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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on February 17, 2001, 05:32:00 am
I'm sure this is a mod which has been thought of before, but I don't think it ever came to fruition.

A small marine shaped model, with a small thruster on his back, carrying a single Subach or SDG. Can be deployed in waves of 8 or 16, and used to perform surgical strikes (eg. disarming corvettes and destroyers).  No shields, probably can be killed in one or at most two shots with a Subach, or can be squashed in collisions.

Who wants to model it? LOL, it'll probably have one LOD  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

I'll add the gunpoint once it's done  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Darkage on February 17, 2001, 05:38:00 am
that would be hella cool  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Pez on February 17, 2001, 07:14:00 am
Cool idea. This reminds me of the last mission in XWA. Which had some stormtroopers doing some repairs in the second death star. And they attacked you, being a pain in the *** .

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on February 17, 2001, 09:33:00 pm
It's certainly very possible - the only problems I can forsee would be balancing (eg. how much firepower to allow, speed, numbers).
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Dark Knight on February 18, 2001, 01:57:00 am
Give them a floating head as a debris piece. it'll give the vasudans somthing to collect
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Jabu on February 18, 2001, 05:13:00 pm
Maybe a storyline ejection-bit.
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on February 19, 2001, 12:28:00 am
Is anyone willing to model it?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: NeoHunter on February 19, 2001, 11:35:00 pm
It'll be real small you know. If you were to take the size of a cockpit from any Terran fighter and then use it as a comparison, the Terran Space Marine would be REAL small.

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Fineus on February 20, 2001, 02:29:00 am
I can imagine it now... covering 20 little people as they move in towards the Ravanas engine array, and disable it  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on February 20, 2001, 03:21:00 am
 
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Originally posted by NeoHunter:
It'll be real small you know. If you were to take the size of a cockpit from any Terran fighter and then use it as a comparison, the Terran Space Marine would be REAL small.

I was thinking there could probably be a sexp to get them to all stick together kind of like in swarms; that would mean they would fire more or less at the same time (they would reach in range around the same time), so it wouldn't be too hard. Hopefully.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Jake Logan on February 20, 2001, 11:28:00 am
a gun is bigger than a cockpit. the gun they carry would have to do maybe 1 hull point a second. that would be good only for fighting other marines.
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: IPAndrews on February 20, 2001, 12:10:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Setekh:
Is anyone willing to model it?   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

If someone will sign a contract saying they'll paint it  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif).
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Darkage on February 20, 2001, 01:10:00 pm
My satis is almost ready it has a new name a bit weird GVMRBC Starblazer.it's reskined and added a new subsystem more hit points and i have the shields on it,it only needs a few more turrets and voila its ready (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on February 20, 2001, 11:17:00 pm
 
Quote
Originally posted by Jake Logan:
a gun is bigger than a cockpit. the gun they carry would have to do maybe 1 hull point a second. that would be good only for fighting other marines.

We could replace the explosion ani with an ani of blood splattering all over the place, so they could all fight each other.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Darkage on February 21, 2001, 07:58:00 am
If they are going to fight whit the vasudans you need a fish gun that fires small fishies for bate,and then the vasudans are history (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Darkage on February 21, 2001, 08:07:00 am
This is the new satis

(//c:\windows\desktop\GVMRBC)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Darkage on February 21, 2001, 08:10:00 am
Hmm that didn't work,u ma laugh.But how can i put my satis pic on this BB because i don't have a site?Please can someone tell me?
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Jabu on February 21, 2001, 12:09:00 pm
Krhm...

Linking to your desktop is A-1 ANTI-SUPAR  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Darkage on February 21, 2001, 12:43:00 pm
hmgrhsadhldashbfe (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Max Sterling on February 21, 2001, 03:44:00 pm
You know... if you make any humanoids they will just look like space statues...

WEll, you could always give them a ROTATING HEAD! MWAHAHAAAAAAAAA



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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Ace on February 21, 2001, 05:34:00 pm
If the FS engine has rotating, or moving parts, then couldn't you do up a head which rotates and tracks like a turret within a certain field of degrees, as well as have the legs slightly animated to dangle?

Of course I'm clueless on how .pof files work, so if all you can do is rotate, then let's just have the exorcist!  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on February 21, 2001, 11:16:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by darkage:
Hmm that didn't work,u ma laugh.But how can i put my satis pic on this BB because i don't have a site?Please can someone tell me?

