[-Norbert-]

I have the following problem.
In FS_Port with MediaVPs everything is showing up fine in the latest version, only the Apollo and the Valkyrie aren't.

Now the strange thing is, if I play Silent Threat Reborn with MediaVPs I get shiny new models for both fighters.
Is there something wrong with my install?

And if not, which files do I have to get out of the STR VPs and over into my FS_Port data-folder to get the new models and textures there too?

I attached a picture made of two screenshots out of the techroom. Left is the FS_Port+MediaVP Valk and to the right the Silent Threat Reborn+MediaVP one.

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[General Battuta]

Are you using the FSPort MediaVPs and are they mentioned in your FSPort mod.ini?

That's probably the issue.

[Jeff Vader]

I'd do it like this:
- select fsport-mediavps as mod
- make sure that \fsport-mediavps\ has a mod.ini, which has the "secondarylist" line pointing to "fsport,mediavps".
- ????
- PROFIT

[-Norbert-]

Perhaps it helps: I have it as following on my harddrive:
All the vp files with exception of the mv_fsport.vp are in the FS_Port folder.
I also have a 2nd folder called FS_Port_Mediavp which contains the mv_fsport and a mod.ini in which FS_Port is in primarylist and MediaVP secondarylist.
That 2nd folder is the one I select as Mod in the Launcher.

When I do it like Jeff Vader suggested, with both FS_Port and MediaVPs in secondarylist, I get the new model for Valkyrie and Apollo, but without glowmaps and cockpits.
And all the other ships look like vanilla FS2 models.

[Cobra]

Make sure that your folders are named as they are in your mod.ini.

[-Norbert-]

They are. To make sure I even copy/pasted the names from the folders to the mod.ini

[Jeff Vader]

fs2_open.log?

[-Norbert-]

Untill recently I played with the Nightly Build 4989, but I just tried it with 3610 RC 3, without any change.
The Log is from the 3610 RC3 debug exe.

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[The E]

Lightspeed's nebula pack is included in the mvps, and not needed anymore.

[-Norbert-]

I just found a way to make the two fighters work right.... guess it's kind of a workaround.

I created a new folder that only has the following mod.ini in it:

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[launcher]
modname      = FS Port + Media VP Experiment;
image255x112 = ;
infotext     = ;
website      = ;
forum        = ;

[multimod]
primarylist = FS_Port_Mediavp;
secondarylist = FS_Port,MediaVP3610;
I have no idea why this works (or why it didn't work before), but at least I get the shiny new versions now....

[Jeff Vader]

You'll notice, that

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Found root pack 'D:\Spiele\FreeSpace2\FS_Port\FS1OGGcutscenepack.vp' with a checksum of 0x6b9172f7
Found root pack 'D:\Spiele\FreeSpace2\FS_Port\fsport-missions.vp' with a checksum of 0x0ae28029
Found root pack 'D:\Spiele\FreeSpace2\FS_Port\fsport3_1_1.vp' with a checksum of 0x1d2c40f2
Found root pack 'D:\Spiele\FreeSpace2\FS_Port\sparky_hi_fs1.vp' with a checksum of 0x367ba125
Found root pack 'D:\Spiele\FreeSpace2\FS_Port\stu_fs1.vp' with a checksum of 0xf74f0afe
Found root pack 'D:\Spiele\FreeSpace2\FS_Port\tango_fs1.vp' with a checksum of 0x98f0f4cd
Found root pack 'D:\Spiele\FreeSpace2\FS_Port\warble_fs1.vp' with a checksum of 0x49c6c98d
Found root pack 'D:\Spiele\FreeSpace2\FS_Port_Mediavp\mv_fsport.vp' with a checksum of 0xdc8abbde
Found root pack 'D:\Spiele\FreeSpace2\MediaVP3610\MV_Complete.vp' with a checksum of 0x31df7754
Found root pack 'D:\Spiele\FreeSpace2\MediaVP3610\mv_music.vp' with a checksum of 0xbbd92e16
according to the log, your mod folders were loaded in the wrong order: the correct order still is FSPort MediaVPs, FSPort, MediaVPs. Yours was FSPort, FSPort MediaVPs, MediaVPs. What you've done now with the new folder achieves this and apparently works, but it is still... wrong.

As The E mentioned, you don't need LightspeedFS2.vp anymore. And even if you did, it wouldn't belong in the \freespace2\ folder; the correct place would be \freespace2\mediavps\.

