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Title: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Ghost on October 29, 2006, 12:31:19 am
Delete the topic if you feel it shouldn't have been posted, by all means... but what exactly are we waiting on? I don't come here too too often, but last time I checked for ST:R, it was set for March or something. "Early 2006," at any rate. It's almost November now. Last November it was set for end of 2005.

My questions are 1. What's the holdup now? 2. Can we get another tentative window?
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Snail on October 29, 2006, 06:20:51 am
Perhaps they're working on FSPort 4.0 or a new version of the Port rather than ST:R. If not they probably can't be bothered, but I'm willing to wait for now.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on October 29, 2006, 10:30:18 am
1. We only have one active beta tester, and he is sllllloooowwww. ;) On the average, one mission passes quality control every three weeks, which I'm not proud of. :( We have two other beta testers who are supposed to be active, but one has Real Life issues going on and one hasn't done much yet.

2. I am pushing for all missions to be finalized and tested by the end of this year (i.e. December 31st).  Then we'll start voice acting.  Voice actors are notoriously slow too (judging from Blaise Russel's call for Derelict to be voice-acted) but I'm hoping we'll have the entire campaign out the door by Spring Break.

We aren't working on 4.0 or anything major like that.  ST:R will run on 3.0, but 3.1 is recommended because it will have a few extra special tweaks.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Ghost on October 29, 2006, 11:14:34 am
Well, this seems as good a place as any to make an offer. I have an excellent computer that can run FS_Open at full quality at 60 FPS. In addition, I have a slack-ass schedule at the moment. Can I beta test?
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on October 29, 2006, 11:21:45 am
Hmm...

Hmm...

PM sent.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Ghost on October 29, 2006, 12:36:47 pm
PM replied. :)
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Snail on October 29, 2006, 12:42:02 pm
2. I am pushing for all missions to be finalized and tested by the end of this year (i.e. December 31st).  Then we'll start voice acting.  Voice actors are notoriously slow too (judging from Blaise Russel's call for Derelict to be voice-acted) but I'm hoping we'll have the entire campaign out the door by Spring Break.

Somehow, I doubt voice acting will be done by spring. Though, I do hope missions will be done, ST:R is what I'm going to base my (side) project on.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Dark Hunter on October 29, 2006, 01:14:48 pm
You've probably already thought of this, but I'll suggest it anyway:

Why not release the finished campaign when it's done and patch the voice files later? Sort of like what the rerelease of Derelict did, with the voice files being separate.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on October 29, 2006, 01:52:34 pm
We're seriously considering it, but right now we're leaning toward the full release.  Problem is, voice acting adds a lot to a campaign, and releasing a nonvoiced version would make it seem incomplete IMHO.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Nuclear1 on October 29, 2006, 02:01:31 pm
You've probably already thought of this, but I'll suggest it anyway:

Why not release the finished campaign when it's done and patch the voice files later? Sort of like what the rerelease of Derelict did, with the voice files being separate.

IIRC, Goober mentioned there being one particular moment in ST:R where voiceacting would play a huge role in setting the atmosphere.  I'll gladly wait. (Just have it out before 7/17/07; I'm leaving then :p )
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Snail on October 29, 2006, 02:11:03 pm
I'd rather have no voice acting then bad voice acting, anyway, so make sure it's good. :P :D
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: bizzybody on November 07, 2006, 02:21:14 am
I'd rather have no voice acting then bad voice acting, anyway, so make sure it's good. :P :D

*puts on the English Pedantry Hat*

What? You'd rather have none, THEN bad acting? *ahem* The proper word is THAN, as in 'I'd rather have a 3.0Ghz CPU than a 1.0Ghz CPU.'

Then is used thusly 'I'm going to play the Freespace 1 campaign, then I'm going to play the Freespace 2 campaign.'

Then is used to indicate one thing coming after another. Than is used to indicate a preference for one thing instead of the other.

*takes off the English Pedantry Hat*

You may now proceed with your request for good voice acting instead of no voice acting. ;)
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Snail on November 07, 2006, 12:43:49 pm
:nervous:

I was in a rush so I didn't proof read it...........

I thought i was supposed to be the nitpicking grammer nazi (well un-less goober has some thing to say about that.)
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on November 07, 2006, 12:55:41 pm
I don't nitpick every error because I want to 1) give people a chance to correct their own errors; and 2) give my protegés the chance to catch some errors. :)
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: ARSPR on November 08, 2006, 11:34:44 am
We aren't working on 4.0 or anything major like that.  ST:R will run on 3.0, but 3.1 is recommended because it will have a few extra special tweaks.

If I may ask, here you have another when question.   :p

(Do not forget to add afterburner trails to all FS1 only ships. I think there's a patch from Blackslash in 3.0.3 thread)
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on November 08, 2006, 12:19:47 pm
3.1 is ready to release, but we want to keep it on hold in case we need to add anything for ST:R (like a GTI squadron logo).  ST:R will still be compatible with 3.0 though.

