[chief1983]

Pfft.  _Used_ to have signature area.  Now we have a little slit.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

There's still enough space for me to cram an IRC quote in, though, so I'm content.

To add on to Goober pointing out other mistakes, they also made one in Their Finest Hour. At the beginning, the Colossus says, "Command, the Shivans have four freighters in system." However, there are only three.

[chief1983]

And the fourth one, which we will refer to as the Mystery Freighter

Any Bob and Dough Mackenzie fans around here?

[Thaeris]

Maras being called Astaroths? Sounds like Allied forces in WWII calling any Japanese fighter a "Zero."

-Thaeris

has made such mistakes elsewhere, too.  For example, in the second mission Alpha 2 warns everyone to "stay focused on those Lokis" even though none have arrived yet.

On a separate subject, Thaeris, could you not write your name at the end of every post?  We're perfectly capable of glancing at your username to see who the post author is.  Furthermore, you have the signature area for any after-post content.

It's style, my good man. Churchill wouldn't be the same without a stogie. 

-Thaeris

(rubbing in salt now)

[Droid803]

Well, what best explains those inconsistencies is probably a last minute balancing change after the lines were recorded, rather than anything else.

There's also that Cain cruiser that was called a Lilith in the briefing. (I think it was the SC Asura or something).

[Goober5000]

It's style, my good man. Churchill wouldn't be the same without a stogie. 

It's obnoxious.  It's like you're calling attention to yourself with every post.

[Thaeris]

I'm not aware you felt that way. In that sense, I'll seriously consider your sentiments.

[Dilmah G]

It's style, my good man. Churchill wouldn't be the same without a stogie. 

It's obnoxious.  It's like you're calling attention to yourself with every post.

Ohhh, there were better ways to say that.

[Goober5000]

And there were worse ways, so on the balance, I think I did okay.

I hope I didn't offend you Thaeris; if I did I apologize.  It's just that it strikes a similar chord with me as Mobius's blue italics did for other people.

[ziomik]

hi. I would like to know if  there are mods currently to improve the graphics (stars, nebulae, planets, etc.).

[The E]

Improve? Could you clarify that a bit?

I mean, there are the mediavps, which are a substantial improvement over FS2 retail. A few other mod teams are using custom skyboxes to make their mission environments look extra awesome.

[General Battuta]

The MediaVPs will bring the graphics up to near-2009 standards.

[Snail]

The MediaVPs will bring the graphics up to near-2009 standards.

Except for shadows, which we had in 2002 but not anymore.

[Stormkeeper]

hi. I would like to know if  there are mods currently to improve the graphics (stars, nebulae, planets, etc.).

Yeah, there is. And you're posting in it's discussion thread. Tho I'm not sure the Mediavps improve the planets and stars. How much can you improve a light source and background stars?

[The E]

Yeah, there is. And you're posting in it's discussion thread. Tho I'm not sure the Mediavps improve the planets and stars. How much can you improve a light source and background stars?

... Quite a lot, actually. The starfield.pof in the mediavps looks waaay more awesome than the retail stars.

[Stormkeeper]

Never noticed. Always played with the vps.

[blowfish]

Something always seems lacking to me in screenshots without starfield.pof

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I didn't even know that there's starfield.pof in the mediavps. All I notice is a much more colourful background when I play with the mediavps.

[Zex Marquise]

I think people are missing the main point of my earlier post: The AI goes dead when Pisces shows up. Do I need to run some sort of debug thingy to show details of what's going on under the hood?

Also, perhaps this has been touched upon already, but I hate the new smokey glass on terran fighters more every time I see it. I don't mind that it's dark, I mind that it obscures 90% of the interior detail. Is there a poll on changing it back/lessening the opacity somewhere?

[Zacam]

The patch reverts the glass.