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Offline newman

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
Cool, what about actual texturing?
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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
That is another thing... I am doing very high poly baked on to a texture, then I can edit colors etc...

 
Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
Hey all, long time lurker.  Finding myself with a lack of personal projects at the moment, so I thought I would offer my assistance as a C/C++ programmer and game developer.

Here's a link to my portfolio.  http://www.msu.edu/~sommerbr .

I recently graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Game Design and Development.  My specialties include gameplay programming, AI, tools and graphics.   I'm currently working on a team that is developing an online version of the popular BSG Board Game, but I'd love to jump on another BSG project such as this one.  I never can get enough BSG.   I'm a huge fan of the show, very sad that it's over (except for The Plan).  Would love to help this epic series live on as an amazing space combat sim.   I recentely interned at Reactor Zero, a company that has close ties to Volition and the old Interplay brand name.  Some of my coworkers actually worked on Freespace 2 and the Descent series, so naturally I'd love to jump on any project that uses the FS2 engine.

Send me a PM or an email if I can be of any assistance.
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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
We can always use new coders. The best suggestion I have is to join us on our IRC channel #diaspora on irc.esper.net as we can talk you through what we need and get a better idea of what sort of thing you'd like to work on. The first page has details on how to check the code out of SVN in case you haven't already.

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Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
By Jeff Bridges ghost! You need to devise an apprentice style selection process. Too many roosters in the henhouse. Testament to the project mind you ;)
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
Good Day,

I am pretty impressed by your commitments and the quality of the team 
I'd like to volunteer for this project.

What I can do fairly well :
Coding, scripting, and database related stuff (if you do have), level design

What I may be good at :
Sound design

What I an pretty poor at :
3D design , texturing

 
I've got some experience in coding (though i should not be considered an expert)
I may also be usefull in level design or scripting.
 
I recently designed an ugly 3D game for fun , if you want to have a quick peek take a look here
http://www.cinsiders.com/crazydba
It was designed and coded all alone, and this explains the poor quality of the product, but at least it is working

I am a professional Database architect and administrator (in Canada), I do that for living , so if you need help on this matter do not hesitate.

hope you will find me something to do

thanks
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Offline karajorma

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
We definitely could use another coder. I suggest starting out by getting hold of the code and getting it to compile.

The smartest thing to do following that is to get on #scp on irc.esper.net in order to chat to members of the source code project team. There are a few things we do need done but it's probably a good idea to get a feel for what you'd like to do rather than simply assigning you a project.
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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
Thanks ,

I just got a hold on the open free space source code, installed tortoise, imported the code
I also installed visual studio express 8 C++ ,
I was able to compile freespace 2 and get an exec, though FRED did not compile as expected because of the missing MFC in the express edition.
When running the exec I get an error message stating the freespace 2 installation is corrupted because of missing ressource file. But since only the sources are imported , I guess this is just normal.  I suspect am missing all the mandatory game/ ressource files To run correctly the game.
Is the imported code includes diaspora specific development only the open freespace 2 common trunk ?
What should be the next step ? get in  touch with developer on IRC to get something assign ?

   
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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
Next step would be exactly that. Or, you could get FS2 from GOG or one of the total conversions (TBP springs to mind)

The code you have is the current FSO trunk, which includes most of the things that were done for Diaspora as well.
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Offline Sushi

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
Buying FS2 from GOG is totally worth the $6 (US) it costs. Do it! Do it now! :D

 

Offline Echelon9

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Is the imported code includes diaspora specific development only the open freespace 2 common trunk ?  
The FS2_Open nightly code base is effectively the code base Diaspora uses at present. We have a couple of small internal changes - but otherwise it is the code we use for day-to-day testing and development.

Oh and everything that we add to the engine gets pushed back upstream for FS2_Open to use, so other mods can benefit down the track!

 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
Any room for a mascot? I just want reflected praise. :)
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
I'm already filling that role I think, try asking anyone on the team what I do :)
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Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
Not team specicific. But do you guys need VA yet?
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Offline NGTM-1R

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
You still looking for script/background? :P
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Offline karajorma

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
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Scriptwriters - The team are looking into the possibility of hiring a professional scriptwriter to work on the dialogue, characterisation and plot of the later releases.
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Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
No VA yet then? :)
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
President of the Scooby Doo Model Appreciation Society
The only good Zod is a dead Zod
NEWGROUNDS COMEDY GOLD, UPDATED DAILY
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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
hello diaspora team,

Along with offering my skill sets as a supplemental/secondary 2d artist, I'm also pretty good with audio editing.  Just in my free time, I've been able to reproduce the BSG "wireless" effect for recorded audio through a bandpass filter to create the right kind of "warble" effect found in single sideband radio broadcasting (I'm also a HAM radio operator).  I've got a mini home-studio for filming and recording (good mic's, green screen, HD cameras etc), and a boat-load of friends with good voices willing to read and record (and be coached) in exchange for beer and/or pizza.

I'm primarily a freelance motion graphics designer, however the previous company I worked with for 4 years started off as a recording studio before it opened its doors to a wide range of multimedia production.  I've had my hand in all of the recording, phrase breakdowns, editing, and audio effects for Take 2 Interactive and their ESPN games, Telltale Games and their Sam & Max series.  I've had to write scripts for various video pieces over time, but only because the pieces required it and the clients didn't have much experience.  I've had to wear a lot of hats through my career.

Just out of curiosity (and this might have been answered already, so please be gentle):  Is diaspora's plot and character development going to be established through a "design by committee" method, or will your official script writer have more of a creative lead in terms of establishing the plot and story line?

Cheers!

 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: Joining The Diaspora Team
:welcome:
 
This could be a great boost to an already promising project.
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
President of the Scooby Doo Model Appreciation Society
The only good Zod is a dead Zod
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