Afterburner trails have been added btw.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Snail on November 08, 2006, 03:12:59 pm
OOH SCREE SCRAAAA SCREEEE!!!

GTI SQUADRON LOGO!!!!

Oh, sorry... (I want one for a project of mine).....
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: mnftg64 on April 15, 2007, 09:44:12 pm
its funny reading these topics a year or more later... Just sayin.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Dark Hunter on April 15, 2007, 09:46:56 pm
Spring Break come and gone... and no ST:R.  :(
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on April 15, 2007, 09:56:42 pm
I'm working now... I don't get a spring break. :(
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Vretsu on April 17, 2007, 11:26:52 pm
*ST:R drifts through space and time*

*relaxes and drifts after ST:R*
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: jr2 on April 18, 2007, 01:22:19 am
Hmm, I have an Athlon XP 3200+, 2 GB RAM, latest FSO, BFG 6200 256 OC.  Gooby, you need anything done?  I should mention that FSO crashes on me and I still don't know why.  Latest graphics drivers, latest OpenAL, IIRC latest audio drivers.  XP SP2.  The thing minimizes FSO, and it runs fine in the background (you can hear the sound), but if you click on it to restore it, it BSODs.  It doesn't matter if it passes the cutscene or not.  I'll have to look into it.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on April 18, 2007, 02:29:55 am
If you want to do something, post a voice acting audition.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: jr2 on April 18, 2007, 02:41:12 am
?  Give me a sample to voice act with context... Or did you want me to pick something?
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on April 18, 2007, 02:57:35 am
Pick something.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: jr2 on April 18, 2007, 03:04:57 am
K... I'll give it a try when I get home.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: G0atmaster on April 18, 2007, 01:01:48 pm
Hey Goober, if you need another beta tester, I can PM you the specs of my computer, it can run SCP at high FPS levels.  When I get home I can give you an exact figure.  Right now my schedule's kinda packed, but that'll change in about 2-3 weeks.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on April 18, 2007, 04:59:06 pm
We don't need any more beta testers actually, but thanks. :)
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Snail on April 19, 2007, 12:35:23 pm
Yeah, what you need is someone to whip all of you into action. :P
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: G0atmaster on April 19, 2007, 01:25:14 pm
I can do that, too! I've even got a cattle prod that I use on the goats that would be perfect for the ST:R team!.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on April 19, 2007, 01:43:14 pm
We're ready for action.  We just need larger chunks of time. :p
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: G0atmaster on April 19, 2007, 03:06:30 pm
or just the proper incentive to work faster with the time you've got already  ;7
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Snail on April 20, 2007, 08:31:03 am
I can make basic but reasonable missions in an hour...

And don't tell me you don't have an hour of free time. :P
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on April 20, 2007, 11:24:27 am
An hour is far too short a time to make a good mission. :wtf:
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Snail on April 20, 2007, 11:32:27 am
I actually FREDded three missions for INFA in one week, plus two more for another mod I was working on... I guess I have too much free time...

Mmh, a 1 hour mission is usually a basic mission, with no chatter, but has working events, etc. etc. (like the ones in the original INFA).

Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on April 20, 2007, 11:38:43 am
Yeah, the INF:A missions were a little too simple for my tastes.  Decent, but lacking in substance.

All of the ST:R missions are :v: caliber. :drevil:
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Snail on April 26, 2007, 03:29:16 pm
That's what we're addressing in INFA Standalone (go check if you want). :)
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Polpolion on May 12, 2007, 09:27:25 pm
:bump:

This bump is not worthy of the necro beam yet...

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SO, I've noticed that there has not only been a lull of updates, but also a lull in posts here - by anyone. How is ST:R coming along? Did I miss something and you guys are taking a break for some SCP stuff, or are you guys still working diligently, or perhaps just not a whole lot of free time this time of year?

Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on May 13, 2007, 01:16:48 pm
Not a whole lot of free time this time of year.
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Nuclear1 on May 14, 2007, 11:05:07 am
Finals are problematic, aren't they? :)
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: achtung on June 22, 2007, 02:19:24 pm
Question of the now:

It's summer break, are things chugging along?
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Goober5000 on June 22, 2007, 05:19:39 pm
Things have kind of slowed down because I'm going to two weddings in two weeks, and I'm helping out in one of them.

But people are supposed to be auditioning right now, anyway.  If you have a voice, feel free to audition as per the audition thread. :)
Title: Re: (Not a troll)The whole "next year" answer.
Post by: Snail on June 24, 2007, 05:41:47 am
summer break

Summer Break? SUMMER BREAK? Hah! That's a good one. :doubt:

(sorry, but I'm at the ultimate CLIMAX of my examinationiminoninonimonses now).