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What's involved in adding downloaded ships? I've downloaded a few user made ships separate from any campaign and have no idea how to add them into the game. What's the easiest way to do this?
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You need to treat them as mods. :)

Check Karajorma's FreeSpace FAQTM, there's a detailled section about installing mods. You can find a link on my signature. ;)
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I think I've got, should I just copy the tbl data into the current tbl file?

Thanks for the link Mobius.
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I would make use of the newer SCP feature of modular tables, it's in the wiki.  You can find examples for a ship's .tbm all over the place probably.
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Nevermind got it.
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If you're just at the experimenting stage there is nothing wrong with using tables instead of tbms. It makes things a lot simpler. You should learn to use them eventually of course since using a table to add a couple of minor mods is just wrong, but when you're just playing about learning stuff, editing the table is a reasonably easy way to get started.
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If your mom're just at the experimenting stage there is nothing wrong with using tables instead of tbms. It makes things a lot simpler. Your mom should learn to use them eventually of course since using a table to add a couple of minor mods is just wrong, but when your mom're just playing about learning stuff, editing the table is a reasonably easy way to get started.

I'm wondering... which one is the true one?   :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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