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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
Could someone plz explain what HTL stands for?  I get that HTL=better models, but I'm curious about the acronym.

Will there be many acronyms in BWO?  What's your favorite new capital ship, and can you show us a pic?
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Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above, would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky!

 

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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
hardware texture & lighting

 

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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
Could someone plz explain what HTL stands for?  I get that HTL=better models, but I'm curious about the acronym.

Will there be many acronyms in BWO?  What's your favorite new capital ship, and can you show us a pic?
HT&L stands for hardware transform and lighting as Snail has pointed out.  In the community HT&L upgrades to the source code project made FreeSpace ship models jump from 200-500 polys to thousands of polys without a significant decrease in performance.  Most of our original work was done assuming the basic FreeSpace 2 engine from years ago.  We're trying to catch up but its hard without additional help.

Acronyms for what?

You've already seen the Golgotha.
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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
lol that was a joke because I couldn't think of a serious question about BWO specifically, since this was the BWO questions thread.  So your favorite new ship is the Golgotha, then?

Will there be any rebellion?  Any new alien races?
Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above, would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky!

 

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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
There's a Zod rebellion

 

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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
Is there a color scheme for the Sol Coalition ships?

 

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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
They have a gray/green thing going on.  Kind of a muted green...not really olive just muted.
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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
You also said that the Sol Coaliton would use some old ships like Leviathans. Will they be uniform to the Sol Military fleet?

 

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Will the Leviathans be kind of a muted green...not really olive just muted?
Gettin' back to dodgin' lasers.

 

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Will BWO be out before Spore?
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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
Will it be out before Quake Arena?

 

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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
It will be out before Duke Nukem Forever.
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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
You also said that the Sol Coaliton would use some old ships like Leviathans. Will they be uniform to the Sol Military fleet?
Will the Leviathans be kind of a muted green...not really olive just muted?

Please?

 
Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
*I'm wondering if the staff of BWO have ever honestly contemplated cancelling BWO? (BWO has been considered a 'dead campaign' on more then one occassion)





note: - this is not intended as an insult or question about release date; its just a simple question.

 

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Ace was always on point, so it was always in development in some form or other. I doubt cancelling it ever came into the lexicon, the point was always what needs to be done to call the thing complete.

And with time, standards grew, SCP wise, etc.

 

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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
All that really needs to be done for BWO is upgrading the mods and voice acting, which is why we've been making requests for UV mappers and modelers.

People like Bobboau have made some nice HTL meshes that just need the maps applied to them, and conversion.
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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
Oh thanks for mentioning my existence :rolleyes:
Yeah, I know you were waiting for a very nice sig, in which I was quoting some very famous scientist or philosopher... guess what?!? I wont indulge you...

Why, you ask? What, do I look like a Shivan to you?!?


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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
Well he kind of did, he said "People like bobboau". That's you.

Sure as **** ain't me.

 

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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
*I'm wondering if the staff of BWO have ever honestly contemplated cancelling BWO? (BWO has been considered a 'dead campaign' on more then one occassion)
note: - this is not intended as an insult or question about release date; its just a simple question.
Only a very specific few people have ever considered BWO dead as a project.  On occasion I've considered just giving up but there's so much time invested into it and allot of fantastic work.  I would feel that we should release what we had if that were ever to happen and then I say to myself that its better that we finish it.  Most of the other campaigns that started at the same time with similar goals are still being developed so I think we're ok still :)

As long as there are people involved in it.  We still need more involvement if people are interested and have the talent required to help but that last point is so very crucial.
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Re: Things you want to know about BWO but were afraid to ask
Hmm. Kinda brings me to my next question : -

Have you ever considered handing the project over to someone else who would be able to finish it quicker?