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Title: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: KappaWing on October 09, 2006, 05:15:33 pm
Will someone please explain how I can get these missions?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/freespace-2-interplay-20th-anniversary-edition/cover-art/gameCoverId,30942/ (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/freespace-2-interplay-20th-anniversary-edition/cover-art/gameCoverId,30942/)
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: IceFire on October 09, 2006, 05:59:55 pm
I made 2 of them...they weren't that good :)
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Dark Hunter on October 09, 2006, 08:18:15 pm
I remember one pretty good one where it was a battle in orbit above a massive gas giant, and it was against a Rakshasa, and there was some "beam-inhibitor" device (a la Derelict). Was pretty well done.

I made 2 of them...they weren't that good :)

Considering it was some sort of mission-building contest... what did that make your competition?  :p
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: IceFire on October 09, 2006, 10:18:29 pm
Much worse :)

There was maybe one or two missions in the whole lot that I liked.  I forget which ones they were. Mine were maybe number 3 and 4 for how much I liked playing them.  And I didn't think of mine as being that good.  The mission that won the contest was absolutely horrible to play.
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: AlphaOne on October 10, 2006, 01:48:56 am
so why did it win the contest?? and who made it. and why is interplay using moder to do theyr job? Sure it a way to get the stuff the memebers of HLP enjoy over here to the masses and draw some atention to the HLP and its mission but stilll......its kinda lame for interplay to do this. At least that is mi opinion.
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: aldo_14 on October 10, 2006, 03:02:15 am
so why did it win the contest?? and who made it. and why is interplay using moder to do theyr job? Sure it a way to get the stuff the memebers of HLP enjoy over here to the masses and draw some atention to the HLP and its mission but stilll......its kinda lame for interplay to do this. At least that is mi opinion.

It's profitable for Interplay to do it.  It's just that simple.
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 10, 2006, 03:25:10 am
There was one in there that was from Derelict, I recall...it was better then the version in the actual campaign.
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: IceFire on October 10, 2006, 05:22:17 pm
so why did it win the contest?? and who made it. and why is interplay using moder to do theyr job? Sure it a way to get the stuff the memebers of HLP enjoy over here to the masses and draw some atention to the HLP and its mission but stilll......its kinda lame for interplay to do this. At least that is mi opinion.
Why it won the contest?  I'm not sure...it was absolutely boring mission to play and completely lacking in any fun.  The other half dozen were uninspired or suffered from "Battle of Endor" syndrom (i.e. really really big battles).  Some were plain bad...they had no concept of the FreeSpace story so they suffered.

I got a free copy of the game out of it...so...not too shabby.
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Dark Hunter on October 10, 2006, 05:53:47 pm
Wait a minute.

How was a copy of FS2 a plus if you already had FRED (unless you wrote the mission in Notepad...)? :confused:
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Mathwiz6 on October 10, 2006, 07:47:48 pm
Wait a minute.

How was a copy of FS2 a plus if you already had FRED (unless you wrote the mission in Notepad...)? :confused:

Shhh... it's all about the viral marketing *makes 100000 legal copies of FS* *mails them to people*
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Hippo on October 10, 2006, 08:01:09 pm
This was a re-release.
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Mobius on October 11, 2006, 02:54:35 am
I have those missions.
One is from Derelict,when you escort the Hermes carrying the Governor.
Greyface" attack a Rakshasa disabled near a gas giant,whith that inhibitor;
Nekhbet,defend an Hatshepsut until its repaired.Also destroy a Ravana;
Another mission with the Aquitaine,destroy Comm Nodes and a Ravana;
Defend an Arcadia from Pirate attack,near the Delta Serpentis Knossos 7 years after FS2;
One Step Too Far,with an Orion you strike an NTF base;
Calm Before the Storm,escort Bosch's transport,the NTT Echo;
To Destroy Or Not To Destroy,attack adn destroy a Lucifer;
The Trap,with about seven Mjolnir blockade a node and destroy two Demons,a Ravana and a Lucifer;

Maybe I forgot a mission ot two....
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Dark Hunter on October 11, 2006, 10:28:45 am
Nekhbet,defend an Hatshepsut until its repaired.Also destroy a Ravana;

So that's where the Nekhbet in Derelict comes from. *Dark Hunter digs out his old FS2 discs and loads missions into missions folder*

Maybe I forgot a mission ot two....

Hmm, you counted off... 9/20 missions, so yeah, you forgot a few.  :p
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: CP5670 on October 11, 2006, 10:30:29 am
I don't have the GOTY edition but I think I've played some of those at one point. Which one of those was the top rated one?
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 11, 2006, 11:02:02 am
Couldn't you get them from frrespace2.com at some point....... :confused:
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Hippo on October 11, 2006, 11:03:09 am
no. those were diferent. freespace2.com hasnt been updated in years.
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Colonol Dekker on October 11, 2006, 11:04:09 am
Kiss my shiny metal ass, You could get them from loads of sites........
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Hippo on October 11, 2006, 11:06:47 am
The point stands that you did not get them from freespace2.com and that that site has not been updated since 2001.
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 11, 2006, 12:55:12 pm
I don't have the GOTY edition but I think I've played some of those at one point. Which one of those was the top rated one?

Based on Icefire's comments, if I had to guess I'd say One Step Too Far, which showed some real thought in the details. But as it turns out, the devil is in the gameplay, not the details. It was poor to play...being generous. And it made very little sense in terms of the in-service dates for some equipment.
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Mongoose on October 11, 2006, 03:40:23 pm
I'm a fan of Nekhbet personally, though that could just be because I'm a fan of Solrazor/Kyouryuu's Descent 3 level-building skillz. :p
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: CP5670 on October 11, 2006, 03:44:28 pm
Quote
Based on Icefire's comments, if I had to guess I'd say One Step Too Far, which showed some real thought in the details. But as it turns out, the devil is in the gameplay, not the details. It was poor to play...being generous. And it made very little sense in terms of the in-service dates for some equipment.

"Poor to play" as in badly balanced, like too easy or hard?
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: ShivanSpS on October 12, 2006, 06:35:40 pm
Someone that have those 20 missions can send them to me? I will be like to add them for the 2.0 vercion of my pack :D
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Turey on October 12, 2006, 06:54:22 pm
Someone that have those 20 missions can send them to me? I will be like to add them for the 2.0 vercion of my pack :D

Why? Icefire himself said they were crap.
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Dark Hunter on October 12, 2006, 09:57:49 pm
I'll send 'em to you just as soon as I can locate my FS2 discs... stopped using them after getting FSOpen.
Then you will be allowed to decide for yourself on how good/crappy they are.


EDIT: Found... 13 of them buried in my old data files. Attached them to this post. Enjoy!

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Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: Mobius on October 15, 2006, 04:27:19 am
Hmm, you counted off... 9/20 missions, so yeah, you forgot a few.  :p

Of the missions I have,not the entire pack!!

DL,DL,DL DL them.....


EDIT:I already have them!!!
Title: Re: 20 Additional Missions on Interplay 20th Anv. Edition???
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 16, 2006, 12:19:56 am
"Poor to play" as in badly balanced, like too easy or hard?

The balance was fickle, and how tough a time you had depended greatly on just what got swatted by the Orion you were escorting in the first ten seconds. Depending on that it could be easy or very difficult. And there was just something about the mission that was wrong. It lacked that indefiniable quality that makes a mission fun to play rather than merely balanced.