[karajorma]

Okay everyone, here's the release candidate for Diaspora R1.1 

R1.1 is meant to be the version of Diaspora we wanted to release originally but couldn't. Stuff we'd planned had to be cut out because we simply didn't have the staff or the time to implement or test it. The biggest change you'll notice is that we finally added the briefing animations we'd always wanted. Thanks a lot to David cgc for those (We should thank Matthew Haley for the DRADIS screens used as the basis of our animations). We've also ironed out a bunch of the bugs that were still present in 1.0.4. Hopefully no new ones have sprung up in their place.

If there are no new bugs reported, we'll bump this one up to the official patch release very soon. We're also planning a new installer for those who haven't got the game which will install the game and patch 1.1 at the same time.

As with previous patches, this patch does not require you to have earlier versions of the patch in order to work (and will in fact delete earlier versions).

Downloads

Windows

Mac (Coming Soon)

Linux (Coming Soon)

Changelog

1.1

Add new briefing animations.
Add preliminary Spanish language support.
Fix a Mission 6 crash.
Updated Builds to r10280.


1.0.4

Fix an multiplayer issue with weapon convergence.
Fix an issue where the prometheus wouldn't depart
Add new animations for the volunteer for M3 screen
Fixed M6 breaking if Ion 1 is destroyed.
Added directive counts training missions.


1.0.3

Fix a crash in Mission 6.
Fix an AI bug with drone landings in Training Mission 2.
Fix a problem with Directives not appearing in Training Mission 2.
Add Directive counters to Training Mission 2.
Fix rotation issue with Raptor door.
Alter the timing for civilian jumps in Mission 5.
Adding more missing built in messages.
Fix lack of loading screen errors in debug.
Fix missing art for the MEC-A6 (training) in the techroom.
Fix #weak weapons appearing in the techroom in multiplayer.
Remove/disable debug events in Mission 5.
Add missing cache files.
Update credits file.
Fix issue where Cylon HUD crashes the standalone server.
Fix Mission 6 issues where the Prometheus could be destroyed.


1.0.2

Fix M6 crashes due to #weak weapons.
Fix M6 crashes due show ship using incorrect model when doing the sun ray test.
Added missing gauge for system messages to the HUD.
Fix issues with Multiplayer option screen (hard to see where to click).
Fix mission bugs with Indart survival.
Assign hotkeys to all mission critical fighters.
Minor changes to HUD gadgets.
Added fix to reset collision cache hashes when starting a new mission.
Added fix to properly clean out unnecessary objects in the new collision code.
(Windows) Fix an issue with the kills gauge vanishing.
Update missions for a bug\support for the new key bindings.
Added FS2NetD interface art and fixed all messages to not mention PXO.

[X3N0-Life-Form]

Just poping in to say that the new briefing anims are A-awesome.

[karajorma]

The plan to have them is many years old, but it was only once David cgc joined the team that we actually had someone with the time to make them.

That said, his animations turned out much better than my original impression of what they'd look like.

[General Battuta]

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighlight

[AdmiralRalwood]

Finally got around to playing the new version, and I'd like to add my own praise for those sweet briefing animations.

[karajorma]

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighlight

It's only the release candidate, I'll highlight it as soon as it goes gold. We've already had one bug report so I'd like to have that issue fixed first.

[David cgc]

Thanks, everybody. I'm glad the briefings well-received. Those were a lot of fun to do.

[AdmiralRalwood]

We've already had one bug report so I'd like to have that issue fixed first.

Just finished replaying the campaign with 1.1 and didn't encounter any bugs, myself! Seriously, David cgc, those briefing animations really complete the experience. Fantastic job.

[marcoms]

Hey karajorma,

There seems to be a windows build, while there are no Linux or Mac downloads available ("coming soon")... Perhaps you could at least post a link to source code for us to build ourselves

Thanks

[The E]

That is no longer necessary. You can use one of the mainline FSOpen releases to play Diaspora these days.

[marcoms]

That is no longer necessary. You can use one of the mainline FSOpen releases to play Diaspora these days.

I mean the new Diaspora release not fs2_open

[General Battuta]

You can just grab a recent FreeSpace Open nightly build for Linux or Mac in the Nightly Builds subforum and it'll run Diaspora fine. Diaspora runs on FreeSpace Open.

[AdmiralRalwood]

Problem is that there's no download of 1.1 that doesn't come as a Windows executable yet.

[General Battuta]

Ohhhhh **** gotcha.

e: posting the source code won't help then

[marcoms]

So is Diaspora's development only done with specific members?

[General Battuta]

People with gold Diaspora badges are members of the Diaspora team.

[The E]

And sorry, I misunderstood your question. I thought it referred to the engine executable, not the patch installer.

[deathspeed]

Downloading; can't wait to try it after the kiddos go to bed!

[karajorma]

Apparently the internet is currently down for most of the province I live in. So I can't post the required files but if someone wants to 7zip the files up you only really need the new files in Data/Movies and the 1.1 VP file.

[karajorma]

People with gold Diaspora badges are members of the Diaspora team.

True, but anyone can help us develop the code. People can apply to join the team for other reasons by looking at the recruitment post.

And anyone can mod Diaspora themselves. Everything is under Creative Commons afterall