[Vidmaster]

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-battlestar-galactica/101198

Well...   it looks kinda like a space sim. Which could be pretty bad. Let the discussion begin.

[SpardaSon21]

BSG Online?  Online as in MMO?

This isn't just bad; this is a ****ing disaster for BSG fans.

[The E]

Of all the great SF franchises out there, I would have thought BSG to be totally unsuitable for MMOification.

[Dragon]

I just hope that nobody in it's developement team would see Diaspora as a potential threat and shut down the project.

[newman]

We already know about this. It shouldn't be a problem. The game will be a unity engine based mmo and I'm willing to bet the gameplay won't resemble that of fs2. I wouldn't panic.

[tikey]

Nice animation, but I bet the game won't look anything like that.

[-Norbert-]

BSG isn't really a good setting for an MMO. I mean there are only a few dozen fighters on Galactica (if even that). Now imagine hundereds of players wanting to play Colonials.
If they really wanna do an MMO they should put it during the first Cylon war or into a alternate timelike, were the Cylons didn't hack the defense mainframe.

[jdjtcagle]

How pretty can a browser game get?

That can't be in game footage, can it?

[Mile5]

How pretty can a browser game get?

That can't be in game footage, can it?

Yes it can, aeria games has already done something similar with space pirates. Check it out if you must, but don't expect anything good from them.
Anyways, looking at what they (aeria) can do in a browser, I guess any serious developer can do better.

[FraktuRe]

Unity is a full 3d engine that can run in your browser. It can be as powerful and pretty as they want to make it. Shame unity is a piece of **** to work with

[David cgc]

How pretty can a browser game get?

That can't be in game footage, can it?

That's so prerendered. Probably the show models, though not animated by people who actually worked on the show.

[FraktuRe]

It's not even close to being the show models. It might be pre-rendered, but it could very likely be in game models, they weren't high poly at all.

You can see a few 'mystery' ships flying around, the easiest to spot is at the 1min mark. They're obviously not sticking to cannon stuff, I just hope they avoid the story of BSG.

I've always wanted to do a game where the colonials were prepared for the cylon attack and the virus didn't work, be all out war.

[newman]

I've always wanted to do a game where the colonials were prepared for the cylon attack and the virus didn't work, be all out war.

I've actually been toying with an alternate timeline idea myself as a basis for a campaign. The idea being to get an excuse to see all that awesome colonial hardware actually used for what it was designed for, as opposed to just being shut down and blown up. Alternate timelines/time travel may not be the most bsg-ish thing out there but as a plot for a campaign I suspect it would work beautifully. I'll see if I can talk Kara into it once we get close to having enough assets to pull it off

[David cgc]

It's not even close to being the show models. It might be pre-rendered, but it could very likely be in game models, they weren't high poly at all.

Sorry, don't know what I was thinking there. When I watched it, I actually pegged it as the low-poly versions from the show, used mostly for pre-vis. The giveaway was the shot of the flight pod when the Vipers were launching, where the pod had this peculiar fat look from how shallow the ribbing was, and some views of the baseship. While the video itself has been lost to time, you can get a glimpse of them here.

[dragonsniper]

Unity is a full 3d engine that can run in your browser. It can be as powerful and pretty as they want to make it. Shame unity is a piece of **** to work with

Interstellar Marines is a perfect example of a game that can run in your browser... and I agree that it is a shame that Unity is so freaking hard to use.

As for the online aspect of BSG (being a bsg fan myself) it's just stupid.

We already know about this. It shouldn't be a problem. The game will be a unity engine based mmo and I'm willing to bet the gameplay won't resemble that of fs2. I wouldn't panic.

I agree.

[Unknown Target]

I'm pretty sure Diaspora won't get a C&D folks, don't worry.

[FreespacePilot2010]

I think its just going to be a 2d turn based strategy game. Not real time or 3d. The same company making this has a Terminator 2d browser game. So its safe to say that its going to be a disappointment. Much like the arcade style shooter that came out a couple of years ago. However Diaspora will still kick ass!!

Though if it is 3D it will still be probably just an online version of the arcade shooter.

I'm pretty sure Diaspora won't get a C&D folks, don't worry.

It will if that IPAndrew guy gets his way. By the way I thought he was banned? Why is there a new post up by him threatening to get Diaspora a cease and desist letter?

[Bilal18]

Why is that guy IPAndrews so keen to post such a malicous topic? What a terrible thing to do, honestly, some people!

[Jeff Vader]

Why is that guy IPAndrews so keen to post such a malicous topic? What a terrible thing to do, honestly, some people!

He did a lot of work on TBP.
Eventually he decided that TBP was final; there would be no more changes, no more patches, no more nothing.
FSO evolved. (I think) there were issues with multiplayer on TBP due to code changes.
Newer versions of FSO also picked up considerable amount of warnings due to the fact that a lot of models and other assets were on the "it'll work, probably" stage. Of course they'd work on the exact setup that was downloadable from the release thread, but if a player had problems and he was asked for an fs2_opn.log, he'd be going through hell while clicking "No" on hundreds of warning messages.
The SCP asked that TBP be updated a bit. IPAndrews said no.
Some people involved with TBP at the time were willing to make those changes to TBP. IPAndrews said no.
There was a lot of fighting. IPAndrews' biggest argument was that he had always been making a game for fans as a fan. And that was strange, since at one point he withdrew the permission to use anything (partially) made by him ever again.
Since some people still went ahead and created Zathras, IPAndrews viewed this as "theft" and has been angry ever since.

And probably because TBP reached a "final" stage, he's more than happy to come around and troll away at projects that are still under construction.

If I missed some key details or got something wrong, feel free to correct.

[The E]

To be more precise, he trolls Diaspora because it's lead by Karajorma, whom he sees as the Admin responsible for this alleged "theft".