[JoeCool]

Hi All,

First post on the fourm! I got Freespace 1 and 2 off GoG. Really having a great time with Freespace 1, so far. However, I'm having a little bother on one mission. I have to disable the Tarrans so the Orion ships can capture it. The first time I tried the mission I died as the Orion ship were calling in a freighter to tow it.

Since that I have played the mission several times; despite disabling the Tarrans and destroying all the other ships, the Orion ships do not warp in! Am I doing something wrong? Or do they take X amount of time to arrive, no matter how quick you disable the Tarrans?

Cheers.

[Topgun]

First off


Secondly, why don't you use the fsport? FS1 with up to date graphics and a few bug fixes too.

[Cobra]

Few things.

1) Use FSPort unless you really really like FS1.
2) You have to disable it AND destroy all its turrets as well. If the IFF doesn't go green, it ain't gonna happen.
3) It's called Taranis.

[Jeff Vader]

4) They're not Orions. They're designated as OMEGA 1 and 2 (and the ship class is Elysium).
5) Moved, as this is more of a support thing. Not that anyone seems to care anymore.

If the IFF doesn't go green, it ain't gonna happen.

Goes "neutral" or whatever first.

[Cobra]

Really? Never noticed that in the original FS1.

[Jeff Vader]

Hmm. Well, in FSPort it does that. Played the very mission a few days ago. But I admit to being very much uncertain about FS1.

[JoeCool]

Yeah, I copped on that I had to take out the guns, ect. Pain though, as they are hard to see in the low quilty graphics.

Speaking of that, what is fsport? I thought the graphics udate was only for Freespace 2?

[General Battuta]

Yeah, I copped on that I had to take out the guns, ect. Pain though, as they are hard to see in the low quilty graphics.

Speaking of that, what is fsport? I thought the graphics udate was only for Freespace 2?

No. If you get FreeSpace Open you can play FreeSpace 1, ported to FreeSpace 2, using all the graphical upgrades. The graphical upgrades (MediaVPs) also apply to almost all user-made campaigns like Silent Threat Reborn, Derelict, Transcend, and Blue Planet.

[JoeCool]

Oh ok. But, have you got a link, or a guide to install it? Sounds really hard....

[Topgun]

Do you have freespace 2 already installed? have you installed the SCP and mediavps? if you have you're most of the way there.

[General Battuta]

Oh ok. But, have you got a link, or a guide to install it? Sounds really hard....

It's not.

Figure out where your FreeSpace 2 install is. If it's not already there, move it to C:\Games\FreeSpace2 (for convenience.)

Look at the top bar of this website and click 'FreeSpace Open Installer'.

If you have any trouble past there, we'll help you out.

[JoeCool]

Ok, thanks for the info guys. I hope you can give me more help?

I installed FOS. I think it worked cause the load screen said it was the mod, but the menus are all weird cause I use 1440x900, even though thats what I set the resolution to. For that reason I could not select the "accept" mission button, it was off screen. How can I fix this?

Also, some one mentioned that FOS would give Freespace one better graphics, how is this done?

Sorry if I'm a pain, but I'm a total noob at modding! 

[The E]

Please follow these install instructions to the letter: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=61606.0

In addition, please visit the FSO FAQ found here, and post an fs2_open.log.

[Goober5000]

You know, I'm not a fan of members telling newcomers, "Don't play FS1, go straight to FSPort and play that instead".  First of all, if it weren't for FS1, we wouldn't have the FSPort.  Second of all, playing FS1 is worth it if only for the atmosphere and nostalgia factor.  Third of all, playing FS1 first helps the player better appreciate the enhancements that went into FSPort and the mediavps.

[PeterX]

Hi Joe,
I´d remember on Vanilla FS1 and FSport no Orion Destroyer is acting during mission I disable and disarm the Taranis.
2 Elysium  transporters,named as Omega 1 and Omega 2,are calling the Haulkins freihgter to tow the Taranis to Tombough station on Ribos system.
And what happens to the Taranis on Ribos is a short article in Freespace maincampain only.

