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Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Stunaep on September 23, 2002, 02:00:16 pm: so, it looks like that most people here focus on moding the game, but there is a Magnificent, Superbus, Ultra Power Voice Acted, Uber-Well played Single player component included, which is, surprise, surprise, named the Main Freespace 2 Campaign.

So my question is, when did you last play FS2 Main campaign, and heard the wonderful voice acting of Robert Loggia, and the Disco guy, who played the part of our wonderfully stupid, Allied Command.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: CP5670 on September 23, 2002, 02:04:37 pm: Finished the campaign for the 40th something time just yesterday. :D

Although I tend to spend more time these days just testing/debugging my own missions.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Stunaep on September 23, 2002, 02:09:36 pm: Only fourty?

When I got my non-pirated copy of FS2 (only ripped game I've considered good enough to buy the original), I played through it 5 times in a row.
Title: The admins are comming! Run!
Post by: diamondgeezer on September 23, 2002, 02:14:20 pm: Trouble is, you cannae play the main campaign if you're screwing with the tbls cos it gets upset. And don't anybody tell me to do a double install of FS2, cos I won't.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Stunaep on September 23, 2002, 02:17:12 pm: you can always rename the data folder. Making a .bat to do that, is easy enough.
Title: Re: The admins are comming! Run!
Post by: Bri_Dog on September 23, 2002, 02:18:14 pm: Quote
Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Trouble is, you cannae play the main campaign if you're screwing with the tbls cos it gets upset. And don't anybody tell me to do a double install of FS2, cos I won't.

Just make an empty data folder and rename the one you're using for mods to something like 'moddata' That's what I do, I've got about 5 seperate data folders for various mods.

Danm it Stu! You beat me to it!
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: karajorma on September 23, 2002, 02:41:53 pm: Finished it again last night :)
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Goober5000 on September 23, 2002, 03:01:52 pm: Finished it (for the first time) about two weeks ago; I only got it a week before that. 'Twas very cool.

Although I've had the FS1 DVD for about a year, and have finished the Great War about four times now - all while working on my campaign (for FS1 :doh: )
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: phreak on September 23, 2002, 03:07:37 pm: working on inferno and scp stuff now.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Solatar on September 23, 2002, 03:15:31 pm: Got sick of it about the tenth time around last year. Haven't played the main campaign since I discovered MODing. I now play the fs1 main campaign ported to fs2. I have extracted the voice from fs1, so I get that, the weapons ani's, music, and briefing icons. the bets experience ever.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Corhellion on September 23, 2002, 03:17:31 pm: Finished it last week, and started on Derelict(again...)

I put the old shockwave.ani in the game, looks cool, I like the old one better than the new one(weird huh?)

Cor
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Solatar on September 23, 2002, 03:25:16 pm: Me too. The new one just looks kind of weird. I actually think some of the weapons look better without the glows, like fs1.

EDIT: Have you done all this?
Put the fs1 opening cutscene in fs2.
Installed the fs1port.
Used the fs1 interface icons, and animations.
Put the fs1 music into fs2.
Put the fs1 effects into fs2.
Extracted the voice from the fs1.vp's.

That is the ultimate Freespace>Freespace2 experience.

Thanx to Galactic Emperor for the missions!!!
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Stryke 9 on September 23, 2002, 03:47:59 pm: Was working on FS1 until this weekend, when a certain jackass tried hiding my CDs in order to be irritating. As soon as I break his arm and find them, I'll be playing again.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: RandomTiger on September 23, 2002, 03:56:37 pm: I am waiting for bumpmapping before I play FS2 all the way through again. But I played FS1 again through the FS2 engine.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: aldo_14 on September 23, 2002, 04:04:39 pm: I haven't played the main campaign since about 3 months ago, when my PC was in the shop and I played it on my old PC (now sold on.....)...I've only completed it once, and that was before I joined the VBB (when I got a new gfx card which wasn't auto-detecting....it's a long and dull story). to be fair, I have that much crap in my data folder it's near impossible to play the main camp.

Mostly, I've been testing the Casualties of War missions over the last week or so.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Nico on September 23, 2002, 04:35:15 pm: I played the main campaign only once :p
played FS1 more ( twice lol )
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: karajorma on September 23, 2002, 05:05:24 pm: Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14
to be fair, I have that much crap in my data folder it's near impossible to play the main camp.

