zip - extracted it

When i view the files i see  some folders but nothing in there that  would run an install, theres some images and a bunch  of icons

can  some one please run me thrue the steps to install this i have been interested in this project for years but have been unable to install this  :hopping:

Title: Re: Need help Installing Freespace Open Please
Post by: niffiwan on March 15, 2015, 11:14:49 pm

It sounds like you want to download & install java (https://www.java.com), then you should be able to run the (non-extracted) .jar file that I think you downloaded from http://www.fsoinstaller.com/.

Title: Re: Need help Installing Freespace Open Please
Post by: Vic-Viper.v1 on March 17, 2015, 08:23:13 pm

OH thank you  yes  that  was what  i needed , i think someone should include on the Download page  that  you need Java to run the FSopen installer

Title: Re: Need help Installing Freespace Open Please
Post by: AdmiralRalwood on March 17, 2015, 08:37:29 pm

Quote from: Vic-Viper.v1 on March 17, 2015, 08:23:13 pm

OH thank you  yes  that  was what  i needed , i think someone should include on the Download page  that  you need Java to run the FSopen installer

It's already there:

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NOTE: The Installer requires Java 1.5 or newer to run.