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bluelotus

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How can i use custum ships in Fred2?
Hello. This is my first post , so sorry if this isn't the right forum..

So i need help. I downloaded a lot of new ships for Fs2 , but i don't know how to use them in Fred. ( i've fred2 open 3.6.5 )
Can someone tell me how can i use them? Thanks in advance.

 

Offline Kie99

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Usually the readme's included will help, but if there isn't one then put everything apart from text files and Pofs into your main FreeSpace 2 folder.  Then copy and paste Ships' Table entries (from the text file) into your Ships.tbl.
Place all .pof files in FReespace2\data\models
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Welcome to HLP, bluelotus. :)

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Offline Kie99

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Damn! I forgot!
:welcome:
I need a copy of the wecome message....
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bluelotus

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Thanks the help and the welcome guys:)

 

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Well did it work?
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Offline karajorma

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To be honest I don't think sticking everything in the main freespace2 folder is the best idea. It may work now but the betting is that a month or two later we'll be seeing BlueLotus back posting about how he's installed another mod but none of the ships work/he keeps getting crashes.

Mods should always go in a data folder. There are only a select few exceptions to this.

1. The media vps
2. Mod .vp files if you're running FS2 Retail.

Apart from those times all mods and vp files should always go in a subfolder.

What you should do is make a new folder. Call it whatever you like (no spaces or hyphens though) I'm going to call it for the rest of this example.

In you make a new folder called data. In the data folder you then create several new folders. You place the individual parts of the mod in those subfolders.

Vp files go in itself not in \Data.
Anything ending in .pof goes in \Data\models. If you have a readme you should read it for more advise. If you have a table entry you should add this to your table entry.  (check my FAQ below for more help with this)
The rest are a little more complicated but putting them in \Data\Models will probably be good enough for now. When you get a little more proficient in recognising interface files you can move them to the correct folder.

Once you've done that make a new shortcut for FRED. Right click on it and choose properties. In the target bar add -mod and you're done.

I know that sounded a lot more complicated than kietotheworld's advice but it should save you hassle in the long run. In addition organising your mods this way allows you to install multiple mods at once without them ever interfering with each other.
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bluelotus

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Quote
Originally posted by kietotheworld
Well did it work?


Yes , thanks:)

 

Offline Kie99

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Listen to Karajorma. He's been here a lot longer than me.
(See post count and date joined)
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Offline Cobra

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:lol: yeah, kara outranks you by 6000 posts! and i outrank you by 400!
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:wtf:
To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet, only one grain will grow. - Metrodorus of Chios
I wept. Mysterious forces beyond my ken had reached into my beautiful mission and energized its pilots with inhuman bomb-firing abilities. I could only imagine the GTVA warriors giving a mighty KIAAIIIIIII shout as they worked their triggers, their biceps bulging with sinew after years of Ivan Drago-esque steroid therapy and weight training. - General Battuta

 

Offline Lightspeed

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Now where's Kazan when you need him?

*cough cough*

Seriously, post count is absolutely no indication of anything. Just like the silly points in-game.
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Offline Kie99

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Bahka>Apollo
Registered: Jun 2004>Registered: Nov 2004
Kietotheworld>Cobra
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The more you brag about your post counts, the higher the possibility that an admin resets them to 0.
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How can i use custum ships in Fred2?
Very true.  And in Cobra's case, it's an indication of high spam content.
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Offline Cobra

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dude, now my post count is 6000. what the hell?
To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet, only one grain will grow. - Metrodorus of Chios
I wept. Mysterious forces beyond my ken had reached into my beautiful mission and energized its pilots with inhuman bomb-firing abilities. I could only imagine the GTVA warriors giving a mighty KIAAIIIIIII shout as they worked their triggers, their biceps bulging with sinew after years of Ivan Drago-esque steroid therapy and weight training. - General Battuta

 
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The admins are messing with your post count.  They reset Kie's to 1.
$quot;Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity.  And I'm not sure about the former.$quot;
 - Albert Einstein

$quot;It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.$quot;
- Gen. George Patton Jr.

 

Offline Cobra

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i still don't know why they messed with it... but i like it :D
To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet, only one grain will grow. - Metrodorus of Chios
I wept. Mysterious forces beyond my ken had reached into my beautiful mission and energized its pilots with inhuman bomb-firing abilities. I could only imagine the GTVA warriors giving a mighty KIAAIIIIIII shout as they worked their triggers, their biceps bulging with sinew after years of Ivan Drago-esque steroid therapy and weight training. - General Battuta

 
How can i use custum ships in Fred2?
You aren't getting the insult there, I see...

In any case, back on topic.  Bluelotus, any other programs?
$quot;Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity.  And I'm not sure about the former.$quot;
 - Albert Einstein

$quot;It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.$quot;
- Gen. George Patton Jr.