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Hosted Projects - FS2 Required => FreeSpace Conversion => Topic started by: romale on March 13, 2002, 08:13:13 am

Title: .vp
Post by: romale on March 13, 2002, 08:13:13 am

wth is a .vp and how do i use it ?:P

Title: .vp
Post by: Galemp on March 13, 2002, 10:04:18 am

VP files are Voliton data files. Download it to your main Freespace 2 directory and everything will work!

Title: .vp
Post by: WMCoolmon on March 13, 2002, 09:45:44 pm

A .VP file is a lot like a ZIP file. You can download VPView to see what's in a VP :nod:

Title: .vp
Post by: Galemp on March 13, 2002, 09:56:09 pm

Quote

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
A .VP file is a lot like a ZIP file.

Except the data isn't compressed. It takes more room, but loads much faster.

Title: .vp
Post by: Setekh on March 14, 2002, 05:22:38 am

Yes. The VP file format was going to be compressed until [V] realised the extra processor power required for on-the-fly decompression and reading. So it went out the door, and FS2 came on 3CDs instead of 2. ;)

Title: .vp
Post by: WMCoolmon on March 14, 2002, 08:32:55 pm

That's why it's a "lot like" rather than "just like", I wasn't sure about that...after all, they put them in the files for a reason :D