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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: DragonClaw on June 27, 2003, 09:46:09 pm
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Well, I tried to see if there was enough interest in a restart of this campaign before, and here's a second time... not to mention the last. FS2 is getting old and I feel that if a campaign gets started anytime later than this, than by the time its finished the fanbase will be long gone.
So...
I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in a restart of Hidden Terror, a campaign in which the player plays as a Shivan. The campaign follows the FS2 storyline and proceeds a little after it... but it does not focus solely on the events of the FS2 storyline, there's something different, something hidden :nervous:
I'm going to be needing staffers, specifically;
1. Modellers - I might be able to do some of this myself, I've gotten slightly better, so if no one volunteers for this spot, I suppose I can suffice
2. Texturers - I've never figured out how to make textures...)
3. FREDers - I can make missions but I'm not the greatest at it
4. CBAni Animator - I can do this quite well, but I don't want to have the whole work load on me
5. Table Editor(s) - needed to make weapons, fix the shivan ships for player's use, etc.
6. Voice Crew - In case I plan on doing voice, this'll be finalized if I get enough staff in the other areas)
7. Story Editors - needed to spice up the campaign with specific info, and other similar things.
I have no doubt I'm probably missing something... I'll figure it out later.
I've decided at another try at this, mostly because of the SCP, it'll enable a lot of things to be done that weren't able to be done before. I hope there's enough interest... And I'm pretty sure I've still got a bunch of papers lying around that had all the campaign missions plotted out and stuff... though I'll still need story editors to put in some very nice details :)
Please post too, don't just vote... I don't trust votes much :)
[edit] OK, I figured out what I was missing...
Firstly, wondering if I made a website if I could get hosted by HLP
Secondly, I'm wondering if anyone here who downloaded the Hidden Terror demo when it came out while it was still running still has it... I could _really_ use those files. It would save a lot of work for one, and thats the first mission too.
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I can't help, but I'd definantly play this if you made it.:yes:
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Sounds like this campaign has pretty high ambitions. Like Solatar I also can't help but would definitely provide you with a fanbase. ;)
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After playing the main campaign about 20 times and the Aeos Affiar about 10, its time for a new campaign for me anyway. :D Sounds like a great idea for one. Ill still be here as a fanbase :) I think Voition should have continued on with the Freespace Saga.. but thats life.
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Originally posted by DeepSpace9er
I think Voition should have continued on with the Freespace Saga.. but thats life.
I'm not even going to go into an explanation about why they didn't...
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Between the various campaigns and secret projects and sleeping i'm involved in, I'm stretched further than a rubber band around Oprah's midrift, but, I think I might be qualified to help you out with the story. If you're intrested lemme know what you got. Also, you might want to talk to deep_eyes, I hear he's good with story work as well.
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Originally posted by DeepSpace9er
I think Voition should have continued on with the Freespace Saga.. but thats life.
Check the FAQ. It's not their fault.
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Sounds cool! Models shouldn't be too difficult, if your playing parralel to FS2, then it should just be a simple matter of making the shivan ships flyable. And No, I can't help you with that, but if you want to bounce story ideas off me, feel free. e-mails in the sig!
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i hope you get it done and i have the demo still in my comp i could send it
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Wow, wasn't expecting someone to still have the demo. It's been so long... This is GREAT news, makes things a lot easier for me.
Could you please either send to [email protected] (if you send it VIA email make sure you put Hidden Terror in the title, or i might think its spam) or send it to me VIA ICQ @ 95396765 , or just upload it to a website somewhere, because I'll end up doing that anyway just to give the feel.
And thanks for the interest guys, and I'd like an 'official' staffer doing story, not really someone I send things to get checked off.
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If you have a story somewhat mapped out, but just lacking the details, I might be of help. What would be the requirements of the staff story guy?
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Requirements would be a willingness to go into FS2 and figure out how things worked out with a timeline, and make adjustments to the story, to check the mission's validity to the main fs2 storyline. Apart from that, you got to have an imagination to at least try and spice things up, adding some suprises, etc...
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Go for it :D Hidden Terror was the first campaign that caught my interest, real shame when it got cancelled.
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Hehehe - looks like someone has a fanbase. ;)
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Egad... not this campaign again... :rolleyes:
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:lol: shut up Snipes :D
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ROFL!!
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i send it to you VIA Icq
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Alright, what time will you get on? I try and stay on ICQ all the time, but when I play any games I get off b/c when people message me it screws the game up.
Give the time with a GMT or just give me it in -5 GMT(EST) - my time zone
Oh, and Sandwich, what good is a fanbase without any workers :p
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Originally posted by DragonClaw
Oh, and Sandwich, what good is a fanbase without any workers :p
Well, there's always the "You want to see this thing completed? Put in a helping hand!" guit-trip. :p
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That only works with a fanbase that knows how to do FreeSpace modding :p All the people who know how to do stuff now are already involved in as many projects as they can handle... so... :sigh:
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Well, that's not completely true... I'm not actually doing anything atm, but I'm still useless. ;)
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That's for sure :D
But, if I don't enough people, its a no go... I wish I could do it all myself, but I just can't. :blah:
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hey guys this is something Great playing as shivan and now one can`t help him jesus guys dragonclaw needs help
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"hey guys this is something Great playing as shivan and now can help him jesus guys dragonclaw needs help"
How? I don't mean to sound ambiguous or even caustic, but how can we help? I'm sure there are a lot of us who want to help, or wish that this project goes well, but someone has already mentioned the truism that most of the modders are already stretched into other projects.
