[wingzero1]

oh do tell shadow 

[Commander Zane]

Damn, I've asked this before and I got help for it but I can't find the mod.ini that was posted in this thread that actually works.
The one on the first post doesn't work for me, FileFront won't let me download anything.

[Jeff Vader]

FileFront won't let me download anything.

y nut? Works just fine here.

Oh, fine...

[Commander Zane]

Thanks, but no, FileFront seems to make an exception of me, it says that it failed to find available download servers, 100% of the time, no matter how many times I refresh.

[Mobius]

All I need is to pick up the mission and remove the scramble status?

[blowfish]

Yeah...

[Mobius]

May I know why the scramble status removes all player weapons? I thought this kind of issues was limited to red-alert missions, only.

[blowfish]

May I know why the scramble status removes all player weapons? I thought this kind of issues was limited to red-alert missions, only.

Hard to say.  It shouldn't do this, but like I said earlier, it's probably a pilot file issue.

[Mobius]

That pilot issue occurs when you radically change a MOD with the Launcher?

That pilot switched from INFASA to FSO with MVPs...

[Stormkeeper]

That pilot issue occurs when you radically change a MOD with the Launcher?

That pilot switched from INFASA to FSO with MVPs...

Iirc, it happens if you switch pilots without finishing the campaign first.

[Mobius]

Pretty much the same thing...switching to and from INFASA implies major changes in data/missions and therefore an automatic campaign change, too...

[Mobius]

Ok, I now have enough time to post something...please don't take it as an offense or a strong critic...

Spoiler:

I didn't really like how AoA finished and, more in general, I didn't like the last part. The campaign was damn cool until the player reaches the Vishnans and becomes a Vishnan player. Briefings, messages, missions...everything about that part didn't really touch me. I wonder why, though - maybe that part should've been improved with image subtitles and more sounds or maybe the whole Vishnan thing doesn't work. It is said that the Vishnan are the Preservers - well, the Shivans also are Preservers. They're both Destroyers and Preservers, afterall they're two faces of the same medal.

The "worst" part arrived at the end, with the war between United Earth and the GTVA, which is a cliché of INF and, IMO, a very bad move under all points of view. We're now going to see another war, another rebellion...wow...at least I hope it will be well balanced and plausible.

Except for these few "hotspots" you did a commendable work, Darius. Great modding and very nice FREDding with cool stuff like sounds that makes the game experience unique.

[General Battuta]

Spoiler:

How many other released mod projects actually deal with an Earth/GTVA conflict? It's not all that many, and rarely is it done as well and as movingly as in Blue Planet. Why don't you see how War in Heaven plays out before labeling it cliche.

[blowfish]

Actually, I felt that the way the start of the war was set up in BP really set it apart from Inferno.  In INF it isn't really even explained

[General Battuta]

Yes, that. Plus -- and this is really important -- one of the main ongoing motifs in Blue Planet is the value of honor and the values of the GTVA. When they're lost in the parallel universe, Bei reminds Mina Taylor that they're carrying those values with them, and that it's those values which will get them home. Whenever Sam is in a tough spot he turns to that fundamental ethical code he's learned from the GTVA.

And then the ending throws it all topsy-turvy.

Blue Planet is totally unlike Inferno because it's a character-driven story. And the ending of Age of Aquarius was a really important moment for Sam, his father, and the warriors with them. Their sojourn into that other world showed them how valuable their convictions were -- and when they returned, they were no longer able to carry out their original mission, a mission that defied those convictions.

That's part of what makes Blue Planet so awesome: actual character arcs.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Spoiler:

In fact, the only mods that deal with an Earth-GTVA war are BP:AoA and INFR1.

Or at least as far as I know.

[General Battuta]

Blackwater Operations and Machina Terra, but they aren't out.

[Snail]

(Since no one else is using spoiler tags, figured I didn't need to either)

Spoylurs ahed

Spoiler:

The "worst" part arrived at the end, with the war between United Earth and the GTVA, which is a cliché of INF and, IMO, a very bad move under all points of view. We're now going to see another war, another rebellion...wow...at least I hope it will be well balanced and plausible.

[/mobius]

I don't see it, Mobius. It's not a cliché or clone of Inferno, and even just by watching the final few cutscenes of FS2, I guessed that any FS3-derivative type mod would absolutely have to include some kind of return to Sol, and probably with a war along with it. It's a given that there would have to be a return to Sol in any real continuation of the FS2 storyline.

Also, Inferno and BP are completely different mods. Inferno featured new ships and weapons rather than a really good storyline while BP is completely the opposite. PI also is completely different from Inferno, it ignored new ships almost entirely and went for mission design and gameplay. You could compare these campaigns but you have to take into account they weren't trying to achieve the same thing. They were aiming for different targets.


Besides, I doubt War in Heaven will be just a war against the GTVA/Sol. I'm sure something interesting will happen.

[Commander Zane]

The thing I like about PI is how the weapons on capital ships unleash pure hell at you instead of just spitting them out once every five seconds.

And I think War in Heaven will have some awesome twist in it too.

[terran_emperor]

How about it being revealed that Bosch is in fact the UEF supreme commander and that the UEF is allied with the Shivans?