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Offline fs_dude

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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
I dont have bittorrent.

 

Offline Shade

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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by
Then that's your problem. Easily fixed :) Get This or some other Bittorrent client, install it, set up download directories as you see fit, and use that to open the .torrent file that the download link points to.

One thing to keep in mind about Bittorrent as a new user, is that it will also use some of your outgoing bandwidth to help others get their downloads faster, but this profits you as well as everyone else downloading the same file is also sending bits of it to you all the time. Basically a distributed download system instead of just getting it all from one place, which is why it's great for large files such as this - once there are several people working the same file, it can get real fast.

Most if not all clients allow you to limit or completely turn off this file seeding if you want to though, but it's generally good practise to at least seed a little bit to help others just as they helped you get the file faster. Just remember to close the Bittorrent client or turn off seeding if you need your bandwidth for something else, or if you pay for trafic rather than a flat internet fee.

[Edit] Note the client I linked is very basic, but also easy to get started with. There are better ones out there for when you know what you're doing. Sourceforge is a good place to look if you decide you need something with more features, as every second project there seems to be a bittorrent client :p
« Last Edit: March 20, 2006, 09:03:02 am by Shade »
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Offline Bigby

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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
whenever I run this freespace 2 it crashes.

I've found that I have to "disable video playback"  in the launcher and it works

Any suggestions on how I can make it work with the cutscenes enabled?

 

Offline Turambar

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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by
my ratio is 21.555  :-D
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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
not sure if this is the right place to ask but...

is there any plans to do a similar pack but incluing the inferno campaign (when its finished)???

 

Offline Shade

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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by
Adding Inferno (assuming it'll be released this decade... always the question with big mods) would probably bloat it up too much to be viable for a freespace getting-started pack. The port makes sense, as it's basically FS1 and part of the storyline, but a massively large non-canon mod, however good, just doesn't really fit into the equation if you ask me.

Easy enough to download seperately anyway if you already have everything else working, which is what this pack is designed to facilitate.
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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
When I start the fs2_open_r-20060125.exe the game freezes on the first level when the beam hits the enemy ship and starts to explode. Am I missing some files that didn't come with the torrent?
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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
i don't think so somehow...

I say this because my computer always lags a bit right there as well, which is scary becuase my computer is kinda top of the line in most respects.

I think Inferno just takes some extra RAM to play or something. The lag seems to disappear after that first mission.
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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
You say that the lag dissapears, but the game will either freeze or my computer will crash so I can't use fs_open even with the launcher and I can't ever get past the first level. I can use the Freespace2.exe and play the game fine but I am also trying to use the fsport to play FS1 in 1024x768 to get high reselution.
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious. - Kin Hubbard

Man cannot live by incompetence alone. - Laurence J. Peter

If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research. - Wilson Mizner

 
Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
Whoops, you're talking about the main campaign aren't you? Sorry, I for some reason was thinking of Inferno.....

You might try getting the Beam Slowdown Patch from the SCP's website.
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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
Tried the patch and it didn't work. The fs2_open_r-20060125.exe just doesn't work with or without the launcher. I have reinstalled the game many times but there has been no change in the gameplay at all.

The freespace2.exe works but I was trying to play the game with the custom flags the launcher comes with. I also tried the HoTU version which plays ok but has some slowdowns when a ship fires a beam, same with the SCP version. The patch didn't help on the HoTU either.
« Last Edit: March 23, 2006, 05:16:48 pm by Crackerjack12 »
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious. - Kin Hubbard

Man cannot live by incompetence alone. - Laurence J. Peter

If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research. - Wilson Mizner

 
Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
Ignore what I said about the patch, the game works now, but it froze on the second level when a group of ships warped in a couple minutes after I get to the installation. I'm getting ticked off. :hopping:
« Last Edit: March 23, 2006, 10:52:50 pm by Crackerjack12 »
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious. - Kin Hubbard

Man cannot live by incompetence alone. - Laurence J. Peter

If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research. - Wilson Mizner

  
Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
I stopped using the SCP version and switched to the HoTU version which works better the the SCP. The HoTU has no problems at all unlike the SCP which wouldn't work with my computer for some reason.
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious. - Kin Hubbard

Man cannot live by incompetence alone. - Laurence J. Peter

If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research. - Wilson Mizner

 

Offline Gebji

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I somehow got a problem. I downloaded the game and actually got it to work... but my ship, the myrmidon, has no primary weapons?! And i cant equip them cuz the game says the myrmidon  isnt capable to use them. wtf?! Whats wrong?
« Last Edit: March 27, 2006, 12:36:02 pm by Gebji »

 
Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
:welcome:


That ugly problem...... I had that once (on the older Derelict campaign), but when I used the newer voice-acted version of Derelict it went away.
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Offline karajorma

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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by
Try making a new pilot.
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Offline Jay1717

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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
Using OpenGL reboots my pc, using directX (Any) causes the source version to CTD. Normal freespace 2 won't work what so ever.
I made a thread but no answer thus far. Where can I find HoTU version as there site has gone?

I just tried running normal fs2 via the mod launcher thing, it worked then 1 minute into the training mission it rebooted my pc. This is in directx mode.

Also the launcher won't add mod says they can't be no spaces but they is no space?  :confused:
« Last Edit: March 31, 2006, 03:16:58 am by Jay1717 »

 

Offline karajorma

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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by
If your Freespace2 folder is on a path that contains a space or a hyphen in it (like C:\Program Files\Games for instance) you should drag the entire Freespace2 folder to somewhere that doesn't have either.

I've got no idea why FS2 would be rebooting your PC. Last time I got that it turned out that the fan on my graphics card had broken!
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Offline Jay1717

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Re: Download Freespace 2 SCP (Complete) Packed by Shivan_SPS
So if I say drag it to G:/FS2 etc..Would that stop my game hanging when it starts missions? (I got normal FS2 to work but the levianthan (sic) crashes the game)

 

Offline karajorma

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I don't know if it will stop the hangs. It will stop the errors which are preventing you from running mods.
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