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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Admiral Nelson on April 15, 2004, 06:40:13 pm
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I haven't seen this posted here before, so.... Some fellow has put together an amazing freeware Battle of Endor arcade game. For a one man show it is quite impressive. The models used are pretty simplistic, and many seem to have no textures at all, but it conveys the atmosphere of the battle far better than any of the X-Wing games ever did, IMO. TIE fighter waves seem to have at least 50 fighters in them. I don't think I've seen a game with so many craft on screen at once. The AI seems pretty smart, your wingmen actually shoot at shield generators and don't seem to crash into things as in some other games... :)
I haven't managed to beat it yet....
It only about 17 megs to download, so give it a look! :)
Fixed link (http://www.bruneras.com/news.htm)
Whoops.. fixed link.
I forgot to mention -- it's actually programmed in VB!! I am amazed that such smooth performance could be had in a 3D VB game.
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Hmmmmm.......*downloads*
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I get a link to D-Link network systems.
copy/paste the text, ignore the link.
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Dude! This thing pwnz!
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No, thank you, playing XWA instead.
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XWA it ain't, but it is a fun little arcade game. I'm always impressed by what indie developers can do. Not too many years ago this thing would have been a classic, now it can be made by a VB programmer in his spare time.
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Originally posted by Admiral Nelson
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I haven't managed to beat it yet....
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This sentence convinces me not to touch this game. I am playing to enjoy it, and spend my free-time, not to have something that makes me mad.
The last game I had enough about was Serious Sam. I changed to cheating mode after trying to beat a single stage for a whole day.
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You should give it a go Ace, I haven't had so much gratuitous fun since Doom, theres nothing quite as satisying as having a nice shielded X-Wing against those helpless little Ties ;)
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You restored my faith. :) Downloading ...
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hehehe The control takes a little bit of getting used to, but it's good for those bad days at work where you just want to make things go boom ;)
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The bastard won't run. :(
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I'm getting really pissed, because the stupid Home One keeps getting killed. I have the Imperator down to about 6% hull, and the damn thing blows up, pisses me off.
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neat.
yeah, indie developers can put out some neqat stuff ;)
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You know, I could deal with professional games with those kind of graphics, as long as the content made use of the free time :D
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sounds quite good... downloading
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Fun!
I keep having the same problem though. Either the Falcon or Home One dies, and there's not much I can do about it. 114 TIEs killed and Lando can't take a little evasive action? I thought those turrets on top of that hulk swiveled!
As for Home One...well...meh. The mission shouldn't just end right there...
It is damn fun though.
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Yep it's way cool, just only if he had those ships textured it would be even better. I can't wait for our SW conversion to be done, it's gonna be awesome.
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Originally posted by adwight
...I can't wait for our SW conversion to be done, it's gonna be awesome.
Wait on. :(
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Hey this is quite good, it's fun ^^
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neat, downloading!
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Tis a Sweet game!
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What other stuff do you guys have to do TopAce?
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144 TIEs, 2 Star Destroyers...then death.
God, it's amazing that the Alliance won the battle, eh? :D
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Won't run. :( Installs fine, but quits immediately upon startup.
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the games fun everytime i play it i get closer to destroying the SSD Executor
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got screen?
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i can try and get one. :)
Edit: i'll give ya a screenshot sometime in the mornin i'm a bit tired
Edit 2: for some reason i can't print a screen is anyone else having this kind of problem.
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(http://www.aqsx85.dsl.pipex.com/Endor1.jpg)
hehehehe Takes me back to my old X-Wing days :D
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this is really good for a freeware game but it doesnt come close to battle of endor on Star Wars Rogue Leader on Gamecube- now that is high-poly tense action, and if u buy Rebel Strike for Cube you can play the Rogue Leader campaign coop.
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Wow, that's a fun game.
If you can't get the game to load (ie it keeps minimizing)
open 'config.ini' in the game's root, and set Videomode,0.
Then, in game, you can increase the resolution again. It worked for me.!
Cheers!
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Flipside, where's your gay-dar?
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I turned the damn thing off, for some reason, my brain keeps teeling me that's where the damn crosshair should be ;)
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Originally posted by adwight
What other stuff do you guys have to do TopAce?
:wtf:
I am afraid I fail to see the meaning of that sentence.
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Awww ****.
