[neo_hermes]

when a Fighter corkscrews into the bridge of hecate

[Blaise Russel]

Originally posted by kv1at3485
I hope I've been of some service.

Yes, yes you have. Thanks!

It's patching time! To the FREDmobile!

So when does it get better?

Mission 8, 'Turn for the Worse', is when it changes. However, mission... *thinks* ...mission 16 is when you really start fighting anything other than old GTA/PVN pirate fighters.



The problem with Homesick ('part from all those dangnabable bugs) is that everything revolves around the story. This means that the action can be, and is, somewhat limited...

when a Fighter corkscrews into the bridge of hecate

And... with the... I... what?

[Windrunner]

WOW, this cam out of the blue. two new camapigns, i am impressed. And some of the guys are right this is mabye one the bigger releases we have had over the past few months

[Styxx]

Nice work, and welcome to the highlights.

[Gloriano]

.....wow

*D/L*

[Blaise Russel]

Oh Lord, how embarassing...

FRED must be possessed, I could have SWORN I fixed the campaign file... basically, the campaign is checking for goals completed, not events that have happened, so you can get fooled by jumping out, correctly, before the actual conditions for success have been met. Ooh...

I'll upload a new VP and the campaign file on its own (to whomp straight into your overriding missions folder) later, when I get home... I'll see about message sounds, the Shield's engines and anything else then as well.

Thanks for the welcome as well! First campaign on Highlights, wow!

*strokes ego contentedly*

[Setekh]

Dude, this is WAY impressive. This is how more campaigns ought to be put out. Congratulations.

And now.. *heads to download*

[aldo_14]

Neat.

Just wish I had free time.....

[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by DragonClaw


Ah, but I didn't volunteer for, what is it? Balance testing? Besides, there's nothing to test it on, all we have is that training mission

As if it was too hard to open FRED, place some ships, equip some weapons and go for a test to see how it plays.

[pyro-manic]

Originally posted by DragonClaw
[chant]Join TVWP[/chant]
The only thing keeping us back is the fact we have no ... active... FREDers. They are... lazy.

Ahem? Who's been up to his nads in Constellations and Mustangs for a week?

What can I say? Way to go, mate! Bloody good work! :yes:  I gotta play this.....

[Blaise Russel]

The imposter .fc2 has been destroyed. Long live the true Homesick campaign file! Available both in the replaced .zip and also alone, to be plonked straight into your overriding missions folder in case you don't want to mess around with WinZip and extractings the VP files agains... here.

How are you all enjoying the 'secret' mission in the Single Missions folder? TFTCSD? Have you found it?

[kv1at3485]

At last I've finished the campaign!  (I've got to hand it to you: what an ending!  Refreshing, to say the least.)  Anyway, on with the last few complaints/suggestions...

In Hmsk-C5.fs2 ("Pitched Battle") and Hmsk-D2.fs2 ("Blind Man's Bluff") I think you have some more premature 'Depart' directives.  Easily fixed, and I'm sure with my last warnings, you've probably already found these ones.  There could be more, but I was extra careful to jump out only after all friendly ships had departed.

In Hmsk-D6.fs2 ("The Road to Hell..."), the 'battle' between the Khufu and the Kintyre looks rather strangesince they're not shooting at wach other.  Perhaps you should make one of the corvettes part of the 'neutral' team so they shoot at each other.  Also assign to each ship the ship-guardian flag.  Related to this: is it intentional for the Kintyre to shoot its beam cannons at the Custodian?  Afterall, the Kintyre supposed to be fighting the Khufu.

In Hmsk-D7.fs2 ("...is paved with good intentions.") this happened:  When the Geryon jumps in, I made an effort to destroy its forward two beam cannons.  I did this, so when the time came for the Custodian to be disabled, all you got was the Custodian suddeny becoming disabled.  I suspect you intended for the Geryon to fire its beam cannons at the Custodian, but of course this could not happen once those cannons were destroyed.  I guess all you need to do to fix this is to make an event which repairs the forward beam cannons just before they fire.

Well, that's it for me!  Sorry for my nagging and prodding, I hope I have not been too cruel.   Now to go download "Sol: A History"...

[kv1at3485]

And a word about your 'secret' mission (a better name might have been "The Herc that Couldn't Slow Down!" ).  At the beginning of the mission, you start off at 0 m/s.  Strangely enough, your event that blows up everything activates right then at the start of the mission.  I suspect you may wish to modify the event so it can only become active after good old Bosch stops talking.

(On a side note, this mission could be a pain!  Everytime you get hit by something head on, you slow down!  Hmmm, this could be something... :devil: )

[kasperl]

Jesus, this is big.

i am going to play this, once i get, uhm, you know, time.....

i really like what i hear so far, and it is one hell of a way to enter the community.

[Blaise Russel]

Originally posted by kv1at3485
In Hmsk-C5.fs2

This may have been fixed with the campaign file replacing thingie. The old, hated, I-thought-I-had-replaced-the-damn-thing campaign file was checking for goals completed, not events... and since the Depart directives come from the events... was this with the old or the new?

In Hmsk-D6.fs2

As it's not a game-stopper, I'll let this one be for a while... sort it out along with the Shield's everlasting engines...

In Hmsk-D7.fs2

THIS one's getting fixed, and right now, 'cause it's embarassing. Damnable Geryon turret configuration...

"The Herc that Couldn't Slow Down!"

And I... where... THAT shouldn't happen. It didn't happen for me when I tested it... this requires further testing.

*tests away*

...

Okay, I've taken a look at it. My copy seems to work just fine... I hung around for 30 seconds, standing still, and the bombs went boom. Restart, got moving, no booms. Still, I can get an 'and event-true-delay' inserted in there somewhere for next update.

This is fun! Thanks for all the feedback!

[neo_hermes]

Originally posted by neo_hermes
when a Fighter corkscrews into the bridge of hecate

[IceFire]

Less hype, more missions!   IMPRESSIVE!  I wish we'd done this with BWO.

[Woolie Wool]

(EDIT: misread the description; it's 2355, not 2335)

But all those missions you put out, you make us all look like slackers!:eek:

[kv1at3485]

Concerning the 'new' premature departure directives I reported, they're from the old campaign file, so I suspect you have fixed them in the new campaign file.  Sorry, didn't check for an update before I continued playing your campaign.

[Stunaep]

oh my dear god.

Blaise Russell, you simply rule.

I've played only the first 5 missions or so, but what I've seen is derelict quality. Great story, well-balanced missions, nothing groundbreaking, but still fun, good gameplay.

Hope the quality holds.