[Grug]

What is the most stable version of Fred Open at the moment, where can I get it, and does it support the -mod command line?

The current version I have (Fred2_open 3.5.5) crashes on startup when I attempt to use the -mod command line.

Searches found nothing, and there are quite a few dead links on the SCP site for downloading the latest versions of Fred Open.

I havn't had a working version of Fred for ages, and I need it to make progress, so could someone please help me? Thanks.

[Grug]

Ok finally found a link to Fred2 open 365 in the forums because the one on the website points to the FS2 exe rather than the Fred one. >(

Anyways, I can get it to boot now with normal FS2. But it won't start at all if I switch the data with a mod or use the -mod command line.
FS2 itself works fine, so whats the problem?

What is the most likely problem to be causing it to crash straight up? I would of thought it to be something with the tables but it seems fine.

Does Fred still read the original files in? IE, can I reference models in the original vp's etc?

Please someone help me.

[StratComm]

FRED is a disgusting mix of partially working old code and half-implimented new stuff, and is notoriously unstable.  Everything it used to do it still does, in theory, and the -mod flag works just like it does for FSO.  As for it crashing, it's probably tables.  It should give you an error if it can't load something or if there's some other problem with the mission, rather than crashing outright.  You may look around for a debug build, actually, since I've never had a build simply not load.

[Grug]

Thanks for answering.

I'm assuming its something in the tables as well, I only hope that the debug build can give enough info to help me fix it...

[Grug]

I got it sorted out. Thanks for the heads up.

Mind, the incorrect download links on the SCP page wern't much help.
Who's in charge of that? *Whiplash!*