[Trekker]

1) Just been tiding up my room and game across some pc magazine cds.  I started me thinking has anyone looked into the possiblility of pc mag including freespace 2 open (and the required files) on the cd

2)how much publicity did all the mods and the actaul open source project get>

3) i am correct that i am alowd to host the ISO files with out breaking any laws?

4) been looking across mutiple site that host the file needed to play fs2_open.  Is there a list some where of the mimium file needed to run fs2_open as site i come across contain did list of files.  I want to host all the files thye need in 1 space (luckily i got lots of space and bandwith) so peopel can downlaod all the required files ot get the game going with out going all over the place to find them


Cobra

[Hippo]

1: Yes, there has been talk of it, but its not really worth it in every case...

2: None

3: Yes, but they are already hosted elsewhere

4: Thats not a good idea, because unless the program is actually installed (not just, files placed in folders), you won't get a registry file, and that causes the game to not run.

5: You're beginning to act a LOT like the origonal Cobra.

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by Cobra2
1) Just been tiding up my room and game across some pc magazine cds.  I started me thinking has anyone looked into the possiblility of pc mag including freespace 2 open (and the required files) on the cd

2)how much publicity did all the mods and the actaul open source project get>

The new installer is up to 370 downloads on the SCP site. It was up to 200-some before the news post on HLP.

3) i am correct that i am alowd to host the ISO files with out breaking any laws?

4) been looking across mutiple site that host the file needed to play fs2_open.  Is there a list some where of the mimium file needed to run fs2_open as site i come across contain did list of files.  I want to host all the files thye need in 1 space (luckily i got lots of space and bandwith) so peopel can downlaod all the required files ot get the game going with out going all over the place to find them


Cobra

Sort of. Interplay still owns the IP to FS2 AFAIK, meaning you can't host stuff without their written consent. Except, in the license agreement it says you can distribute FS2 to friends so long as it's nonprofit.

The minimum amount of files are:
The original VPs
root_fs2.vp
smarty_fs2.vp
sparky_fs2.vp
sparky_hi_fs2.vp (Technically optional, but needed for anything higher than 640x480)
stu_fs2.vp
tango1_fs2.vp
tango2_fs2.vp
tango3_fs2.vp
warble_fs2.vp

Not sure about
FS2.exe (The original launcher) - although you might be able to just use the fs2_open launcher.
data/players directory created.

With that stuff you can pretty much drop in any old EXE, after running the launcher, and play it. For the newer fs2_open stuff, you'll need the appropriate DLLs and mv_core.

Edit: FYI, the retail VPs take up 682 MB when RAR-compressed. The zpack takes up 113 MB, bringing that to 794 MB. It might be worth looking into making a single-CD ISO for a full install of fs2_open using an 800 MB CD.

[Trekker]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon


The new installer is up to 370 downloads on the SCP site. It was up to 200-some before the news post on HLP.



Sort of. Interplay still owns the IP to FS2 AFAIK, meaning you can't host stuff without their written consent. Except, in the license agreement it says you can distribute FS2 to friends so long as it's nonprofit.

The minimum amount of files are:
The original VPs
root_fs2.vp
smarty_fs2.vp
sparky_fs2.vp
sparky_hi_fs2.vp (Technically optional, but needed for anything higher than 640x480)
stu_fs2.vp
tango1_fs2.vp
tango2_fs2.vp
tango3_fs2.vp
warble_fs2.vp

Not sure about
FS2.exe (The original launcher) - although you might be able to just use the fs2_open launcher.
data/players directory created.

With that stuff you can pretty much drop in any old EXE, after running the launcher, and play it. For the newer fs2_open stuff, you'll need the appropriate DLLs and mv_core.

Edit: FYI, the retail VPs take up 682 MB when RAR-compressed. The zpack takes up 113 MB, bringing that to 794 MB. It might be worth looking into making a single-CD ISO for a full install of fs2_open using an 800 MB CD.

works a treat gave it to 2 freinds and now they are enjoying the frills of freespace 2