[TopAce]

Open your mission with WordPad, go to the section of the changed-nameplated Orion and erase the lines which tell FRED that its nameplate has been changed.
Look for something like this:

$Duplicate Model Texture Replace:
+old: capital01-05a
+new: [nameplate texture name]

[Cobra]

Originally posted by TopAce
Open your mission with WordPad, go to the section of the changed-nameplated Orion and erase the lines which tell FRED that its nameplate has been changed.
Look for something like this:

$Duplicate Model Texture Replace:
+old: capital01-05a
+new: [nameplate texture name]

I know all that. I just thought it wouldn't hurt to just give the Orions a nameplate instead of a blank one.

[Cobra]

Originally posted by TopAce
Open your mission with WordPad, go to the section of the changed-nameplated Orion and erase the lines which tell FRED that its nameplate has been changed.
Look for something like this:

$Duplicate Model Texture Replace:
+old: capital01-05a
+new: [nameplate texture name]

I DID IT AGAIN!! GRRR!

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by Cobra
Sorry. And how was I supposed to know that? I'm new to forums, remember???

Since you know you're new to forums, you should tread cautiously.  Be careful.  Don't go in with guns blazing.  Ask questions before making assumptions.  Don't yell at everybody you see.  Think before speaking.  Be polite.

You should do this if you're new anywhere, not just in a forum.

[Lightspeed]

You mean the legend of real life is true?

[Cobra]

Originally posted by Goober5000
Since you know you're new to forums, you should tread cautiously.  Be careful.  Don't go in with guns blazing.  Ask questions before making assumptions.  Don't yell at everybody you see.  Think before speaking.  Be polite.

You should do this if you're new anywhere, not just in a forum.

*clears throat, remembers not to yell, and thinks before he speaks* I really don't yell at everybody, I just have trouble expressing myself online. Heh. And I do try to be polite, I just wanna fit in with you guys. (Which I probably, do, and iIunderstand the message: tone it down a bit; I'm too rambunctious ) *logs off and goes to playing Medal of Honor Allied Assault*

[Goober5000]

Exactly.

But you're not fitting in just yet.  It would probably be better for you to stop posting for a while and just read the forum for a few days - or better yet, a few weeks.  That's called "lurking".  It helps you fit in better when you begin posting later.

[Cobra]

Okey-dokey. Although I'm joining the 158 Banshee Squadron Campaign, so I'm going to be in that forum. *logs off to lurk, since he never got offline*

[TopAce]

I haven't spent more than 2 minutes lurking before registering and starting posting. Was I impatient or inexperienced?

[Goober5000]

I guess it varies with the individual.  Some people learn more quickly than others.

[GoulMeister]

if you think my mission is complete enough i will start mission 5a camp 3.

[Cobra]

I can't control myself!

[Cobra]

I can't control myself!

[Cobra]

Edit posting doesn't do diddly squat for me.

[willy_principal]

hey!
i want participate too..but.......
i gotta a serious problem...
i got an entire thread talking about it...............
HELP!!!

[karajorma]

I've posted again on the other thread. If we manage to sort out your FRED problems I'll add you to the list.

[Cobra]

Ya know, I can help out with FREDing, too, but no hard stuff, please. I just finished a mission that I've been working on for 3 days. The problem: faulty map editing. This is my third version. Now I'm just tweaking it so it'll be more impressive.

[willy_principal]

I'M READY TO GO...
JUST ASSIGN ME A MISSION TO DO...
TELL ME:
PLOT...
BACKGROUND...
SHIPS INVOLVED...
FORCES INVOLVED...
ETC...

IF THIS MISSION WORKS...I WILL FINALLY BEGIN MY CAMPAIGN...
BTW, IT'S NAME WILL BE: homeworld

one last detail: i'm using the FRED2 retail version 1.0

anyway...what are the advantages of using the FSopen...???

[karajorma]

1) Don't type in capitals. It means you're shouting and it gets a little annoying after a while.

2) FRED2_Open has advantages and disadvantages over FRED 2 which is why I offered everyone the choice between the two. Firstly some people have trouble even running FS2_open so I didn't want to exclude people cause of that.  
 I consider FRED2_open 3.5.5 superior to FRED2 in every way. As far as I'm concerned if you can run FS2_Open you should probably be using this to FRED with at the very least. Some people prefered to get to grips with all the standard FRED options before moving on to FRED2_Open though and so choose the retail campaign.

FRED2_Open 3.5.5 offers new SEXPs, nameplates opn ships and a whole bunch of other options.

FRED2_Open versions above 3.5.5 use OpenGL so that they can deal with HTL models. This unfortunately introduced a whole new set of bugs which haven't been squashed yet. The most obvious ones are that waypoints and ships on the Y-axis don't display properly and nor do briefing icons. That said the latest version of FRED makes up for this with evem more new features including the new conditionals that can do in a single event what previously might have taken 10 or 20. (This is the version I use).

3) Go to this thread and pick yourself out a mission from campaign 1 that you like the look off. If you've changed your mind based on the above and now want to use FRED2_open pick a mission from 2 or 3 instead.

[TopAce]

Can't they use 3.6?