[Grizzly]

When playing trough ST:R, I noticed that on a few missions, there was a flashing red blip on the radar, which seemed to had no purpose at all. I tried investigating this blip, and failed.

I feel like being watched.

[Locutus of Borg]

I only noticed this in the Last Hurrah but decided not to look because it had me flying on a course facing the star

lol

[Goober5000]

It's for the event music.

[Locutus of Borg]

O I C

[Snail]

It's for the event music.

Is there a reason why there isn't a SEXP which allows us to trigger the music manually?


(and I understand it wouldn't be used in FSPort cuz it has to be retail compatible, but still)

[ShadowGorrath]

Is it just me, or would keeping retail compatability hold out on some possible features that STR could have had?

[Goober5000]

Certain things would have been easier, like the Sneak attack in "Blood of the Innocents".  And I ran out of sexps two-thirds of the way through FREDding "He Who Rides the Tiger", so I had to go over the events with a fine-toothed comb to squeeze every last node I could out of them.  (Take a look at all the send-message-list conversations in that mission.)

But ST:R does has a bunch of FSO features; they're just not activated in retail due to judicious version-specific commenting.  The custom main halls, custom debriefing personas, cruiser nameplates, ai profile, FS1 music tracks, and FS1 hud are all FSO features.

[Stormkeeper]

It's for the event music.

Heh. It may be for the event music, but it sure as hell has a big psychological effect.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Certain things would have been easier, like the Sneak attack in "Blood of the Innocents".  And I ran out of sexps two-thirds of the way through FREDding "He Who Rides the Tiger", so [...]

You ran out of SEXPs!? Is that possible?

[Galemp]

Heh. It may be for the event music, but it sure as hell has a big psychological effect.

You know I hadn't actually ever considered that... but you're right.

[Locutus of Borg]

ST:R had a custom main hall?

[Galemp]

New music means you need another main hall.

[Locutus of Borg]

But ST:R does has a bunch of FSO features; they're just not activated in retail due to judicious version-specific commenting.  The custom main halls, custom debriefing personas, cruiser nameplates, ai profile, FS1 music tracks, and FS1 hud are all FSO features.

[Goober5000]

You ran out of SEXPs!? Is that possible?

Yes, retail FS2 has a sexp limit.

[tinfoil]

I didn't get the fso features. How do you activate them?
 

[blowfish]

I didn't get the fso features. How do you activate them?

They should be activated just by using FSO...

Yes, retail FS2 has a sexp limit.

Code: [Select]

;;FSO 3.6.0;;$Formula: ( when
;;FSO 3.6.0;;   ( true )
;;FSO 3.6.0;;   ( do-something )
;;FSO 3.6.0;;)
;;FSO 3.6.0;;+Name: Some Event
;;FSO 3.6.0;;+Repeat Count: 1
;;FSO 3.6.0;;+Interval: 1
Or something like that ... such SEXPs would be ignored by retail, and as such would not count toward that SEXP limit.
+Team: 0

[Goober5000]

Yes, retail FS2 has a sexp limit.

Code: [Select]

;;FSO 3.6.0;;$Formula: ( when
;;FSO 3.6.0;;   ( true )
;;FSO 3.6.0;;   ( do-something )
;;FSO 3.6.0;;)
;;FSO 3.6.0;;+Name: Some Event
;;FSO 3.6.0;;+Repeat Count: 1
;;FSO 3.6.0;;+Interval: 1
Or something like that ... such SEXPs would be ignored by retail, and as such would not count toward that SEXP limit.
+Team: 0

You misunderstand.  I ran out of sexps in "He Who Rides the Tiger" when I was using verbose events.  With judicious optimization I got it down below the retail sexp limit.

[eliex]

About the flashing blip: I thought that it was an egg about secret GTI rebels observing important operations the player happened to participate in and how they affected GTI Operations.

[Galemp]

About the flashing blip: I thought that it was an egg about secret GTI rebels observing important operations the player happened to participate in and how they affected GTI Operations.

It is. That has always been the intention. You are correct. It was always our objective to have that blip visible. We have always been at war with Eurasia.

[Stormkeeper]

Rofl.