[SirKnightly]

Happy 3.7.2 Final!  This is functionally identical to trunk r11307, only the version numbers have been changed to protect the troubleshooters.  It is an export of 3.7.2 branch r11329.  This will probably be the last final release build using DirectInput on Windows, hooray!
Previous 3.7.0 Release Thread

Important!!
As always, you need OpenAL installed.  Linux and OS X come with it but Windows users will need to get Creative's OpenAL installer. Alternatively, if Creative's OpenAL doesn't work with your hardware, you can use OpenAL Soft.

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Important!!
Also, since the internal code linking for TrackIR was revised, an external DLL is now required for FSO to use TrackIR functions.
The following DLL is simply unpacked in to you main FreeSpace2 root dir.
TrackIR is only supported on Windows.
TrackIR SCP DLL (Mirror) (Mirror) (Mirror)

Launchers, if you don't have one already:
All platforms:  wxLauncher (ongoing project for a unified launcher)

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Windows:  Launcher 5.5g (Mirror) (Mirror) (Mirror) Not compatible with Windows 8, use wxLauncher above
OS X:  Soulstorm's OS X Launcher 3.0
Linux:  YAL or by hand or whatever you can figure out.

Known issues:

• Open non-feature issues in Mantis: 128
• See the list of Fix for next release bugs - mark a bug as an elevated priority (high, urgent, immediate) to get it included in that filter.
• Here is the filter for Target 3.7.2 bugs.

Windows
Compiled on MSVC 2008 SP1

fs2_open_3.7.2.7z (Mirror) (Mirror) (MD5)
This one is based on the SSE2 Optimizations from the MSVC Compiler.

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If you don't know which one to get, get the second one (no SSE).  If you don't know what SSE means, read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_SIMD_Extensions
You can use freely available tools like CPU-Z to check which SSE capabilities your CPU has.

fs2_open_3.7.2_SSE.7z (Mirror) (Mirror) (MD5)
This one is based on the SSE Optimizations from the MSVC Compiler.

fs2_open_3.7.2_NO-SSE.7z (Mirror) (Mirror) (MD5)

fs2_open_3_7_2_WIN9X.zip (Mirror) (Mirror) (MD5)
For Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows 2000.

What are those SSE and SSE2 builds I keep seeing everywhere?
Your answer is in this topic.

OS X Universal (32/64-bit Intel)
Compiled on Xcode 5.1.1

fs2_open_3.7.2.dmg (Mirror) (Mirror) (MD5)

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Linux 32-bit
Compiled on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32bit, GCC 4.6.3

fs2_open_3.7.2.tar.bz2 (Mirror) (Mirror) (MD5)


FreeBSD 64-bit (experimental, limited support)
Compiled on GhostBSD LXDE 3.0 64-bit, GCC 4.2.1

fs2_open_3.7.2.tar.bz2 (Mirror) (Mirror) (MD5)

Source Code Export (MD5)
fs2_open_3_7_2_src.tgz (Mirror) (Mirror)

[Swifty]

Hooray!

[headdie]

5 days later lol

Posted to Reddit and facebook

[chief1983]

I'll update the installer config files after my workout.

[procdrone]

Great job, SCP team!

[Goober5000]

First post updated with Win9X-compatible builds and a link to the 3.7.0 release thread.

[Antares]

All the source mirrors are broke. D:

[AdmiralRalwood]

All the source mirrors are broke. D:

While waiting for chief1983 to fix that, the source code for 3.7.2 Final is available through both SVN and Git.

[chief1983]

Source exports fixed, found a bug in the release script that only affected final release builds.  Added mirrors for the Win9x builds.

[GhylTarvoke]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this.

I'm replaying FS2 with 3.7.2 and the 2014 MediaVPs. In "Into the Maelstrom", one of the freighters/gas miners almost reaches its waypoint, then starts spinning in place. (Sounds like a "must reach these exact coordinates" versus "must get near these coordinates" issue.) In "Speaking in Tongues", the Vasudans fire on the Iceni after saying they won't.

[Goober5000]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this.

A good place for posts like this is the FreeSpace and FreeSpace Open Support forum, but it's fine to post here.

I'm replaying FS2 with 3.7.2 and the 2014 MediaVPs. In "Into the Maelstrom", one of the freighters/gas miners almost reaches its waypoint, then starts spinning in place. (Sounds like a "must reach these exact coordinates" versus "must get near these coordinates" issue.)

This can happen on rare occasions.  Most infamously, it has been seen when the Galatea reaches the jump node in the FS1/FSPort mission "Paving the Way".  It has to do with the coordinates, as you surmised.  Try rebooting the computer to clear the RAM.

In "Speaking in Tongues", the Vasudans fire on the Iceni after saying they won't.

Don't worry about that.  It's a case of the mission events not quite adhering to the story.

[Deepstar]

This will probably be the last final release build using DirectInput on Windows, hooray!

Will this affect the support for older devices in future builds?

I am asking, because i bought a newly restored Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 a few weeks ago that uses only DirectInput and afaik do not fully support XInput (lack of Force Feedback, switched axis etc.).

[LHN91]

We are moving to SDL, (not Xinput) to move in line with the Linux/MacOS codebase, and as far as I know this shouldn't affect support for older joysticks. Might have to wait for someone more familiar with it to comment.

[chief1983]

Well, I should clarify that the idea is we'll be moving to SDL everywhere, including on Windows.  I believe SDL on Windows is still using DirectInput as a backend, so theoretically the joystick should still work, and joysticks have in fact been working fine with this code.  However, I've had terrible luck getting Force Feedback working on Windows with the SDL everywhere code so far, so having some more testers and bug reporters for that code will be very helpful in the coming weeks.

[Deepstar]

Ah okay. Thanks for the answer.

I am glad, that i get Force Feedback to work with this stick under Windows 7. It was somewhat tricky. So i hope, that this will work in the future too. Because i never play with FF before and i already start to like it .

[Vrets]

Hooray for continued development!

[Trivial Psychic]

All the source mirrors are broke.

I hear that's 7 years bad luck. 

[Echelon9]

Well done to all.

[Jackho]

So far,

It's running like a charm with every mod I tried, congratulations for this !      
Needless to say, you are AWESOME.

  A+
Jack H.

[wistler]

Hi, I've downloaded 3.7.2 but for some reason I have black bars down the sides of my screen. I have the resolution set at 1920x1080 which works fine for the previous version. Is there something I'm not doing right?