[Mongoose]

It relates to the campaign somehow, I don't know how or why.

...

The campaign is called Windmills.

The song has the word "windmills" in its title.  And:

The song illustrates a person's mental state after a romantic break-up, relating the way emotionally charged thoughts and memories can run in tortured circles.

I...kind of fail to see what you're still missing here.

[Commander Zane]

I got that they both had winmill in the title but I didn't understand the meaning. Thanks for pointing it out though.

I'm not asking what something means anymore, it shouldn't take ten pages of asking to get the answer.

[mxlm]

So, when I attempt to run the campaign, I get the following:

Error: Unrecognized operator.

In sexpression: ( and
   ( has-arrived-delay 10 "Zeta" )
   ( query-orders
      "Zeta"
      "Destroy my target"
      5
      "Cruiser#three"
   )
)
(Error appears to be: query-orders)
File: MissionParse.cpp
Line: 6016


Call stack:
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

I am using 3.6.10 (whatever comes from the installer; just ran it again to make sure, everything's up to date), and I do have the nomotiondebris and ambient_factor 200 stuff in effect. Any suggestions?

[Dilmah G]

Oh, suggest you grab hold of Release Candidate 3 of the 3.6.10 Builds. Obtainable here: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,63492.0.html

[Jeff Vader]

3.6.10 (whatever comes from the installer; just ran it again to make sure, everything's up to date)

Ah, yes. Yet another thing that I dislike with the Installer. People think it is the most up-to-date thing on HLP.

It's not. Quite outdated, actually. Get FSO 3.6.10 RC3 manually. There is a link in my signature.

[SPARTAN-367]

Wow... that was awesome...  

Ironically as a commander... to make decisions... very true my friend a very informative campaign indeed.

I like the twists.

[mxlm]

Jeff, Dilmah, thanks. That did it.

So what does it say about me that the emotion elicited from the final mission was amusement? I suppose it's similar to the amusement that, say, Pulp Fiction prompts, but amusement nonetheless.

It seems to me that--and I presume this is intentional--it's pretty damn impossible to prioritize in the stealth mission given the lack of context.

Spoiler:

What sort of base? Are there time pressures beyond the seven minute limit? What happens if I don't find it? What happens if I do find it? Do we have any ideas what the signal is? How important is that cruiser? Who or what is on that transport?

So I suppose my answer to the 'does context even matter' question is that it certainly does when trying to make decisions beyond how best to blow stuff up

Anyway, a very impressive piece of work, even if it did feel a bit dry and clinical. The simulation wasn't meant to have a voiceover, correct?

ETA: Oh, one complaint. In the first mission I got a 'equal results' message. Didn't favor one or the other. Yet in mission 3

Spoiler:

Side 2 kept getting reinforcements with the message 'your sacrifice of the civilians is used as propaganda'. I mean, I guess 2/3 of them did die, but it wasn't exactly a sacrifice. Of course, propaganda isn't exactly fair, so...

[Ransom]

ETA: Oh, one complaint. In the first mission I got a 'equal results' message. Didn't favor one or the other. Yet in mission 3

Spoiler:

Side 2 kept getting reinforcements with the message 'your sacrifice of the civilians is used as propaganda'. I mean, I guess 2/3 of them did die, but it wasn't exactly a sacrifice. Of course, propaganda isn't exactly fair, so...

Yeah, that was an oversight on my part. The final mission doesn't take an equal or perfect result into account and I haven't gotten around to fixing it yet.

[htnk]

Very interesting project. I played it twice already

found this strange though :

Spoiler:

In the final battle, sometimes when the cruiser jumps out to the other base its weaponry changes - beam weapon gets replaced by laser turret or the opposite, or sometimes beam weapon that has been destroyed/damaged by fighters/bombers gets repaired to 100% again after the jump.  

[Gunteen6]

that was a truly interesting concept. i liked it quite a bit. ^.^

i'd love to see a full campaign on that.

[Dilmah G]

Amen. Although I'd imagine it'd be one helluva time-consuming effort.

[Siddyus]

This campaign blew my mind out. Damn nice. 

[Colonol Dekker]

What build was used to make this? Rc3? I know i've got 10-something. I should update at some point.

[chief1983]

I think it works with RC3.

[Tomo]

I think it works with RC3.

It does.
At least, that's what I ran it on.

[Colonol Dekker]

Definitely runs.....  A few odd results. Like at the end of scenario 4 when you ummmmm, how to say it without spoiling it......
When you are meant to be able to kill things in a fighter, the controls lock out...  At least once. Sometimes it runs fine though *shrugs*

[dragonsniper]

Wow. I didn't expect something like this. Very cool.

[Gregster2k]

:Insert Mini-Necro beam here:
My two cents:  I feel this campaign absolutely must be played with the text to speech on.  I did so with Microsoft Anna (English) from Windows 7.

Spoiler:

The feeling I got with Microsoft Anna:
1. SIMULATION is an AI (obviously)
2. The AI is a little bit on the emotionally detached / experiment with humans / rampant / malfunctioning side (think GLaDOS from Portal).

#2 is important because it caused me to go along with "this is not how one would train an officer." Of course not! Obviously the training simulation has gone haywire! "Help! Unplug me! Something's gone wrong!" *bangs simulator door* "LET ME OUT!" *wink*  The detached, monotonous computer voice adds immersion for a "malfunctioning simulator" interpretation.

Storytelling: 4/5 (some of the "switches" and sudden "questions" were too abrupt)
Gameplay: 4/5 (see above - biggest example is the abrupt "switch sides" thing)
Concept: 5/5

[technopredator]

Can anyone tell me please if the link in the OP is up to date if not can anyone update it or post the latest?

I get weird graphics when I go to the mainn FS main screen after the intro movie, have anyone experienced something like this? I have the latest (3.6.12)

[FreeSpaceFreak]

The weird graphics are part of this mod. If you're really unsure about them, post a screenshot of it and a debug log.