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Offline Kosh

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For those of us with Bittorent file sharing.....
on: August 23, 2003, 10:24:25 pm
Someone put on a 2 Cd ISO of Freespace 2 at www.suprnova.com. In theory anyway. Since I'm stuck with dial-up for at least a month, I won't be downloading it until I get back to the university. Because of that I'm not sure if it is what it says it is. If it's anything like what I've gotten off of there before, it should be alright. Check it out, though it's over 1GB in size......
« Last Edit: August 25, 2003, 01:16:07 am by 1313 »
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline karajorma

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Reply #1 on: August 25, 2003, 06:09:29 am
How can that be? FS2 is 3 CDs.
Karajorma's Freespace FAQ. It's almost like asking me yourself.

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Offline Killfrenzy

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Reply #2 on: August 25, 2003, 06:21:59 am
That is true, but only Disks 2 and 3 are used for play.....
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Offline Moo

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Reply #3 on: August 26, 2003, 09:19:52 pm
I downloaded this and the CD3 torrent that was also posted.
Unfortunately, the CD1 iso is corrupted; sparky_fs2.vp is garbage. Obviously I can't play the game without it. I downloaded the HOTU rip, but it doesn't have a real sparky, just a dummy. I was hoping that since sparky's relatively small (~40mb zipped), I could prevail on someone to send it to me...?
-Moo
 

Offline Kosh

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Reply #4 on: August 28, 2003, 01:21:07 am
What does "sparky_fs2.vp" do?
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline FreeTerran

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Reply #5 on: August 28, 2003, 05:46:43 am
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Originally posted by Kosh
What does "sparky_fs2.vp" do?

There are all important files included (maps, models, hud and inface for 640x480 & effects)
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Offline karajorma

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Reply #6 on: August 28, 2003, 06:12:31 am
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Originally posted by Moo
I downloaded this and the CD3 torrent that was also posted.
Unfortunately, the CD1 iso is corrupted; sparky_fs2.vp is garbage. Obviously I can't play the game without it. I downloaded the HOTU rip, but it doesn't have a real sparky, just a dummy. I was hoping that since sparky's relatively small (~40mb zipped), I could prevail on someone to send it to me...?
-Moo


Have a look here.
Karajorma's Freespace FAQ. It's almost like asking me yourself.

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Offline Kosh

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Reply #7 on: August 28, 2003, 03:02:48 pm
What files were on CD 1?
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline Cruzz

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Reply #8 on: August 28, 2003, 03:17:16 pm
My experiences with a version of FS2 I got from BT:

Downloading went without a problem
Installing went without a problem
Setup went without a problem
After that, it went downhill. The game simply crashed every time I tried to start it up. In the end I got the HotU rip, which works just fine, and used the .vps from my BT version so all that downloading wasn't totally wasted :)

If anyone's interested, these are the BT files I got (from Suprnova):

Freespace 2 (2 disc ISO) 1288 Mb
Freespace 2 (cd3 nero image) 673 Mb
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