[Insomniac34]

Hello. I have two questions, very different but I didn't want to make 2 threads.

First off, is there any way to edit Volition's FS2 core missions in FRED? I would like to edit the campaign, but ever since I bought the game back in 99 I never could succesfully locate the mission files.

Second, an unfortunate incident occured when my little brother created a SP account in FS. I was unable to switch back to my pilot, as I would get an in-game error saying something to the effect of "cannot open player file, it cannot be located." It then started to do this with my brother's account, and my game was rendered as unplayable because every pilot I created was bugged. I then went into the savegames folder and deleted everyone's profile which fixed the problem but also negated my progress in both FS2 and FS1 remake as well as Derelict. I was close to beating all three, and I was hoping that someone out there would be kind enough to send me a savegame file of their's so I dont have to spend days replaying my lost progress.

Thanks HL forums.

[Insomniac34]

well? I at least would like to know about how to edit the core missions, thats something I have always wanted to do.

[castor]

http://www.descent-network.com/cgi-bin/descman.cgi?module=vpview
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/FAQ/tools.html

[karajorma]

Yep. Extracting them with VPView is easy.

If you'll tell me which mission you were on for FS2 I can make up a campaign file to start you at that point.

[Insomniac34]

Clash of the Titans II- essentially the end of the game. Thanks dude.

[karajorma]

1) Extract this file into Freespace2\mediavps\Data\Missions (if you have mediavps create Data\Missions if you don't have it) or Freespace2\Data\Missions if you don't have a mediavps folder.
2) If you have the avi movies rename endpart2a and endpart2b to endprt2a.avi and endprt2b.avi (not directly needed but we might as well fix this while we're at it)
3) Restart the Freespace 2 campaign from the campaign room.
4) Play the campaign from Clash of the Titans as many times as you want
5) Delete the Freespace2.fc2 file you extracted in 1)

EDIT : Freaking bugs. Link fixed. The old one contained the original unedited FS2 campaign file due to the fact that the FS2 Retail campaign editor saves the file where ever it bloody well feels like saving it. The rar now contains the file it's meant to contain.

[Insomniac34]

question. In the FS2 folder, where are the missions located? I checked in Missions with Descent Manager and the only files there were my custom missions. Where is the campaign missions?

[karajorma]

The missions are actually in root_fs2.vp. Get them out with VPView.