[RaceCarRiv]

Hi I'm new here and i don't know what the source code project is could someone please tell me what it is?

[phreak]

well here's the website

http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/fsscp

In the first half of 2002 Volition did what every FreeSpace fanatic dreamed they would - announce FreeSpace3? Not quite, but something ranked second in importance - they released the source code to Freespace2 on an un-suspecting but very hopeful community.
Since then a whole host of ideas, concepts and fixes have been knocking around the community which spawned this: The largest community driven project around. The Freespace Source Code Project.

Concieved by Freespace Watch, this is a joint project between them and Hard Light Productions - uniting the entire community to take the basic source code with fixes and features that the community wants. The main site and downloads will be hosted on Freespace Watch, and the forums on Hard Light Productions.
The rest is still in the planning stages but so far things are looking very promising with some of the top figures in the community and some new coming programmers taking the code to new levels of cool.

Flamethrowers under the seats.  watch out for shivans in the ductwork.  There is no FS3.  an0n is god

[Taristin]

Originally posted by PhReAk
an0n is god

Only on Tuesdays. Other days you are free to worship who you choose.

[RandomTiger]

A while ago Volition, the company that made FS2 released the source code, shortly after this code project was setup to make modifications.

This forum is used for people to request stuff and ask questions, report bugs and argue about functionality details.

If you have freespace 2 installed download our exe (and the launcher to set it up) and see what you think of our improvements.

Otherwise theres plenty reading and screenshots in this forum to give you an idea of what goes on.

[Setekh]

Couldn't have said it better myself. But you can never have too many welcome beams, or can you? Welcome to HLP, RaceCarRiv.

[Lt.Cannonfodder]

Originally posted by Setekh
But you can never have too many welcome beams, or can you?

There's never too many welcome beams!  Welcome to HLP!

[Gloriano]

Welcome to HLPBB

[Nifelheim]

Hmm, more newbies. That's good. Do we (newbies) need to stick together in order to survie?

[Setekh]

Nah, you don't, this is a friendly place.

[Gloriano]

Originally posted by Setekh
Nah, you don't, this is a friendly place.

agreed:nod:

[Lt.Cannonfodder]

Originally posted by Setekh
Nah, you don't, this is a friendly place.

Very friendly from what I've seen, all new members are wecomed with open arms

Hope you enjoy your stay RaceCarRiv and Nifelheim. If you're totally new to FS2, you won't run out of thing to play.

[Johnmike]

I eat newbies.  

[kasperl]

i didn't know Carl let the competition live....

[karajorma]

I'd suggest that the newbies take a look at my FAQ since most of your questions should be answered in one way or another in there (I made the FAQ specifically for newbies but it's slowly mutated into a more general resource ).

As for HLP being nice to newbies it pretty much is as long as they don't appear and ask about FS3 in their first breath .

[Flaser]

HLP is bursting with newbie activity compared to a couple of months ago.

We should make a NEWBIE SECTION and set up post dealing with starting FS_Open and list all the sources.

[Nifelheim]

karajorma: I already did take a look at your FAQ. Do you know where I can find any toturials to making ships with 3ds MAX? I'm studing it at the moment so they'll be much appreciated. The whole problem is that I can model the ship, but don't know how to get to suitable format for FS2....

[karajorma]

Unfortuantely at the moment the only way to get a ship into FS2 is to go through Truespace .cob files. You can use the modeller of your choice for making the ship itself but all the convertion tools only accept .cobs so you will most likely have to use TS at some point (unless the max users know how to get the hierarchy right in max).
 Since I only know TS I can't really help much and I've never seen a max tutorial so if someone has one I'll gladly add it

[Galemp]

I use Max for everything. Just model all your submodels and everything, name them appropriately, then export them as a #DS file and open that in Truespace to set up the hierarchy. Make sure all your filenames are in 8.3 format.

Some problems I've run into: make sure you reset all gizmos before you export, or else they'll end up in the wrong places in TS. And avoid mirroring, wherever possible; you'll need to re-mirror them in TS otherwise.

[redmenace]

Originally posted by Flaser
HLP is bursting with newbie activity compared to a couple of months ago.

We should make a NEWBIE SECTION and set up post dealing with starting FS_Open and list all the sources.

We will be doing that eventually. That will probably be covered in the Readme we will be writing. I am not sure another sub-forum will be needed.

[vyper]

Originally posted by Setekh
But you can never have too many welcome beams, or can you?