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Offline Goober5000

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RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition


In the year 2400, contact with Sol was established, but with dire consequences: a war between the Earth Alliance and the GTVA. A year has passed and both sides have suffered heavy losses. With reports of black ships appearing in the Ross 128 system, the greatest fear of the GTVA has been realized: the Shivans have returned once again.

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Sound Editor/Designer:
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Voice Talent:
  • Admiral Nelson - EAD Devout
  • Amy O'Grady - SOSD Olemus, Wingman 2 (Ice Queen), Wingman 7 (Female Vasudan)
  • Andros Urbana - GTCa Independence
  • Caiaphas - Admiral Dren (SOC Command)
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  • Cobra - GVD Hathor, Lieutenant Higgins, Wingman 1 (Ace)
  • Colonol Dekker - Briefing Officer
  • Mauri "Darkblade" Majanoja - SOD Orpheus
  • Dilmah G - EAC Praetorian, Sol Gate
  • Eamonn Riley - Admiral Falon (EASD Nemesis)
  • Eleven Labs - GTD Aquitaine
  • Fusionblaster - Wingman 3 (Rookie)
  • HulkyKrow - GTD Ramanaya, Wingman 5 (Sidekick)
  • Kehra - EACv Iasius
  • Logomancer - GVD Khedess, GTT Mylae, EAI Verdun
  • Mobius - GTCv Mako
  • Nicolle Zambrano - GTCv Carolina, GTCv Keyes, GTD Reyes, GTC Yukon
  • Nyctaeus - GTCv Punishment
  • RedMageJoe - Wingman 4 (Hotshot), Wingman 6 (Male Vasudan)
  • Renegade Paladin - Allied Command, Untranslated Vasudan
  • Sparda - EAD Arethusa
  • Tim Valencia (The Kunked Slump) - Admiral Ramsey (Command Briefing Officer)
  • Vindicare Assassin - GTT Azure, Lambda 1, EAC Redavi, GTT Renegade

Original release threads: Inferno board | FreeSpace Modding board
Previous rerelease thread: Inferno board
Release news: ModDB



Twenty years ago today, on July 16, 2003, Inferno was released.  To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the entire Release 1 campaign has been voice acted.  The voice acting features many actors and actresses who have contributed roles to previous mods, and it is also the first major release to include Vasudan voice processing by Gamma39er!  Gamma39er did an incredible job to exactly reproduce the sound effects used for both the untranslated and translated Vasudan speech.  Pay attention to the Vasudan characters in the campaign; they sound just like the ones from Volition.

A few other bugs have been fixed since the last rerelease in 2017, mainly mission event sequence breaks in uncommon situations, a few debriefing bugs, as well as a few model bugs.

Both the FSO Installer and Knossos have been updated.  If you prefer to install it manually, download it here and here.
« Last Edit: October 09, 2023, 03:36:52 pm by Goober5000 »

 

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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
Thank you for delivering this. It really does some justice to the legacy of INF in the world of FreeSpace modding.  :yes:
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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
Thanks thanks THANKS! I have been hoping for this for....    well...    decades.
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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
Two decades, at most.  :P
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Offline Admiral Nelson

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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
It is really great to see this! Voice really does make such a difference.
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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
Superb! I had been meaning to give Inferno another whirl, looks like Noe’s the time 😎
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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
Can't wait to find time to download it and give it a playthrough.
« Last Edit: July 17, 2023, 06:57:07 am by Colonol Dekker »
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
It was an absolute privilege to be a part of this momentous occasion. Here's to another two decades!

 

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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
WHAT?! This is awesome! (Hell of a birthday present, too. :D) Reading about Inferno was what got me to try fiddling around with FSO all those years ago. Thanks to everyone involved with creating and updating an all-time classic.

 

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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
This was one of the first mods (campaigns outside of FS canon) that I played.  It's been fun so far.  Thanks for the excellent work!

 

Offline Col. Fishguts

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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the entire Release 1 campaign has been voice acted.

This is awesome, great work!

Twenty years ago today, on July 16, 2003, Inferno was released. 

This makes me feel old.
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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the entire Release 1 campaign has been voice acted.

This is awesome, great work!

Twenty years ago today, on July 16, 2003, Inferno was released. 

This makes me feel old.

Did you first find the mod on Fileplanet? :D
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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
I remember the old mods....

I remember freespace.actionplanet and the gamespy site.
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
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Offline Col. Fishguts

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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
I was reading VBB and VWBB back in those days, I think I found Inferno and TBP via VWBB. Weren't most MODs hosted on 3dactionplanet(or similar) back then?
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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
Yep :) 

Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
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I really want to kick some great frolicking llamas up the ass now.

Cheers to 20 years of Inferno! :D
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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
Before a hyperintelligent shade of blue....before derelict.  Before Squadwar died.....MsN and ICQ were still going, winamp was king and flash was owned by macromedia 🤣
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
Does anyone have any advice on how to beat "Intangible Factors"?  That's the mission where you try to defend the Vasudan heavy carrier from boatloads and boatloads of bombers.  It's technically possible, but I only got past the mission with the carrier having only 1% health left.  I was doing this on "very easy" too.

Is there an ideal strategy for this mission?

I've heard people say "Nemesis" was the hardest mission from Inferno Classic, but I have to disagree.  "Nemesis" wasn't easy but IMO was noticeably easier.  It was challenging and you had to constantly remain aware of what was going on around you and constantly remain on the move but to me never felt frustrating or overwhelming.



If Inferno Classic ever gets another update, I would suggest a slight balance tweak to "Intangible Factors":  A simple thing to do would be just give your carrier a health boost.  Instead of starting the mission with 50%, perhaps have it start with 70%.


 

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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
Never an icanus around when you need one.
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: RELEASE: Inferno 20th Anniversary Edition
Does anyone have any advice on how to beat "Intangible Factors"?

It's a very difficult mission, and it was difficult back in 2003 too.  (In fact, if early threads are accurate, this mission was actually toned down from its pre-release version.)

What I've found helps is to use your wingmen.  A lot.