[rubixcube]

I'm having trouble getting Incursion and RTS working. I put in the path on the mod option, but nothing shows up 
what do I do

[Jeff Vader]

wut

Could you elaborate? What things have you done in order to install these mods?

[rubixcube]

well, I did what I usually do. download the zip, extract the file, and copy the folder into my freespace 2 directory, then selected the folder in the mod directory

[0rph3u5]

well, I did what I usually do. download the zip, extract the file, and copy the folder into my freespace 2 directory, then selected the folder in the mod directory

might be stupid of me to ask... but do mod-folders have a mod.ini in them?

[rubixcube]

wats a mod.ini?

[Jeff Vader]

No wait. I think I remember these now. I've played Return to Sol and it was in a non-vp format. You'll need to place the RTS files to proper subfolders under \freespace2\rts\data\ . Could you tell what kinds of files were included? I can't remember what files it included but at least .fs2 and .fc2 files go to \freespace2\rts\data\missions\ .

[rubixcube]

sorry what?

[Jeff Vader]

I have this feeling that when you downloaded these campaigns, at least Return to Sol contained many, many files. I'd like to know the file extensions of those files.

I know that there is one file ending with .fc2, because that is a campaign file, and several files ending with .fs2, because those are mission files.

If this task seems overly difficult, I can try to find these campaigns myself and then tell you where to palce the files.

Edit: I downloaded Return to Sol from FreeSpaceMods and at least that version had all the files sorted. So basically, extract the contents of return.zip to \freespace2\rts\data\ and then select \freespace2\rts\ as your mod folder.

[0rph3u5]

wats a mod.ini?

mod.ini is a small file that contains all the information (which is not very much) up-to-date Freespace 2 (SCP) needs to run mods/campaigns via the mod-function of the launcher
below you see the image a tidy mod-folder (the one Silent Threat: Rebron) with a mod.ini - check if its in the folders you placed that campaigns in.

Return to Sol [...] was in a non-vp format.

Clearification - a campaign needs a lot of files (from the missions to eventually existing add-ons like new models or graphics) usually those are provided in a .vp-file just like did when they originally released the game (just like below all missions are in one package)
however as Jeff Vader pointed out at least "Retun to Sol" might not use such packages but had all the needed files just packed in .zip; when you extract the .zip you get a lot of files (I think - don't have RTS so I cannot tell for sure) - if that is so, you will need make sure that folder-structure is right (e.g. [your FS-directory]/Return_To_Sol/data/missions must exisit and contain all files with .fs2 and .fc2 as ending) for the mod to work

ps. I would love to provide you with a link to a sample mod.ini but just cannot find one or Wiki-arcticle that is not confusing without the proper knowledge

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[rubixcube]

Ah, that worked. Thanx man

[rubixcube]

well, I did what I usually do. download the zip, extract the file, and copy the folder into my freespace 2 directory, then selected the folder in the mod directory

might be stupid of me to ask... but do mod-folders have a mod.ini in them?

I think some do, and some don't, but I'm not sure

[0rph3u5]

well, I did what I usually do. download the zip, extract the file, and copy the folder into my freespace 2 directory, then selected the folder in the mod directory

might be stupid of me to ask... but do mod-folders have a mod.ini in them?

I think some do, and some don't, but I'm not sure

Whose without mod.ini don't work, right?

I found you a tutorial for dealing with mod.inis:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/FAQ/installingmods.html

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