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Reshy

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Anyone have .5a RC3?
« on: January 17, 2017, 11:21:38 AM »

Hello, I wanted to know if anyone still had the installer for the early edition of starfarer.  The fractalsoftworks forum doesn't have that old version anymore, so I want to know if anyone else backed it up manually.

http://fractalsoftworks.com/2012/02/
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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2017, 12:00:43 PM »

Google found it here:

https://2ra5-downloads.phpnuke.org/en/c151592/starfarer

Looked pretty dodgy, so rather than running the binary directly, I just opened it up in 7zip (it's a self-extracting archive) and extracted the game manually.

For some bizarre reason the archive has been stripped of all files called "icon.jpg", which will prevent the game launching. (it's missing icon.jpg's in the data/missions, and graphics/warroom/taskicons)
Restoring the missing files from a more recent version got the game working. (can confirm it's 0.5a; not sure what RC it is.)

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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2017, 12:04:50 PM »

You're braver than I, touching that download with even a 10 foot pole. Who knows what they did with the exe? I'd be running every antivirus in existence in your shoes :)
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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2017, 12:48:53 PM »

Might want to run it on a virtual machine.
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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2017, 01:57:43 PM »

I got linux version 0.5a-pre-RC3 stored - original zip file. If it is ok with Alex i can share it.
http://lilfile.com/h9U1oJ
« Last Edit: January 17, 2017, 03:26:18 PM by Vind »
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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2017, 02:02:53 PM »

I got this one: starfarer_install-0.5a-pre-RC3.exe  (for w7). If Alex doesn't mind i can upload it, if you still need it that is.
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2017, 02:09:49 PM »

I totally don't mind. In fact, I'd probably grab it myself :)
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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2017, 10:53:53 PM »

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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2017, 11:55:08 PM »

Was gonna say, I have that windows version too. Oldest I have still goes back to .35a-pre-RC2. Hard to believe those were 5+ years ago. This has been one of those games I've liked keeping the old installs for some reason.
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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2017, 01:21:50 AM »

This one: "starfarer_install-0.35a-pre-RC2.exe"?  Hehehe it's my oldest too  ;D
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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2017, 08:10:44 AM »

I think 0.35a was the first release. Would one of you mind uploading it, too? :)
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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2017, 02:26:15 PM »

http://www.mediafire.com/file/59s25r9q6h2kh8x/starfarer_install-0.35a-pre-RC2.exe

That should work. Don't have your old files, Alex? ;) If you want any others put up, I probably have many of them.
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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2017, 04:22:44 PM »

I think you can download it directly from the blog posts from way back, if I'm not mistaken. I tried it out a few years ago.
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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2017, 06:35:02 PM »

I think you can download it directly from the blog posts from way back, if I'm not mistaken. I tried it out a few years ago.
no. I think the 54.1 is the earliest version you can blog DL
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Re: Anyone have .5a RC3?
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2017, 09:11:20 PM »

I edited the apogee loadout to have a plasma cannon and like I saw in an video of these earlier versions, the plasma cannon has a charge up effect to have different projectile properties.  My question is, what happened to that mechanic?  Is it still possible to have a weapon like that in the current version?
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