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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: WS-Thunder on August 04, 2001, 05:38:00 pm
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Hey everyone, first of all I am new and second, I am working on a new FS1 campaign. I finished my first level that will actually be the fourth level in my campaign. I usually play D3 multiplayer but I have learned to love FS1 for it's single player and I hope to get FS2 soon and possibly make a sequal to this campaign with it. I have been looking for a copy but can't seem to find a copy. I also have the first level part way done and the second level halfway done.
Here is what is on my list at the moment, I need:
1. A Shivan stealth.
2. Thunderstorm Mach 1. This ship is the main fighter in the campaign. It is a Vasuaden/Terran fighter. It will be a bit like a loki crossed with a valkery in looks and will be as manueverable and at least as fast as the Dragon.
3. Shivan fortress.
4. Some new music, movies, voice acting, and a couple of new persona's. The main persona I need is a Vasuaden wingman. He will be one of the main characters
Current characters are:
Drake O' Neil: main character, is a cool charcter. I had Bill Pullman in mind when I came up with this guy.
Vasuaden pilot: this character isn't named yet but lets just say I had Shean Connery in mind when I came up with him. He will be a very important character.
Joker: This guy is nutty and is a cocky hotshot pilot.
Female wingman: Haven't figured her role out yet.
General Carl O' Neil: This guy is the main characters father who is trying to make a treaty with the Vasuaden Ambasador.
Vasuaden Ambassador: this guy will be pretty much an average character.
Death aka Pandora's ghost: This guy is basically the Red Baron of the Shivan fleet. He will be one of the big enemy characters you fight. He flys a Shivan stealth.
Black Jack: a GTA pilot who later becomes a traitor.
The name of the campaign will be Pandora's Ghost. Also, as for voice acting, I don't want to have anyone use a fake accent. Just use your regular voice LOL. I have played a campaign where I could tell someone was faking it. Well take a look and tell me what you think
By the way R128Thunder I finally figured out how to get in here! Doh! I overlooked the forums LOL.
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What's the WS- for?
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WS= Wild Stallions. In Descent 3 I am in a clan called MOB and I am in charge of a squadron within it called Wild Stallions (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/redface.gif))
I chose Stallion because I have a new custom ship I'm working on that we will fly in clan wars (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
[This message has been edited by WS-Thunder (edited 08-04-2001).]
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Ahh, cause around here, WS stands for Warpstorm. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)
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The main persona I need is a Vasuaden wingman. He will be one of the main characters
FS2 and even FS1 contain several pilot personnas which can be used for your Vasudan.
Thunderstorm Mach 1
Look at the GTVA naming system, would they honestly call a ship the 'Thunderstorm Mach 1'?
music, movies
Not worth the time, you're just starting a campaign, look with what FS already has.
General Carl O' Neil:
General? That's a ground rank naming system, if he is in a GTVA warship and has any command role what-so-ever he would be Admiral O'Neil.
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[This message has been edited by Ace (edited 08-05-2001).]
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FS2 and even FS1 contain several pilot personnas which can be used for your Vasudan.
Hmmm... in fred they won't let me use a Vasuaden as a wingman though. He won't show up for some reason in the persona menu when I choose a wingman (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)
Not worth the time, you're just starting a campaign, look with what FS already has.
Yah. I plan to do a good job. The movies will be mostly an extra thing if I do them. I have a couple of friends who can make them. This campaign has the FS feel too it but it centers around several characters rather than the player so it has lots of storyline.
General? That's a ground rank naming system, if he is in a GTVA warship and has any command role what-so-ever he would be Admiral O'Neil.
Hehe, I just based that rank off the Freespace 1 AI ranking system. Admiral would make more sense though, so I'll rename him Admiral O' Neil.
The next intersting thing is that I have been working on my first level. It won't really be challenging but it will mostly be an introduction to my level set. However I have some awsome tricks I used, that no one else has ever tried. Basically I made the FS 1 engine scream for mercy with some of my levels LOL (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) Also, I have a new weapon planned that will only be used on the Shivan stealth. It will basically be an energy cannon that fires energy torepedo's that recharge quickly. They home in and work slighly like a less powerfull emp missile.
However, how do I get another ship in the game to jump out? In the initial orders I told it to follow a waypoint with 89 priority and then warp out with a priority of 88. However I am hoping to do this more accuratly. Is there a way I can do this?
Also, how do I get objectives to show up in the little objectives menu you see in FS1 in different levels?
And how do I make certain characters hold a conversation during the game? Like when a kamakazi ship comes in, one of your wingman says: "Name of ship" has gone kamakazi! Also, I will want characters to talk to each other before a battle starts and while they are on their way into a fight.
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Send-Message-SEXP or Message-List-SEXP, tied to whatever events desired.
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Hmmm, the big question is though, is where is the Send-Message-SEXP or Message-List-SEXP found?
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Originally posted by WS-Thunder:
Hmmm, the big question is though, is where is the Send-Message-SEXP or Message-List-SEXP found?
Heheheh.... good thing this is FS1... else, he'd be asking how to free beams... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Um.... you have done the FRED tutorial, right?
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Nevermind. I figured most of this stuff out on my own. A little bit with Fred but not much. I hate reading that stupid thing every time I need to figure something out LOL (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/redface.gif)) I still need to figure out how to get messages to go back and forth between characters. It doesn't explain it as much as I would like it to in the tutorial. Still working a few bugs out but I am starting to see a level. For some reason I had the combinations right last night but they wouldn't work so I deleted them all and added them all again and it worked.