It would take you about 2 minutes to rename your old data directory (and any extrainious .vp's) and make a new one with empty drawers. So don`t blame your inability to play FS2 on that. Blame the fact that you probably like making mods more than playing the game :p
That said I think I like making missions more than playing other peoples :D
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Knight Templar on September 23, 2002, 05:48:23 pm: i dunno bout' 40, but i am on the last level for at least the 15th time... 5th on Hard (yeah i suck, sue me. )
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: JudgeMental on September 23, 2002, 08:24:56 pm: I haven't played it (the main campaign) in a month or so, if only cause I got StarCraft. No, I haven't been playing it for a month yet, only two weeks. I have no idea how many times I've played it through... Many, many times, that's for sure. My favorite mission is the one that starts with Snipes yelling "DIVE DIVE DIVE, HIT YOUR BURNERS PILOT!" It made me jump the first time I played it. It was late at night, and the speakers where on loud.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Blue Lion on September 23, 2002, 09:31:45 pm: I play it all the time, online too
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: BlackDove on September 23, 2002, 09:40:36 pm: Quote
Originally posted by JudgeMental
My favorite mission is the one that starts with Snipes yelling "DIVE DIVE DIVE, HIT YOUR BURNERS PILOT!" It made me jump the first time I played it. It was late at night, and the speakers where on loud.

There's nothing like playing that mission on PXO with 3 other guys heh...
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Kamikaze on September 23, 2002, 09:49:42 pm: I finished the game 'bout two weeks ago again, prolly for the 10th or so time :D Now I think I'll go get the FS1 port :)
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: LtNarol on September 23, 2002, 11:03:56 pm: finished it again about a month ago, over the course of 2 days of a weekend...
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Stunaep on September 24, 2002, 05:40:50 am: Quote
I haven't played it (the main campaign) in a month or so, if only cause I got StarCraft. No, I haven't been playing it for a month yet, only two weeks. I have no idea how many times I've played it through... Many, many times, that's for sure. My favorite mission is the one that starts with Snipes yelling "DIVE DIVE DIVE, HIT YOUR BURNERS PILOT!" It made me jump the first time I played it. It was late at night, and the speakers where on loud.

Aah, this is something unforgettable. I jumped the first three times I played the mission. I forgot about the Dive thing, when I played it for the second and third time.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Eishtmo on September 24, 2002, 07:10:26 pm: ****, I haven't played FS in like two years. I think I started the Warzone campaign but never finished it.

I only uninstalled both FS1 and FS2 about two or three months ago.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: CP5670 on September 25, 2002, 10:13:28 am: Quote
I only uninstalled both FS1 and FS2 about two or three months ago.

burn the blasphemer!! :D
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Razor on September 25, 2002, 11:00:37 am: I saved capella just 3 days ago (for the 75th time) but right now, I am making Inferno and Shivan swarm missions. I know the main campaign just too well.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Stunaep on September 25, 2002, 12:29:38 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Eishtmo

I only uninstalled both FS1 and FS2 about two or three months ago.

I'm going to make you an offer, you can't refuse.

*cocks the flamethrower*
*fires*
*replaces the water cartridge with real gas*
*fires*
*laughs evilly*:drevil:
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Stealth on September 25, 2002, 01:13:12 pm: It's been a while since i've played Freespace, but i play a lot of Freespace 2 (not the main game, but campaigns and MODs for people).

i still don't know how to beat the last mission on FS2 (where you're escorting an orion)... that was like 2 months ago.

i went through the entire campaign (and all the "loop"s) on medium without dying once, and i got to this mission and died, so i stopped playing (i haven't played it again since, but i've got to try sometime)

i played for like 5 hours straight, went all through the campaign. it was fun. i can't wait to see the end-game cutscene though...
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Solatar on September 25, 2002, 02:29:52 pm: Clash of the Titans II isn't that last mission. Apocolypse is. Anyways, you don't save Capella. Capella is destroyed by the fleet of Juggernauts, remember? They should have called the Dreadnauts, Juggernaut doesn't sound like a ship.
Title: Re: The admins are comming! Run!
Post by: Killfrenzy on September 25, 2002, 02:33:01 pm: Quote
Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Trouble is, you cannae play the main campaign if you're screwing with the tbls cos it gets upset.

