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Just downloaded the newest FPVFreerider Recharged "cant load the extra levels!

A topic by JFERA22 created Jan 30, 2025 Views: 1,087 Replies: 14

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JFERA22311 days ago

I have followed the instructtions in the manual and have tried many times to load and play the levels as well as the templet all four files show up in the load box that comes up but they all have red question marks in front of them! it won't let me load or play any of them andi made sure they were all in the same and correct folder running it on windows ,the sim is working excelent! I would likea few more levels but before I buy any other packages i would like to get the levels that came with the sim to work first! looking for some help with this issue,can someone please help?thanks.

joe.

EldanR311 days ago(+1)

Good day! First of all, a question: what OS is on your computer? If Windows so, I can easily tell you the sequence of steps.

1. The level folders are in the archive. You must first unzip them.

2. Then put them in the game at this address "FPV Freerider Recharged\FPVFreerider_Recharged_Data"

3. Launch the game.

4. Click Level Editor

5. Click Level

6. Click Load

7. Click on the line of the desired level

8. And finally, click Play

JFERA22311 days ago (1 edit)

Hey you guys thanks for the response much appricated! I've tried and have done exactly what you guy's have mentioned, yes I do have windowseverything seems to be in the correct folder and downloaded correctly. I evev bought the extention package with the 10 extra levels and seans downloaded it unzipped it put it in the data folder and I can't load a singl level out of all of them through the editor, I dont know what i'm missing here but something is not right! The sim works great no problems there I just cant load anything other than the couple of tracks that came with it. all I could thimk of is maybe the folder path to where everything is at is a little to long and like you guy's mentioned maybe thers something out of place? I don't think so though I use the folder path all the time with all kinds of different apps with no issues~ is anyone else out there having similar problems? the only thing I havent tried is maybe putting it somewhere simpler and see what happens. I emailed John Hamuall one of the Devs. hopefully he's got an answer for me that will work/ thanks again guy's!

Joe.

FPV FreeriderDeveloper311 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

You should just be able to load and play the included levels directly.

Since it doesn't work, check the level folders in the FPVFreerider_Recharged_Data folder. For example, in the Freerider_Bando_02 folder there should be a Freerider_Bando_02.png file which is about 108KB, and a Freerider_Bando_02.txt file which is about 16,2MB.

One thing that I can think of, is perhaps you have FPV Freerider Recharged in a location on your drive that contains some unsupported characters perhaps.

You can try to put it in another place, something simple like C:\Games\ for example

JFERA22311 days ago

hey are you John the dev. I emailed eariler? I sent a few sacreenshots as well of the error messages I was getting from the editor. Maybe there is some characters out of wak that not letting the levels load properely. I don't think so but it's worth a try. I would like to get everything loaded after paying for the extention package. anymore ideas?

Joe.

FPV FreeriderDeveloper310 days ago(+1)

Yes, I am the dev that you emailed earlier. Yes first of all I would try to move the entire simulator to another folder. Try to use a simple path that doesn't use any unusual characters (including spaces), or long folder names.

JFERA22298 days ago

Hi again John , thanks again for the advise on getting my download of recharged stright and working properly ,I;ve have a quick question for you, I'm trying to find a sweet spot on camera angel and FOV settings I see on all of the presets you have 30 degree camera angel and 70 degree field of view? do you find thats the best settings for this quad and sim ? or just a starting point, I notice a 100 degree FOV makes things look a lot further away and smaller than 70 what are your thoughts,any insite or recomendations would be greatly appreciated thanks. Joe.

FPV FreeriderDeveloper297 days ago(+1)

Hi, well, the camera angle and FOV doesn't effect the flying characteristics, so it's more a matter of taste really.

If you are a beginner it might actually make sense to use a low camera angle, between 0 to 25 degrees. When starting out you are probably mostly flying slowly, then it might be best to have a low camera angle to get the hang of the controls. When you start to fly fast, you will notice that the quad is pointing down a lot. So you will probably want to raise the camera angle so you're not looking down into the ground all the time.

JFERA22297 days ago (1 edit)

Hi,thanks for the reply much appreciated! of course makes sense I guess I'll play around with it until I find something that suits me, I'm not a complete novice to flying RC , been flying helicopters LOS for years , got into quads a few years ago but haven't flown them FPV until now it's been all LOS. I'll tell you what is't like learning to fly all over again,LOL finding it very hard to make the transition,and break old habits! but that's why I got the sim. progress is being made at a decent pace lots of room to improve LOL! what camera angel and FOV do you use for flying acro,and do you Chang it when you race gates? thank again. Joe.

FPV FreeriderDeveloper297 days ago

Yes going from flying LOS to FPV is definitely a transition, the brain need to create new pathways. But it's just a matter of practice - once it "clicks", you've got it.

Once you get the hang of it I would say FPV is actually easier than LOS, since you don't have to adapt to seeing the aircraft from different orientations and distances. You're always in the pilot seat.

The difference in view you get from altering the camera angle changes the feel of yaw and roll cross-coordination. A high camera angle might make it feel a bit counter intuitive at first. (From the camera view, it feels like yaw and roll starts to switch places the more you raise the camera angle). But again, it's just a matter of practice.

Personally, I use 30 degree camera angel and 70 degree field of view for both freestyle and racing.

JFERA22296 days ago

OMG! You're so absolutely right, I thought something was wrong with the setup, like you said with more camera angle. the yaw and roll totally feel like they start to switch places that just clarified so much for me I didn't take into account the plane of the quad and the angel of the camera ,well I did but not when it came to the hard right and left turns, all turns for that matter I have to input a little mor down pitch along with roll a lot sooner when coming in hot to a turn thank you so much it seems like a lightbulb just went off in my head ,now it's time to go enter a practice Session! thank you for the support! your project will be getting the stars it deserves from me! have a good one. PS: such a great explanation thanks again sometimes it's the simple explanations like this that make it all click for some of us.

JFERA22295 days ago

Hi John, I've got one more quick question for you,in your reply you said you use 30 camera angel and 70 degree FOV , never mind the camera angel I'm sure each individual is probably going to be a little different, but FOV, no matter where your camera angel ends up wouldn't everyone want to see as much as they can and use the full 100 degree vertical FOV? Why 70 or anything less than 100. what is the benefit behind having a smaller FOV? if you don't mind when you get a chance I would like to get your thoughts on this thank you! Joe.

FPV FreeriderDeveloper294 days ago (1 edit)

Glad to be able to help! Sure, I think it's a good idea to experiment with a higher FOV. Certainly when flying proximitiy/tight race tracks it can be helpful to get a more wide view.

Some benefits with using a smaller FOV is you see more detail in the center of the screen, the view will be less distorted (especially on a real quad), depth perception might be better (at least far away), and it gives more sense of speed.

But, all in all, what you want will depend on your flying style and personal preference.

(Also it can be worth noting for anyone reading this that Freerider uses vertical FOV measurement, so a 70 degree FOV will be around 125 degrees horizontal on a 16:9 monitor)

JFERA22294 days ago

Hi John, thank you very much for the info this is really helpful now when I make changes I'll know better what's going on with the screen and what I'm looking at just another piece of the learning curve thanks again for your insight and making things easier for everyone here. until next time happy flying! Joe.

JFERA22292 days ago(+1)

I just wanted to add this comment in here for anyone reading through this and having the same issue the sim was actually downloaded into a folder path that did have a special character in it and once I moved it over to a simple folder path everything has been working fine just a heads up!

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