[Ace]

A scene from the first level, showing off the capabilities of FS Open.


This shot is of the Charon, an older shot without any HT&L ships. You'll see those when we're ready to show them, no sooner

[Taristin]

Mm.

[StratComm]

As much as I never expected to say it, that new Aeolus is a thing of beauty

Nice screens, though I have to say they are particularly non-teasing as we've seen everything there before.  'Cept the backgrounds, of course.

[Cooked Salmon]

Mallory: Alpha 1, requesting deactivation of the deflector shield!

Impressive shots.  That new Aeolus is a beauty.  I was wondering, are the backgrounds you used for the Charon area in BWO somewhat similar to the backgrounds used in the second last mission of FS1 (which takes place in the same area)?

[Ace]

FS1 didn't maintain consistency in any of its backgrounds, but we've kept coloration similar to FS2's in game and cutscene backgrounds.

[MatthewPapa]

would the designers deign to give us an updated estimated time of completion

please dont hurt me

*runs*

[Mad Bomber]

Considering that Derelict and Warzone are also included in the count as of BWO, the count of Aeoluses reaches to almost _three_ dozen (at least half a dozen of which were non-GTVA in Derelict).

From this I surmise the crew just said "bah, Fenris sucks; let's just say they made another production run or two, and use the Aeolus as much as we want."

So IMO the tech entry oughta be updated, to say something like "Though the original order to build Aeolus cruisers only called for two dozen, the high levels of attrition in the NTF war and the Second Shivan Incursion forced the GTVA to build more in order to replace their aging Fenris and Leviathan cruisers." Summin like that.

(Or you could use that sentence verbatim if you want.)

[Ace]

Actually yes, there was a second run.

Counting all of the ones we know were in FS2 (all of which could be potentially destroyed), Warzone, and Derelict there would be about two Aeoluses left.

Several FS2 Aeoluses (and other ships) as well as ones from Warzone and Derelict are in the campaign.

However, there was a demand for the ship so a new variant was constructed in the five or so years since Warzone. (older surviving ships have also been refitted)

Slightly more powerful beams, longer range flak, etc.

There have been a few GTVA experiments in cruisers using meson cannons... nothing came out of them.

Also I don't see what's so unrealistic about a second run of the Aeolus. There's a precedent for it in FS, the Leviathan being a modified Fenris hull for the V-T war.

As opposed to declaring a second ship class though, these are just rearmed Aeoluses.

[Ace]

Is it the "Fenris Advanced" or "Orion Advanced?" No.

We are debating doing a re-release of the demo before the final campaign with updated mods.

The current demo was designed to be used with retail FS2, not FSO. Unfortunately it appears that some of the FSO changes have made the demo no longer compatable.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by High Max
There are no planet backgrounds in FS1.

Wrong.

Proof:

[IceFire]

There were planets in FS1 in the early stages of the game.  Not sure how to explain that shot...could be FS2...

Backgrounds in BWO are consistent with each other and somewhat consistent with what they were doing in FS2.  As much as possible.  Just a heck of cooler.

RE: Aeolous - Most of us campaign designers just agreed that there were more built later so we toss them in all over the place.  Its nice to have a good cruiser in there that isn't a Fenris or Leviathan.  Those have been done to death

[Taristin]

Originally posted by IceFire
There were planets in FS1 in the early stages of the game.  Not sure how to explain that shot...could be FS2...

It's not. It's FS1 P3 OEM.

[StratComm]

No better proof than that as to why the FS1 source no longer exists.  Background bitmaps are a FS2 feature that aren't present in most FS1 builds.

[IceFire]

Originally posted by Raa


It's not. It's FS1 P3 OEM.

AHH YES!  I totally forgot about this version.  You are correct.

[Lt.Cannonfodder]

As I said before, the most stunning thing I see on the new shots is the starfield. Really, really nice

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by Ace
The current demo was designed to be used with retail FS2, not FSO. Unfortunately it appears that some of the FSO changes have made the demo no longer compatable.

What changes?  Everything in retail should be compatible with FSO.

It's entirely possible you have bad table files, however.

[BlackDove]

The demo works for me in FSO.

The problem is that the demo itself is a little out dated.

[IceFire]

In order words...the demo can be more purty

[Ace]

I think it's a given that we'll do a re-release of the demo with the finalized BWO mods.

[BlackDove]

We'll have to really, it's part of the story.