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Hosted Projects - Standalone => The Babylon Project => Topic started by: 0rph3u5 on December 23, 2005, 03:27:55 pm
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(http://babcom.henna-boy.co.uk/TBH-FSiA.jpg)
The full version 0.9 of "First Steps Into The Abyss" which is the first of the planned ten episodes of The Black Hand is released at Jaunary 16th 2006
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First Step into the Abyss - Mission List:
00 - First Steps Into The Abyss
01 - The Very First Night
02 - The Mist
03 - Fox Hole
04 - Suspicous Events
00 - Remembering...
05 - Pearl Divers
06 - Mistaking Is The First Step...
07 - Going Home
00 - Remembering...
08 - Wanderers At Dark Places
09 - Combat Drills
10 - Bloody Cargo
11 - Godess of Secrets
12 - Missing in Action
00 - Nigmare
13 - Psychic Analasys
13b - Liberation
14 - Hall Of Secrets
15 - Orcus
00 - Credits
Odysse - Mission List:
00 - Odysse
01 - Odysseus
02 - Dark Symphony
03a - PSI Cop Training pt 1
03b - PSI Cop Training pt 2
03c - PSI Cop Training pt 3
00 - Hub1
-now it's getting complicated :D-
Features not included but in work:
logo_psi - Comm ani
capcomm_psi1 - comm ani
capcomm_psi2 - comm ani
psi_logo1 - CB ani
psi_logo2 - CB ani
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:shaking:
veryone who downloaded the release before 00:30 GMT + 1 must download it again... Just a minor mistake of mine when creating the campaign file...
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now that would be 357 kb :p
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seems there s something wrong. ive got no HUD. so when i start the first mission it looks like this.
(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/Vash_s/tbp/tbh1.jpg)
edit: only in the campaingmode it is this way, in techroom simulator the HUD appears as normal
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:yes: excellent campaing . I Only Wish the one from Madaboutgames will work the same as yours ;). Now Keep them coming they are plenty of stories waiting to get out.
Merry Xmas to All.
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Yes, I agree with Valorum! :nod:
A really nice made piece of fiction... and a decent freding work!
But I also have this "missing HUD" problem /at least in campaign mode/ :confused:
Oh, and of course Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to TBP staff and all other fellow FREDers/pilots
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seems there s something wrong. ive got no HUD. so when i start the first mission it looks like this.
edit: only in the campaingmode it is this way, in techroom simulator the HUD appears as normal
I thing I know what this is...
I will try to fix it as soon as I can do.... maybe it is that he takes the no hud from the CSMs into the next mission -at least at your place, I hadn't had that problem but thanks for reporting-
there are still three missions and maybe some fellow stuff still coming before I will start the next Episode of this story in January - Keep watching
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I've had the problem but it may be to do with the 3.6.5 build of fred I'm currently using with TBP. It does appear to be disable hud carrying over from the previous mission.
A quick fix is to add the following sexp to each mission following a cutscene:
when
-true
-hud-disable
-0
Which reenable the hud as soon as the mission starts.
0rph3u5 I've sent you a pm
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I've got some good news and some bad news for all who liked TBH - FSitA so far:
The good news is that I'm confident to finish the full 0.9 release of "TBH - First Steps Into The Abyss" during this week and the work on "TBH Odysse" is going to start soon
The bad news is that for some final work on "TBH - FSitA" version 0.9 had had to use a 3.6.7 FRED. Consequence is that you'll have to organize you a 3.6.7 build of fs2_open if you want to play it without any bugs appearing
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Finally I've finished the whole beta demo...
:):yes: for your work
Although I have some questions/suggestions:
Mission where you capture the artifact from the narns - why aren't there any rockets available....
Taking out cruisers using only 40mm pulses takes quite a long time...
Final mission of the demo - where the shadows want their possesion back - shouldn't all of the shadow craft suddenly disappear? I mean that they got what they wanted and loose their interest for those petty humans /they fighters have jumpdrives after all/...
Just poiting out some small details... They don't impact the gameplay much nor the storyline, but I think they could make your campaign even better...
What do you think about it Orp3u5 ?
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Although I have some questions/suggestions:
Mission where you capture the artifact from the narns - why aren't there any rockets available....
Taking out cruisers using only 40mm pulses takes quite a long time...
Taking down the cruisers is more the job of the Siphron - the first cruiser gets into her front guns fast and the second should face her rear turrets... but if you want missiles: one mission less where "Gamma 1 has no secondary weapons. Should at least be 1" greets me :D
Final mission of the demo - where the shadows want their possesion back - shouldn't all of the shadow craft suddenly disappear? I mean that they got what they wanted and loose their interest for those petty humans /they fighters have jumpdrives after all/...
they should all diappear.. which ones does not?
Just poiting out some small details... They don't impact the gameplay much nor the storyline, but I think they could make your campaign even better...
What do you think about it Orp3u5 ?
PM me the details... this would delay the release but I'm always open for new ideas...
