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Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: an0n on July 09, 2004, 09:39:14 am
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/descent-freespace-darkness-rising/?ui=gamefinder

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Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: neo_hermes on July 09, 2004, 09:40:34 am
you saw that, too... i thought i was drunk/ drank something that went bad when i saw that...
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Fury on July 09, 2004, 09:51:14 am
It's not an expansion but a demo of FS1 which was bundled with some gaming magazines. I have one, I think it ends after you have captured that Lilith cruiser, was it Zenith?
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: vyper on July 09, 2004, 09:55:02 am
Possibly a mis-nomer for Silent Threat? The Silent Threat expansion music track was titled Darkness Rising I believe.
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Taristin on July 09, 2004, 10:31:55 am
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Originally posted by Mr. Fury
It's not an expansion but a demo of FS1 which was bundled with some gaming magazines. I have one, I think it ends after you have captured that Lilith cruiser, was it Zenith?


:eek2:  You capture the Taranis...  How could you forget?

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Originally posted by vyper
Possibly a mis-nomer for Silent Threat? The Silent Threat expansion music track was titled Darkness Rising I believe.


Nope. Demo. Check older versions of VPView...
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Setekh on July 09, 2004, 10:33:13 am
Darkness Rising was the OEM version of FS1. Just like FS2: Colossus was the OEM version of FS2. GS got it wrong. ;)
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Bobboau on July 09, 2004, 10:36:35 am
that's what got me into FS, it was bundeled with my joystick, of corse one of the reasons I picked that joystick was becase it was bundeled with FS:DR.
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Fury on July 09, 2004, 10:38:15 am
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Originally posted by Raa

:eek2:  You capture the Taranis...  How could you forget?

Sure, blame a guy who hasn't played FS for YEARS! :p
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: aldo_14 on July 09, 2004, 11:04:40 am
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Originally posted by Mr. Fury
It's not an expansion but a demo of FS1 which was bundled with some gaming magazines. I have one, I think it ends after you have captured that Lilith cruiser, was it Zenith?


'zackly.  That's whiy I bought FS2... believe it came bundled with a mates PC.
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Zeronet on July 09, 2004, 11:22:04 am
You know, i remember playing the later missions of FS, but i can only find a copy of the OEM of FS1....odd.
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Knight Templar on July 09, 2004, 02:35:44 pm
Indeed, it came bundled with a joystick I bought for X-wing (Gravis Blackhawk Digital or sommat). Goes all the way up to the Taranis... I thought that was the end of the game for years, until I bought FS2 and they were talking about Lucifer and the sol node and a bunch of stuff I'd never heard of...
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Grey Wolf on July 09, 2004, 07:45:54 pm
I rather like my copy of Descent: Freespace. Full version on DVD :)
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Taristin on July 09, 2004, 07:47:31 pm
Me too. :)  But it's OEM for a P3...

Hey... Could I trouble you for the exe? ;) I'd like to use the movies again... :p
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Grey Wolf on July 09, 2004, 07:50:30 pm
You got it OEM too? You buy that computer from Gateway?

BTW, why do you need the exe?
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Taristin on July 09, 2004, 09:07:25 pm
Actually, It's an IBM Aptiva. I ask for the exe because I use it on a Duron system. The OEM version only runs on a p3.

I don't technically need it, but the exe I have is from a regular version, and cannot play the cutscenes, even with table files that point to the single FVF.
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Grey Wolf on July 09, 2004, 09:17:45 pm
I actually am not sure whether it runs on anything else. Wait a moment while I install it and check.

EDIT: It works, but only if I put it into compatibility mode at Windows 98 (I'm running XP Home on an Athlon XP). Try that with yours. If it doesn't work, I'll give you the exe.
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Setekh on July 09, 2004, 11:42:02 pm
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Originally posted by Raa
Actually, It's an IBM Aptiva.


Dude, I remember when I used to want an Aptiva so badly. I didn't know IBM put FS:DR onto some of their PCs... cool. :)
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: JR2000Z on July 09, 2004, 11:56:00 pm
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Originally posted by Bobboau
that's what got me into FS, it was bundeled with my joystick, of corse one of the reasons I picked that joystick was becase it was bundeled with FS:DR.


I got it with my Dell computer back in '98. :)
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Taristin on July 10, 2004, 08:53:55 am
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Originally posted by Setekh


Dude, I remember when I used to want an Aptiva so badly. I didn't know IBM put FS:DR onto some of their PCs... cool. :)


Actually, it's not FS:DR  It's the full version of FS1. Straight down to the killing of the Lucy and has all of the cutscenes. It's more like a game of the year edition, just P3 OEM. :)

And Grey Wolf: It's not an issue of compatability mode, because when I try to run it it tells me that it will only work on a Pentium 3 PC. :p
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Taristin on July 10, 2004, 08:55:09 am
Double post... Whoopsie.
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Grey Wolf on July 10, 2004, 05:57:58 pm
Ah. Just double-checking, as mine runs through a file called fsp3.exe, but it runs just fine when in compatibility mode. I'll PM you with a link later tonight.

EDIT: Just thought of something: What speed is your Duron? If it is less than 1GHz, my version may not run on yours. It's "Your computer is not a P3" error could mean it checks for SSE in the OEM version.
Title: Descent Freespace: Darkness Rising - WTF?
Post by: Taristin on July 10, 2004, 08:12:36 pm
...Duron 600.  No go, eh? No biggy.