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Offline Admiral Nelson

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Pandora's Box
on: September 13, 2007, 06:15:49 pm
The Pandora's Box campaign, remastered for SCP!

One year prior to the return of the Shivans, the NTF Civil War is at its peak.  As a pilot newly assigned to the 51st squadron, GVD Abydos, currently stationed in the secure Vasuda system, you have little to look forward to other than uneventful patrol and convoy escorts.  Until the NTF make a bold raid into the Vasuda system...







Added:
LS Backgrounds
Nameplates
Proper Deneb star
Spell check
Renamed some vessels that had absurd names ("GTC Executor"  :rolleyes: )

TODO
Proper β Hydri star (Vasuda)
Replace original low res Orion nameplates
Faustus nameplates
Planets
Playtest

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« Last Edit: September 13, 2007, 06:19:36 pm by Admiral Nelson »
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #1 on: September 14, 2007, 04:26:28 pm
Ok. Since we're probably going to keep LS backgrounds, I can only test. :)
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #2 on: September 14, 2007, 04:28:18 pm
Yeah, this campaign is probably almost good to go.
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #3 on: September 14, 2007, 04:48:29 pm
Then lostllama and VC can do it quickly while we continue to work on TR/W. I'm sending them a PM. :)
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #4 on: September 14, 2007, 04:54:51 pm
You should play it at least once.  It is a good campaign. :)
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #5 on: September 14, 2007, 05:01:13 pm
I know, only good campaigns are "Restored", right? :P

But I want to write all Warzone scripts and complete TR. I also have other WIPs... :blah:
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #6 on: September 14, 2007, 05:06:48 pm
I'd also like to invite you lurkers out there to play the campaign and post any feedback here. :)
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #7 on: September 16, 2007, 04:43:57 am
I'm getting 4 error messages from the pandora-str.tbm.  It says it is looking for $Debris and found debris01, looking for $Debris and found debris03, looking for $DebrisNeb and found gas, looking for $DebrisNeb and found gas.  The campaign will run after the messages.
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The difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers is:
Mechanical Engineers build weapons.  Civil Engineers build targets
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #8 on: September 16, 2007, 11:46:04 am
I'll try and play through this one next week.  If it's almost ready to go then it shouldn't require too much in the way of bugtesting and fixing.... right?  Right? =)
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #9 on: September 16, 2007, 12:33:23 pm
I'm puzzled by those messages -- it looks like an ordinary stars table to me -- anyone else see this?

I don't think it needs extensive work, but thats up to the playtesters. :)
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #10 on: September 16, 2007, 01:40:21 pm
I fixed the problem by changing the name of the pandora-str.tbm file to stars.tbl then the errors went away.  I also couldn't figure out why you had a tbm file for ships and a ships.tbl file.  The weapons table file was a weapons.tbl.bak so I converted it to weapons.tbl.  I also added the cockpitted version of the Valkyrie.  Attached is a link to the corrected campaign.


http://files.filefront.com/Pandoras+boxzip/;8570541;/fileinfo.html
« Last Edit: September 20, 2007, 06:08:23 pm by Macfie »
Normal people believe that if it isn't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it isn't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.
The difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers is:
Mechanical Engineers build weapons.  Civil Engineers build targets
An optimist sees the glass half full; the pessimist sees it half empty. An engineer sees that the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
 

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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #11 on: September 16, 2007, 01:41:52 pm
Leaving ships.tbl there was an oversight.  I added the changes to the tbm, and then forgot to delete the original ships.tbl.
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #12 on: September 20, 2007, 02:08:22 pm
Problems with Pandora's Box

Mission
NTFCamp4a
1.   Problems with Ludwick ship invulnerability when directed to destroy turrets - lowered hits left to 40 and provided Gemini wing instructions to attack sensor system on the Abydos.
2.   Terran ships were included in the loadout options - Removed Medusa bombers from load out
3.   Removed Prometheus R from team loadout and ships.  According to the briefing in mission 05-01 you are just getting access to the Prometheus R

NTFCamp5-01
1.   Briefing states you now have access to the Prometheus R cannon but it was available in previous mission - See mission NTFCamp4a

NTFCamp5-02
1.   Command briefing refers to the Anubis should be the Abydos - Changed

NTFCamp6-01
1.   Typo in briefing "Herc IIsr" - changed to Herc IIs
2.   Objective for destroying gas miners was not completed even though both gas miners were destroyed - Changed objective from ship type destroyed to ship names destroyed

After Mission NTFCamp9-01a there is a branch but no brief to tell you what you are accepting or declining - wasn't sure how to fix this

NTFCampT1
1.   The briefing says you are flying Valkyries but the ship screen has you in Myrmidons - Changed to Valkyries

NTFCampT3
1.   Debriefing message repeats 4 times for the destruction of the Abydos with all the escape pod messages for a few, some, a significant amount and all. - Redid debriefing so that only one Abydos destroyed and only the appropriate escape pod message appear.

Attached are the corrected Missions for so far.  I still have to complete the final vasudan missions V1-Vfinal

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Normal people believe that if it isn't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it isn't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.
The difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers is:
Mechanical Engineers build weapons.  Civil Engineers build targets
An optimist sees the glass half full; the pessimist sees it half empty. An engineer sees that the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
 

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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #13 on: September 20, 2007, 04:04:31 pm
Good stuff.  :yes:  Let me have a look at the branching issue.
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #14 on: September 21, 2007, 03:03:44 pm
Hmm...sorry, looks like I'm a bit late picking this one up. DLing now anyway.
 

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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #15 on: September 23, 2007, 01:06:22 pm
Another iteration.

Corrected version

Added:
FSPort 3.1 ship data to ships tbm
Fixed stars tbm
Planets to backgrounds
Insigniae to NTF wings
Icons from fsport and ntv emergence for flavor
Reduced num_stars to 10 since we are using skyboxes.
Updated campaign file with Vasudan mainhall when player is assigned to a Vasudan vessel (new pilot needed to see this change)

TODO
Proper β Hydri star (Vasuda)
Replace original low res Orion nameplates
Faustus nameplates
GTVA insigniae
Playtest (pokes lostllama, MP_Ryan :) )
« Last Edit: September 23, 2007, 04:27:39 pm by Admiral Nelson »
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #16 on: September 23, 2007, 02:38:03 pm
I can't get the TBM files to work.  When I try using the current iteration the Valkyrie, Anubis MK II, and Chronos do not show up.  If I use the regular Ships table from the first version with the ships included it works fine.  I.E. the one in the VP marked ships.tbl.bak  Also I noticed there is a weapons.tbl.bak in the VP file.  Are there weapons modifications associated with pandora's box?
Normal people believe that if it isn't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it isn't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.
The difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers is:
Mechanical Engineers build weapons.  Civil Engineers build targets
An optimist sees the glass half full; the pessimist sees it half empty. An engineer sees that the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
 

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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #17 on: September 23, 2007, 04:27:06 pm
My apologies.  This shows the foolishness of having separate build and play folders.

Corrected version

I didn't see any useful changes in weapons.tbl, so I removed it.  Better to have all the Media VP effects.
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #18 on: September 23, 2007, 05:00:59 pm
Well, the only tbl error I experienced was the Anbius MKII could carry 240 Tempests, and only 15 Rockeye.
Mission one was good, Mission 2...I had no idea what to do.You should have to follow another fighter instead.Delta IIRC kept telling me not to get to far.(I was like  :wtf: ).I couldn't get past #2.
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Re: Pandora's Box
Reply #19 on: September 23, 2007, 05:02:49 pm
Zeta 1 is on your escort list.  Just keep close to it and you'll get right though.
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