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Title: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Freespace Damo on May 19, 2007, 07:12:48 am
Hello everyone, i got FreeSpace: The great war when it first came out on PC and i wanted number two but it never came to Australia. (Well i never saw it  :()

I also saw you had download links but everyone has seemed to taken them down, is it because legal reasons? Ever thought about hosting on a premium account on RapidShare? The links never get deleted on a premium account as long as they dont get reported. Otherwise its a 30 day expiration.

Also, i saw this huge SCP thing you guys are working on and i was wondering if there is such a mod for the original FreeSpace? I wouldn't mind the new graphics it brings and would make the game feel really good.
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: shiven_warior on May 19, 2007, 07:38:57 am
heh i remember that i never played FS 2 antill i found HLP


wel 1st thing u can  download FS2 SCP from herehttp://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,42854.0.html (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,42854.0.html)

 and 2nd try the FS1 port to the FS2 platfrom( u get it with the installer IIRC)

EDIT :nvm i see u got the welcome beam allready
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Freespace Damo on May 19, 2007, 10:58:37 am
Does that have all the cut scenes in that link? The full game? And also about the FS1 port, is it exactly the same (same voices, missions, ships) but with improved graphics?

Thanks.
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: nubbles526 on May 19, 2007, 11:02:04 am
No, that link just makes the graphics on retail Fs2 look better. Fs1 port is exactly the same as the orginal Fs1.

The link leads to a download which gives a application to the source code engine. Which then enhances your Freespace Experience
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Freespace Damo on May 19, 2007, 11:18:28 am
Oh okay, i was hoping FS1 would be improved too :(

Well now i need to go about getting FS2 some how after pretty much all the links are not working.
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: shiven_warior on May 19, 2007, 12:07:41 pm
not really i downloaded it in march if i remember and i didnt even have the FS2 retail
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: jr2 on May 19, 2007, 02:43:13 pm
See my siggy.  Turey's Installer FTW!!  (If you want a DVD, get hip63's - just rename theportv3 directory to fsport after install & you're set - Turey's Installer will even update hip63's install for you (if you renamed theportv3 to fsport).
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Turey on May 19, 2007, 05:51:33 pm
So many misconceptions in this thread...

/me sighs.

Does that have all the cut scenes in that link?
Yes.

The full game?
Yes.

And also about the FS1 port, is it exactly the same (same voices, missions, ships) but with improved graphics?
Most of it is the same, but they've fixed a lot of the bugs present in the retail game, and the graphics are better.

No, that link just makes the graphics on retail Fs2 look better. Fs1 port is exactly the same as the orginal Fs1.
Wrong. FSPort has a lot of upgraded graphics.

not really i downloaded it in march if i remember and i didnt even have the FS2 retail
It does have retail.
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Freespace Damo on May 19, 2007, 08:47:33 pm
How the hell did you manage to get it into 19mb? That game is like 3 ISO's!
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Turey on May 19, 2007, 09:37:38 pm
How the hell did you manage to get it into 19mb? That game is like 3 ISO's!

By using an extremely impressive and innovative compression technique known as "Downloading at Runtime."  :D
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Freespace Damo on May 20, 2007, 04:38:18 am
Ahh, so it downloads all the files. I just opened it up and i must say, that is some damn good programming on your part there buddy!
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Roanoke on May 20, 2007, 05:13:45 am
FS1 just isn't the same without the low-res graphics......
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Snail on May 20, 2007, 06:28:14 am
FS1 just isn't the same without the low-res graphics......

And the nebula...
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: jr2 on May 20, 2007, 06:31:00 am
Ah, you can run it at 640x480 if you want, and you can also make your own FS1 nebulae to stick in there (actually, I think you can prolly just copy it from the FS1 CDs).  If you want.  :p
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Snail on May 20, 2007, 06:33:23 am
What? The nebs? The old nebs in FS1? I tried a while ago, and it didn't work.
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: jr2 on May 20, 2007, 06:34:40 am
You renamed them to their FS2 equivalents?
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Snail on May 20, 2007, 06:37:06 am
Whatwhatwhat?

