Hard Light Productions Forums
Hosted Projects - FS2 Required => Blue Planet => Topic started by: Darius on October 12, 2008, 02:38:07 am
-
Here's (http://www.xfire.com/video/31bc6/) a video preview of the mission "Forced Ejection", where a Federation strike force attacks a GTVA blockade at the Delta Serpentis node. Midway through, the UED Eris jumps in and proceeds to lay waste to two Deimos corvettes. Also demonstrates my lack of dogfighting skills. :P
Music and sounds are ingame. Mission is subject to change between now and when it's released.
-
Great video! I'm assuming the Solaris is in trouble when it has to face an unnutured Titan.
One thing that bothers me: Why are the Terrans of the future using Zeus bombers. Those where outdated during the fs2 campaign. Why don't they use Artemis DH instead or you could borrow the Athena Mk. 2(from Trashman was it?).
Also those heavy railguns look awesome. How many shot did it take to blow a Deimos.
-
That video is cool! I always liked your flak graphics . . . looks so pretty.
It's like, "Oops, just 10 seconds to slow, sorry man," to the dying Deimos corvettes. :lol:
Also those heavy railguns look awesome. How many shot did it take to blow a Deimos.
Think it was about 8-9 for one.
Fear the Solaris!
-
I haven't watched it yet.
EDIT - Now I have.
And my mind is blown. Absolutely, 100% blown.
The ships were pretty, the music was really good, but the main highlight for me were those weapons... Seriously cool, those weapons. I loved the grenade launcherl, that was supar cool. I really liked those sweet salvo turrets, the funny trail turrets, the blue things, the other blue things and the flak things. You've really fleshed out the United Earth fleet and weapons...
To say you did a good jawb would be the understatement of the century, but I'll say it anyway. Good jawb.
-
It's perfect :yes:
-
Oh, wow.
I've been reading a bunch of psychological research on the effects of music on experience. I really think BP's music choices help make it what it is.
The grenade launcher was beautiful, as was the Solaris. And I rather like the 'Forced Entry' reference in the mission title.
-
Much win!
Those corvettes got wasted. I wonder how the next part will turn out. The Titan will obviously win in terms of sheer firepower...though I've found it tends to lose its main beams a lot, especially when facing powerful projectile weapons.
-
Alpha 1 would destroy its main turrets, duh.
-
Well, that could be said about any ship :P
-
Is it possible to get a download of the video? Or uploaded to youtube? Cause that site hates me.
-
May I know why the background is so poor?
-
May I know why the background is so poor?
Not done yet probably.
-
Am I wrong or there is no starfield?
-
I don't see a starfield, but it's a WIP.
What did you like about it, Mobius?
Goodness, those Rapier bullets look awesome.
-
Holy crap! That was all around awexome.
Say, is that music available anywhere? Because it was friggin' fantastic.
-
I loved those salvo guns so much I stole them. :nervous:
-
How did you steal them?
-
Well, stole the idea.
-
Wow. That was really good :yes: Pretty intense too... :nod:
May I ask what the other UEF ship in the battlefield was (the one that was there from the beginning). There weren't many shots of it (and the ones that there were were brief and blurry), so maybe I am mistaken, but it didn't look like a Karuna or a Solaris to me...
-
Whatever it is, it looks like it has a massive spinal-mounted weapon. It was shooting big blobs at the Titan in the beginning. Some sort of Monitor/Siege Gun ship?
Or is it the Sanctus?
-
Now up at Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxhvPas5Bwk).
Yes that is an artillery ship at the beginning, and it's not the Sanctus :D
-
Immediate Music remixes for battle music! Sexy!
Weapons and effect, more sexy!
Ships, UBER sexy!
I can't freaking wait for this to be released.
-
Now up at Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxhvPas5Bwk).
Yes that is an artillery ship at the beginning, and it's not the Sanctus :D
Will the Toreador get a ship entry in the website soon then? :P
-
I really liked the music and the weapons, great job
-
Well, stole the idea.
Hehe...
Credit Darius for that ;)
-
I loved those salvo guns so much I stole them.
You know that The Babylon Project has salvo turrets for more than a year now?
Anyway I can't wait to finally get into part two of BP.
