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Title: Install Freespace open
Post by: Marcellus on May 11, 2017, 10:19:45 am

Hallo,
im seaching now for a few hours in the Internet how to install Freespace2 open.

I download the Freespace 2 version from GOG and intalled ist.
But after that i have now idea what a have to do. Where I have to copy the new folders or how to start the installation

I download the "FreeSpaceOpenInstaller" but how I install this??

After don't bring FreespaceOpneInstaller to run, I tried the manuel way that is explained in this Thread (opic: Instructions for manually installing FreeSpace Open and mods (Windows)- http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=78710.0)

But still it isn´t runnig.

I hope someone can help me!

Title: Re: Install Freespace open
Post by: The E on May 11, 2017, 10:25:52 am

The FSO Installer is a Java application. In order to run it, you'll need to install the Java Runtime (http://www.java.com/)

Title: Re: Install Freespace open
Post by: Marcellus on May 11, 2017, 03:45:16 pm

OK, but after Install Java.
What I do now ?
Dont find any file that I can open or install!

Title: Re: Install Freespace open
Post by: The E on May 11, 2017, 04:44:48 pm

You then download the FSO installer (http://www.fsoinstaller.com/files/installer/FreeSpaceOpenInstaller.jar). Double-click on that file, and it'll start just like any other program. Then follow the instructions it gives you.

Title: Re: Install Freespace open
Post by: Marcellus on May 11, 2017, 05:14:08 pm

Execly that is my problem.
The FSO installer is in a jar-format. So I unzipped (hope that word exist) it.
But after that I have 4 Folder...
com
lib
META-INF
resources

and 3 text documents:
gpl-2.0
lgpl-2.1
readme

In found now instraction in the readme- or gpl-file.

What is the next step after unzip it.
Do I have to copy the file into the Freespace folder?
Or what a have to do? :confused:

The whole day i feel like a idiot. Hope my question is not too stupid.


 

Title: Re: Install Freespace open
Post by: deathspeed on May 11, 2017, 07:32:48 pm

Don't unzip the JAR file.  After you install Java, just double click the JAR file.  :)  Good luck!

Title: Re: Install Freespace open
Post by: Marcellus on May 12, 2017, 04:37:22 am

thx
Iam getting closer ;)
When I double click at teh JAR file. Winrar started and I get to the normal unzip view.
Even when I open the FSO.jar with java, the Java "Windows" pop up for a second and disappears while nothing happens.

Could it be that the FSO installer doesn't work on windows 10 or on Windows 84?

Title: Re: Install Freespace open
Post by: The E on May 12, 2017, 04:49:37 am

The FSO Installer has been tested on numerous Windows versions, including Win 10 x64, and works on all of them. Whatever is going wrong is going wrong entirely on your end alone; I am not sure how to fix your issues, but it seems to me that the first thing to do would be to make sure that java is used to open .jar files by default.

Title: Re: Install Freespace open
Post by: Marcellus on May 12, 2017, 04:57:15 am

I opend it manuely and I think now it is working.

THX A LOT