[tinfoil]

I get a similar one with various ships in every now and then. They tend to go away though.

[Titan]

Looks like an error with the mvps, judging by the reference to the shivan missle.

[Asteroth]

Okay, since I got the new versions os FRED and Open I decided to open the launcher (which now works) and switch from the directory it was set to (3.6.9) to the newer one (3.6.10), but doing this gives me the same error I had in the first place.

[General Battuta]

You're not selecting a directory the new build is located in, you're literally selecting the new build, which should be present in your main FSOpen folder.

Whoa, man. Can someone give him a picture of a clean FS2 install with only the Launcher and an FSOpen build present, so he can get his directory to look like that?

Make sure you have no mods selected in the launcher. Give us your command-line options.

Lastly, dumb as this sounds, can you ensure that you're running everything from C/Games/Freespace 2?

[Asteroth]

You're not selecting a directory the new build is located in, you're literally selecting the new build, which should be present in your main FSOpen folder.

Yea, sorry, that's what I meant.

Make sure you have no mods selected in the launcher. Give us your command-line options.

Only the 'Welcome' and 'Features' tabs have anything of note (and I use the term 'of note' lightly with the features tab), all the others are completely blank. Devoid of all windows, buttons or anything.

Lastly, dumb as this sounds, can you ensure that you're running everything from C/Games/Freespace 2?

.....I was afraid this might come back to haunt me...

But why? It's so much easier to have all my programs in Program Files. Does it really effect it that much?


Jesus, I'm think of throwing my entire FS2 folder down the drain and reinstalling it...

[Rodo]

Jesus, I'm think of throwing my entire FS2 folder down the drain and reinstalling it...

If you can.. it would be better indeed... sure you have to do it all over again, but you'll be certain it's completely clean.

if you still want to check what you should have on the Freespace folder.. look:

[General Battuta]

Well, as a first step, make sure your launcher is in the same directory as the executable you're picking (FS2Open 3.6.10 RC2, not a debug build) and that you've actually got that selected. So they'd be in the same folder (c/program files/games/freespace 2)

I don't actually remember if having it in /program files is a big deal.

[Aurora Paradox]

Jesus, I'm think of throwing my entire FS2 folder down the drain and reinstalling it...

That might not be a bad idea.  Reinstall Freespace 2.  Recommend Directory is C:/Games.  If that directory doesn't exist crate it.  If you didn't get the game from GOG make sure you patch it.

Then use the Freespace open installer: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,42854.0.html
Get everything except the mediavps because the installer has been issuing corrupt ones.  Download those from this thread: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58230.0.html
I recommend you read the instructions and not just download the files.


You also need to download and install this: http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/Downloads/oalinst.zip
If you don't the Launcher will have issues.

In addition grab the newest executable for Windows(currently 3.6.10 RC2): http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,62210.0.html

You can toss the other executable files that the installer downloads you won't need them.  All you need is the RC2 executable files.


I hope I helped a bit and didn't just add to your confusion.

[Asteroth]

Thank you everyone, after reinstalling everything has worked just fine and I'm in the process of getting mediavps.

[colecampbell666]

As for you people telling him to redownload it: Bad! Badbadbad! He just redownloaded like 4 GB of stuff. We probably could've gotten his install working.

[Jeff Vader]

Agreed.

Asteroth: since you now have a working installation, you might want to concider backing it up somewhere, like a USB stick, an external HDD, a DVD etc. That way, if you experience immense difficulties later, you can save precious bandwidth and do a "FreeSpace Restore":
- copy your \freespace2\data\players\ directory somewhere
- destroy your entire \freespace2\ directory
- copy your backed up FreeSpace to your \freespace2\ directory
- move the copied \data\players directory to your \freespace2\ directory.

That way you can easily restore your installation back to its original state in terms of mods and such while also keeping your pilot files and stats.

[colecampbell666]

To be clear, he means to do that if it gets screwed up, not now. Back it up now.

[Aurora Paradox]

As for you people telling him to redownload it: Bad! Badbadbad! He just redownloaded like 4 GB of stuff. We probably could've gotten his install working.

You do have a point.  However it has been my experience that in some cases a reinstall is a much simpler solution than jumping through troubleshooting hoops.  I do recognize though that it is not practical in some situations.  This one I think definitely warranted it.

[colecampbell666]

Not really, the only thing that can go wrong with an FS install is misplaced files (there are more severe things, but it's really hard to really screw over an install)

In this case, all we had to do was get that debug log, and make sure that his launcher options were correct. Come to think of it, an old launcher was probably the problem.
Never suggest a new install until you know what the old one looks like, bandwidth costs money.

[Asteroth]

It's alright, everything works fine, and my god mediavps looks AMAZING. 100% Worth it.

Thanks again, everyone, for helping.

[colecampbell666]

Yeah, but back it up for the next time.

[Titan]

And back up the retail files. Just don't give them away, it's illegal now.