You can email it to me and I will upload it to our servers.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Admiral on February 24, 2001, 08:42:00 am
Imagine dropping a Helios into the middle of a squad... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

And in XWA they were an absolute ***** as they were tiny but the group of them could do reasonable damage if you let them.  Crap idea in that game, might be good in FS, although guarding them could be a nightmare.

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Admiral LSD on February 24, 2001, 09:05:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Admiral:
Imagine dropping a Helios into the middle of a squad...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Surely they'd be too small to get a proper lock on? But other than that this sounds like a good idea.



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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Admiral on February 24, 2001, 01:55:00 pm
A Pirahna then.

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on February 24, 2001, 07:00:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Admiral:
A Pirahna then.

Boom! Splat  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: IceFire on February 24, 2001, 08:53:00 pm
This was done in Privateer 2.  Was SUPER fun to run them over  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Warlock on February 24, 2001, 11:31:00 pm
*sorry didn't read ALL of this*

Hey if you still need the base model (no texturing) I can easily convert the Zero-G Stormtrooper from XWA.

As for the balance...in XWA it'd take about 6 of these guys to do as much damage as a lone tie fighter. (ie six shoots at once to the one tie burst)

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Starwing on February 25, 2001, 06:42:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Warlock:
As for the balance...in XWA it'd take about 6 of these guys to do as much damage as a lone tie fighter. (ie six shoots at once to the one tie burst)

How that? In XWA there is only one Imperial Laser, the TIE has two of them, and the Zero-G one.

In those mission in XWA where they where used I just shot a single proton torpedo into every wing, and boom, all troopers gone. He, he.
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Fineus on February 25, 2001, 06:49:00 am
Yes, they did explode rather suspicously though... like a TIE would.... only they dont have any twin ion engines on them... weird...

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Warlock on February 25, 2001, 12:57:00 pm
Star I meant the troopers did about the same damage to my X Wing in a group as one TIE was able to,...roughly.

It has been over a year since I flew that you know  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)

But what I was getting at,..a Marine wouldn't really be a threat alone,..even a Subach is way too powerful for one to use ,..think about power,..a Subach draws it's power from the main power generator of a fighter,..which is a bit too large to strap onto a person  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

I'd make a weapon basically like the Subach and another similar to a Maxium but both lowered damage for them to use.

One vs one..marine vs fighter...no threat...but in groups they could be deadly.

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Ace on February 25, 2001, 01:06:00 pm
Give them an extremely under powered Subach, the SD-4 Sidearm, also a very short range (150 meters) low power anti-fighter beam that is effective against other marines. (GTW-91 Thermal Lance)

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Admiral on February 25, 2001, 02:13:00 pm
No no no, if you want marines you use them to deliver mines to an enemy's hull.  If they happen to blow up too early, then oh well  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on February 25, 2001, 11:32:00 pm
Well then we'll need two or three varieties of marines:



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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Shrike on February 26, 2001, 12:57:00 am
Eat flak, marine scum
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Nico on February 26, 2001, 03:27:00 pm
Shivans like in the hidden anim in Silent threat  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on February 27, 2001, 04:32:00 am
That would be cool, but very difficult. Remember they wouldn't be able to move like in an FPS. They could probably use that beam thingy that one of them used to wipe out the last marine in the Hall Fight.
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Bobboau on February 27, 2001, 10:55:00 am
we could add animation and such now that we have the source. I personaly think the shivans wouldn't use there solder drones for exterior atacks, at the least they would have a spesalized solder.

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Admiral on February 27, 2001, 01:04:00 pm
Sounds like a job for the source code.

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Nico on February 27, 2001, 05:29:00 pm
Well I do have an idea for animating objetcs, I've already talked about this with the other people of the mod we're making and they think it MAY be possible, without tweaking the source... That's a little special, tought... I'll see if I can post my idea here with the staff...
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: 'Captain' Nick Brown on August 15, 2001, 05:28:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Steak:
Well then we'll need a few varieties of marines:

  • mine laying marines
  • assault/surgical strike marines (against cruisers/destroyers - so small that AAA cannot target them)
  • anti-marine marines (ie. trained to take out other marines)
  • ejection pilot[/b]
I think this is a great idea. You could give the mine laying marine a docking point (on his/her front) so that it would really look like he/she's sticking a mine on the ship and then:

 
Code: [Select]
when
--has-docked-delay
----Mine Marine 1
----{ship receiving mine}
----0
--do-nothing

when {chained}
--event-true-delay
----marine docked 1
----12
--add-goal
----Mine Marine 1
----Undock
----70
--add-goal
----Mine Marine 1
----waypoints-once
----50

when {chained}
-->
----distance
----Mine Marine 1
----{ship receiving mine}
----1500 {or something out of range}
--sabotage subsystem
----hull
----101
{or just damage the hull rather than destroy the ship}

So has this MOD been made or going to be made?

