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Offline CT27

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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
Or... maybe, just maybe...

wait for it

Two reasons. The first is that I've seen the Colossus kill the Repulse before Koth's monologue even finishes in normal gameplay, even in a single shot. That might have changed due to the new model, but still. Second, perhaps the Colossus doesn't fire on the Repulse because they're trying to get Koth to surrender, or they hope someone in Koth's crew will see reason. You know, "Don't do it, Koth! You're sacrificing ten thousand lives for nothing!"

But what do any of us know, really.


In the FS2 Blue version (for me at least), between "Koth out!" and the Repulse actually hitting the Colossus there was about a minute of time.  That should have been enough for the Colossus to turn so it could fire at least one beam cannon.

 

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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
* Cobra facepalms

I say I've seen the Repulse die in a single shot, you repeat that the Colossus could turn and fire at least once. Unlike you, I can read and understood your post perfectly.
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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
In the retail version I saw the Colossus got off shots and didn't destroy the Repulse so we saw different things okay?  No need to be hostile.


How about having the Colossus jump in a little closer to the Repulse if Colossus won't get shots off (to reduce the dead air time between Colossus CO ordering evacuation and the Repulse actually hitting it)?
« Last Edit: December 06, 2016, 11:09:58 pm by CT27 »

 

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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
I had a slightly confusing issue with "Bearbaiting". 

After completing the mission successfully (all four Sathanas primary turrets destroyed, front flak turret destroyed, Beleth destroyed and the Vasudan corvette survived) I got failure music in the debriefing even though the debriefing text looked good.


 

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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
Cobra, your problem with the mission is very easy to correct: Simply lock up the Colossus's weapons (or at least beams) until the communication is over.

But turning the Colossus to an angle where it can reliably shoot beams at the Repulse wouldn't contradict that. It's a wise precaution to get into firing position just in case the negotiation for the surrender fails.
« Last Edit: December 07, 2016, 02:15:29 am by -Norbert- »

 
Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
AFAIK the Collie should fire on the repulse with all 6 BGreens, that's why it was positioned that way in retail. 3 BGreens isn't enough to OHK an Orion. Though you could always just use armor.tbl to make that happen.
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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
Re turning the Colossus - what would be the damage from a broadside impact vs. a head-on collision? I can see the CO of the Colossus not willing to risk a full-on impact on the 'body' of the ship, preferring the relatively isolated and more easily evacuated 'head' to take the brunt of the impact.

From Retail I do seem to remember the Colossus usually destroyed the Repulse before impact - and there usually was beam-hull clipping involved, if memory serves me right... Just my 2c.

 

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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
I'll figure out a way to make the Colossus kill the Repulse.

 

Offline Lorric

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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
Personally I'd prefer it if it didn't kill the Repulse. It's nice aesthetically if it opens fire on it, but I love how the Colossus just tanks the hit with little more than scratched paintwork. And it also shows you that Koth's action truly was futile, and shows just how strong the Colossus is, which helps establish just how strong the Sathanas is later on.

Honestly the Colossus tanking that hit is one of the most memorable moments in all of Freespace for me.
« Last Edit: December 08, 2016, 02:32:38 pm by Lorric »

 

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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
The thing is I think the Repulse ramming the Colossus was a symbolic story element, showing how futile resistance from the NTF had become.
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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
Nah, given that both could happen in retail (afaik) I'll go with the one that doesn't make the Colossus look stupid. Jumping in to spring a trap and then having no weapons to bear is comically dumb.

Futility is announcing a ram and not even making contact.

 

Offline Lorric

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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
In that case I guess the next best thing would be for the Colossus to open up with as many beams as possible after the dialogue is finished and obliterate the Repulse.

 

Offline CT27

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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
Or how about have the Colossus turn slightly so it can get maybe one beam off...however have the Repulse stop losing health at a certain amount (until it hits the Colossus).

 

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Is there a non-bundle version?
Not yet.
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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
No plans for it from the team.

 
Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
So, this is a massive bump. Hopefully that's okay.

Just played through FSBlue. Thoughts:

Slaying Ravana is much better now, yeah. Kinda short, as has been mentioned.

The Morningstar is a lot of fun. To be honest, it's now one of the better weapons in the game IMO, because you can engage ships at extreme long range (for primaries) and easily score hits even on maneuverable ships. I don't think I like the green projectile, though, since the trail and shockwave are blue. It looked like it was one of the effects from FS1, maybe even from retail? It'd look a lot better with a blue or white projectile. Maybe the Balor laser, or even the Maxim bullet? Although granted, it would end up looking pretty similar to the Akheton. I don't think that's a bad thing, though, since the Akheton looks really nice and it doesn't get used too often.

The Mjolnirs in King's Gambit miss really really badly, yeah. Was able to take out the Uhuru after many many tries, by taking an Ursa with all Akhetons and two banks of Stilettos, and disabling it. Even then, it was a close thing.

I wasn't able to take out either Moloch in the nebula, from what I recall. I think on one run of Proving Grounds, the Aquitaine did fire on it, and might have destroyed it, but I failed that time because the Aquitaine was destroyed -- I was too focused on staying close to the corvette. But all the other times, the Aquitaine just didn't use its beams at all, except like one volley right after it jumped in. I would have used TaGs, but I think they weren't available in that mission...

 
Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
Freespace Blue is definitely imperfect. I like that you made Slaying Ravana less frustrating, but now it's the complete opposite: a cakewalk. Also, King's Gambit keeps crashing for me every time the Uhuru jumps in. Every time. This mission is unplayable for me.

 

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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
Freespace Blue is definitely imperfect. I like that you made Slaying Ravana less frustrating, but now it's the complete opposite: a cakewalk. Also, King's Gambit keeps crashing for me every time the Uhuru jumps in. Every time. This mission is unplayable for me.

We have debug builds for those things. Run the latest debug build and see if an error comes up.
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Re: FreeSpace Blue: FreeSpace 2 as it should've been.
Nope nothing. The debug build crashes exactly the same with no error message.