spot of a problem

posted on March 2nd, 2010, 5:10 am

in my haste to install a ship I overwrote my fleetops.spr file without backing it up first (hits self again)  so... im hoping somebody can tell me how to get the original back without doing a total reinstall. p.s. this is for 3.1.1

posted on March 2nd, 2010, 5:19 am

Well, I've got a compromise that might work for you.  I always have a main copy of FO, and then a modding copy.  This way I can play online with one and add ships people have made with the other.  So while this means you'd have to do another installation to make another copy, once you did you could take the fleetops.spr file from the extra installation and use it to replace your .spr file you have now.  I'm assuming you don't want to do a full install on your original, since that would wipe out all the work you'd done with adding ships.  This would keep your modded in ships intact, while giving you a way to fix the .spr file.

posted on March 2nd, 2010, 5:24 am

(slaps self)  yea that would work....... 

posted on March 2nd, 2010, 6:07 am

Stop slapping yourself!   It leaves a nasty red mark on your face and then people give you funny looks!  I know, I used to do it.

posted on March 2nd, 2010, 10:48 am

Yeah. Hitting your head against the closest wall results in a more lasting, stronger headache. And it doesn't leave visible marks, unless you're bald.