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Searching root pack 'D:\Spiele\FreeSpace2\stu_fs2.vp' ... 1777 filesYour stu_fs2.vp is broken; it should contain 2355 files.

Also, your mod folder names are rather complicated and unconventional. Most people have their MediaVPs in a folder called "mediavps", FSPort in "fsport" and FSPort MediaVPs in "fsport_mediavps". Not that the names matter much, but you'll just have to configure your own mod.inis, because the majority of mods assume that the folder names are what I mentioned and the mod.inis supplied with them have been made accordingly.

[-Norbert-]

I called the 3610 folder that way because I still have another folder with the 368 mediavps in case some older mod has problems with the new MediaVPs (for that case I also kept a 3.6.9 build on my drive).

And the stu_fs2.vp isn't broken. I have the german verison of the game. In that only the ingame lines and the command briefings have voice. The normal briefings and the debriefings don't, which accounts for the lower number of files in it.

You say they are loaded in the wrong order, but how can I change that?
When I tried to put both the FS_Port and the MediaVPs into secondary, the game only loaded the new models of the Apollo and Valk (without glowmaps and cockpits) but all the other models were plain vanilla FS2 ones, as I mentioned before.

[The E]

I called the 3610 folder that way because I still have another folder with the 368 mediavps in case some older mod has problems with the new MediaVPs (for that case I also kept a 3.6.9 build on my drive).

NOT a good idea. There have been very few issues with the new mvps, and none at all in recent weeks. Keeping the 368s around is just going to confuse things. Plus, campaign/mod designers do rely on the standard folder/mod names for their mod.inis, as well as our attempts to troubleshoot borked installs. We really do prefer people to have a uniform folder layout.

To fix your problem, you need to edit your FSPort mod.ini by adding the following line after [multimod]
primarylist = FS_Port_Mediavp;

and deleting the FS_Port_Mediavp entry from the secondarylist.

Please note that all of this could have been avoided if you had stuck to the normal folder names, and just selected the fsport-mediavps as a mod....

[-Norbert-]

Keeping the 368s around is just going to confuse things.

Why? I keep them in a seperate folder. Unless I put that folder into a mod.ini, it won't ever be looked at right?

OMG *facepalm*
I just found out from were all my trouble came from....
Little cause, big problem. I had it like this "secondarylist = FS_Port, MediaVP3610" and that stupid little blank space between the comma and the mediavp srewed everything up.
Once the blank space after the comma is gone, everything works perfectly.

Thanks for the help to you all and sorry for wasting your time just because of a single blank space...

[Jeff Vader]

sorry for wasting your time just because of a single blank space...

Is it such a waste of time if you learnt something in the process?

[-Norbert-]

I guess not, but it's still annoying go through all this just because of a single blank space

[Galemp]

dey shud fix dat.

[Three_Leaf_Ivy]

Alright, I finally give up after a  and -inclusive rage session. I apologize for bumping a near-month old topic but I'm having the opposite problem that the original topic poster had: when I'm playing Silent Threat: Reborn, the Apollo, Valkyrie, Angel, Athena, Dragon, and Karnak models aren't upgraded but when I'm playing the FSPort (via selecting the MediaVPs folder as the mod) they work fine (other than the Angel which I cannot test because it's not in the FSPort tech room).

I'm using FSOpen 3.6.10 with the 3.6.10 MediaVPs. FSPort 3.1.1 with MediaVPs 3.1.1.

My folder setup's like this, pretty self-explanatory:
fsport
fsport-mediavps
fsport-str

And the mod.ini multimods's go like this

fsport:
[multimod]
primarylist  = fsport_mediavps;
secondarylist = ,mediavps;

fsport-mediavps:
secondarylist = fsport,mediavps;

fsport-str:
secondarylist = fsport,mediavps;

I've tried a loooooooooooootta different changes to the fsport-str mod.ini that I can't remember exactly, but I just know I'm missing something exceedingly simple because when I switch to the fsport-mediavps folder as the mod the above mentioned models show up perfectly shiny and upgraded. Now that I've calmed down it's pure . Someone help? =(

[The E]

if all that info is correct, you need to rename the fsport-mediavps folder to fsport_mediavps.

The secondarylist for str should read:
secondarylist = fsport_mediavps,fsport,mediavps;

[Jeff Vader]

Uh, actually

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primarylist = fsport_mediavps;
secondarylist = fsport,mediavps;