Were does the music come from? I read before something about "Immediate music" but that doesn't tell me much...
-
Look for Immediate Music - Lacrimosa, then watch the video again. You can hear part of it in the Blue Planet video's music but it's very heavily edited.
-
I loved those salvo guns so much I stole them.
You know that The Babylon Project has salvo turrets for more than a year now?
And what if I said that I haven't played The Babylon Project?
-
I'd suggest you give it a go, it's a damn good Mod. :)
-
Just watched the vid and all I have to say is, well, its sooooooo good I can't say anything. I'll leave it to the smileys. Wonderus music. btw, loved BP :yes: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw:
-
And what if I said that I haven't played The Babylon Project?
Just like Flipside said. It's really great, even for people who aren't fans of Babylon 5.
Unless you absolutely hate flying without shields :)
-
TBP downloads aren't friendly...they're too big and unmanageble even with programs like Star Downloader. Dialup users and other people with slow connections simply can't get the mod.
Me and Snail aren't the only community members without TBP. There are many others.
-
Like me
-
See?
Look for Immediate Music - Lacrimosa, then watch the video again. You can hear part of it in the Blue Planet video's music but it's very heavily edited.
Lacrimosa? Is that an Italian music?
-
Like me
Me neither.
-
See?
Look for Immediate Music - Lacrimosa, then watch the video again. You can hear part of it in the Blue Planet video's music but it's very heavily edited.
Lacrimosa? Is that an Italian music?
I don't know if the name is Italian, Lacrimosa's just the name of the song, while Immediate Music are the creators of the music you hear in movie previews, take the song Arcana for example which was used in one of the trailers for Ghost Rider (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gK-6yhCwZjk being the song itself and http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tf_LpBfSwfM being the trailer with the song).
And I just found out the battle music isn't a Lacrimosa remix, it's actually another song from Immediate Music, Spiritus Elektros.
-
The music at the beginning stages of the clip is from the Immediate Music project under the artist name of Globus. The song is Preliator, a remix of Lacrimosa.
-
Got it now, either way, is the music on this video actually used on the mod or was it just picked for dramatic effect?
-
Should be in the mod, unless I get sick of it or find something better.
-
YAY.
I really hope you keep it.
-
Same, if you manage to find something even better that'll be insane in the awesomeness level.
-
Where'd you find all these super-cool music tracks? :p
-
Sweet. Is that music in game? or it in the trailer?
Whats it called?
-
To both replies above this new post:
One of them as Darius said is a remix of Lacrimosa from Immediate Music, and the battle music is Spiritus Elektros, also from Immediate Music, both are found in Themes for Orchestra and Choir 1, Disk 1.
-
And Darius also makes some of his own tracks.
-
Cole, you should change your personal text. It doesn't fit your title any more!
-
"The guy who broke HLP"
"But not as easily as kara"
:lol:
-
"The guy who broke HLP"
"But not as easily as kara"
:lol:
I guess it means Kara's really good at breaking HLP.
-
"The guy who broke HLP"
"But not as easily as kara"
:lol:
it :lol: ed me too!
WHAT THE... LOOK AT COLE'S WEBSITE!
Is the UE supposed to have mermidons?
-
Those aren't Myrmidons, only their shield icons on Steve-O's fighters. The shield icons are only temporary, as far as I know. ;7
-
I know as much has been said before, but the music for this sequence really is exceptional.
The shift in tone when the Solaris arrives really creates an impression of menace.
-
I wish there was such thing as a "FreeSpace Movie" . . . I'd nominative Darius to be head director . . . :p
-
Hrm. I'd probably enjoy Soundtrack Manager more.
-
Then I'd definately look foward to one. :nod:
-
I wish there was such thing as a "FreeSpace Movie" . . . I'd nominative Darius to be head director . . . :p
I'd nominate TrashMan, and give him a budget of US$1,000,000,000... :drevil:
-
The video doesn't load. Please post a valid link, Darius.
-
It does :p nice ship, i get a coalition feel from it :yes:
-
The video doesn't load. Please post a valid link, Darius.
Are you, by chance, blocking Javascript?
-
There's also the youtube link if xfire isn't working for you.
