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Posted by jbaron on 02-26-2003 11:29 PM:

root_fs2.vp---6.10MB
smarty_fs2.vp---676bytes
sparky_fs2.vp---131KB
sparky_hi_fs2.vp---252MB
stu_fs2.vp---165MB
tango1_fs2.vp---1.56KB
tango2_fs2.vp---852bytes
tango3_fs2.vp---632bytes
tangoa_fs2.vp---236bytes
tangob_fs2.vp---236bytes
warble_fs2.vp---2.46KB

BTW great job with your f.a.q. site it's a big help!

Posted by jbaron on 02-26-2003 11:29 PM:

Posted by karajorma on 02-27-2003 01:10 AM:

Right. I think I`m starting to see the problem. Since FS2 expects to find certain .vp files you`ve been given dummy versions to replace them.
The real files are in your FS2\data drawer (which is why you can`t simply delete the drawer or rename it).

You shouldn`t need to copy the files out of the .vp file to make them work unless you had other (dummy) versions of the same files in your data drawer.

In light of this new info I`d say your best hope is to look through your .vp files with VPview. Delete (or better yet move until your certain it worked) any file in \data that also exists in the .vp

That should trim out any files you don`t need.

BTW tangoa_fs2.vp? tangob_fs2.vp? I`ve never even heard of those two files. What on Earth does VPView say is in them?

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Posted by karajorma on 02-27-2003 01:10 AM:

Posted by GalacticEmperor on 02-27-2003 01:31 AM:

Tangos are the command briefing ANIs.

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Posted by GalacticEmperor on 02-27-2003 01:31 AM:

Tangos are the command briefing ANIs.

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Posted by jbaron on 02-27-2003 02:16 AM:

It's all starting to make sense now. With some more experimenting I think I'll be able to weed out the files that I don't need.

Tango1, 2, and 3_fs2.vp contain the command briefings.
Tangoa and b_fs2.vp both contain a file called game_dat2.set.
According to VPVIEW file is unknown. (go figure)

Also, in most of the VP 's there is a file called (vssver.scc). This, according to VPVIEW is also an unknown file type and is not used in the game.

Posted by jbaron on 02-27-2003 02:16 AM:

Posted by ZylonBane on 02-27-2003 07:43 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by karajorma
your FS2\data drawer ... the drawer ... your data drawer

"Drawer"? Tch, tch.

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Posted by ZylonBane on 02-27-2003 07:43 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by karajorma
your FS2\data drawer ... the drawer ... your data drawer

"Drawer"? Tch, tch.

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Posted by karajorma on 02-27-2003 10:59 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
Tangos are the command briefing ANIs.

Tango 1-3 are. I knew that already

I have no idea what tango a and b are. I don`t have them on my system and I did a full install.

quote:
Originally posted by ZylonBane
"Drawer"? Tch, tch.

15 years using an Amiga tends to rub off on you after a while

On Amiga OS the term drawer was used where Windows system's uses folder.

Of course the correct answer is for everyone just to use directory