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Offline DiabloTerrorGF

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on: July 05, 2005, 08:58:50 am
1. I just found Freespace 2 at a store and got it installed and a friend told me to ask here for everything else I need...

2. I updated FS2 with the newest patch(I think?) and then tried to play... but my mouse doesn't work either(only for menus does it work)... and I'm not a fan of the numberpad...
 

Offline phreak

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Reply #1 on: July 05, 2005, 10:31:16 am
:welcome:

hit F2 to go into the options screen.  about 3/5 of the way down on the left side there is a box that will let you use the mouse to fly.  its off by default.
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #2 on: July 05, 2005, 10:52:42 am
A store which still has Freespace 2?  Cool.
 

Offline Fear

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Reply #3 on: July 05, 2005, 11:14:23 am
The real question is...why he bought it? i seriously doubt that if his friend is familiar with HLP fourms he wouldnt know about :where to download FS2.
 

Offline aldo_14

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Reply #4 on: July 05, 2005, 11:39:23 am
Nowt wrong with owning your own copy of the freespace disks.
 

Offline Deepstar

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Reply #5 on: July 05, 2005, 11:45:44 am
A quick tip... buy a Joystick :D
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Offline Ghost

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Reply #6 on: July 05, 2005, 11:54:26 am
Yes, joystick is good. Quick tip: if your computer=nice, get FS_Open from www.scp.indiegames.us (correct URL, right?).
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Offline Fear

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Reply #7 on: July 05, 2005, 12:49:41 pm
acctually, no, dont get scp. cuz u will not have any cutscenes which are important for understanding the story. first finish the game, then, download scp.
 

Offline Grimloq

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Reply #8 on: July 05, 2005, 12:50:46 pm
[edit] (Fear posted while I was typing) Yeah, DEFINITELY do that. Cutscenes = necessary. Besides, then you can compare FS2 Retail to FSO. [/edit]

No... No, I've tried my Saitek Cyborg Evo (Niiiiiiice stick...) on FS2... It was all messed up. It worked, but I didn't like the way it handled. I'll probably try again someday.

Hey, I own my own copy of FS2. I'm proud of it. I found FS1/ST (For 9$ :D ) at a store, loved it, found out there was a sequel, and bought that somewhere.

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Offline Lone Knight

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Reply #9 on: July 05, 2005, 12:51:47 pm
Only get it if you have a reasonably good computer...otherwise it will freeze up a lot.
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Offline Fear

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Reply #10 on: July 05, 2005, 01:03:30 pm
Its not that i mind buying Fs2 or so, but i see no reason for it nowadays, do u really want to support Interplay?

Oh and unfortuanly for me i dont have the retail copy of fs2, i would have buyed it if it could be found in israel, damn interplay.
 

Offline karajorma

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Reply #11 on: July 05, 2005, 03:08:16 pm
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Originally posted by Fear
acctually, no, dont get scp. cuz u will not have any cutscenes which are important for understanding the story. first finish the game, then, download scp.


:wtf: You are aware that you can download AVI versions of the cutscenes for use in FS2_Open right?

As long as you're using anything other than the official 3.6.5 build they'll work fine.

Links are in the SCP section of my FAQ.
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Offline Hippo

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Reply #12 on: July 05, 2005, 04:16:21 pm
Whats all this that SCP has no cutscenes? It most certianly does if you bother to download them.
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Offline Fear

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Reply #13 on: July 05, 2005, 06:55:09 pm
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Originally posted by karajorma


:wtf: You are aware that you can download AVI versions of the cutscenes for use in FS2_Open right?

As long as you're using anything other than the official 3.6.5 build they'll work fine.

Links are in the SCP section of my FAQ.


No,i wasnt, we learn things every day. thnx for the enlightening.

And i think we shouldnt make things so complicate, all he wants is to play, as he sayed he dont understand anything about fs. just let him play, if he will like fs2 he will come and ask questions(like when fs3 will be released?;) ), in result he will play scp. thats what acctually happend to me, i played fs2 , then i went to look answers and found this community.
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Offline Grimloq

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Reply #14 on: July 05, 2005, 07:42:37 pm
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Originally posted by karajorma
:wtf: You are aware that you can download AVI versions of the cutscenes for use in FS2_Open right?

As long as you're using anything other than the official 3.6.5 build they'll work fine.

Links are in the SCP section of my FAQ.


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Offline karajorma

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Reply #15 on: July 06, 2005, 06:56:28 am
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Originally posted by Fear
And i think we shouldnt make things so complicate, all he wants is to play, as he sayed he dont understand anything about fs. just let him play, if he will like fs2 he will come and ask questions(like when fs3 will be released?;) ), in result he will play scp. thats what acctually happend to me, i played fs2 , then i went to look answers and found this community.


My attitude has always been that people should play a few missions with FS2 just to to see that it works and what it's like and then install FS2_Open and see how much better it can be :)

I think the SCP should be presented along the lines of "You don't need this to play FS2 but you might want it" :D
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Offline DiabloTerrorGF

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Reply #16 on: July 06, 2005, 07:23:09 pm
I found it at my local EBG for $5. My friend has it and we wanted to do multi, and I already installed FSO >_> I did try training before FSO... I didn't know much of a difference with vehicle detail(except maybe brighter) but the effects are much better.

Only problem I have with FSO is that when I first fire, my FPS drops to 10 for about 3 seconds but after that it stays at a constant 160.
  

Offline FireCrack

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Reply #17 on: July 06, 2005, 08:18:29 pm
Have you downloaded the media vp's? Have you ticked on features in the launcher?
actualy, mabye not.
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Offline Charismatic

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Reply #18 on: July 07, 2005, 08:45:46 pm
Well im glad he has caught up with the quick pase'd 'do this do that...' response of the community. Now, give him more!
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Offline Fenrir

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Reply #19 on: July 07, 2005, 10:02:45 pm
Consider yourself really feaking lucky. Many have had to pay over $50 if they wanted a copy of the game without downloading it.
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