If not, could someone please make it for me??? Please?

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Taristin on August 15, 2001, 05:36:00 pm
KMN did this, but his was Mr. T.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: 'Captain' Nick Brown on August 15, 2001, 05:42:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h:
KMN did this, but his was Mr. T.    (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

Oh.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) With a docking point?

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Red5 on August 17, 2001, 02:34:00 pm
 How bout a super marine, some guy with a supe EVA suit on that has little shields and multiple cannon
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Styxx on August 17, 2001, 03:26:00 pm
You must mean something like this then...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

 (http://terra.sourceforge.net/images/marine01render02.jpg)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: 'Captain' Nick Brown on August 17, 2001, 06:49:00 pm
Yes! That's it! Is that FS2 model? Can I have it please?
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Styxx on August 18, 2001, 11:27:00 am
Well, it's not yet a Freespace model, but I plan to convert it soon. When it's done I'll release it to the public...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Alikchi on August 18, 2001, 12:46:00 pm
w00t!
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Jabu on August 18, 2001, 03:54:00 pm
Strap a couple of rocket launchers on his shoulders and you have a neat space trooper  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: IPAndrews on August 18, 2001, 03:56:00 pm
It's Maximillion from the Black Hole. With legs. Don't hide behind a book! That guy actually looks quite mean. Someone needs to make a more pathetic looking marine model. Basically a guy in an unarmoured space suit with a rocket pack and (yes I do always suggest this...) arms and legs as destroyable subsystems.
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Jabu on August 18, 2001, 04:04:00 pm
No! Give him a REALLY big helmet and make THAT a destructable subsystem  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: IPAndrews on August 18, 2001, 04:11:00 pm
I've got an absolutely lovely blood'n'guts texture someone could use for debris.
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Nico on August 18, 2001, 04:20:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by IPAndrews:
I've got an absolutely lovely blood'n'guts texture someone could use for debris.

reminds me I still have to extract doom's maps  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Ace on August 18, 2001, 04:47:00 pm
Styxx, that would look even better with little hands on the end of the arms, and with on one of the arms a large cannon straped on like in the Hallfight scene,

Add shoulder missile launchers and a helmet with a face that can be seen, good stuff  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Rampage on August 18, 2001, 06:11:00 pm
Thank you for bringing this up.  I just remembered that Descent 3 has PLENTY of these kinds of models.

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Red5 on August 19, 2001, 11:45:00 am
 How bout making the marines real slow and stuff
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: KillMeNow on August 19, 2001, 07:25:00 pm
since mine was mr t he carried a hang gun which came with 2 fire modes - beam cannon and a rapid fire tiny pulse gun hehee - mr t was cool but very basic model i might refine him and give him some descent gold chains soon =)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Kitsune on August 21, 2001, 03:17:00 am
I'd offer to do one, but I'm currently busy drawing my personal character, has around 4000 poly's right now, just need to map it better than what other part time cg'ers do for people.

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Styxx on August 21, 2001, 09:06:00 am
 
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Originally posted by IPAndrews:
It's Maximillion from the Black Hole. With legs.


Aha! Another person that remembers that movie! I loved it, and although not intentionally, this model ended up looking like Maximillion.

Gotta add some rotating blades to the arms...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Nephilim on August 21, 2001, 11:55:00 am
Make a shivan!  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on August 22, 2001, 06:53:00 am
They'd have to be slow, if we wanted the player to able to have a chance at taking them down.

Of course, we might not...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/devil.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: aldo_14 on August 22, 2001, 07:44:00 am
Shoot a wide area bomb   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Could make a troop dropship for these (use the fighterbay), if the models ever released....   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

Oh, and have no/a wver small explosion for the wee guys - instead just have them turn instanly to 'dead' debris.... that might look better.

