[Turalyon]

ARGH

"Run the fs2_open launcher to fix your problems. Would you like to download the latest version of the launcher? You must have at least version 5.0 to run fs2_open above 3.6"


I downloaded the file he is redirecting me to. What else do I have to do?

PS. There needs to be a better instruction guide

[karajorma]

Which guide are you using? The one on the wiki? Cause it sounds like an old one if it's directing you to that old a launcher version.

As for the FS1port (which is what I'm assuming you're installing from the names of those files) you simply make a folder called FS1Port and stick them in there. Then from the launcher (you should have 5.3) simply go to the mod tab and choose the folder you just created.

[Turalyon]

I have Launcher 5.3

Still I get this message when I hit the run button

[karajorma]

Delete the launcher6.ini file from your Freespace 2 folder (Run a search and delete all that you find) and try again. If you don't find one then download the launcher again.

[Turalyon]

Deleted it - Restarted it - Got this:

"Can't get 'VideocardFS2open' reg entry"

and after that the message I posted before. Btw, the launcher6.ini pops up everytime I click the run button

[karajorma]

Yeah it should. I've had cases of it getting corrupted and deleting it solved them. No idea what's causing the reg entry failure though.

[Turalyon]

I don't know if that's the reason, but I had unpacked the files from awakenings into the main FS2 folder and then copied them into a mod folder.

But I never got the game running at all, so it can't be...

[karajorma]

I'd suggest you reinstall and check that everything works with FS2 itself. Then put FS2_Open on top of that and only then try mods.

At the moment you're cramming mods on like nobodies business so it's not surprising things are going wrong.

[Jopi]

I just completed the said mission without any problems. I had installed Derelict with an installer in the first place, and that proved to cause no end of trouble.
I donwloaded Derelict from the link provided in karajorma's Freespace FAQ, then unzipped Derelict.vp in the main folder and the .tbl files in \data\tables folder. I also deleted the ships.tbl and stars.tbl in the \data\missions\ folder left there by the installer.
This might work or you, if not, then you probably have some stray mod laying around. I'm using retail, by the way, I don't know if that makes a difference.

[Turalyon]

What I did:

I installed FS2 Retail (the 3 CD version)
then I installed the Derelict campaign, which I downloaded at http://archives.volitionwatch.com

It was an executable, so it was an installer.

I will try it again with the link in karajorma's FAQ. Maybe that works better.

PS. I didn't have any mod lying around, in fact, Derelict was the first I ever installed for FS2

[Nuclear1]

I remember in the old days of playing Derelict in Retail and 3.5.5 that I had found some way to circumvent the Cthon crash bug. IIRC, the game would crash whenever I went after the Cthon myself, so I tried sticking close to the Vasudan corvette in the mission, and once it was closing in on beam range with the Cthon, I would break off and go to it. No crash, ends the mission like it should.

[Turalyon]

Well, I even tried sitting just at my starting point. For the whole mission I didn't move at all and used my fighter wings to destroy anytzhing that came close to me.

Still, the mission crashed. As I said, I'm doing a fresh FS2 install and I copy the derelict vp and the stars.tbl  and shuips.tbl into the respective folders

[Turalyon]

F**K

I tried Derelict again, this time blaide Russels variant (without the installer)

Same thing happens, the game crashes a few seconds after the Cthon arrives.

That's it for me. If noone volunteers to do the mission for me, I'll commit suicide 5 times so the mission can be skipped. (I'd send you my pilot, you do the mission and you send the pilot back)

[Depth_Charge]

are you using the OpenGL or the Direct 3D8??? cause i got through it without anyproblems with the OpenGL and with 3.6.7 vp files

[Turalyon]

I still (have to) use Retail, since the FS2 open version won't run. When I try to start FS2 open I get this: "Can't get 'VideocardFS2open' reg entry"

[Scuddie]

The solution is quite simple.  Copy the following into a flat text document and save it as temp.reg, then double click it and accept the import.

Code: [Select]

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Volition\Freespace2]
"VideocardFs2open"="OGL -(1024x768)x32 bit"

[karajorma]

I think he solved that one on another thread anyway

[Turalyon]

Yeah, but although I got FS2_open to run, the bug in the mission "Memento Mori" of Derelict (the last but one mission) still came up. I solved it by activating cheat mode and killing myself 5 times.

[Herra Tohtori]

Hmm, I've got a little different problem with Derelict. My comp doesn't seem to be coping well with Cypher. It's not a missing/rogue vp though, I've checked that all the *.vp's are where they're supposed to be. However, this is what follows when I start mission 13, "Bond of Trust":

Code: [Select]

Error: Invalid subsystem name.

In sexpression: ( when
   ( true )
   ( fire-beam
      "Cypher"
      "turret02"
      "Pillager"
   )
   ( fire-beam
      "Cypher"
      "turret10"
      "Pillager"
   )
   ( fire-beam
      "Cypher"
      "turret12"
      "Pillager"
   )
)
(Error appears to be: turret02)
File:mission/missionparse.cpp
Line: 4688
[This filename points to the location of a file on the computer that built this executable]

Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

I don't know what to make of this... with the debugger i can run the mission, but the game substitutes the Cypher with an Ulysses... Here's where my vp's are:

IN MAIN DIRECTORY:

root_fs2.vp
sparky_fs2.vp
sparky_hi_fs2.vp
stu_fs2.vp
tango1_fs2.vp
tango2_fs2.vp
tango3_fs2.vp
smarty_fs2.vp
warble_fs2.vp
mv_adveffects.vp
mv_amodelspatch.vp
mv_core.vp
mv_effects.vp
mv_music.vp
mv_textures.vp

On Mod dir "Derelict" I have the following files/directories:

data
dlbackup

DeleteDerelict.bat
DisableDerelict.bat
EnableDerelict.bat
Derelict.vp

Shouldn't this work just fine or is there something that prohibits using Derelict from Mod dir? It doesn't seem like that to me, and I think something else is screwed because I also tried the followings:

-I removed the mv_*.vp files from main directory and tried to run Derelict as mod - same problem with Invalid subsystems, so te mv_*.vp's are NOT causing this...

-I removed the mv*.vp files from main dir and transferred the files in Derelict directory into main directory, but it was no good either...

Anyone have a good explanation to what is causing this? I'm using build fs2_open_367_p4.exe, my computer is the following:

CPU AMD 64 Athlon 3200+
DDR-SDRAM 1024 MB
NVidia GeForce 6600 @ 256 MB
Windows XP Home SP2 Finnish

Thanks for advice in advance, I know there'll be some in no time... 

[karajorma]

Ironically enough your problem isn't a rogue table but the lack of a table. Derelict is supposed to have Ships and Stars tables in moddir\data\Tables. When I removed these I got exactly the error you describe.

They are included in the rar on my site but you can just try these and save yourself 800KB of downloading.



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