[AllStaR]

hi every1 first of all i'd like to say i been lurkin on this forums for a very long time and watched you guys progress with SCP carefully and id like 2 say nice 1 in keepin this game alive so far the features u lot added is amazin. anyways to the question.

ive been downloadin mods and that for a quite a long time and i wondered where to put the .pcx files , .pofs , .anis files etc etc in which folder in data folder everythough been told just be lazy and slap it all in ur main fs2 directory im a neat person so please help!

[Singh]

there is no directory according to file type as it is, as it depends on what kind of file it is.

If it's a ship, station or any object map, it should go into /data/maps folder

if it's an actually ship, station or any object Model, it should go into /data/models

Take note that with recent builds, you will also have a second folder /data/cache that will store the generated .ibx files for your models.

If it's an effect map, like an explosion or nebula background it goes into /data/effects

If it's a music file, then it should go into /data/music

If it's a sound folder, it should go into one of the folders in data/sound depending on the properties of the sound file. Someone else will have to explain this to you as I am not too familiar with it.

all tables, irregardless of what property they refer to (music, sound, asteroids, even maps and armor or ships) go into /data/tables

Not too sure about hte command briefing anims tho....

[AllStaR]

kk im bit confused now , just need general info like E.G .pcx --->> maps folder etc etc

[Carl]

please spell in real english. you is not spelled u, to is not spelled 2.

[Primus]

AllStar

[karajorma]

From my FAQ

THE MOD DIDN'T INCLUDE A .README (or included a useless one). HOW DO I INSTALL IT?

Okay. Firstly, shame on the author for not including one. How did you expect your users to play with it? That said a lot of models are released mainly for use by other modders who know what they are doing. Sometimes these find their way into the hands of newbies who don't but would still like to use them. There's not much of an excuse for this happening with an official campaign release though.

Anyway here's the location where you should place the more common files. Remember that this is rough advice and if there is any documentation with the mod you should follow that instead.
.fs2 -------------->Freespace2\Data\Missions
.fc2--------------->Freespace2\Data\Missions
.pof -------------->Freespace2\Data\Models
.pcx --------> *Probably a texture file---------------->Freespace2\Data\Maps
.ani --------->   *Command Briefing Animation\Effect file --------------------->   Freespace2\Data\CBAnims or Freespace2\Data\Effects
.tbl   **Table File   --------------------------> Freespace2\Data\Tables
*This is merely the most likely use of the file. There are several other places it could be supposed to go. If the game doesn't run properly try moving the file to Freespace2\Data and seeing if it works now.
**Be very careful with strange .tbl files. Often the file you've downloaded isn't meant to replace a table but instead it's meant to be added on to it. If you simply place it in the tables directory it will supersede the real table and the game will only be able to find that ship or weapon (usually resulting in a crash). A full ships table is usually over 200k in size. If the one you've got is only 2-3k it's meant to be added on.

[AllStaR]

thanks a bunch karajorma you should sticky that incase more numbnuts like me come along hehe, oh yeah what about .glow ones i think because i been intrested in lightspeeds glowmaps and such for quite abit now

[karajorma]

glow and shinemaps go in the maps folder as they are also textures

[AllStaR]

thanks a million mate, oh yeah lmao forgot mate , what about .dds and .tga ones?

[karajorma]

Same again

[Mad Bomber]

A few of the PCXes and ANIs go in the data/Interface folder, if they don't work in Maps or Effects. Anything that you'd see in a briefing (e.g. ship loadout, weapon icon, or a briefing icon) goes in Interface.

(The ship loadout PCXes are no longer necessary due to recent builds, but it's still good to know.)

New shield icons go in the HUD folder.

Sorry I can't be more specific, but looking at it in Irfanview or ANIView (respectively) is the best way to figure out where it goes.


Oh, and welcome to HLP.

[WMCoolmon]

They should really all be in a VP.

[Dark RevenantX]

Also, perhaps you could try harder to use punctuation correctly.  It gets confusing if a sentence goes like "Hey how are you doing can i get something i would like it i need some data mabey a tutorial".  I know that English isn't your main language (shoot me if it is), so I am not trying to bash you or anything like that.