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Title: Into the Halls of Valhalla status report
Post by: TopAce on December 24, 2005, 06:19:20 pm
Into the Halls of Valhalla is not proceeding as planned. I promised to release ITHOV in autumn. I do not search for excuses, because I simply did not have mood to open FRED and make missions which follow a definite storyline. This is the main reason why ITHOV got richer with two, not-previously-planned missions. The idea for both of these missions came spontantly while making the mission, thus making it easier for me to FRED without following a specific outline, on which any change would affect the plotline. The current status is that I have two missions to FRED: The typical "kill the big monster mission" and an outro mission. What will probably not delay ITHOV any longer is the fact that I do not plan these missions to be overly complicated, or have a hell amount of messages. I am starting to hate the send-message-list SEXP.

Because I know myself, I would not even dare say ITHOV will be completed shortly. I know I would not have the mood to FRED the two missions in the next week or so. But to have something to hasten me is that I am now officially announcing the release date: 21st March, 2006. I estimate that I finish the remaining two missions by January and spend one and a half months making the campaign file, testing, testing, testing and testing. It is also this phase when I ask my grammar checkers to check all brieifngs and messages. I can only hope I do not underestimate the time required to do this.

I will probably post some screenshots either here or at the ITHOV forums, a place I have not checked for at least three months.
Title: Re: Into the Halls of Valhalla status report
Post by: Goober5000 on December 24, 2005, 07:25:20 pm
Cool. :)

Careful, though.  Adding two missions to ST:R has delayed it by at least a year already. :p
Title: Re: Into the Halls of Valhalla status report
Post by: Charismatic on December 26, 2005, 11:51:39 am
the ITHOV forums, a place I have not checked for at least three months.
Ouch..
Title: Re: Into the Halls of Valhalla status report
Post by: Nuclear1 on December 26, 2005, 12:25:03 pm
Good to see some progress being made with the campaign. :)
Title: Re: Into the Halls of Valhalla status report
Post by: Thor on December 26, 2005, 07:40:20 pm
you think you guys are happy to see some progress :P

Thats awesome man.  It'll be nice to see what my wee little idea has morphed into.  I'm sure it'll be awesome, as i left it in very capable hands.
Title: Re: Into the Halls of Valhalla status report
Post by: Depth_Charge on December 26, 2005, 08:32:08 pm
ok if i can get this right, does this campaign a continues story that take place after derelict or blackwater??
Title: Re: Into the Halls of Valhalla status report
Post by: Thor on December 27, 2005, 09:34:27 pm
well it didn't continue so much as follow the events of derelict (BWO comes after...), or at the very least thats how i originally wrote it.  whats changed since then, i have no idea...
Title: Re: Into the Halls of Valhalla status report
Post by: Depth_Charge on December 27, 2005, 09:52:59 pm
yeah its kinda hard to tell since its 4 years differents between derelict and blackwater.....
Title: Re: Into the Halls of Valhalla status report
Post by: TopAce on December 28, 2005, 07:37:06 am
well it didn't continue so much as follow the events of derelict (BWO comes after...), or at the very least thats how i originally wrote it.  whats changed since then, i have no idea...

I made some modifications in the plotline, I mainly added things. I don't know how much it changes its relation to Derelict, I don't quite remember the campaign's plot details.
Title: Re: Into the Halls of Valhalla status report
Post by: Thor on December 28, 2005, 10:26:39 pm
it was a barely existing connection to begin with.