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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Dough with Fish on January 28, 2005, 07:05:57 pm

Title: Dooot doooooot
Post by: Dough with Fish on January 28, 2005, 07:05:57 pm
Yeah, I have been replaying the entire Freespace saga through again, even ST. And I was thinking 'What other genres would the FS universe translate over too?'.

Personally, I think that FS could fit an MMO game, especially if it were set during FS2. You got the NTF, GTVA, Shivans, and the renegade Vasudans. And there are dozens of systems to play in and hold and conquer and what have you. Only problem I could see is that it would be mainly a PvP game, with very little PvE. Maybe you could have pirates or something. Or have the Shivans be NPC's.... I also think that FS would translate over to a RTS game very well. Especially if it were done like Homeworld of ST: Armada.

So, what do you all think?
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Post by: neo_hermes on January 28, 2005, 07:09:13 pm
you know i think FS could be done in RTS = From the pov of an Admiral or something... and an online MMO is what Goober is planning i think...can't be sure about that though.
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Post by: Cobra on January 28, 2005, 08:36:49 pm
goober is very unpredictable. you don't know when he'll have a severe mood swing (kiddin' ;)).
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Post by: WMCoolmon on January 28, 2005, 08:43:22 pm
It would be very nice but probably require a complete redoing of the FS2 network infrastructure, and probably a lot of the server code.
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Post by: Falcon on January 28, 2005, 08:53:59 pm
Ferrium perhaps?
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Post by: Hippo on January 28, 2005, 08:55:29 pm
FS:CZ perhaps? (http://sectorgame.com/FSCZ)

If only the tester's actually did anything...
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Post by: Liberator on January 29, 2005, 01:23:02 am
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Originally posted by Cobra
Liberator is very unpredictable. you don't know when he'll have a severe mood swing (not kiddin' ;)).


FS makes the transition to RTS okay.  Look at the Homeworld and Cataclysm conversions(okay, not so much Cata...)
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Post by: Jal-18 on January 29, 2005, 01:27:00 am
Yeah, anyone else get *extremly* annoying rainbows all over their Vasudan ships?
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Post by: Kie99 on January 29, 2005, 03:28:35 am
:wtf: Was that a joke?  Why is it in this topic BTW?
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Post by: Scuddie on January 29, 2005, 04:11:00 am
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Originally posted by Hippo
FS:CZ perhaps? (http://sectorgame.com/FSCZ)

If only the tester's actually did anything...
LOL...  Before I clicked the link, I thought it would be "Freespace: Condition Zero"
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Post by: phatosealpha on January 29, 2005, 04:56:05 am
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Originally posted by Jal-18
Yeah, anyone else get *extremly* annoying rainbows all over their Vasudan ships?


Er, that's a strange thing to bring up in a thread like this.

But the answer is simple.  The shinemap packs aren't completely done, and some of them don't have alpha channels yet.  If you play using environment mapping and have use alpha for env mapping checked, anything that doesn't have a shine map with alpha channel gets full environment mapping everywhere, which is what you're seeing.
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Post by: Hippo on January 29, 2005, 07:56:13 am
He means something like this...

(http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/blackwater/BWOshine10.jpg)
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Post by: TrashMan on January 29, 2005, 08:20:05 am
Looks allmost like a surface shield!
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Post by: Getter Robo G on January 29, 2005, 09:18:57 am
Um, The GTVA Jessie Jackson - Rainbow warrior?

"Fire the uber beams of Conformity and Tolerance!"
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Post by: Jal-18 on January 29, 2005, 10:27:59 am
I was talking about the Vasudan ships in the Homeworld Cataclysm mod.  Sorry for any confusion.  And yes, sorry, random and odd thing to bring up without clarification.
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Post by: Liberator on January 29, 2005, 12:58:34 pm
Turn off the Vertex Lighting.  It has something to do with the way the ships are imported, Cata default ships are just about the only ones that don't get rainbows, however check the HW forums and ask around, they may have found a way around that.
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Post by: Jal-18 on January 29, 2005, 02:16:15 pm
Hah, I never even thought to ask at the forums.  To be honest, it wasn't that big a problem for me, just an annoyance.

(To those who don't know what I'm babbling on about: rainbow Hatshepsuts (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/navalfreak18/Misc/Homeworld/shota021.jpg) )

Thanks Liberator! :)

Edit: Much better (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/navalfreak18/Misc/Homeworld/shota022.jpg)
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Post by: Black Wolf on January 30, 2005, 01:25:26 am
Dooot dooooooot? :wtf:
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Post by: NGTM-1R on January 30, 2005, 01:26:15 am
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