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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Mad Bomber on October 17, 2001, 06:20:00 pm

Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Mad Bomber on October 17, 2001, 06:20:00 pm
I'd like to say again that the new Terran bomber featured in the Eden Project is the Cronus. Here is why the Cronus is not related to the Chronos:

 
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In the ancient Greek literature, Chronos is the personification of time. He is usually portrayed as an wise, old man with a long, gray beard (Father Time). Chronos is often mistaken for the Titan Cronus.

Heheh. Some people earlier seemed to think I meant Chronos. While the Chronos is not the bomber I'm talking about, it is a freighter (a poorly armed one at that) and will make some appearances in the campaigns along with the GTB Cronus.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Stryke 9 on October 17, 2001, 11:31:00 pm
I wasn't confused before, but now I am.
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Thorn on October 18, 2001, 07:44:00 am
I'm always confused...
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Fulgrymm on October 18, 2001, 07:55:00 am
Well I'm totally flummoxed now, and I'm the one who's making the thing!
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Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Mad Bomber on October 18, 2001, 03:49:00 pm
LOL. I'll try again  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Cronus = L33t bomber
Chronos = Unl33t, old freighter

The bomber has an H, the other doesn't. Happy?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Alikchi on October 18, 2001, 04:20:00 pm
Ummm..the bomber doesn't have an H.
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Thorn on October 18, 2001, 04:35:00 pm
Cronus = L33t bomber
Chronos = Unl33t, old freighter

The freighter has an H, the other doesn't.

There, I fixed it for him  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Alikchi on October 18, 2001, 04:40:00 pm
And there was much rejoicing.
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Stryke 9 on October 18, 2001, 05:25:00 pm
Particularly when Alikchi learned that greater-than less-than function keys are not brackets. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Hmmm... Cronus is the bomber I've never heard of and will never have, Chronos the bad freighter I've never heard of and will never have. Got it.

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Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Nico on October 18, 2001, 05:48:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Stryke 9:
Particularly when Alikchi learned that greater-than less-than function keys are not brackets.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Hmmm... Cronus is the bomber I've never heard of and will never have, Chronos the bad freighter I've never heard of and will never have. Got it.

the chronos is in your vp file you droofus lol, it should even be available in Fred, I could bet  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Thorn on October 18, 2001, 06:25:00 pm
Its the one thats almost exactly the same as the Amazon Advanced...
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Sandwich on October 18, 2001, 06:28:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by venom2506:
the chronos is in your vp file you droofus lol, it should even be available in Fred, I could bet    (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

I'll take that bet!   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) I win!

EDIT: After a double-check, I discovered where you can encounter the "Chronos" - it's the name of a freighter in Derelict, in mission dl2-06.fs2.

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Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Alikchi on October 18, 2001, 10:11:00 pm
All right! Who turned off HTML!
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Stryke 9 on October 18, 2001, 10:37:00 pm
Read. Post. When in doubt, it's pilot error. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)

And I did check. How much was that bet again? Make it $50, then I can buy FS1 and this other thing I've got my eye on...
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Nico on October 19, 2001, 12:48:00 am
 
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Originally posted by sandwich:
 I'll take that bet!    (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) I win!

EDIT: After a double-check, I discovered where you can encounter the "Chronos" - it's the name of a freighter in Derelict, in mission dl2-06.fs2.


oh yes, no, I remember now  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif) it's a reskin of the amazon advanced, a medic ship from dak I think, and I called it that way for my old Descent campaign. Oups :รพ
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Mad Bomber on October 19, 2001, 04:25:00 am
Oh my god. None of you have FS1 do you? The Chronos is a standard freighter in FS1, and unlike the Amazon Advanced (which was derived FROM the Chronos, not the other way around), it has a turret.

and both the Cronus and the Chronos are going to be in the Eden Project, hence the need for a way to differentiate. In fact I got a Cronus beta POF already! So hah!  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Setekh on October 19, 2001, 06:04:00 am
Confusion prevented.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Neon on October 19, 2001, 01:40:00 pm
Yeah... Thank god i'm not Jeeves  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: To prevent confusion
Post by: Mad Bomber on October 19, 2001, 02:34:00 pm
All right this should solve it once and for all   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

GTB Cronus = Bomber with 2 turrets, designed by me and modeled by Fulgrymm
GTFR Chronos = Freighter with 1 turret, designed and modeled by Volition

And in mythology terms, they're different too!

Cronus = the king of the Titans until Zeus dethroned him
Chronos = the Greek version of Father Time

See now??   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

[This message has been edited by Mad Bomber (edited 10-19-2001).]