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Freespace1 not working
Just installed the game on XP. When I run the game nothing happens. Ive followed the solutions posted already but everything seems to be made for Freespace2 only and none of them have worked for freespace1. Anyone know what I can do?

 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Use Turey's FSO Installer (link in my sig) to get FreeSpace Open. Make sure that you download FSPort with it. Then, just play FSPort, which is basically FS1 using all the neat tricks FS2 and FSO bring with them.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

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15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

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11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
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Offline colecampbell666

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No, don't. How did you install the game? Do you have the discs? Did you install FSO? If I could have this info I could help some.
Gettin' back to dodgin' lasers.

 
No, don't. How did you install the game? Do you have the discs? Did you install FSO? If I could have this info I could help some.

I installed the game from the normal retail cd. Im using the FSO installer now, its downloading the files

 

Offline colecampbell666

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Is it downloading to the same directory? (a.k.a "C:\Games\FreeSpace2" and not "C:\Games\freespace2")
Gettin' back to dodgin' lasers.

 
Is it downloading to the same directory? (a.k.a "C:\Games\FreeSpace2" and not "C:\Games\freespace2")

Yea, it downloaded into the same directory. Its finished downloading now

 

Offline colecampbell666

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Ok. If you have the disks it saves bandwidth to download Turey's FSO over them, as it saves alot of bandwidth. Another thing that you can do is to copy the disk movies to /movies. When you run FSO make sure to select the file "launcher.exe".
Gettin' back to dodgin' lasers.

 

Offline Cobra

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Is it downloading to the same directory? (a.k.a "C:\Games\FreeSpace2" and not "C:\Games\freespace2")

Uh, cole? It doesn't matter if it's capitalized or not. :wtf:
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Freespace1 not working
Yeah, WinD'ohs isn't that cranky about capital letters.

Besides, using the Installer was a preferrable option, since the topic and the first post imply that he had FS1 installed, not FS2. I'm guessing there'd be some funky consequences if you installed FSO over FS1. But apparently everything works now.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []

 

Offline jr2

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Re: Freespace1 not working
Ok. If you have the disks it saves bandwidth to download Turey's FSO over them, as it saves alot of bandwidth. Another thing that you can do is to copy the disk movies to /movies. When you run FSO make sure to select the file "launcher.exe".

Saves bandwidth if you install over FS2!!!! NOT FS1!  I've already helped someone recover from that mess, I'd rather not do it again.  The only thing you can get from FS1 is the .MVE cutscenes, using the patchfiles found in my walkthrough.  But, if you have FS1 installed into C:\Games\FreeSpace and FS2 (through FSO) installed to C:\Games\FreeSpace2, then you should be good to go.  To get FreeSpace 1 working, you could try Windows '95 compatibility mode... does the FS1 Launcher detect your graphics card?  And, did you use the patch to 1.06EAX?  (1.0x -> 1.06 -> 1.06EAX)

 

Offline colecampbell666

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Re: Freespace1 not working
You may not need compat. mode, though. My PC works fine for FS1+2 without it.
Gettin' back to dodgin' lasers.

  

Offline jr2

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Re: Freespace1 not working
Ya, try the patch first. (1.06EAX)