[commander DS]

i was wondering if any one would know where i can find my   VP files for the ships so i can open them up and where i might find all my tbl files like for the weapons Ive looked in the    freespace 2/data/tables folder and i only have the ships tbl     I'm running the inferno mod which id like to get rid off.  but it seems to of rearranged everything and i cant find the files that make it up. Ive also got freespace open which dosn't work right with that mod, I'm willing to install the game if i can keep the main bulk of the open data. and then reinstall to get rid of this mod its seems to be a lot of trouble.

so right now I'm thinking copy all the 'fs2open' files some where Else uninstal freespace 2 reinstall and then just copy files back

does this sound like a good plan, or is it going to try tell me open isn't installed right

[Topgun]

Huh? you got your foot where?

How did you install the mod?

[commander DS]

sorry my English is rubbish but to me that makes perfect sense. i installed the inferno mod a long time ago straight into the freespace2 directory i can only assume its move some files and changed some  since there not where i believe they are suppose to be  in another section of this furom i went through making my freespace 2 open work any way but now i believe i should just uninstall it all and start again. as i can not find all the inferno files. however I'm not prepared to lose my  freespace 2 open files as they take a while to download, will i end up with some bug errors if i just copy them out and put them back in after a reinstall


or different idea altoget would any one know my my tbls would be other than the tables folder and where are the VP files for ships

i hope thats easyer or better for you all

[Topgun]

Okay, vp files just don't matter, you can dump them in any install you want. what you should try to do is move all the inferno only VPs into a new "Inferno" folder, right in the freespace 2 dir. if you can't find them all just reinstall inferno into said folder. and delete the original inferno files.
what kind of problems do you get when playing inferno?

[Dark Hunter]

All of the original VP files should be in the main folder. Extra table files should either be A) in the VP's, or B) in freespace2/data/tables.

It sounds as though you had Inferno installed for retail, then tried to upgrade to FSO. That, in a word, is bad. You have to put all Inferno files into their own folder within the main folder.

Removing the Inferno and FSO files and putting them back in after a reinstall shouldn't affect anything, it's perfectly okay to do that.

For further information, read this and this.

[commander DS]

yea i did have it set up for retail
alright them im going to go with a re-install

there wheren't any files in the tables directory but i did find what i thought was the hole lot in the root fs2.vp but tht was just a bit big and bulky to look thought for the wepons and stuff or is that the rght place to look for them

[Topgun]

next time install Inferno to the "Inferno" DIR, like I said.

[commander DS]

yea ive already got it in its own directory purly to use with fs2 open but before that i already had it set for retail. so in a way i got 2 copys installed which proberly isnt the best idear but untill ive done this reset tht was the only way to do it

[Topgun]

hey, you know what I just noticed? you haven't been welcomed!

[commander DS]

  thanks

ok so i just copyed out the freespace open files and then uninstalled the game reintalled copyed files bacn in and the fs2 open installer make sure i still had any thing went to play the game fs2 open and got this error

Error: Can't open model file <orcTer.pof>
File:J:\src\cvs\fs2_open_3_6_9.final\code\Model\ModelRead.cpp
Line: 1902
[This filename points to the location of a file on the computer that built this executable]

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


and it i try to run the debug it crashes i thought the orc cruiser only apeard in inferno so why is the game still using this file

[karajorma]

Run the debug build and post the first part of the fs2_open.log file that appears in your data folder. After you've done that I can tell you exactly what to do to solve your problems.

[commander DS]

ok i think ive got most of it sorted out i can now use both inferno and regular with fs2 open. remaining problems

 im getting no severs found comment when i look for a multiplayer game.

  i havnt been able to use the inferno mod with fred2 only original and im half way throught a campain that i need those ships for.

 i still dont have any table files apart form the fs2_root.   is there any way to like breack it up so i can have one for wepons, ships etc

[Wanderer]

You can always extract files from fs2_root.vp using VPView for example.

And you can quite easily use fred with mods. First make a shortcut to the fred exe (in the main freespace dir). Right click on the shortcut and select properties. Then add (-spec -glow) -mod_directory

[Colonol Dekker]

 im getting no severs found comment when i look for a multiplayer game.

Unfortunately you wont as the online side of FS2 died years back when Volition got bought out by THQ or Interplay or someone

But there is a fantastic new system in place which i know nothing about so i'll leave it to Karajorma or someone who has experienced multiplayer joy, post-squadwar

Welcome by the way 

[commander DS]

so does this mean there isnt any way i can play my co-op campaign with some firends

i carnt get this fred with mod shortcut to work

C:\Games\FreeSpace2\fred2_open_3_6_9.exe-INFR1

thats what i put as target or is tht not the right thing to do

[Dark Hunter]

C:\Games\FreeSpace2\fred2_open_3_6_9.exe -mod INFR1


Fixxored. 

[commander DS]

thank you thats pretty much everything done now then