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: StarGunner on August 22, 2001, 10:56:00 am
 
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Originally posted by aldo_14:
Shoot a wide area bomb    (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Could make a troop dropship for these (use the fighterbay), if the models ever released....    (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

Oh, and have no/a wver small explosion for the wee guys - instead just have them turn instanly to 'dead' debris.... that might look better.

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I would make the debris with a little red on them.
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on August 23, 2001, 07:49:00 am
 
Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14:
Shoot a wide area bomb    (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Damn, yeah! Of course, when there are marines, there will be specialised anti-marine weapons...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Nico on August 23, 2001, 08:03:00 am
 
Quote
Originally posted by Setekh:
Damn, yeah! Of course, when there are marines, there will be specialised anti-marine weapons...   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

frag missile  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) (ever played Descent3?)
But marines would not be fun to fight. I'd rather see the player to cover them while they try to hijack a cruiser or something like this.
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on August 23, 2001, 08:06:00 am
I'm trying to think of where marines would be best placed. Surgical strikes, I was thinking - though they'd have to be in decent numbers, as one well placed laser shot should be sufficient to take one out. Imagine flying as one, knowing that your first hit would be your last - talk about adrenaline rush!  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Alikchi on August 23, 2001, 05:14:00 pm
*Has a sudden vision of 30 marines attempting to disable a Deimos, when a pirana bursts among them, fragging three quarters of them  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)*
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Post by: Nico on August 23, 2001, 06:11:00 pm
I think command would just never use that...
I know command is dumb, but there's limits  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
you can disable engines in a must safer way with a wing of bombersn rather than sending suicidal marines who would be willing to risk their life in the middle of a battle, just to do something any bomber is able to do more quickly and efficiently. If you want to hijack a cruiser, after all, you disable the turrets and send in a transport. A marine will never go through the flak and laser defense. If command really wanted to have small stealth unit like this, I hope they'd use remote controlled robots, things like that, coz these missions have a zero percent chance to survive ratio  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Post by: 'Captain' Nick Brown on August 23, 2001, 06:19:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by venom2506:
I think command would just never use that...
I know command is dumb, but there's limits    (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
you can disable engines in a must safer way with a wing of bombersn rather than sending suicidal marines who would be willing to risk their life in the middle of a battle, just to do something any bomber is able to do more quickly and efficiently. If you want to hijack a cruiser, after all, you disable the turrets and send in a transport. A marine will never go through the flak and laser defense. If command really wanted to have small stealth unit like this, I hope they'd use remote controlled robots, things like that, coz these missions have a zero percent chance to survive ratio    (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Exactly. That's why I suggested the ejection pilot model. That would be cool.

The mine laying marine might still be a good idea though. <edit> (You know... A marine that will stick a small explosive device onto the critical system on the hull of a capship.) </edit>


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Post by: Stryke 9 on August 24, 2001, 05:37:00 pm
Stop playing StarCraft. It's bad for the mind.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

And it wouldn't really look like statues, if it was more like a dude in a spacesuit and one of those little rocket thingies that astronauts use to get around... I have a DXF if anyone wants it.

What I wanna see, a LC Crusher with Sonic Cannons (For those of you who don't play TMP, This is a sorta... whatsisname... catmaran type spaceship, and a Sonic cannon is very like a FS2 shockwave, but from a gun).
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Stryke 9 on August 24, 2001, 05:54:00 pm
Oh. Somebody did one already. Oh well, I can pimp my copy anyway- it's stock, but I like it a lot, and it only needs a few minor changes to be a fully modern GTVA engineer/trooper.

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Stryke 9 on August 24, 2001, 05:58:00 pm
And it's a plausible idea. Engineers would do the job much better and harder to hit than a wing of bombers, and what do you do when you wanna commandeer a ship? Gotta fighter for that? Elysiums are just kamikaze tin cans for that sorta work, while troopers would be harder to get at (naturally cloaked, ever seen a metal person?) and you could send out dozens for less than a ship would cost-same reason armies still have infantry when we can just fight with tanks.
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: ^Graff on August 24, 2001, 08:18:00 pm
One fun thing would be to have a massacre of a fleet that is so desperate that all of the marines exit the ship and attack on the off chance that one of them could possibly kill someone, like in Peal Harbor or the opening scene from Starlancer.
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Red5 on August 25, 2001, 09:26:00 am
 Is some one making a mod for the marines right now??
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Post by: Anaz on August 25, 2001, 01:56:00 pm
I can try to make them, but what if they were in a squad around a big gun & power source, like it would be a bunch of guys around a kayser with it's own reactor and engine, the gun could be set as a non-rotating turret, and be able to be blown off. That wasn't a very good idea, but I could model little guys with little guns. I can't texture though!
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: YodaSean on August 27, 2001, 07:51:00 pm
Where can I get the Mr. T mod?
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Thorn on August 28, 2001, 03:43:00 am
The funniest thing in any sim game that Ive ever seen was in Falcon 4.0. If the pilot of the plane you just shot down bailed out, you can run into him and you hear this little "AHH!!"

