[colecampbell666]

It is compatible with SP2, as I can play it.

[jr2]

Ya.... I use SP2; you have to set Compatibility mode... right-click on the \games\freespace\freespace.exe file, go to compatibility, and set it for Windows '95.  (I use Win '98 mode, but I've heard some ppl get problems with that.)

Oh, and, if you want, you can use a Glide Wrapper to get 3DFX Glide in the setup screen for video (instead of D3D).  zeckensack's Glide wrapper.

See also zeckensack's supported Games list; note that you should enable Application specific overrides in the configurator, so that zeckensack's FreeSpace optimizations will work.  Then just re-run 'Setup' from the FreeSpace Launcher.

[k19]

out of interest have anyone had any problems with the hades combine website or their download of freespace one.
P.S. if you have heard this problem the problem is the launcher comes up and i click play freespace it closes as usual and nothing happens.

[jr2]

out of interest have anyone had any problems with the hades combine website or their download of freespace one.
P.S. if you have heard this problem the problem is the launcher comes up and i click play freespace it closes as usual and nothing happens.

And this is after you set Compatibility mode to Windows '95?

[k19]

Yes i also saw on the comments on freespace on download a person talking about the same problem but no one ever answered him (dam) is this a bad download.
If so we go back to square one: finding a website that has the free download of the full verison of freespace 1 retail.

[jr2]

Hmm... did you try here?

[k19]

yeah i tried that the trouble was that the page no long existed or there were no seeds.
did you say you had demoniod could you invite me i've been checking all this month but the resignations are still closed.

[jr2]

I'll sort it out when I get home; give me 3 - 4 hours.

EDIT: Look in here for retail torrents.  However, if you want SCP (including FSPort & a ton of mods), I can tell you for certain that this torrent works; I put that torrent up, and I'm still seeding it... currently, there are 4 seeders and 4 "Leechers" (downloaders, but with Bittorrent, downloaders also upload ).  hip63 made this disc; the only thing is; after you install it, then you must rename the \freespace2\fs1_port_3 directory to \freespace2\fsport .  Additionally, the patch to version 1.01 of the DVD can be found in my signature.

[colecampbell666]

Ya.... I use SP2; you have to set Compatibility mode... right-click on the \games\freespace\freespace.exe file, go to compatibility, and set it for Windows '95.  (I use Win '98 mode, but I've heard some ppl get problems with that.)

Oh, and, if you want, you can use a Glide Wrapper to get 3DFX Glide in the setup screen for video (instead of D3D).  zeckensack's Glide wrapper.

See also zeckensack's supported Games list; note that you should enable Application specific overrides in the configurator, so that zeckensack's FreeSpace optimizations will work.  Then just re-run 'Setup' from the FreeSpace Launcher.

I don't need to set compatibility.

[jr2]

. . . tried using your afterburners? 

Unless for some reason you're really lucky, your afterburners are useless unless you set compatibility mode.  They fail to ignite.  Don't ask me why.

[Jeff Vader]

Um, let's see if I got this right. You play FSO with XP SP2 and have to use the compatibility thingie? Crikey! I've been playing FSO in XP with SP2 since January, without setting compatibility and without problems. Is my rig flawed or is it yours?

[colecampbell666]

We're not talking about FSO, we're talking about FS1 retail.

. . . tried using your afterburners? 

Unless for some reason you're really lucky, your afterburners are useless unless you set compatibility mode.  They fail to ignite.  Don't ask me why.

I guess I'm really lucky.

[BS403]

I have never had a problem with FS1 retail on XP.  I wonder why i don't have any problems

[colecampbell666]

Maybe it's a minority who have a problem, not the majority.

[jr2]

I have never had a problem with FS1 retail on XP.  I wonder why i don't have any problems

Well, I'll have to run FS1 without the Compatibility mode and see... it could be its only FS2 Retail that has a problem... plus, I'm using a different computer than when I started (started with a Gigabyte GA-6BXD dual processor 500 MHz PIII and 512 MB RAM, with first a 3DFX Voodoo 3 w/ 16 MB, then upgraded to a BFG "Asylum" FX 5200 OC 256 MB... then my little bro stepped on the video out cable plugged into the computer :/ )

[CP5670]

I also get the afterburner bug, and it goes away with compatibility mode.

Also, FS1 should be played in software mode. It actually looks better than both D3D and Glide, and modern processors can easily handle it at maxed framerates.

[jr2]

I also get the afterburner bug, and it goes away with compatibility mode.

Also, FS1 should be played in software mode. It actually looks better than both D3D and Glide, and modern processors can easily handle it at maxed framerates.

...Better than Glide?    I thought that Glide was supposed to be the best-looking.  Without acceleration, I thought some features were turned off, even if the processor can handle it.  Else software mode would be quite impossible on the older machines... correct?

[colecampbell666]

I have never had a problem with FS1 retail on XP.  I wonder why i don't have any problems

Well, I'll have to run FS1 without the Compatibility mode and see... it could be its only FS2 Retail that has a problem... plus, I'm using a different computer than when I started (started with a Gigabyte GA-6BXD dual processor 500 MHz PIII and 512 MB RAM, with first a 3DFX Voodoo 3 w/ 16 MB, then upgraded to a BFG "Asylum" FX 5200 OC 256 MB... then my little bro stepped on the video out cable plugged into the computer :/ )

No problems with retail. I'm assuming that your brother didn't cause any permanent damage, only that you killed him.

[jr2]

Ya, that was a few years ago.... I'd thought he toasted the computer, so I got a new one.  Come to find out, when the monitor went blank (from being unplugged), I guess he reached in back to "fix" it, and threw the voltage selector from 110 to 220 volts, so the compy was only getting half power.  Since I didn't change the voltage selector, and couldn't imagine a sane reason to, I didn't find out until after I'd gotten a nice new MSI 6750E (aka K7N2 Delta2 Platinum) with an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with a BFG 6200 LE OC GFX card. 

[k19]

Ok i'm back can anyone tell me what these stupid leechs are for the not seeds so what are they?  their on every FS1 link that still works.