[karajorma]

Answered in the other thread.

[ZmaN]

the links dont work anymore?  how come?

[karajorma]

Which link? The Ars Technica one seems to work.

[CaptJosh]

I know the Ars Technica one works. I just visited there and tested by clicking on each file link. Just go to http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/39309975/m/115003814731/p/1 and click on the links in the first post there.

[Black_Magic]

it wont work for me i used to be ranked "captain" played years ago and recently found out u can play again! i lost my copy of the game but when i try and download it, it says:

Not Found
The requested URL /Freespace 2.rar was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[Black_Magic]

I know the Ars Technica one works. I just visited there and tested by clicking on each file link. Just go to http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/39309975/m/115003814731/p/1 and click on the links in the first post there.

i downloaded them, wat do i do now? its not executable...there saved as .iso files... wat do i do now ?

[Pnakotus]

That blows: I own the original disks, but my video conversion skills are poor.  If you want to know if someone posted the link somewhere, change it slightly and PM it to people.  At least passers-by and crawlers won't pick it up then.

[karajorma]

i downloaded them, wat do i do now? its not executable...there saved as .iso files... wat do i do now ?

You have two choices. I would do both if I were you.

1) You can burn the ISOs to CDs if you have a CD Burner. Just choose the burn image option in whatever software you use.
2) You can try mounting them. When you mount an ISO file your computer will act as though it had an extra CD drive and the ISO was the CD you've inserted into it. A program like Daemon Tools will allow you to mount the files. Nero also has mounting software included. 

Personally I would mount the files, install and try the game (installation is most likely quicker from a mounted ISO than from a real CD drive). If everything worked I'd then burn a copy for backup.

[Black_Magic]

ill try it and see wat happends k

[Black_Magic]

has any one got a working version where u can just download without burning onto CD etc.. i tried the other way several times and it didnt work

[karajorma]

Do the CDs work at all? Cause if they do you can always try the HotU version and then copy the missing VP files off of CD2 and 3.

[Ace Pace]

has any one got a working version where u can just download without burning onto CD etc.. i tried the other way several times and it didnt work

You do not need to burn those ISO files.  Google and downlown Daemon Tools, install. This is a tool designed to trick Windows into beliving there is more hardware connected then actully is, and allows you to mount ISO/Cue files onto it and install.

If you have errors installing this way, please detail them and I'll try to help.

[karajorma]

In other word why didn't it work? If you give us a proper error report it might turn out to be something silly that is causing the problem.

[Freespace Damo]

Damit! I'm getting this error

The requested URL /Freespace 2.rar was not found on this server.

So close to FreeSpace 2 but yet so far!

[karajorma]

Check the Ars Technica link further up.

[Asprin]

Full Game (675 megabytes)

Errr... Will this link work again? 

[BlackDove]

Ars Technica link pulled on December 16th

Some retard went and put it on warez sites, got way too much uneeded attention.

[karajorma]

Probably not. It keeps getting posted to places like SomethingAwful which results in MP using up all his bandwidth.

[BlackDove]

The links are on warez sites, the guy posted the links to said warez sites with downloads directed at the links he originally posted.

So far we know only Pappa is getting his posted on SA, though it could be that AT links were also there as well.

[karajorma]

I was replying to asprin. I didn't spot you'd posted