[chief1983]

It sounds like you're asking for essentially a private tutoring sessions for FSO modding.  What does a tutor run for these days?  $50/hour?  I'd help you out as long as you want for that.  And all proceeds would go to software upgrades relevant to developing FSO!

[blowfish]

Okay, first of all, I would recommend using more punctuation in your posts.  It will make them a lot easier to read and thus people will be a lot more willing to help you

Second, maybe you could post a picture of your current Freespace folder/Earth Defense folder's contents.  It might help us identify the problem.

[chief1983]

Seriously though, JR Directory Printer might be easier to use, especially if you have to do it more than once.  It'll give you a recursive text output of any directory on your computer.

[NJSP 3002]

Here is the Eath deffence folder

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[NJSP 3002]

Here are the rest.

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[Cyborg17]

Ok, for the most part, that's right. But you're missing a mod.ini.

Did you also put the table in the table folder? - It was a separate download from the ships, and you didn't show that directory.

[NJSP 3002]

yea the table is in the table folder i thought i put the pic up i guess not my apologises and i don't know about that mod.ini. i didn't see that in any of the downloads tho. what is it tho?

[Cyborg17]

It's basically the file that tells the launcher that there is a mod in the folder, which additional VP's to use, and launcher stuff, like what picture should it show in the launcher and what links it should put for website and forum.

Put it in the

Freespace2\Earth Defense

folder.

You can base the file off any other mod.ini.  To edit a mod.ini, use notepad.  (And remember to put "mod.ini" as the save name, and set the save format to "all files".

I think you can copy any other mod.ini, but you should make sure that the secondary list only includes the MediaVPS_3612, otherwise you might get more ships than you wanted.

[NJSP 3002]

Is this right

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[FreeSpaceFreak]

Yes, that looks about right. Now, make sure to select the Earth Defence folder as mod in the launcher and you should be good to go.

EDIT: And, as Cyborg17 and Jeff Vader pointed out, do remove Earth Defence from the secondarylist.

[Jeff Vader]

you should make sure that the secondary list only includes the MediaVPS_3612

[NJSP 3002]

i dont have to launch the mod in order to fred with the mod pack correct?

[FreeSpaceFreak]

You do need to activate the mod. This can be done with a command-line entry in the FRED shortcut, but the easier way is to just select it in the FSO launcher. FRED cannot magically detect which mod you want to use

[NJSP 3002]

  alright i selected the mod folder ed and hit "apply" then hit "ok" then ran fred but no ships or planets....etc

i have bad luck with this

[rscaper1070]

Try running the launcher with your mod selected, like you were going to play a game, let FS load up and then exit and try fred again.

[NJSP 3002]

Alright i just got done and ran fred and still nothing except the default ships.

[Cyborg17]

Can I see your table file?

[NJSP 3002]

yes here you go.

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[Dragon]

That's never going to work.
Name it ED_Ships-shp.tbm and try running FRED.

[NJSP 3002]

i got this when i change it to TBM file once i  ran Fred

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