The FS1 neb's aren't bitmaps, they're just palettes.
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: jr2 on May 20, 2007, 06:38:20 am
Oh.  Hm.
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Mongoose on May 20, 2007, 01:17:48 pm
FS1 just isn't the same without the low-res graphics......
Yes; it's much better. :p
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: jr2 on May 20, 2007, 02:48:19 pm
I told you you could manually spec 640x480... if you want.
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Black Wolf on May 20, 2007, 05:22:51 pm
FS2 did come to Australia - it was just damned hard to find. Saw it in Myer once, when it came out. Of course, my brother got my copy off the net, and I got it under the friends and acquaintances clause in the EULA, sooo...
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Vasudan Commander on May 21, 2007, 01:15:38 am
Hello everyone, i got FreeSpace: The great war when it first came out on PC and i wanted number two but it never came to Australia. (Well i never saw it  :()


Woohoooo!! Chalk up another aussie FS2 pilot!!  :yes:

I managed to buy FS2, and played it religously until my right wrist was that of an 80 year old's, then my CD broke.  :shaking:

Well you can get FS2 (3) in all its glory now. I think if anyone has the right of saying they've made Freespace 3, the boys at behind making FS2 SCP do.  ;)
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: G0atmaster on May 21, 2007, 01:32:19 am
except they don't want it, for various reasons pointed out in Kara's faq.  *ducks behind overturned table*

Say, maybe we should make a beam for people that mention eff ess three?  ;)
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Vasudan Commander on May 21, 2007, 04:14:05 am
except they don't want it, for various reasons pointed out in Kara's faq.  *ducks behind overturned table*

Say, maybe we should make a beam for people that mention eff ess three?  ;)

i didnt mention. . . .'it'. Oh what the hell, FREESPACE 3 FREESPACE 3 FREESPACE 3 FS3 FS3 FS3 FREESPACE 3 FREESPACE 3


*takes a deep breathe* needed to get that out...  :o
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Wobble73 on May 21, 2007, 04:16:30 am
Yeah! FS2 SCP is more like FS2.5  :lol:
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: G0atmaster on May 21, 2007, 04:18:41 am
Well you can get FS2 (3) in all its glory now. I think if anyone has the right of saying they've made Freespace 3, the boys at behind making FS2 SCP do.  ;)
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Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: jr2 on May 21, 2007, 04:09:40 pm
Yeah! FS2 SCP is more like FS2.5  :lol:

Get it right.  :lol: I'ts more like FS2 SE Deluxe
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: karajorma on May 21, 2007, 04:34:38 pm
Yeah! FS2 SCP is more like FS2.5  :lol:

Maybe. But why do you think the version numbering started at 3? ;)

But yes, if it ain't :v: it ain't FS3
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Vasudan Commander on May 22, 2007, 03:14:05 am
Yeah! FS2 SCP is more like FS2.5  :lol:

Maybe. But why do you think the version numbering started at 3? ;)

But yes, if it ain't :v: it ain't FS3

but :v: is dead now. So say for instance, another company like Activision or THQ took over rights to produce Freespace, and they made FS3. Would it be 'FS3' then?
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: jr2 on May 22, 2007, 03:45:37 am
That would depend on the crew they assembled to create it... and the quality of the product they released.  I guess.
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: Wobble73 on May 22, 2007, 03:47:01 am


but :v: is dead now. So say for instance, another company like Activision or THQ took over rights to produce Freespace, and they made FS3. Would it be 'FS3' then?

:v: isn't dead, the team (or at least a majority) are all at THQ (IIRC) and are still making games under the Volition banner, they'd just need to get/buy the IP rights from Interplay to make er..........the next game in the series (  :nervous: ) , but Interplay won't sell it. (I assume, otherwise DS would have bought the rights and made an abomination).
Title: Re: A few freespace related questions
Post by: jr2 on May 22, 2007, 04:01:18 am
One wonders why they have a "cold, dead hands" approach towards it -- seing as that's pretty much what they are.