While I'd personally love to help, as my summer is hitting a lull, I can't see myself as anything more as a proof-reader (and I actually really do hate spelling and grammical errors in campaigns... like... "necissary".)
In any case, good luck! It sounds uber cool. What I'm curious, though, is how will you pull off the dialogue? Are we assuming that communications can be "adapted" to perfect English, or are you going to try something ambitious like whittle the syntax down in the dialogue?
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Thanks to Gloriano I got the old public beta - the first mission from him :)
I haven't played it yet myself since I released it, and haven't edited any files, so it should still work. So, here's the link:
http://swooh.com/peon/DragonClaw/public/HiddenTerrorPublic.rar
Enjoy, but please... I need help if I'm going to finish it.
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Wait a minute... you released a mission as a demo without actually trying it?
LOL@J00!:lol:
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He meant he hasn't played it since he released it the first time.
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Snipes, go to hell. :p Rather, learn to read. KT got it right.
:lol:
Btw, I just played it again, just make sure you don't go to ship loadout or it'll crash... And I noticed how bland all the mission briefings and all were, I remember I had to do that, to keep the story away from you guys :p
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I want to be a MODELLER! If you need the GTD Cube, the GVD Cylinder, or the SD Sphere, just give me a PM! :D :) :D
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Actually, all I need done as a minimum is 2 ships... A capital ship(heh, if you can call it that :p ) and a fighter. More shivan ships would be nice though, if someone wants to volunteer some of their models over... :p
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I was not serious, if you are telling the post above to me.
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I know, I was referring to everyone... Thats why I didn't PM you :)
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Update!!
Venom still had some of the old project files, including 9 missions and a lot of essential files! Excellent! The missions are of course not polished, but still.
I'm still going to need the staff... mostly FREDers now... If I can leech some stuff off Woomeister I probably won't even need any modellers or texturers.
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The story bit is probably a bit more than I can handle at the moment, so sorry on that front:( , I would have liked to have helped, bu I'm a little busy. If I can help in any other way, let me know and I'll see what I can do.
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Originally posted by DragonClaw
Update!!
Venom still had some of the old project files, including 9 missions and a lot of essential files! Excellent! The missions are of course not polished, but still.
I'm still going to need the staff... mostly FREDers now... If I can leech some stuff off Woomeister I probably won't even need any modellers or texturers.
It`s good news then:)
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Egad... not this campaign again... :rolleyes:
I want to eviscerate you for saying that.
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If I knew what eviscerate meant, I might have been scared...
But as I recall, this campaign was in the works for about as long as BWO. I know, I made the banner for it on his old site...
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You're mistaken Snipes... on a few things. The campaign was in the works for I'd say 4-5 months or a little more. The banner I was using on the site was a slight edit from a picture that Dark had made. You are obviously thinking of another project.
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Err... no, I made a banner with a... damn I can't remember the name of the fighter... the small maneuverable one... DRAGON... thats it... with a red background...
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Heh, must have replaced it with the one from Dark then, it was started on March 2001, and I had to cancel it in June 2001 though because of the hard drive crash. Thats 4 months. Not even close to being as long as BWO.
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bah! I don't care... I rarely play FS anyway...
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I'll FRED if ya want - give me something to work on and I'll give it a shot! :):yes:
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
If I knew what eviscerate meant, I might have been scared...
heh? even I know what it means w/o checing in a dico:
tearing guts away from your belly :p
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Yeah, I was too lazy to look it up... Then I forgot... :rolleyes:
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I'll help.
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Woot, people to help!
Darkage, you're already filled in :p
Pyro, do you have ICQ or any other messenger program I could talk to you with?
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Great to see people signing on, DC. :)
* resumes lurking *
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So far done by me:
Added the new Mainhall music
Added Shivan persona's ( only need to ask the SCP team to add "Shivan" the persona names )
Tweaked allot of mission 1.
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Originally posted by Darkage
Added Shivan persona's ( only need to ask the SCP team to add "Shivan" the persona names )
I need a Shivan persona to replace Wingman 7 in my campaign.
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Look in the fs port v2.1
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Originally posted by DragonClaw
Pyro, do you have ICQ or any other messenger program I could talk to you with?
I've never really used 'em, to be honest. Any you'd recommend?
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Get Trillian. Runs AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, and mIRC services at the same time, quite handy, if you don't want 5 programs open at the same time.
Trillian (http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/trillian/index.html)
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Much obliged! D/Ling now.
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More staff.
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[smith voice]Moreeeee[/smith]
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Progress being made :)
Here's a sample of our mainhall now, enjoy
(http://swooh.com/peon/DragonClaw/public/mainhallpreview.jpg)
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:nod::yes:
Nice!
DragonClaw: Check your PMs. :)
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very nice indeed:)