#FREESPACE OPEN MODS INSTALL#

However, standalone mods specifically require you to NOT use the MediaVPs to avoid file conflicts. Using the MediaVPs for user-made mods that make use of retail ships is possible. If you don't do this, FS2 will run with none of the media VPs' features. Now that you have put the media VP files in that folder, you must go to the mod tab on the Launcher and select 'mediavps' as your mod when running FS2. Although you can call this folder anything you like, the assumption that will generally be made is that if you have put them in a folder it will be called mediavps, so it is probably best to stick to that.

#FREESPACE OPEN MODS INSTALL#

To truly take advantage of FS2_Open's modding features, you should install the media VP files to a subfolder of your FreeSpace 2 folder. Under FS2_Open, less than a minute's work when installing a mod can mean that you can swap between mods with nothing more than a click of a button. Under retail, installing more than one mod involved either installing several copies of FS2 or tiresome dragging and renaming of folders and files. While installing mods for FreeSpace has never been hugely difficult, FS2_Open has made considerable improvements to the way that they are handled. Since FSO version 3.7.0, the pilot file format was completely overhauled and there should no longer be any problems caused by switching mods. This would in most cases avoid the dreaded pilot file corruption problems that cropped up sometimes. That is, one pilot for the main campaign, one for FSPort, etc.

4 Important note regarding post-MVP 3.6.10īefore 3.7.0, it was recommended to create a new pilot for every campaign that you played.

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