[Spoon]

A year and some months ago I learned about modelling, texturing, tabling, normal mapping and FRED. I then embarked on a modding journey to create Wings of Dawn. And now, finally. It's here.

Follow the happy go lucky 1st Joint Guardian Angel Strike Force as they go to far away places, meet new alien life forms and then, kill them.


Featuring:
A new universe
Glorious new weapons
A truck ton of custom made models
Hand made .ani's
And all sorts of wonderful content!

Download links:

• WoD-Core contains tables and missions v2 (Updated 23-08-10)
• WoD-Sound contains music and sounds
• WoD-Visuals contains effects, maps, interface etc.
• WoD-Patch (Added 18-08-11)

Mediafire mirror:

• WoD-Core v2 (Updated 23-08-10)
• WoD-Sound
• WoD-Visuals
• WoD-Patch (Added 18-08-11)

Radar Icons:
Radar Icons
Thanks to Aetheron for going through the effort of adding these.

Sectorgame mirror:
Complete package

Wings of Dawn requires:

• MediaVPs, 3.6.12
• The 3.6.12 build or newer
• Just like other mods, WoD will look for the mediavps in /mediavps_3612/ so ensure that's where your mediavps are!

After downloading:

• Once you have downloaded the files above, simply extract them to your FreeSpace 2 folder.
• Open your FreeSpace 2 Launcher (usually launcher.exe), go to MOD tab and select Wings of Dawn as your mod. Open Features tab and select Gameplay as list type. Make sure you have enabled "Use models for ship selection" and "Use models for weapons selection". I personally do not recommend lighting settings that have no ambient lighting.
• It is strongly recommended to create a new pilot to play Wings of Dawn
• Once in-game, go to the Campaign menu, select the Wings of Dawn campaign and start playing!

Axem made mission:
Axem in his glory made a stand alone mission for WoD. In which he shows off some cool camera work (again)
Which can be downloaded from Here
Put this into Wings of Dawn/data/missions and play it through the techroom


I strongly hope you will all enjoy this mod and that the ride is as bug free as possible!


Disclaimer: Mission one was in fact the first mission I ever fredded, I apologize if it's too boring 
Yes, the LSF ships are suppose to be shiny and reflective like that.




Checksum info for The E's convenience

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#Found root pack 'G:\Games\Freespace\WoDVP\WoD-Core.vp' with a checksum of 0x70f4a526
#Found root pack 'G:\Games\Freespace\WoDVP\WoD-Sound.vp' with a checksum of 0x7b2cfb6e
#Found root pack 'G:\Games\Freespace\WoDVP\WoD-Visual.vp' with a checksum of 0x52398661
#Searching root pack 'G:\Games\Freespace\WoDVP\WoD-Core.vp' ... 72 files
#Searching root pack 'G:\Games\Freespace\WoDVP\WoD-Sound.vp' ... 96 files
#Searching root pack 'G:\Games\Freespace\WoDVP\WoD-Visual.vp' ... 2679 files

[AndrewofDoom]

Spoiler:

So, I'm shipping Misuzu and Crystal, who's with me? =o

[Droid803]

Spoiler:

So, I'm shipping Misuzu and Crystal, who's with me? =o

Spoiler:

Misuzu x Crystal wooo

[NGTM-1R]

Spoiler:

So, I'm shipping Misuzu and Crystal, who's with me? =o

Spoiler:

Oh god, I knew the shipping wars would find me here eventually...

Expect crack pairings list when I'm done.

[Dragon]

Finally released, now it's time to start working on:
a). WoD2.
b). VAing and updating graphics for WoD.

Also, for those who don't like FS missiles being everywhere: http://www.mediafire.com/?nr5wjdz1njm
Custom made optional missile replacement pack.
Credits for FoTG team, creator of Renegade Ressurgence, BTRL and Inferno team.
EDIT: Fixed a misapplied credit, shouldn't have posted so late at night.

[ReeNoiP]

Finally released, now it's time to start working on:
a). WoD2.
b). VAing and updating graphics for WoD.