212 TIEs and 3 Star Destroyers later, I'm about to crash myself into the bridge of the Executor and go out in a blaze of glory when Home One decides to throw in the towel and die. It couldn't have waited 5 seconds longer.
And I was about to win. :sigh:
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The meaning is, what all do you guys have left to do for the mod? A lot?
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Must...Find...TIE...Fighter....
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Wow! He's coming out with a battle of Yavin one too!
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Great game... if that is a close representation of the battle in the movie it is a miracle the alliance won the battle.
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Too. Easy. :p
All I did was shoot torpedoes and quad fire laser blast (both = instant kill).
Still quite amusing though :D
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I'd go find TIE fighter, but then I'd remember that TIE Fighter (as well as WC, for that matter) don't run on XP.
Screw them. All of them.
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Originally posted by Corsair
.., I'm about to crash myself into the bridge of the Executor and go out in a blaze of glory when Home One decides to throw in the towel and die. It couldn't have waited 5 seconds longer.
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Here is the TRUE Arvel Crynyd! Spelling is not correct, he was the guy who smashed his A-wing to the Executor's bridge.
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Ya know, I always figured that was an accident until someone told me it was intentional. I mean come on. Look at the poor guy, an xwing blows up behind him making him spin off and he's screaming away looking like he's not holding on to anything. However, I do prefer the fact that he did intentionally do it. Makes it more tragic.
And on Tie Fighter, I found my TIE CD. It didn't work. DAMN THEM!
*Fires up old laptop*
Aaah. There we go. :D
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Wohoo! I got thru it! I crashed my X-wing into the bridge! :D
Thats a really fun game. I also changed the sparks in the game a little. Added a bit of a blue glow to them to make it a bit better. :D
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Do I smell a mod project?
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Heh, the cheat is really dumb :p
I made it through without the cheat (quite simple actually. The the Executor is a *****) but then I restarted and cheated just to see what kinda stuff you could do. Like crashing into shield generators on the SDs, or trying to fly towards the DS. :p
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What exactly is the cheat and when do you put it in? I saw that in the readme but I don't really feel like figuring it out on my own.
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hehe... 'Use the force' :D
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Hehe. I got thru without the cheat as well. Still dont know how to do it tho... How does one, "use the force" anyhow?
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Fly towards the first wave of enemy fighters and crash into them untill you die. (the FORCE :p)
DON'T FIRE else it won't work.
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Heh. I figured it would be something like that. :D
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ah.
Well I just beat it without the cheat...and felt very satisfied. I saved the galaxy! :D
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The Battle of Endor doesn't mean the end of the Empire. It was only a decisive defeat.
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and the death of the emperor
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Well it's a start anyway.
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Originally posted by neo_hermes
and the death of the emperor
Do you think the 'decisive defeat' was a smooth expression in this case?
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*bump*
Battle Of Yavin released (http://www.theforce.net/games/apps/boyavin/index.shtml)
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Yay!
I haven't even played the Endor version. ;)
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WEEE!
And I even don't like SW :p
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We humans differ.
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I got to the end (the Executor), and tried to go under it, but couldn't figure out that I couldn't do that, so I died and used up my last two lives (the first time I tried to sit in the underbelly hangar, and the second I tried to go under one of the "wings"), thus making me lose the game :D
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Did these guys take the scenic route to the exhaust port or something?
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i really don't like stage 4 i got ass raped by 50- 60 ties.
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There were Star Destroyers at Yavin?
Those towers are a *****, especially when the Star Destroyer starts dumping TIEs on top of you in Stage 4. I can't figure out whether to go for the guns on the ground or the TIEs first...
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There shouldn't be any Star Destroyers in the Battle of Yavin. After the destruction of the DS, there was a whole fleet of Star Destroyers to attack Yavin IV.
According to canon information
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Er...to anyone who's played Battle of Yavin. Any ideas on how to "use the force" in stage 6?
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Oh, the Force? Can you use that? :D
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Well that's what the readme says...
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Well, do the same thing Luke did when he 'used the force' in the trench run... :)
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Heh. I never actually read the Readme. I just did straight away what Luke did when I read that text. :D
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Originally posted by Admiral Nelson
Well, do the same thing Luke did when he 'used the force' in the trench run... :)
I'm asking HOW I do that. Because I can't figure out how. There's not exactly a "turn off targeting computer" key in the list of controls.
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If the creator(s) do(es) not foreshow it, that is a **** game.
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Turning off the radar also turns off the targeting computer.... :)