Getting started with FreeSpace 2 - Revision history

Goober5000: title case

2023-09-17T21:02:55Z

title case

2017-08-16T23:39:27Z

Latest stable is 3.7.4

2017-08-16T23:37:49Z

Update OpenAL url

2017-08-16T23:35:54Z

Update GOG url

2017-02-18T23:30:02Z

Added the alternate registry location for 64-bit Windows

2015-05-03T04:15:16Z

Reflect source code hosting via Git

2015-04-25T23:16:47Z

‎Launcher

2015-04-25T23:14:30Z

‎Launcher

2015-04-25T23:11:30Z

‎Other

2015-04-25T23:07:35Z

‎MediaVP File Sets

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	*The reason that we installed the media VPs as a mod is that if FS2_Open doesn't work you can select the '''no MOD''' button and run without them and check if the problem is with the build or with the media VPs. It also means that you can still run retail FS2 if you want to.		*The reason that we installed the media VPs as a mod is that if FS2_Open doesn't work you can select the '''no MOD''' button and run without them and check if the problem is with the build or with the media VPs. It also means that you can still run retail FS2 if you want to.

−	[[Category:The ~~games~~]]	+	[[Category:The Games]]

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 ===Game Builds===
 ====Latest Official Build====
-*[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=89597.0 Link to FS2 Open 3.7.2]
+*[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=92181.0 Link to FS2 Open 3.7.4]
 ====Current Development Builds====

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 *Install the game
 *To use FreeSpace 2 Open only the the retail data files are needed ([[*.VP]] files). This makes it possible for user to 'install' or extract the '''vp''' files from the main game data and then move the files to another platform for example to Linux or OS X. However it is recommended that the data files should be patched before moving them. See [[Fs2 open on Linux]] for more information.
-*Make sure you have [http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/Downloads/Forms/AllItems.aspx OpenAL] installed
+*Make sure you have [https://www.openal.org/downloads/ OpenAL] installed
 ==Update the Retail FreeSpace 2==

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 ::''Main article [[Getting_FreeSpace]]...''
 *Buy CDs
-*Buy it online, for example from [http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/freespace_2 GOG.com]
+*Buy it online, for example from [https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_2 GOG.com]
 ==Installing Retail FreeSpace 2==

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 *Unless you know what you are doing '''don't''' tamper with these settings
 *Default location is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Volition -> Freespace2
-*On 64 bit Windows: HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Classes -> VirtualStore -> MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Wow6432Node -> Volition -> Freespace2
+*On 64-bit Windows, the location is one of the following:
 On OSX / Linux / BSD an .ini file is used instead of the registry. It is located here:

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 *[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=89597.0 Link to FS2 Open 3.7.2]
-====Current SVN Builds====
+====Current Development Builds====
 *[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,173.0.html Nightly Builds]

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 ===Launcher===
 Using a Launcher makes configuring & running FSO much easier.  Unless you know what you're doing, use either wxLauncher (preferred) or Launcher 5.5g.
 *[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=67950.0 wxLauncher] (Cross Platform)
 *[http://swc.fs2downloads.com/files/Launcher55g.zip Launcher 5.5g] (Windows only)

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 ===Launcher===
-====Windows====
+Using a Launcher makes configuring & running FSO much easier.  Unless you know what you're doing, use either wxLauncher (preferred) or Launcher 5.5g.
-*[http://swc.fs2downloads.com/files/Launcher55g.zip Launcher 5.5g]
+*[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=67950.0 wxLauncher] (Cross Platform)
-====Other====
+====Launchers still in development====
-*[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=67950.0 wxLauncher] (Cross Platform)
+*[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=86364.0 Knossos] (Cross Platform, includes installer functionality)
-*[http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=86364.0 Knossos] (Cross Platform, alpha release)
+* m!m's new launcher (but I can't find the release thread :()  (Windows only)
 ===Game Builds===

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 ===MediaVP File Sets===
 *The MediaVPs are a set of upgrades to the game assets, e.g. models, textures, sounds, etc.
-*MediaVP sets should always be installed to their own directory that is located in the FreeSpace root directory. The installer is the preferred way to install the mediavps. For manual installs they should in be installed to a versioned directory, e.g. '''c:\games\freespace2\mediavps_3612''' or '''c:\games\freespace2\MediaVPs_2014'''
+*MediaVP sets should always be installed to their own directory that is located in the FreeSpace root directory. The [[FreeSpace_Open_Installer|installer]] is the preferred way to install the mediavps. For manual installs they should in be installed to a versioned directory, e.g. '''c:\games\freespace2\mediavps_3612''' or '''c:\games\freespace2\MediaVPs_2014'''
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 ====Latest Official MediaVPs====