Also, some one mentioned that FOS would give Freespace one better graphics, how is this done?

This will be realized with fsport_mediasvps,FSport and the FSO engine.


Peter

[Jeff Vader]

Haulkins... freihgter... Tombough

Halkins. Freighter. Tombaugh.

[JoeCool]

Thanks for the info so far guys!

However, I have been unable to adress my issues on my own.

The main one, when I try to play with the MediaVPs 3.6.12 is that the menus will not show up right in my 1440x900 screen. I have set this resolution in the launcher. I can not progress past the briefing screens as the icon to accept the mission is off screen.

As for running fsport, I'm not sure which mod to select, I assume it is the Fsport MediaVPs V3.2? When running that mod, things look good; in the ship info section the ships clearly have new shiny graphics. However, when I try and start a campain, I get the following Warnings- "Invalid Type Subach HL-7" and "Unable to find weapons list". Strangely, if I ignore these warnings the brefing screen is the exact same as when running the MediaVPs 3.6.12 mod, I thought that Fsport was the Frespace1 game with better graphics?

Anyhow, sorry if I'm being a pain, I hope you can help though...

PC Specs; Ausus 590 SLI, AMD 6000+, 8800 GTX, 2 gigs of RAM, 500 gig hardrive

fs2_open.log is attached.



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[Jeff Vader]

As for running fsport, I'm not sure which mod to select, I assume it is the Fsport MediaVPs V3.2? When running that mod, things look good; in the ship info section the ships clearly have new shiny graphics. However, when I try and start a campain, I get the following Warnings- "Invalid Type Subach HL-7" and "Unable to find weapons list". Strangely, if I ignore these warnings the brefing screen is the exact same as when running the MediaVPs 3.6.12 mod, I thought that Fsport was the Frespace1 game with better graphics?

In addition to selecting FSPort (or FSPort MediaVPs) as a mod, you must also go to the Campaign Room in the game and select the FS1 campaign instead of the FS2 campaign. Trying to play the FS2 campaign with FSPort just ends up with something horrible happening.

[Herra Tohtori]

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Found root pack 'C:\games\Freespace 2\fsport\odeon_fs1.vp' with a checksum of 0x6b0eb146
What's this? This should likely be in a mod directory of its own... or at least I don't recall ever seeing it with FSPort.

EDIT: Nevermind, cutscene pack.

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Initializing OpenGL graphics device at 1280x1024 with 32-bit color...
...and this tells that your FS2_Open is configured to run at 1280x1024 resolution instead of your monitor's native resolution. Could you check what version of the Launcher are you using, and also what Windows version are you using? Re-check that the Launcher's video tab really says 1440x900 when you start it. If it doesn't, it's possible that Windows UAC is preventing the program to actually save the changed resolution to the registry entry. You could try running the Launcher once as an admin, set the resolution to what you need it to be, click Apply, exit and re-start as regular user.

If this doesn't help you can always force the native resolution on command line by manually typing -res 1440x900 to the Custom flags field, but it'd be obviously better if the Launcher worked as it should.

FSPort is basically FreeSpace campaign (ships and missions) ported to FS2 engine. For the most part, it doesn't change the interface files, so they still look like FS2. This is one of the points that Goober5000 referred to - it's not quite the same as FS1, in many subtle ways. The story is same, and gameplay shouldn't be radically different, and personally I find the better in-game quality good enough offset for the different interface.

[JoeCool]

Ok, so a couple of things here....

@Jeff Vader, if I run FSport, when I go to the campagin room, I only see an option  to play the Freespace2 campagin....

@Herra Tohtori, is the 5.5f launcher. I'm running Vista. It is like the screen has been pulled down and to the right.

I'm really thankful to you guys for trying to help me.

Edit; @ Herra Tohtori, I went back into the my FS2_Open, it is now set at 1440x900. However, even when running with no mods the desplay ius still off.