[colecampbell666]

I had to (on medium difficulty) practice to get that right. I got the whole thing right... And disabled the wrong beams. I disabled the ones I saw firing, apparently those were bad.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I strangely had no trouble at all with either of those...

No surprise there. It's YOU, after all; how can you mess things up?

I had to (on medium difficulty) practice to get that right. I got the whole thing right... And disabled the wrong beams. I disabled the ones I saw firing, apparently those were bad.

I did that too. On my first attempt, I...

Spoiler:

...didn't use Trebuchets in my loadout...

and Beta wing was pulverised after a minute of fighting. On my second attempt, I disabled the SReds. On the third attempt, I ran out of missiles.

Geez.

After the third try, I gave up and cheated.

Spoiler:

You mean you were able to disable the Ravana beams, disable the two Lilith beams, take out the Moloch in one way or another, and fend off the bombers? On your first few tries? Egads!

Also, hmm. It just occured to me -- I hope that a few of the minor ships from the task force defected to Earth with the personnel who went. I would miss having some of those cruisers or logistics ships around. Any chance we got the Temeraire or the Orestes?

Probably not the Orestes. Maybe the Temeraire did defect. I do hope the Solace does, though.

...harder than Keepers of Hell...?

Never played it. Which mod?

[ShadowGorrath]

...harder than Keepers of Hell...?

Never played it. Which mod?

Ugh... Blue Planet. It's the mission where you have to

Spoiler:

disarm the main beam cannons of 2 Ravanas and escort the big alien ship to the node.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Oh, whoops.

I only remember "Forced Entry".

[General Battuta]

We've finished recording all of Mina Taylor (Alpha 3)'s lines. I really like the way they turned out. In the text-only version, Taylor always seemed a bit fainthearted to me, prone to defeatism. The actress gave her a bit of attitude, so she sounds a lot more energetic and engaged. Clearly a superior wingman this way!

If you know any males with good Indian, Middle Eastern, or Hong Kong accents, please send them our way. We also need a female with a Russian accent.

[blowfish]

Darius, just so you know, almost all of the shields on Steve-O's fighter pack are misaligned so that there are pieces of the ship sticking out.  If you have fixed this already, gread job .  If you need help fixing it, PM me and I can show you how

[--Steve-O--]

...the Saracen being the worst. yeah that was the result of just borrowing like sized shields from other fighters, since i wasn't quite sure how to model them myself. I've got to update that fighter pack anyways, the effects are in wrong DDS formats, some stuff is missing here and there, i still need to overhaul the jackal and wraith cockpits so I'll redo the shields as well. at least its minor stuff.

The BP series with voice acting....oh that would be and appears that it will be EPIC!

 

[General Battuta]

Steve-O, are you the modeler responsible for the Karuna?

[--Steve-O--]

yes sir, that tin can is my doing.

[General Battuta]

It's beautiful! I could kiss you.

 

[--Steve-O--]

my wife might take issue,  ...will a hug work?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I think a pat on the shoulder will do.

* Androgeos Exeunt pats Steve-O on the shoulder.

I never get tired of seeing the Karuna's rotating fins. It beats leekspin anytime.

[highwayman]

I'm playing through this campaign right now - I've found the new ship designs fantastic - they all fit together stylistically and I really like the fact that the fighter bays are actually areas you can fly into (and are required to at various points). I've been very much enjoying the plotline so far - it's quite epic and the characters, especially Bei, are very compelling. Dialogue is top-notch too.

My only issue has been with the computer-generated voicing - capital ship voices are not read, so I keep missing those lines of dialogue, as I don't realize they've said anything until I hear Alpha's response and they've already scrolled off screen. Then there is the issue of all the ellipses (...) between words - the voice simulator thing reads those as "dot dot dot" and it kind of drives me nuts, because it's in every other line it seems. I guess these gripes will be moot soon, as it looks like voice acting is on its way - at which point I will happily replay this campaign again.

For now, I can't wait to see how it all plays out - I ended up totally losing track of time last night trying to see what happens next, and went to bed way later than I meant to. Oh well.

[Jeff Vader]

Personally, I find muteness and reading the dialogue to be far more enjoyable than listening to Nitro$oft Sam or equivalent. But suit yourself.

[MarsNeedsWomen]

Ditto

[ShadowGorrath]

Good thing I have Sam locked up in a cage, so my dialogues appear as text, instead of some computerised voice reading them.

By the way, is it just me, or is BP having a lot of errors on the newer builds? Like in the 'First Contact II' mission, the screen goes black and doesn't get back to normal. It works fine on 3.6.9, but not any other exe.

And on the last mission, the Brief01 music played all the time on the background... And I had a briefing from the first mission.

[General Battuta]

Uh-oh.

Mantis?

[highwayman]

Personally, I find muteness and reading the dialogue to be far more enjoyable than listening to Nitro$oft Sam or equivalent. But suit yourself.

Microsoft Sam has feelings too!

Also, I never learned to read good.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Um, highwayman, make MSS say "soif".

Blue Planet also makes use of retextured INFR1 Ancient ship models, such as the Kato, Malia and Akotiri. I find it quite surprising that the Vishnan Sacred (oops) Keeper is actually the INFR1 Ancients' Carrier-class warship.

[General Battuta]

Sacred Keeper!

The mission where you first see it was pretty majestic. Oh! That reminds me, something I love to do on that mission: you can give orders to all the Vishnan wings. So I order them all to form up on me as I'm approaching the Keeper, like they're welcoming me or something.

The swarm of little firefly drives is really pretty.

...come to think of it, Darius, if you ever release a designer's cut, you should FRED this to happen every time.