Author Topic: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius  (Read 419446 times)

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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
I think (though I'm not sure) that most, if not all of the new comm anis were from Supreme Commander.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

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15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
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18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

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11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
Wow. This is the first time I've played FS2 in about a year. This campaign had it all - an engaging story, very well-designed missions, and fitting music. It wasn't without its flaws but I'd say it was more impressive than Derelict, even with the voice acting. I'm also pleased to see that the cutcene sexps have advanced to a usable state too :)

 

Offline Commander Zane

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
Ok...how the HELL am I supposed to...
Spoiler:
Save the freaking what's-its-name ship from the damn Ravana?

 

Offline ShadowGorrath

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
Disarm it's front beam cannons with your Trebuchet missiles

 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
Ok...how the HELL am I supposed to...
Spoiler:
Save the freaking what's-its-name ship from the damn Ravana?
If this is the mission I think it is,
Spoiler:
break the forward beam cannons of both of the Ravanas, then do the same to the Liliths, then start blasting bombers/bombs. Easy.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

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15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []

 

Offline blowfish

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
Ok...how the HELL am I supposed to...
Spoiler:
Save the freaking what's-its-name ship from the damn Ravana?


If you're talking about "Forced Entry" then:

Spoiler:
When the Tempaire arrives, order all of your wingmen to protect it.  You keep heading back, behind the Tempaire on 'burners, as far as you can before the Ravana arrives.  When it does, fire Trebuchets at its main beams, though you probably have enough time to take them out manually if you are close enough when the Ravana arrives.  Then go for its secondary beam turrets.  The Tempaire's hull is low enough that these SReds can make a difference (but be mindful of the Basilisks on your tail).

 

Offline Commander Zane

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
Now why didn't I think of that...

 

Offline Commander Zane

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
I just finished the game...

Can't...resist...

MOAR!
MOAR!
MOAR!
MOAR!
MOAR!

plz? ;7

 

Offline BloodEagle

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
I finished playing last night, and I must say that it is an excellent campaign. Not as good as Sync or Deus ex Machina, but still a quality campaign. The best feature, in my opinion, was the cinematic use of cutscenes.

However, one major problem that I had was that getting the campaign to work properly was annoying. You should probably include a mod.ini file that links to the mediavps.

By the way,
Spoiler:
mission seven (I think it's seven) isn't fixed by the red-alert map package.

 

Offline Hellstryker

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
I finished playing last night, and I must say that it is an excellent campaign. Not as good as Sync or Deus ex Machina, but still a quality campaign. The best feature, in my opinion, was the cinematic use of cutscenes.

However, one major problem that I had was that getting the campaign to work properly was annoying. You should probably include a mod.ini file that links to the mediavps.

By the way,
Spoiler:
mission seven (I think it's seven) isn't fixed by the red-alert map package.

 :wtf:

 

Offline blowfish

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
For red alert crashes, I just extract all of the problem missions from the VP, remove the red-alert flag in TextEdit (I remove the entire $Flags: field if I have to), and play it that way.  It makes those missions a bit easier than they would normally be (you have full hull and full ammo), but its better than not getting to play because it crashes from the red-alert screen.

 

Offline ShadowGorrath

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
I have no problems with red-alerts. Probably because I use a new pilot for every new campaign.

On the other hand, when replaying the campaign I noticed that when the new aliens in the new system talk to you, the screen goes black and never goes back to normal. It only happened when I got the patches.

 

Offline Darius

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
Probably because I put old missions into the no red alert patch (the ones predating the fade-in fix).

Now I know why people document their fixes :nervous:

I know I haven't been very good in terms of tech support but bear with me, I'm working on putting together one final patch for people to download before I release the second part which hopefully addresses all of the problems encountered.

 

Offline ShadowGorrath

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
All will be forgiven when the final patch is released or some BP2 goodies.

 

Offline colecampbell666

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
I'd just like to say congrats, but words fail me. The art, the cutscenes, the story... :eek2: Wow.

I really don't want to criticise this campaign, 'cause it's so awesome but, the FREDding sucks in some of the missions.
Gettin' back to dodgin' lasers.

 
Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
Constructive criticism: Pointing out mistakes and providing suggestions so that they may be avoided in the future.

Care to elaborate, colecampbell?
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Offline blowfish

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
the FREDding sucks in some of the missions.

Really?  I found that almost all of the missions were very well done, not too easy, but not too hard.  To tell you the truth, I found the overall mission quality to be far superior to that of most user-made campaigns.

 

Offline Droid803

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
Some missions don't have "warp out" directives.
Others don't have debriefings if you fail or go AWOL.

But other than that, the mission design is pretty spectacular.
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Offline colecampbell666

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
In the mission where you get attacked by two Katos, if you destroy them, or jump out, nothing happens.

In the next mission after that, you are flying a Perseus, not a Pegasus.

If you don't destroy the Lucifer in the corresponding mission, the mission ends, but you get no debriefing and fail the mission.

I would like to point out: I'm not trying to criticize, THIS IS AN AWESOME CAMPAIGN!

EDIT: Also, in some missions (final one stood out), if a cap gets disabled or destroyed, it appears in the next mission.
« Last Edit: April 17, 2008, 07:57:17 pm by colecampbell666 »
Gettin' back to dodgin' lasers.

 

Offline blowfish

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Re: RELEASE - Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
In the next mission after that, you are flying a Perseus, not a Pegasus.

Odd ... it was a Pegasus for me.