Also, for those who don't like FS missiles being everywhere: http://www.mediafire.com/?nr5wjdz1njm
Custom made optional missile replacement pack.
Credits for FoTG team, creator of Rain on Ribos, BTRL and Inferno team.

Is that missile pack purely cosmetic or does it influence gameplay?

[Dragon]

Purely cosmetic, I made sure to keep all missiles as close as possible to their original radius.

[Axem]

I think whatever you think of this mod, whether its awesome, good, but not great, or just plain trash, the fact that Spoon managed to get this thing started and done in just over a year is an achievement of its own right. Bravo Spoon. I can't wait to see what you make next.

/Completely Biased Beta Tester Comments

[ReeNoiP]

Purely cosmetic, I made sure to keep all missiles as close as possible to their original radius.

Awesome. "Gets".

[General Battuta]

I'm willing to go out on a limb and say that this creature here represents one of the biggest strides in FreeSpace modding we've ever seen. It's an incredible piece of work - basically a rebuild of FreeSpace gameplay from the ground up - and because it sheds the need to stay true to FreeSpace fluff and gameplay, it can do some very, very impressive things: shielded warships all over the place, faster and gutsier fighter combat, way more species.

I particularly want to single out the armor system and the incredible diversity of the enemy types for commendation. In FreeSpace the relative tactical range is very limited because most of your opponents are fairly similar. In Wings of Dawn you get a fistful of different enemy types all with their own unique tactics and countertactics. It's remarkable.

There's nothing I know of, either released or in the works, that can match Wings of Dawn for sheer chutzpah and unfettered ambition. Spoon had the colossal testicular fortitude to tackle the creation of a brand new universe, and he pulled it off - with enviable flair and attention to detail.

It plays like a stylized, lighthearted hybrid between Master of Orion and Gradius. Download it and be impressed.

[Spoon]

You humble me with your words Battuta. Thanks man, your post had me grinning from ear to ear 

[General Battuta]

Oh and I should mention the creativity and flexibility in the mission design. There's some hilariously creative stuff in here.

Spoiler:

The asteroid run mission had me all excited, and I was playing it and thinking 'this mission would only be better if someone started firing beams in here.

AND THEN THERE WERE BEAMS

[Rodo]

dwnloading!!!

Got 6 free hours to finish it. 

[NGTM-1R]

Aww.

Assert: bm_bitmaps[bitmapnum].handle == handle
File: bmpman.cpp
Line: 1103

<no module>! KiFastSystemCallRet
<no module>! WaitForSingleObject + 18 bytes
<no module>! SCP_DumpStack + 354 bytes
<no module>! WinAssert + 208 bytes
<no module>! bm_get_type + 102 bytes
<no module>! main_hall_init + 549 bytes
<no module>! game_enter_state + 248 bytes
<no module>! gameseq_set_state + 310 bytes
<no module>! game_process_event + 134 bytes
<no module>! gameseq_process_events + 152 bytes
<no module>! game_main + 782 bytes
<no module>! WinMain + 330 bytes
<no module>! __tmainCRTStartup + 358 bytes
<no module>! WinMainCRTStartup + 15 bytes
<no module>! RegisterWaitForInputIdle + 73 bytes

[Dragon]

This looks very strange.
I think it's a texture error of an unusual kind, but I didn't encouncered it in WoD.
I've had that error before on a different mod, but I don't remember what exactly caused it.
EDIT: And post the log, please.

[Rodo]

screen size?
not inf build?

[The E]

screen size?
not inf build?

Wrong.

And wrong.

NGTM-1R: Please post a log, but please generate one with a debug_filter.cfg that has "+bmpman" in it.

[Ravenholme]

Currently in a clan (VOLCBAT) game, sadly, but this was my response when I saw the release thread

Oh yessss

[utops]

Any body know some magick tricks to speed up this mod? I never suspected Freespace to force me to upgrade my hardy.

I disable all mediavps gfx enhancements and nothing changes in matter of performance.

[MatthTheGeek]

That thing is LAGGING
THE LIVING CRAP
OUTA ME.
WiH is less laggy, to be honest. And that means something.
Where did your LODs go ?