[Devrous]

I've been developing a Halo mod for FS2 for the last few years, mostly as a hobby. Please check out my work over at halo.bungie.org and support Freespace 2 mods!

Links to hosted News about FS2H
http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=18167
http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=18213
http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=18276

NEW 4-11-07
http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=792764

[Dark Hunter]

I must say: wow. This is incredible work, from what I've seen from your posts. I'm really looking forward to playing this one!

Heh, Spartan_214 is gonna love this... 

[Admiral Nelson]

Yes, its very impressive for a one man show.... 

I just noticed:

Currently I have 62 ships modeled, textured, flying and shooting at one another. The models pale in comparison to, let’s say, Infinityloop’s Pillar of Autumn. Freespace 2, being an older game, can’t handle but a few thousand polygons per ship. The level of detail is less than modern games. But the point of the game is to have fun, not just ogle a great looking model, right?

62 ships?? *boggle*

[Unknown Target]

Looks interesting Although I might add that Freespace 2 can handle many, many polygons, even up in the hundreds of thousands if you use detail boxes.

[Getter Robo G]

I would register there, but the forum format looks horribly outdated (thread trees went out in the 90's didn't they?) 

Seems he know about Open now, hopefully some of the lower poly models will get reworked to take advantage of the upgraded limits.

[Turambar]

silly people saying FS2 is old and outdated.

first the HW2 mod uses it to insult BTRL, now this guy thinks hes working with a 9 year old piece of engine when its really the SCP

[Mobius]

Ehm...you converted all by yourself Halo?

Create a custom title for Devrous.

You don't even take count of your noob kills. Why you impede me from reaching 50?

[jr2]

Hmm, I've wondered if someone was going to do this... I'll have to check this out.   

[Devrous]

Wow...nice to see the responses. 

I stumbled onto SCP the day of my first post...I've been in the Freespace "Dark Ages" apparently. These models are gonna start rocking out with some detail now that I've got some polygon room. Even so, I had always planned on the models that you see in those posts to be in the second LOD. Haven't put my higher-poly models in yet due to my computer's limitations. That is, I'm using a Compaq Presario 7000 from 2001 with 256MB RAM, 1.7 GHz processor and a GeForce 5200FX. Needless to say, my frame rate drops like a fat kid in dodgeball every time I look at a high poly model or high res nebula, let alone an entire fleet battle!!!

As far as FS2 being "old and out-dated," I've never and will never say that; Freespace 2 has withstood the test of time, and is IMO the truest game in the entire genre. VIVA FS2!!!

BTW, it's 63 ships now. 

I did this project single-handedly for several reasons, the first being that I knew no one (locally) who did this kind of work. Secondly, I love a challenge. It took me four years to find free versions of programs, learn how to use them with no tutorials or help files, figure out what worked and what didn't in the TBL file manipulation, and teach myself how to model. Since I started there has been a wealth of Freespace modding information right under my nose, but until recently all I had was dial-up and a slow computer, so endlessly browsing the internet to find said info wasn't even a thought. In the last 6 months I've downloaded and read every bit of info I could from this website and about a dozen others. If I can get a handle on how to use this new info, this mod will go from "neat idea" to "freaking awesome."

All in all I'd appreciate any advice you guys have. This year has been difficult for me. I'm in college trying to graduate, I work a full-time job, my friends back home keep trying to get me to play World of Warcraft, and I have a girlfriend. And on top of all that I'm still trying to crank this mod out. It's become my obsession, so rest assured more work will soon come to light on this.

Once again, thanks for the response and the welcome. I look forward to your future comments 

-Devrous

[Admiral Nelson]

We look forward to future screenshots....

[Goober5000]

Keyes Loop!  I want to fly the Keyes Loop!

Seriously, this is excellent work, especially for a one-man show.  Keep it up.

[takashi]

i want to fly a bomber at destroy the halo!

now all we need is an invader zim mod and all the good ideas will be taken....

[jr2]

Bombers can't destroy Halo; Halo is an artificial planet.  What destroyed halo was the POA's four reactors going supercritical; a "wildcat" destabilization (think the Lucy's five reactors going supercritical).

[Black Wolf]

You don't even take count of your noob kills.

Wait... you do count?

[takashi]

think of non-canon junk for the sake of enjoyable gameplay.

[jr2]

A planet-killing bomber I can see.  But no, it's not canon... I thought you were being serious. 

[BS403]

You don't even take count of your noob kills.

Wait... you do count?

look in his sig

[Dark Hunter]

A planet-killing bomber I can see.  But no, it's not canon... I thought you were being serious. 

What about those Nova bombs? Could a bomber carry them? If so, then a planet-killer is indeed canon.

[Getter Robo G]

Jr2 just go with it, 99% of the time it's not worth responding... 

[Turambar]

think of non-canon junk for the sake of enjoyable gameplay.

rule of thumb

never listen to takashi