[Snail]

Yeah, the missions were completed a long time ago. Shiv thought that no testing was needed but I guess he was wrong.

[Solatar]

I didn't really run across too many actual mission errors. I haven't completed it yet, however.

[shiv]

Nice to hear your feedback and hear what are issues in Demo.

Now our team decided to open hiring. We're going to make a patch which will fix those problems that you've reported and make demo more enjoyable. What do we need:

-Native english speakers who will correct our BAD grammar
-Voice actors to make Demo release fully voice acted
-Tablers who will help in balancing and table correction
-Texturer who will help in fixing normal maps

Thanks for your intresst. Let's make ED Demo better and better. And then finish full version!

[Tinman]

Any chance of a Mac-friendly release?

i will generate a Mac-friendly package this day and post the link where to dl here 

Edit:

here is it:

<a href="http://files.filefront.com/EarthDefense+Demo7z/;9334983;/fileinfo.html" title="EarthDefense_Demo.7z">EarthDefense_Demo.7z[/url]

This is a mac friendly package of the EARTH DEFENCE DEMO RELEASE (released 2007-12-24).

Requirements
------------

7z http://www.7-zip.org/ to extract the archive

Installation
------------

Extract the archive. You will find a folder

"EarthDefenseDemo" with the contents
   "copy contents to your cmdline_fso.cfg.txt"
   "FS2_Open-Xt_1208"
   "media.vp"
   "missions.vp"
   "original_readme.txt"
   "readme_first.txt"
   

You have to open your "cmdline_fso.cfg", you will find it in "<your home folder>/Library/FS_Open/data/".

Make a backup of your "cmdline_fso.cfg".
Now edit it. Remove everything in the "cmdline_fso.cfg" and paste the contents of "copy contents to your cmdline_fso.cfg.txt"
into it and save.

Then you can start "EarthDefenseDemo" by doubleclicking "FS2_Open-Xt_1208".

If you want to play your other FS2 campaigns again then restore your old "cmdline_fso.cfg" from the backup you've made.

Have fun!

@ shiv_pl: please add the Mac-friendly package to the first post. TNNX!

[Snail]

-Native english speakers who will correct our BAD grammar

I could've done that if you had given me the missions earlier, and not all at once.

Can I sign up?

Thanks for your intresst. Let's make ED Demo better and better. And then finish full version!

Nobody gives a crap about the ED Demo anymore. Finish the full version.

[blowfish]

Any chance of a Mac-friendly release?

i will generate a Mac-friendly package this day and post the link where to dl here 

Thanks.  Downloading now.

[MarsNeedsWomen]

I'm enjoying the demo so far but the screen keeps freezing up at random points during the third mission. 

[Harbinger of DOOM]

Any chance of a .zip version for us Mac users?

lol NVM

[Harbinger of DOOM]

I got a problem, I'm on a Mac and I downloaded the Mac package but the "EarthDefenseDemo.7z" won't uncompress.


It gets stuck mid-way and stays there.


Any chance for a .rar or .zip?

[ShadowGorrath]

7z sometimes does that to me too . Simply wait for a while , cause it continues to uncompress after a while .

[Tinman]

I got a problem, I'm on a Mac and I downloaded the Mac package but the "EarthDefenseDemo.7z" won't uncompress.
It gets stuck mid-way and stays there.
Any chance for a .rar or .zip?

i never saw a problem with 7z. But the media.vp file in the archive is >680MByte. So it will take some time.
To create that archive took about 10-15 minutes.

Just be patient 

[Mobius]

I'm playing through the campaign, I find this MOD a nice way to use advanced effects for the FS Engine in a FS-ish environment

I noticed a few errors here and there, but it's still fantastic. One question, why are you using the low poly Tyr and Zagreus? There are high poly versions in INFA SA. You might ask for a permission and get the models(I think INFA SA will come out before the full version of ED, though).

[Snail]

Obviously because if he did ask everyone else would ask and then they wouldn't be in INFASA anymore, they would be everywhere.

[Tyrian]

I've got that ship selection crash bug too.  It seems to happen on every mission, except mission 1.  If you don't go to ship selection, you're fine.  Weapon selection causes you to get an image of a Ulysses.  I've tried this with the Use Ship Models flag on and off.

[MetalDestroyer]

Well, graphically ED is pretty good and the combat in general is great. And I would recommend this campaign/mods for people who want Fast Paced action game. However, ED isn't great at all. A lot of grammar mistakes and the plot is very poor and for some missions, I've the impression to play a game made by a kid -_- But since you're not a native english, i could understand perhaps in polish, the way NPC speaks is more mature (but I don't know because I don't speak/read polish).


I got also some crash when trying to go into ship selection (but only for specific mission).

[Harbinger of DOOM]

I got another problem, I'm in the 2nd mission and right when it starts I get this MONSTER lag and I think its from that huge asteroid to my left in-game.

I turned my settings all the way down just to see if it still lagged, and it did.


If you put a OMFGBIGROCKOFDOOM in a mission.... FOR THE LOVE OF PIE, GIVE IT LODs!!!!!!

[MetalDestroyer]

I got another problem, I'm in the 2nd mission and right when it starts I get this MONSTER lag and I think its from that huge asteroid to my left in-game.

I turned my settings all the way down just to see if it still lagged, and it did.


If you put a OMFGBIGROCKOFDOOM in a mission.... FOR THE LOVE OF PIE, GIVE IT LODs!!!!!!

I got also the same thing but with others missions too wheiter I'm running the game under a 8800 GTX, 4 GB and Vista. And I don't know what causes those slowdowns.

[Harbinger of DOOM]

It's the lack of LODs in a lot of the big hi-poly models with hi-res textures.

[MetalDestroyer]

It's the lack of LODs in a lot of the big hi-poly models with hi-res textures.

I don't think. I got slowdown when there are only 3 fighter ahead and an explosion.

[Harbinger of DOOM]

Oh well you might have some funky settings turned on... or your video card might be......... *ahem* aged.