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Title: [Solved] Need help fast
Post by: wolfen on February 04, 2011, 03:55:23 pm
Ok guys I just rebuilt my computer, I had a PSU spike and it took out the mother board PSU and the hard drive, FS is gone off my system, I have FS1 and FS2 here. but I need my FSopen back and all my mods I had downloaded form here, . I would look around myself but right now I'm on a cell phone not the computer, it won;t be up and running for at least three more days. ( no cd drive to install FS yet its otw)
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: General Battuta on February 04, 2011, 04:07:27 pm
Well I guess the first step would be to run the FSO Installer from the top bar here.

EDIT: Oh crap, no top bar, well just google 'fsoinstaller'
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: Jeff Vader on February 04, 2011, 04:10:54 pm
Yeah. Or manual installation (which doesn't include all 'dem mods, though).
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: CommanderDJ on February 04, 2011, 08:08:13 pm
Manual installation FTW.

But whatever works for you.
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 04, 2011, 11:59:43 pm
see the stickied list in the missions and campaigns board for all the mods.  EVAR.
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: wolfen on February 05, 2011, 02:04:15 pm
Well I guess the first step would be to run the FSO Installer from the top bar here.

EDIT: Oh crap, no top bar, well just google 'fsoinstaller'

Google it? thanks I'll try that, anybody know if Tureys installer is still up to date?

Downloading it now :) lets see if its what I need :) thanks!
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: Jeff Vader on February 05, 2011, 02:12:11 pm
Google it? thanks I'll try that, anybody know if Tureys installer is still up to date?
It always has the most peculiar issues, but since it is an online installer, it is up to date.
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: wolfen on February 05, 2011, 04:10:46 pm
Thanks Vader, I'm half way through downloading now I looked before I started the download and its installing everything I had except I didn't see Blue Planet, which I downloaded by itself last time. but I probably just missed it :)
Only bad thing is now I have to start Derelict all over again :(
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: wolfen on February 05, 2011, 08:47:42 pm
Ok guys everything is there including Blue Planet:) but the launcher doesn't work. everything is in the correct directory all I get is an error:
The Launcher Must be in the same directory as the binary you are trying to use
I click ok and the launcher starts, but nothing is there

Never mind my above post,,,,,I feel stupid.
had the wrong media vp's selected.
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: Klaustrophobia on February 05, 2011, 09:12:36 pm
Google it? thanks I'll try that, anybody know if Tureys installer is still up to date?
It always has the most peculiar issues, but since it is an online installer, it is up to date.

well that still depends on the installer's links being up to date doesn't it? 
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: Jeff Vader on February 06, 2011, 02:40:21 am
Google it? thanks I'll try that, anybody know if Tureys installer is still up to date?
It always has the most peculiar issues, but since it is an online installer, it is up to date.

well that still depends on the installer's links being up to date doesn't it? 
Well, yeah. But compared to offline installers that are put together once and then left as they are, Turey's is reasonably up to date.
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: wolfen on February 06, 2011, 08:49:32 am
Gentlemen I have Freespace and Freespace 2 installed completely, right back to where I was before the .......we'll call it the big crash :)....... believe it or not everything runs better now too.
My computer was running a stock power supply on a computer that originally came with Vista on it but was built for XP SP2, the PSU caused a burnout of the plug that connected to the main board and the 160 gig IDE hard drive. I now have a 850W Orion PSU and a 500 gig SATA hard drive, and for some reason Vista runs better now than it did before, imagine such a thing a computer running better with a proper supply of power. Freespace used to be a little glitchy and laggy, that's why I never tried to play online with yall, but NOW its like I am actually in space fighting against the enemy :)

I'm not a computer expert, but I can hold my own, but I'll be damned if I had any idea at all that any company would build a computer with inadequate parts. Now my computer is done, its a Frankenstein. The only thing left that says Emachine is the logo on the front panel, of course that's the only part left that's Emachine too.
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: Scotty on February 06, 2011, 09:42:19 pm
see the stickied list in the missions and campaigns board for all the mods.  EVAR.

:D
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: wolfen on February 07, 2011, 02:57:44 pm
Ok Now I just found out that I did forget to calibrate my stick LOL, wasn't a good thing when a pirate in Derelict got past me and I hit the throttle and nothing happened LOL
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: Goober5000 on February 07, 2011, 03:42:19 pm
Well, yeah. But compared to offline installers that are put together once and then left as they are, Turey's is reasonably up to date.
Yup.  Also, people have a tendency to forget that if their mod is in the Installer, they are usually the ones who put together the configuration file for their mod, and therefore they are responsible for updating it.
Title: Re: Need help fast
Post by: wolfen on February 07, 2011, 04:29:03 pm
Well, Turey's installer must be totally up to date cause that's all I used to reinstall  all the mods I had Blue Planet WAS included in the installer last time I had it I had to install it manually. Now I gotta look through my card index ( yea I still have one) and find my FS login and password to try to play online again.
that and look around and see if theirs any new mods I don't have yet :)
At the rate you guys mod FS I'll never run out of things to play :)