[TheAgent]

Frustrating game to install mods / ships / nebular / back grounds / plants, for!

Its not that i cant install mods for a game, as i have managed to install mods for almost every game that is modifiable (X-3 / GTA-SA / Doom3 / Counterstrike 1.6 / source... to name but a few), but for some reason, no one seems to supply readme's with there work.

Don't get me wrong, iv spent the last two days searching these forums high and low for any hint or clue as to how to install a HTL ship into my game, they look lovely in the screen shots, and would like to test them out in FS2, to breath new life in to my old friend, yet i haven't seen one topic that is "install friendly" to newcomers.

Iv set up free-space open, even though I have retail disks, that was the easy part, but adding ships, is like guess work.

If its not to much trouble, could someone please point me to or tell me how to,

-add HTL ships
-where to find / download those lovely non over the top star fields / big 3d - 2d planets

(please note, i can install the pack modifications, IE: the Babylon project fine, its the single ships and backgrounds that would be much appreciated.

And thank you to anyone who takes there time to help me.

[Cobra]

Search?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/FAQ/intro.html

Also click Hades Combine in my sig for a helluva mod database.

[BS403]

Actually it is one of the easiest games to install

mods / ships / nebular / back grounds / plants, for!

[TheAgent]

Search?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/FAQ/intro.html

Also click Hades Combine in my sig for a helluva mod database.

OK, looks like i didn't make my self very clear...

I downloaded the HTL_herc.zip, I have it extracted to my desktop, it has a load of tga image files a few pcx files and some pof files.

 There is no read me as to how to install this, Karajorma's FAQ does not cover a "how to" on how to install these files, and if it does, then I'm blind. and my apologies.

I have searched, these very HLP forums, yet cant find anything on how to impliment these new ships.

[Snail]

Do you even have FS2Open? :

[Turey]

if you installed to C:\Games\FreeSpace2

.tga and .pcx should go in C:\Games\FreeSpace2\mediavps\data\maps

.pof goes in C:\Games\FreeSpace2\mediavps\data\models

We're putting them in mediavps\data because it\s an HTL ship, and therefore should go with the other graphical enhancements.

This will only work if you have FreeSpace Open. If you don't, go here.

[karajorma]

Sounds like you've downloaded the game but either you haven't installed FS2_Open or you've failed to spot the media VPs.

You shouldn't be installing the high-poly Herc for instance because it's already in mv_models.vp.


We don't expect all our users to go through the HTL list and download an install all the ships themselves. That would be a pain in the arse for them and a nightmare for us to support

[bizzybody]

Iv set up free-space open, even though I have retail disks, that was the easy part,

Oh bloody...

People, BEFORE cracking off with "You need FSO to do that!" READ EVERY FRACKING WORD THE OP WRITES! Mmmkay? This ain't usenet- where you might have the excuse of never seeing the original post...

NOTHING P.O.'s me more about a request for support than when the person replying tells me to do exactly what I just got done saying I've already done.

P.S. Has anyone welcome beamed TheAgent yet?

[Snail]

Well he should have put a glow around it and had it in bold and with size 72 letters.

Anyway.



Welcome to H--- Sees Taristin.
Sorry, no welcome speech.

As for the actual topic. Do you have the launcher? It makes stuff easier. And BTW, 3D backgrounds suck. Badly.

[Unknown Target]

It looks like he hasn't installed the mediaVPs.
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,42854.0.html

Do that.

If that doesn't help, read Kara's FAQ. If that doesn't help, here's a ten step tutorial by me:

http://www.game-warden.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2858

[TheAgent]

I have installed the mediavps, i might have done something wrong, but i did install them...

I have the launcher too , and I'm at FRED 3.6.9

Unknown target, ill have a look at your tutorial, and edit my post accordingly if i find that its still not working

And snail, thanks for beam welcoming me

Ooh, and thank you turey, now i know what to do with them poc, tga, and prx files, ill try and get the mediaVPs, working before i add them.

*EDIT*

Oops, OK now i feel stupid, lol

i didn't add the mediaVPs, to the mod list, my bad.

er....ok, i have one more problem, iv got the mediaVPs working, yet i know have, black boxes around the weapon fire and shield hits

sorry to be a pain in the a..

[Trivial Psychic]

Did you install the 710 patches?

[TheAgent]

well, as i don't know what your talking about, ill take it as a no

ill go hunt for them now

[Dark Hunter]

No need.

http://fs2source.warpcore.org/mediavp/mp-710_adveffects.rar
http://fs2source.warpcore.org/mediavp/mp-710_effects.rar
http://fs2source.warpcore.org/mediavp/mp-710_models.rar

[Setekh]

Don't feel bad, TheAgent. Just get playing and enjoying and come back to help the rest of us. And welcome to HLP.

[Unknown Target]

Also, make sure all your launcher flags are enabled (such as .tga textures and the like ).

[TheAgent]

Its all sorted now, man you guys have done a very fine job, it looks like a new game

Well, my strengths lie in Voice acting and movie editing, as that's my passion, though i really need to sort my mic out again

Oh, and i can say that it plays very well in windows vista

I'm quite handy with photo shop as well, yet still haven't quite mastered modeling or applying textures yet.

So, if anyone wants voice talent that has some passion to it, rather than just sounding monotone and like I'm reading it from a script, don't hesitate to PM me

[WMCoolmon]

Search?

Do you even have FS2Open? :

Actually it is one of the easiest games to install

Really guys, if you're going to take the trouble to reply to something, at least do the person the courtesy of actually reading and comprehending their post. There is virtually no good documentation on installing FS2_Open, and certainly not on installing mods, that somebody is likely to see when they join HLP. In order to find the documentation, you have to know where to look - and by that point, if you know that much, you've probably only stuck around long enough because you managed to get FS2_Open installed.

Under those circumstances, contradicting someone asking for help (especially when they know enough to explicitly mention what they've tried in their original post) just seems like blatant asshattery designed to keep new people off of the forums.

[Nuke]

frustrating!? ive modded hald a doezen engines and this is by far the easyest, maybe even the most versitile ive ever seen.

[Vengence]

Indeed. FS is quite easy. I modded C&C generals for years and even though it is extremely easy to mod, there are dozens of INIs to modify to add a single new unit. Easy, but time consuming while FS2 is easy and fast. I can get a ship into the game in no time at all if the exporter doesn't kill me first.