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Hey, that is an awsome campaign. I like it very much... but... urghs, I hate to say it, I can not go through without one major problem: I have to recapture the relict from the Narn cruiser G'Lon but as it explodes, nothing else happens... is there something what I did wrong? :shaking:
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I don't think so...
the G'Lon's selfdestruction is scripted.... try to land on the Siprhon (fly into the hangar) and see if the mission ends... if not try to play it again
if you did so and still nothing happens please wait until Sunday ;)
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If you read the comm lines carefully you will see that the artifact is intact even after the G'Lons selfdestruction...
You have to only protect the destroyer against other Narn ships...
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There ARE now other narn ships and there ARE no other com messages after the selfdestruction of the G'Lon... and no, I am not able to land... they just dont want to let me enter their hanger again ^^
Hmm.. I wonder if I am stinky?
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:confused:
1. destroy the 2 Th'nor cruisers
2. destroy all the Frazis
3. make sure the Siphron survives (when I fought this mission it had 25% left without any troubles)
4.land to end the mission
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Here comes it as pormissed:
The first part of Maximillian Locke's ten years voyage from a loyal PSI Cop to a man on the run.
http://babcom.henna-boy.co.uk/TheBlackHandEpisode1v0916106.zip
(444 KB - 15 playable missions)
Changes since beta 2.5:
- three new missions
- missing HUDs of 3.6.5 users will be shown again
- cutscene bars have been added in the CSMs
Known bugs:
BUG: In some missions the game crashes and a message with the following lines on top is shown:
required token: $endmultitext
found token: $mirror: 0
REASON: the newer versions Fred 3.6.7 allows you to flip briefing icons.... old builds don't cover this feature
HOW TO SOLVE: Download a newer versions of fs2_open.exe
BUG: In the mission "Combat Drills" the screen turn black suddenly.
REASON: see HOW TO SOLVE
HOW TO SOLVE: there is no way to solve this - it's part of the mission :p
The other coming episodes of The Black Hand will not be released in this patchwork style I did this time....
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i am stuck on the mission where you have to attach a tracker to the Asgard, i do that, then i presume i fly to the rendezvous beacons, then i isis appears then i asume that i approach it to end the mission, since there are no mission directives after you attach the tracker. but i cannot seem to end the mission, everytime i approach the isis nothing happens, any clues?
i am using build fs2_open_r-20051229.
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
An interesting paralell... I stumbeled across that bug just a couple of minutes before I read your post... It's caused by an event which can't become true....
Download a patch for it here:
http://babcom.henna-boy.co.uk/BH1_11_gosPATCH.zip
I'm currently working on the anis and will get a full fixed vp out some time soon....
BTW how did anyone here convert the colored pics from the show into BW-pic? the tools I use don't do that for me....
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cheers, thats seems to have sorted the problem.
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WAH, I get the following Errormessage after the first video:
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Error: BH1_01_tvfn.fs2(line 65:
Error: Required token = [$multi_text], found [$mirror: 0].
File:\fs2_open\code\parse\parselo.cpp
Line: 588
[This filename points to the location fo a file on the computer that built this executable]
Call stack:
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[This info is in the clipboard so you can paste it somewhere now}
Use Ok to break into Debugger, Cancel exits.
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Omng... just another error on my PC :(
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no error on your PC... just a prob with a new featrue coming with newer 3.6.7 builds
it's the thing with flippping the brief icons (a new line for every brief icon has been added.... the most common builds don't cover that yet)
get yourself a newer build (although this gives you some graphic probs.... :snipe:
these should be solved with TBP 3.3 :(
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Is there a URL available for that newer build? I dont know what pages I have to visit for more information about Freespace 2 datas.
(Yes, I am a noob in the FS-modding section ^^)
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Look here (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,34852.0.html) Azodiak.
You want either the standard version or the optimised (if you're on an AMD Athlon/ P4 or better).
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the 3.3 update is complete... only a play-test and vp-packing is left to do: ETA 6th Febuary 2006
some features of coming Ep2 "Odysse":
- the story continues!
- "My name is Bester. I'm your superior on this mission" - Join the Black Omegas if you want!
- change the progress of the campaign during non linear phases!
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HI ALL
I am having the same two problems that starbug and Azodiak are having but theres a differeance i get within 4500 of the main ship after placing the tracker and the game crashes to the desk top, install the new patch still didnt work.
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CURRENT WIP
FIRST STEPS INTO THE ABYSS - UPDATING
okay I'm half through the campaign again ("Bloody Cargo")... all I did form now on was rebalancing (the shadows suddenly had more powerful fighters) and fixing minor issues in the coordination of events... Intro CSM needs to be updated since these cutscene bars I have not encountered loading probs or regular crashes so far
ODYSSE
- hub #1 for the first non linear part of the campaign is almost done (sexp count is hard at my limits) and just needs testing and a proper PSI HQ ship
- CSM #1 is done and tested, CSM #2 suffers from a minor bug* situated in ships.tbl, CSM #3 is nearly done (just WP and msgs)
* I can't assign a SH Battlecrab (L) any internal orders....
ANIS
no progress so far :( - I'm still lacking of a proper conversion of the images taken form the DVD
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FIRST STEPS INTO THE ABYSS - UPDATING
first lookthrough complete and nearly all updates done... (will finish them today)
someone here to take the challange of another playtest???