Oh what these eyes have seen! :D:D

As for playing FS2, I've not played it properly for a while. I've been too busy arsing around with new models, weapons and stuff.

BTW - has anyone cheated in the main campaign by making one of the crapper and little-used weapons super powerful?
Title: Re: Re: The admins are comming! Run!
Post by: Bri_Dog on September 25, 2002, 03:24:08 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Killfrenzy

BTW - has anyone cheated in the main campaign by making one of the crapper and little-used weapons super powerful?

Imagine a Flail that can take a Cruiser in one shot:D :eek2:
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Stryke 9 on September 25, 2002, 03:59:20 pm: Leech Gun that actually DOES something! Muhahahaaa!
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Black_Dragon on September 25, 2002, 04:41:39 pm: Yeah, as for now Shivans has stolen the weapons of the game. Well, re-install it.

:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Eishtmo on September 25, 2002, 06:38:04 pm: Quote
Originally posted by CP5670

burn the blasphemer!! :D

Speak for yourself. After dedicating several YEARS of my life, a website, a massive thread story, and now a campaign story, I deserve a ****ing break.

Besides, I needed the room for my mp3's. **** THE RIAA!
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Solatar on September 25, 2002, 07:55:34 pm: Thank you for the campaign story!!
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Grey Wolf on September 25, 2002, 08:12:33 pm: OK, what person (other than me) has saved Capella? 8 of you have said you did, but who actually has?
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Blue Lion on September 25, 2002, 08:27:27 pm: I never have :(
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: BlackDove on September 25, 2002, 10:17:55 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
OK, what person (other than me) has saved Capella? 8 of you have said you did, but who actually has?

I did...that nice bug is the best ;)
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: NeoHunter on September 26, 2002, 03:36:39 am: I haven't touched FreeSpace or FreeSpace 2 in a very long time. That was when I had Windows 98. Now I got Windows XP. just lazy to install FreeSpace 2 again.

Maybe I should start playing FreeSpace 2 soon.:D
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Hippo on September 26, 2002, 07:29:33 am: i actually uninstalled FreeSpace 1 and 2, because i got xwing alliance, but i am re-installing them now... About the dive dive dive hit you burners thing, read my sig...
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Hippo on September 26, 2002, 07:31:06 am: Quote
From Hippos Sig
Dive! Dive! Dive! Hit your burner--ouch, thats gotta sting, uh Command? Can I borrow a spatchula? --Hippo
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Stunaep on September 27, 2002, 11:13:36 am: ok, ok I got it already.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Killfrenzy on September 27, 2002, 01:56:46 pm: Quote
Originally posted by BD

I did...that nice bug is the best ;)

Can you educate me on SAVING Capella? Or have I already done it and am missing the point....:confused:
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Solatar on September 27, 2002, 02:38:29 pm: I think you jump out at a certain time in the last mission, and it lets you accept an end the campaign.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Killfrenzy on September 27, 2002, 02:51:42 pm: Ah, that's not technically SAVING Capella now, is it? :D
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Stunaep on September 27, 2002, 03:11:05 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Killfrenzy

Can you educate me on SAVING Capella? Or have I already done it and am missing the point....:confused:

One of the shivan ships that are destroyed in the last mission is a Cain class cruiser. The thing is, that if that Cain, ISN'T destroyed, the supernova never occurs.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: NeoHunter on September 27, 2002, 08:58:43 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Killfrenzy
Ah, that's not technically SAVING Capella now, is it? :D

Bope. That called SAVING YOUR OWN ASS!!! :D
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Killfrenzy on September 28, 2002, 09:19:41 am: Quote
Originally posted by Stunaep

One of the shivan ships that are destroyed in the last mission is a Cain class cruiser. The thing is, that if that Cain, ISN'T destroyed, the supernova never occurs.

Oh - I thought that the Supernova started at a certain time....
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Solatar on September 29, 2002, 08:39:55 am: Yeah, it always occured twelve minutes and some odd seconds into the mission.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: karajorma on September 29, 2002, 10:04:06 am: Look at the mission in FRED. It definately requires that the resheph and the sesmu are either destroyed or departed. Both are Ma'at class freighters. If you can managed to accidently disable one and then protect it against the shivans you can prevent the supernova.

