[spacetrader]

i bought the game off GoG, then downloaded the scp installer, chose to do the 'works', and its been running for about 2 hours now..  i have a cable 10mbit connection, how long is this thing going to take?   i only have about 9 hours left in my weekend haha...

[haloboy100]

Didn't take more than about 4 hours when I installed it yesterday.

[The E]

Where is it right now? And you should download the following manually:

Current Version of the Engine: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,62210.0.html
Current Version of the Launcher: http://fs2source.warpcore.org/exes/Launcher55d.rar
Uncorrupted mediavp package: http://www.freespacemods.net/files/MVP3610/MV_Complete.7z

[spacetrader]

do i have to?   the last thing i want is to screw something up and not be able to play this, after all this crap.   im not saying its been hard so far to install this, but holy cow does it have about 136 different ways to be run/installed/modded.  im trying to keep things simple...

[The E]

Unfortunately, yes, you do. The Installer's version of the engine is quite outdated, the Installer's copy of the MediaVPs is corrupted, which WILL cause problems sooner or later, and I don't know whether the Installer has the new Launcher already.
And the Installation of those three pieces is quite simple. First, delete everything in <FreeSpace Directory>\mediavps. Extract the mediavps you downloaded into that directory.
The Launcher and the executable go into your FS directory.
As for "136 ways to be modded", no, there really is only one way. Other ways might work, but are unreliable. And there is usually always someone here or on IRC available to help you if you have problems.

[spacetrader]

thanks for the info.  its still going, i cant tell how far its completed, it doesnt show a percentage complete...

ill install those 3 things above when its finished then... looking forward to play this game on my dlp projector im getting soon

[haloboy100]

You lucky dog.

[spacetrader]

hardly!   its more like stupidity.   after suffering for two years of nearly losing my house, i still dont have a solid job and im still struggling massively.  but i got a fat tax return this year and i decided to redo my living room.  the projector was a necessary part of the renovation, so you can see how this is all being done under the cover of 'home improvement' lol

[Zantor]

I hope you enjoy it. Freespace 2 is one of the best space combat sim games to date.

[haloboy100]

I hope you enjoy it. Freespace 2 is one of the best space combat sim games to date.

The best, in my opinion.

question: does the MV Complete include the advanced effects as well?

[Herra Tohtori]

Yes, but it doesn't include the HQ music files, so you still need to get mv_music separately.

[Blue Lion]

It seemed to take forever for me too when I did it. I did "the works" and was floored how long it took.

[Zantor]

The installer took me one or two hours, but I already had the mediaVPs and a couple mods. (And that was with a 3 megabit connection)

[spacetrader]

~3.5 hours and still going strong... its not even using 1/5 of my bandwidth though, their servers must not be that fast... looks like it runs around 200-300KB/sec.

[haloboy100]

~3.5 hours and still going strong... its not even using 1/5 of my bandwidth though

Bandwidth in terms of your LAN? As in, the network chart you see in the task manager from Ctrl+alt+del?

If you have a gigabit LAN (like I do) Your internet will never take more than 5% of your total connection, no matter how fast you download. It depends on your ISP.

My internet is a 4 megabit connection, but it gets divided depending on how many computers in my house are connected at a time, which is always at least two (upwards of 3), so on average I get 2 megabits.

I chose pretty much everything; all the mods, the works, that stuff. I started at noon and finished just after dinner (5 or 6 hours)

[The E]

That sounds about right. It's really an astonishing amount of data that has to be downloaded (Not to mention that it takes up a lot of space when decompressed).

[spacetrader]

~3.5 hours and still going strong... its not even using 1/5 of my bandwidth though

Bandwidth in terms of your LAN? As in, the network chart you see in the task manager from Ctrl+alt+del?

If you have a gigabit LAN (like I do) Your internet will never take more than 5% of your total connection, no matter how fast you download. It depends on your ISP.

My internet is a 4 megabit connection, but it gets divided depending on how many computers in my house are connected at a time, which is always at least two (upwards of 3), so on average I get 2 megabits.

I chose pretty much everything; all the mods, the works, that stuff. I started at noon and finished just after dinner (5 or 6 hours)

sounds about right, its been downloading around 2mb for me, but i have a 10mb (12mb real world) internet connection that can do 1.3MB/sec all day long.  (until the comcast police call me and tell me to stop going over 250gb )   i feel it will probably be done within the hour then... its hour 4 now....

[spacetrader]

done! 

[The E]

Have fun, then. You know where to find us when you have any probles.

[spacetrader]

how do i start flying around?  im on a crt television for now and i cant read any text.   im in this room where i can select doors and a guy, but i just want to start flying and shooting things...

nevermind.  i wasnt running the new rc10 exe... now it gets online and plays fine.  wow.. this game looks fantastic!   so its online only?