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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on August 29, 2001, 08:24:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Stryke 9:
Stop playing StarCraft. It's bad for the mind.   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

SC 0wnz j00.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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Post by: Red5 on August 29, 2001, 12:26:00 pm
 Does some one have Poser?? or something to make people?? Lets make them and set the tbl explosion sound to that aaaaaaaaaaahhhh

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Post by: Stryke 9 on August 29, 2001, 08:44:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Setekh:
SC 0wnz j00.   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

And E2150 owns SC, and I own E2150! In yer face! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

And... that's disgusting, dudes.
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Post by: IPAndrews on August 30, 2001, 05:01:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Red5:
Does some one have Poser?? or something to make people?? Lets make them and set the tbl explosion sound to that aaaaaaaaaaahhhh

Yeah Poser will work. Assuming you can find a posable rocket pack, and you don't mind the model being 3000 polygons, and you don't mind seperating the model into smaller subobjects to avoid breaking the 800 polygon per subobject rule.

Are you RN-RED5? If so. You suck.
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Post by: Nico on August 30, 2001, 06:13:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Stryke 9:
And E2150 owns SC, and I own E2150

hmm yeah... in your dreams.
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: YodaSean on September 02, 2001, 09:22:00 pm
Does anyone know when any of these "marines" will come out?
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Pegasus V on September 02, 2001, 11:37:00 pm
I think this is a job for... No, not Superman, for Venom!
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Setekh on September 03, 2001, 07:31:00 am
If we could just get a hold of that Mista T model...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Post by: WMCoolmon on January 13, 2002, 02:27:00 pm
I hate to do this, but I really must bump this as it is a cool idea.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Post by: Alikchi on January 13, 2002, 03:45:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon:
I hate to do this, but I really must bump this as it is a cool idea.   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)


Didn't I see you on the MechWar 3d forums?
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Post by: WMCoolmon on January 13, 2002, 08:56:00 pm
Hey, hi!  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Post by: Alikchi on January 13, 2002, 09:17:00 pm
Die Snow Raven! *crunch*
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: deep_eyes on January 13, 2002, 10:14:00 pm
Well i can find a Solid Snake Model made in 3D Studio Max my friend has, and i give it to anyone who wants to convert the .MDL into a .POF and have someone make the tbl's. it would be cool to see snake running around


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Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 13, 2002, 11:08:00 pm
lol, a kamikaze snake   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)
Alikchi, you should really go on a diet...   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
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Post by: Ace Pace on January 14, 2002, 07:02:00 am
well you cauld have them with 1 energy and be able to fire only 1 subache shot and have a super slow recharge rate, or have a script an frendly ship dies the ,pilot exits takes the main subach and with its battery charge start shoting
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Post by: Red5 on January 14, 2002, 09:00:00 am
 
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Originally posted by IPAndrews:


Are you RN-RED5? If so. You suck.

What kind of cold slam is that??
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Post by: CP5670 on January 14, 2002, 11:59:00 am
You know, if the enemy used the same tactics and released freely-floating shivans into space, the GTVA would be dead right there. We all know what happens when a Shivan lands on a fighter, as shown in shiphit2.avi. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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And E2150 owns SC, and I own E2150[/qiote]

It certainly does. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) TA, released at around the same time as SC, also owns it. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) I didn't think SC was all that great actually...
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Post by: DTP on January 14, 2002, 02:44:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Bobboau:
we could add animation and such now that we have the source. I personaly think the shivans wouldn't use there solder drones for exterior atacks, at the least they would have a spesalized solder.


The source. what!. forgive for not being update. is it up for download somewhere ?.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on January 14, 2002, 08:37:00 pm
I don't think so...   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)
EDIT:  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)WELCOME TO THE HLPBB!!!!! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
I've always wanted to do that...