There are other ways too. Libra wing must be present and they only appear when the Bane and Melchom are destroyed. Disable and disarm them and you can again prevent the supernova.

The last condition is that the supernova always starts 710 seconds after the start of the mission. Since the other conditions are usually already met by that time the supernova would appear to occur at the same time exactly.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: JudgeMental on September 30, 2002, 11:17:09 am: Hmm... I wonder why this was done... Perhaps an easter egg from the mission designers? If not, why not just have the time condition?
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: QuantumDelta on October 03, 2002, 02:45:21 pm: to keep some kind of pressure on....
not that FS2's single player campaign has any form of pressure in it.... anywhere..... ever..... even on insane........:rolleyes:
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: karajorma on October 03, 2002, 03:10:33 pm: Quote
Originally posted by QuantumDelta
to keep some kind of pressure on....
not that FS2's single player campaign has any form of pressure in it.... anywhere..... ever..... even on insane........:rolleyes:

See! This is what happens when you play too much :) Bang your head against a wall until you give yourself brain damage or amnesia. Now it's a challenge again! :)
Hell, now even tuning on the computer is a challenge :)
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Stunaep on October 04, 2002, 12:08:11 am: yeah, I can remember (vaguely) the time when I was stuck for a week in the last pre-bluelions mission. (damn mission names, damn,damn, damn!)
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: diamondgeezer on October 04, 2002, 12:31:59 am: Quote
Originally posted by karajorma
Bang your head against a wall until you give yourself brain damage or amnesia...

(http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/banghead.gif)

Done.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Solatar on October 04, 2002, 10:51:12 am: Never seen that smiley before. I'm reading the little dude's lips. Everytime he hits the wall he' screaming damnit.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Solatar on October 04, 2002, 11:03:14 am: I just found a better way of doing that.

(http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/armed/rdwhore.gif)

Looks like fun!

Uh-ohh, I think this will hurt.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: JudgeMental on October 14, 2002, 10:56:00 pm: (http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/armed/rdwhore.gif)

I've done that before...:nod: Yup, yes I have.

And I still wonder why :v: didn't use a timer only, instead of relying on the destruction of those Shivan ships.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Goober5000 on October 20, 2002, 10:29:36 pm: I just saved Capella! :D

It looks like that's the only way you can actually end the campaign. If you win or die, you can go back into the mission and play over and over and over and over...
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 20, 2002, 01:36:36 pm: I really ought to install FS2 at some point...
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: karajorma on November 20, 2002, 03:22:51 pm: Quote
Originally posted by diamondgeezer
I really ought to install FS2 at some point...

Isn`t it hard to write missions for Reci without it?
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Warlock on November 20, 2002, 05:03:49 pm: Quote
Originally posted by diamondgeezer
I really ought to install FS2 at some point...

Yea I been thinking about doing that again myself.
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Nuclear1 on November 20, 2002, 07:04:36 pm: Oh.... boy.....

(http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/banghead.gif)
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 20, 2002, 07:33:22 pm: Quote
Originally posted by karajorma
Isn`t it hard to write missions for Reci without it?

You'd think. Anyway, Aldo's on a sabatical from Reci for a little while... we're expecting him to really get the ball rolling sometime around the new year...

But that's not to say I'm not working on something... special... ;7
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Warlock on November 20, 2002, 09:04:25 pm: Tell me this doesn't just figure,....reading all this I finally decide to reinstall FS2 and have another go with it for old times......

I pull out the CDs, make sure to clean them off real good,...then POOF ... fs2autorun crashes everytime....exploring the CD and running set up gets some BS "something attached to E:\Setup.exe is not working"
(http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/banghead.gif)
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: diamondgeezer on November 20, 2002, 09:51:36 pm: Come on children, let's all point at Warlock and laugh...

*points and laughs*

sorry Warlock mate, we've all bin there of course...
Title: When was the last time you actually PLAYED freespace
Post by: Warlock on November 21, 2002, 07:00:28 am: heh I think I've had the best laugh about it myself :D