EDIT- You might think 'OH NO, HE'S AT IT AGAIN!', but yes, I'm working on a patch. Look at this post-
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,52159.msg1109408.html#msg1109408 -to see what'll be included.
This upgrade is now released. Scroll down for the download link. Please comment on it and everything. I want feedback.
---Why did I do this upgrade?Many reasons. Main one- I want to experiment a little before I continue on my own mod. Second- I think Sol: A History was a very good campaign- second in position after Blue Planet, in my opinion, but it had bad looking bakgrounds. I think it deserves more, even though it was created when there weren't all those SCP graphical features.
---Original Progress:RELEASED
Replacing backgrounds - got a new Saturn. Didn't get a background image of Pluto though, so decided to leave it as it is. If you have a good image of Pluto, please share with me.
HUD - got permission from one mod to use it. Already in-game.
Command head ani's - got permission from one mod to use them. Already in.
New main-hall - new main-hall in-game. Decided to keep the Mediavp pre-load screen.
New explosions and shockwave - in-game
Edited/upgraded final mission - Done
HTL JCD Majesty - as requested, done and in-game. However I left the original Orion's shinemaps. Look on page 5 for a screenshot. Unfortunately, I think I "broke" the mipmaps... So if anyone has a problem with it, I'll have to remake it.
New Weapon effects - got from Earth Defense demo, thanks to Shiv. I think I finished replacing the missiles. Avenger and Prometheus replaced.
Replace Earth model with a background image - this will take a long time...
Fix Mercury placement - Done.
Return background divides - done
Add an asteroid field skybox to missions in the asteroid field - The bitmap and skybox are mixed in some missions. Others have only the bitmap.
New Thruster effects - from Earth Defense. White ones to suit the EA.
MediaVp subspace effects - forgot to mention these. Overwrite Inferno's ugly old subspace effect.
Write a readme with credits - necessary if I want to release it.
Archive - not a VP cause, well, easier to patch errors, and I couldn't handle any VP makers. Done though.
Find a good hosting site - freespacemods.net
---Things I would like to do/upgrade but probably won't:Nameplates,
Improve EA ship textures,
Normal maps, shinemaps for EA ships,
Better looking Valkyrie and HTL support ship ( this one is possible, but would be a seperate download )
New Pluto ( wait for 2015 ),
Voice acting ( impossible, and even more impossible for me alone to do it ).
Why I wrote this list? No idea. Maybe I'd get help on this one and then could make it?
---Questions/Suggestions?What else you'd like to be upgraded/improved in Sol: A History? What do you want to know more about it?
---My questions:I might start making a patch, but have no idea what else needs to be done. If you want something else, I might put it in via patch. But no promises. Now I just wanna relax and start making a Shivan campaign.
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2008-03-17 RELEASEGET IT WHILE IT'S HOT!
http://www.freespacemods.net/download.php?view.108THANKS TO BLUE PLANET, EARTH DEFENCE, INFERNO: ALLIANCE, TERRAN-VASUDAN WAR PROJECT AND OTHERS WHO ALLOWED THEIR STUFF TO BE INCLUDED HERE !P.S. I need someone to tell if they have any problems with the Majesty.