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Post by: DTP on January 15, 2002, 06:21:00 pm
Thank You. Would have loved to se the Source though.

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Post by: Nico on January 15, 2002, 06:30:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by DTP:
Thank You. Would have loved to se the Source though.


Yeah, I wonder where did bob got that then  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Anyway, even with the source, i doubt we could animate stuff  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Post by: Zeronet on January 16, 2002, 04:31:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by CP5670:
You know, if the enemy used the same tactics and released freely-floating shivans into space, the GTVA would be dead right there. We all know what happens when a Shivan lands on a fighter, as shown in shiphit2.avi.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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And E2150 owns SC, and I own E2150[/qiote]

It certainly does.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) TA, released at around the same time as SC, also owns it.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) I didn't think SC was all that great actually...[/b]

Where is shiphit2.avi?
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Post by: LAW ENFORCER on January 16, 2002, 04:31:00 pm
Err what? with the source we could [meanacing voice]RULE THE WORLD!
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: Zeronet on January 16, 2002, 04:36:00 pm
How would FS2's source code allow you to rule the world?
Title: Marines whizzing around in the FS2 engine!
Post by: LAW ENFORCER on January 16, 2002, 04:49:00 pm
Make best game in world (ever, learning code and all that) sell, become US preident... simple...
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Post by: CP5670 on January 16, 2002, 05:45:00 pm
 
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Where is shiphit2.avi?

It is on the FS1 Silent Thread CD, in the \extras\secret\supersecret directory, along with several other funny movies. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Post by: Zeronet on January 16, 2002, 05:58:00 pm
Anyway i can get them besides getting Silent Threat(im getting it soon though  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)).
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Post by: Stryke 9 on January 16, 2002, 06:21:00 pm
I kinda wanna see a Sathanas fly through a swarm of marines now...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Think they would get sucked into the engines and cause a flameout? NEW KAMIKAZE TRICK! Yaaay!  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Post by: Stryke 9 on January 16, 2002, 06:26:00 pm
Oh, and yes. E2150 ownz all. Venom, compare this to your pathetic fool of a game!

 (http://www.wpierce.com/wlp/E2150/main.jpg)

I only wish it wasn't made by some dudes at some stupid bankrupt German company who can't market a game to save their lives and apparently lost the sequel they had 90% done or summat...

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Post by: CP5670 on January 16, 2002, 06:38:00 pm
Ah good, show him much Starcraft sucks! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Post by: Nico on January 16, 2002, 06:40:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Stryke 9:
Oh, and yes. E2150 ownz all. Venom, compare this to your pathetic fool of a game!

  (http://www.wpierce.com/wlp/E2150/main.jpg)  

I only wish it wasn't made by some dudes at some stupid bankrupt German company who can't market a game to save their lives and apparently lost the sequel they had 90% done or summat...


you tell me you think THAT looks cool??? come on!
I tried the demo of that game, it's damn boring.

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Post by: Stryke 9 on January 16, 2002, 07:13:00 pm
The demo is nothing. The campaign ain't all that hot either- but hell, we make our own and what with the war-torn hellhole that the local clanwars and forums are, we could trounce you pampered SC brats as well  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

Tell me, is it more interesting to harvest 10000000000000 resources, make 100 Siege Tanks, and level the enemy base over half an hour, or to plot a night raid with amphibious vehicles flying the enemy's colors, using ECM screamers to disrupt enemy communications, so that they don't know what hit them 'till it's too late? More fun to send a thousand Zerglings raised over an eternity of awar-of-attrition, or to dig tunnels under the enemy base and undermine it, while guiding helicopter hit-and-run strikes along the front to distract him?

Don't mess.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Post by: Stryke 9 on January 16, 2002, 07:35:00 pm
And to get the jump on your frail little offering of an argument, E2150 was THE FIRST full-3D RTS. And is still the best, stratwise and in some cases effectswise.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on January 16, 2002, 11:09:00 pm
Why is Starcraft popular?
Protoss  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
*cough* now back on topic....  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) *cough*
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Post by: Nico on January 17, 2002, 05:30:00 am
 
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon:
Why is Starcraft popular?
Protoss   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
*cough* now back on topic....   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) *cough*


of course not: Zergs  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
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Post by: Stryke 9 on January 17, 2002, 05:46:00 pm
Terrans own both, in their halfhearted StarCrafty way. Rednecks in Space!!!
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Post by: Zeronet on January 17, 2002, 06:00:00 pm
Koreans "like" Starcraft  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif).
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Post by: Nico on January 17, 2002, 06:04:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by Zeronet:
Koreans "like" Starcraft   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif).


they like everything blizzard lol, korean are often mentioned at battle.net, diablo2  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) (they're all PK it seems lol)
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Post by: Sandwich on January 19, 2002, 07:13:00 am
 
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Originally posted by LAW ENFORCER:
Err what? with the source we could [meanacing voice]RULE THE WORLD!

