New to Freelancer universe, need help to set things up!:wtf: I do hope that was a typo.
I don't think I'll have the patience to deal with the problem I will probably have.Patience is a virtue. And it is occasionally needed with FreeSpace. If you don't have it, I'd recommend acquiring some. The patience of certain people around here can and will be tested whenever someone asks about an issue that has been clearly addressed in a sticky named "Read this first" or the likes. That, and the forums have a handy and working search function that will give proper answers with high likelyhoods as long as the issue is typed into the search field with a few descriptive words and without typos.
Phew, I was finally able to make the game work. I had the OpenAL problem and the sticky didn't help at all (he send a link to creative website).Hmm. That's new. OpenAL.org used to be a working site, with download links behind a few logical clicks.
If there's some mod that you would suggest for a first-time player I will gladly hear them.For the sake of canon storyline, play FSPort, (and maybe Silent Threat,) followed by the FS2 main campaign. After that... well, there's a ton o' good campaigns. Blue Planet, Derelict and Transcend would pop up to my mind immediately.
Phew, I was finally able to make the game work. I had the OpenAL problem and the sticky didn't help at all (he send a link to creative website).Hmm. That's new. OpenAL.org used to be a working site, with download links behind a few logical clicks.If there's some mod that you would suggest for a first-time player I will gladly hear them.For the sake of canon storyline, play FSPort, (and maybe Silent Threat,) followed by the FS2 main campaign. After that... well, there's a ton o' good campaigns. Blue Planet, Derelict and Transcend would pop up to my mind immediately.
Fixed. And agreed on the JAD trilogy and DEM.ColonelColonol Dekker would probably recommend the Just Another Day (JAD) trilogy and Deus Ex Machina (DEM).
If you don't mind playing outdated stuff, tryInferno Release 1 (INFR1)Second Great War Part 2 after you've played the main FreeSpace 2 campaign and the FreeSpace POrt (FSPort). If you want to play as a Shivan, use FRED2 or try Flaming_Sword's Shivans! v0.2 mod.
...and for some very tough missions, tryInferno: Alliance (INFA), or, as Lobo recommends, Blue Planet (BP)Procyon Insurgency.
Are you like dedicating your life to flaming Inferno?
There is only one word to describe The Procyon Insurgency, and that is "messy".I, for one, enjoyed PI more than I enjoyed BP (though it was very close, they're really good campaigns).
There is only one word to describe The Procyon Insurgency, and that is "messy".I, for one, enjoyed PI more than I enjoyed BP (though it was very close, they're really good campaigns).
But PI is SO difficult, especially if you don't refer to the walkthrough!Yeah, it was challenging, but that was one of the good points of the campaign (for me, anyway). The difficulty made playing on Medium really more of a challenge, rather than on most campaigns where you fight off a few crappy Aeshmas and then go home. Also, there was enough gameplay to keep me occupied in between the plot events, and the plot events came frequently enough to make sure that the gameplay didn't get monotonous. It might be the pace at which I play or something, but I found PI an excellent campaign, making something different from some other campaigns. For example, there were no Shivans, and the bad guys weren't really bad guys... At points I would have liked to defect to the PCA. BP was good too, but I found the Shivans a bit of a monotonous enemy (though the ending bit with the Vishnans and the Shivans was great) and BP introduced no very few enemy ships, which made me sad.
How shall I put this...Blue Planet does justice to FreeSpace 2 by having challenging missions. PI does justice to FreeSpace 2 by making almost every single battle a messy one.Blue Planet's storyline and atmosphere was better than its mission design and tabling, IMO.
Spoiler:The dogfights take place IN BETWEEN beam fire, for Khonsu's sake!
Spoiler:The S|> pHe4r is going down! BOOYA!
i then recommend you try IPAndrews babylon 5 mod after all freespace 2 related mods are out of the way, the mod is very good.In order to avoid confusion, let us revise a few things. IPA is not the only person responsible for TBP. There have been others over the years. Also, TBP is not a "mod". "Mods" add something new to the usual retail FS2 scene. TBP does a complete overhaul, hence it is a total conversion. Independent of FS2. Standalone.
as long as IPA hosts it, i consider it his. if the mod crew releases it its the mod crews.Well, I'm pretty sure that the "mod crew" released it originally. Since then it has only been updated every once in a while. Incidentally, the TBP site does have related pages (http://babylon.hard-light.net/staff.php) in it.
i dont make fuss over titles lobo.:wtf: What... titles?
and i did say, after all freespace 2 mods are out the way. meaning once all the freespace 2 related mods are finished then move on and try the bablyon 5 mod as it has its own storyline to work off.
TBP is not a "mod". "Mods" add something new to the usual retail FS2 scene. TBP does a complete overhaul, hence it is a total conversion. Independent of FS2. Standalone.My point being that you are supposed to install TBP separately. And keep it separated from FreeSpace2. Sure, they both can and do use the FSO engine, but if you cram TBP into FS2, you are sure to cause problems. That was my point.
Me or him?Him of course.