[K515]

Ok - back to FreeSpace - I restarted the FreeSpace Open Installer again today about 1:30 -2 PM after it was downloading stuff (had it running last night after installing FreeSpace 2) last night before I turned it off, and it's still downloading stuff. How much longer is this downloading going to take? We have DSL, I think - Verizon.net. - and now it's 5:30 PM.

[General Battuta]

Oy vey. I'm not sure. Did you get 'the works'? The really awful thing is that the MediaVPs you get will probably be corrupt, so you'll likely have to redownload them.

The installer does resume from where it left off, right?

[K515]

The really awful thing is that the MediaVPs you get will probably be corrupt, so you'll likely have to redownload them.

Yes, I got "the works" - I'm following Richdog's Noob guide that I have printed out - you mean all this time (all day) spent downloading I'll get corrupt media VPs?

The installer does resume from where it left off, right?

I don't know - how do I tell if it does?

[General Battuta]

It's possible you'll get corrupt MVPs, in which case we'll give you another place to download from. We're not really sure where the guy in charge of the Installer is right now, but I believe he's been notified of the issue.

[K515]

The installer does resume from where it left off, right?

General B, how can I tell if the installer resumes where it left off? It kept downloading stuff all day - from about 1 or 2 P.M. to about 10 P.M. - 8 hours. How much more stuff does it have to download and how much longer will it take?

[General Battuta]

The installer does resume from where it left off, right?

General B, how can I tell if the installer resumes where it left off? It kept downloading stuff all day - from about 1 or 2 P.M. to about 10 P.M. - 8 hours. How much more stuff does it have to download and how much longer will it take?

Did you order the works? You might want to take it in steps: download the basic stuff (3.6.10 RC2 executable, MV_core), then each MVP one by one from the MediaVPs directory, then one campaign at a time.

The installer should be giving you progress reports on what's complete.

[colecampbell666]

"The Works" comes to about 5-6 GB.

[captain-custard]

"The Works" comes to about 5-6 GB.

are you sure , all the mvps , fsopen and fs and then the mods and fsport and mvps id say some where nearer to12gb and then you can add on all the standalones from the fs world , in general freespace the freespace universe will eatup 15+gb of hd

[colecampbell666]

"The Works" comes to about 5-6 GB.

are you sure , all the mvps , fsopen and fs and then the mods and fsport and mvps id say some where nearer to12gb and then you can add on all the standalones from the fs world , in general freespace the freespace universe will eatup 15+gb of hd

That's what the installer downloads. The real works is about 10 for me.

[K515]

Did you order the works? You might want to take it in steps: download the basic stuff (3.6.10 RC2 executable, MV_core), then each MVP one by one from the MediaVPs directory, then one campaign at a time.

I've been doing some thinking about doing this downloading in steps (thanks for the tip!) and I'm wondering if after I complete each download, is it possible to back it up on a blank DVD so if I want to play FS, FS2, and ST Reborn like say, several years frm now and I don't want to have to re-download everything, would I be able to just get my DVD backups and copy everything into ....games\FreeSpace 2, and still have a working copy of everything?

[General Battuta]

I think that would work, yeah.

[Droid803]

Well, I copied FS2 and FSO onto an external HD, formatted my computer, then copied it back and it runs great.
Played singleplayer, multi. Everything works fine.

Burning it onto a disc should be no different.

[colecampbell666]

Yup, that'd work fine.

[K515]

Hello, Just now I've downloading in steps just like you told me to do - I've downloaded the basics, but the FSO installer reported an error in downloading; how do I fix this? Here are some images along with my questions:



Is this the basics?



After the installer's menu said "Done", I clicked "Next," and it gave me a report of errors - how do I fix this?

BTW, I'd like to start a new thread regarding my downloads using FSO installer after I receive replies to this post (which shall be my last post in this thread).

P.S. I opted not to download the Mac nor the Linux stuff; although I'm getting a new MacBook Pro, I'll be running this FreeSpace game stuff in Windows XP on my macbook pro.

[General Battuta]

What did the errors say? With luck, they're harmless.

[Herra Tohtori]

Uncheck the 3.6.10 MediaVP's. The installer downloads (for the time being) corrupt versions of them, and you'll have to replace them manually.