Day of the Tentacle intro, eh? Yeah, that rocked...  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

And about this mini-war with SC, E2150 and TA, lemme clarify things:

SC: The complx story was one of the two biggest pluses this game had going for it. The other one was the well-balanced but vastly different sides, especially since it wasn't just 2 sided. Dune 2 was cool because it had 3 sides, and AFAIK SC was the only other major RTS game up till then that had 3 factions. I could easily be wrong about that, though.

However, SC was a 2D isometric game, after all, and the terrain wasn't very varied (2 levels, no?).

All in all, it was fun to play, but the game itself wasn't groundbreaking - everything around it (story, side balance) was.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

E2150: The concept for the game, with all the little interactive things one could do with the terrain, was simply amazing. Tunnels, primary home base, weaponry swapping, in-level tech development, 3 factions (yays!), something other than the destruction of the enemy to shoot for - it had a lot going for it.

My main gripe with this game was that it was slow and seemed to get bogged down even more as the level went on. Also, everything aside from the game itself and the story (interface, cutscenes or lack thereof, etc) was pretty horrid.

All in all, it could have been awesome, and if you're willing to look beyond its faults, probably was awesome.

TA:  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) I will always have a soft spot for this game. Coming along at the same time as SC, TA was stunning in every way. Near-photo-realistic maps, true 3D units without any inherent slowdown or need for a 3D accellerator, massive(!) maps and battles, humongous amounts of units, easy MODdability, ingenious SHIFT command queing (boy, did that make things easy!) - I could go on and on.

I must say that this game was also the first big RTS to include land, sea and air units equally.

The biggest boon to this game, just like us here with the Freespace universe, was it's loyal following of players. They still are pumping out incredible maps and units for the game, some of which truly are photorealistic (using heightmaps from geological surveys, etc).

Unfortunately, the storyline was pretty basic and uninspiring, although epic. There were no movies aside from the intro (and outtro?), but IMHO that wasn't a big problem - the point of it was the game, not the story.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

All in all, this is one game that constantly occupies over 1GB on my HD, even to this day. Why so much? The add-on maps and units, of course. It's always a ball to have a network game with my bro now and then - TA rocks.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/cool.gif)

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Post by: Unknown Target on January 19, 2002, 08:25:00 am
ST sucks.
HW rules j00!
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Post by: CP5670 on January 19, 2002, 11:31:00 am
I also have still TA installed and play it every now and then; some of the mods for it are truly amazing.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) (Final Frontier, World Domination, etc.)

One characteristic that TA unfortunately shares with FS2 is that there will probably be no sequel due to copyright issues. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)

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Post by: Alikchi on January 19, 2002, 12:35:00 pm
Well, there might be a sequel, Chris Taylor is leaning in that direction.
And you don't need a sequel with UTASP..it adds 248 units, bumping the unit count to over 500. Need I say more? www.tauniverse.com/madta/utasp ("http://www.tauniverse.com/madta/utasp")   (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Post by: Stryke 9 on January 19, 2002, 01:58:00 pm
Sandwich: You liked the E2150 plot?  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

I thought the interface was good and the plot sucked, personally. It was really too bad that to make a camapign you essentially needed to be a programmer, as well.

TA, what I've seen of it, seems to be a halfway point between pure entertainment (SC} and something more resembling an actual battle simulator (E2150). Never actually got it, myself, but maybe I should...

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Post by: Alikchi on January 19, 2002, 07:27:00 pm
yes, yes you shold.
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Post by: IPAndrews on January 21, 2002, 09:17:00 am
So did anyone do the marine mod then?
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Post by: Anaz on January 23, 2002, 03:58:00 pm
nope, I tried and failed miserably, I may try again soon tho...
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Post by: Stryke 9 on January 23, 2002, 11:01:00 pm
Of course not.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)