-
Ah, I found the problem: I was using my MacBook on Ngee Ann Polytechnic's intranet. It works, yes. :D
Pretty good. What were those orange stuffs that the Solaris was shooting at the corvettes? Railguns or high-speed torpedoes?
-
Torpedoes, I think
-
I would be more inclined to believe that they are "colossal railguns".
-
At the moment, they're a capship version of the Grenade Launcher.
-
Ooo...new weapon?
-
I believe you can actually see it in the Solaris preview trailer. It's the gun fired by the player at the beginning -- the one that goes chunkchunkchunk.
-
So I guess that Earth is more projectile orientated in their weaponry?
-
seems so... projectile kings and boarding party onslaught :eek:
-
Mainly because they never reverse-engineered beams.
-
I like the UEF, they're my kind of people.
-
I like them too. :nod:
Also note how "eastern" most of the UEF ships are, be it on the hull or in the ship designation.
-
Wow. I just noticed that.
-
Civil war with western civilisation destroyed? Or maybe the west won and it's just a tribute. /me crosses fingers.
-
I think that the people of Earth have reached a stage of spiritual development that's taken them past killing each other. It's a shame the GTVA can't live up to it.
Or maybe I'm wrong!
-
They're nearly there, but not quite yet. Else they wouldn't need a military at all if they had moved past killing one another.
-
Calling the UEF heads "Elders", however, causes my interest level to explode. :D
-
They're nearly there, but not quite yet. Else they wouldn't need a military at all if they had moved past killing one another.
I disagree...
Just because they stopped fighting among each other doesn't mean they are perfectly safe. Who knows how many other species are out there (not even considering the constant threat of the Shivans). And if the Humans have no military at all, any of those "spiritually less advanced" races could just conquer or annilihate the Humans at their leisure if they don't resist.
And since the Humans, to my knowledge, don't know how jump point come into being, they can't just assume they are perfectly safe, since anytime a new jump point can form that connects them to another races terretory, or worse Shivan terretory.
After all the Humans in Sol know nothing of the reasons for the Shivans hostility or the Shivan-Vishnan relations. They just know the Shivans want to annihilate them.
-
I'm guessing Darius has probably accounted for that, yes.
-
I have, but it's a good discussion point.
Ok, let me rephrase it :) They wouldn't need a military if they as an entire culture had achieved true spiritual enlightenment/evolution. Once you get to that stage you can't destroy the society through military means because they're at a stage where their power has moved beyond mere earthly military ability (somewhat like the transcended Teek (Ironheart) from Babylon 5 without the overt "energy being" status he gained). Ultimately it's a process that's going to take a while to achieve.
Until then, yes, maintaining a military would be justified but it would be unpopular with the spiritual leaders for what it implies.
-
So you mean the UEF are close to either:
1. having Shivan-like strength; or
2. attaining god powers?
-
I think the kind of ascendance Darius is discussing is more subtle than that. Something spiritual.
Oh, and, I lied: the gun that goes 'chunkchunkchunk' in the preview is the Storm Fire secondary, not the grenade launcher. The grenade launcher is the one that makes flak-like bursts; you can see it fired against the bomber attack early in the vid.
-
I didn't think you'd go that route and really only meant something like Mahatma Ghandi or the Dalai Lama when talking about spiritual enlightenment.
While those two are (or were) spiritually far ahead of the rest of mankind, they were still only Human and thus can be hurt of killed by weapons.
-
Yeah, I concur. Humanity's become more Gandhi-like, not more Vishnan-like.
-
Yes, that's the route I'm taking. :confused:
-
Are we being hurtful or confusing?
-
Neither..I was wondering if I was being too confusing. It's quite difficult to put into simple words, so hopefully it'll come out better in the campaign :)
-
Though people should stop trying to figure out the campaign before release.
-
Neither..I was wondering if I was being too confusing. It's quite difficult to put into simple words, so hopefully it'll come out better in the campaign :)
It's come across perfectly. Do nothing different!
-
Maybe them mention of Ironheart put me on a wrong path.
I was thinking of it more like a ghandi-like path, before that mentioning...
-
Darius just said humanity is becoming more Gandhi-like.
-
O RLY?
-
O RLY?
Yes, that's the route I'm taking. :confused:
-
Ah, okay. I thought Battuta was referring to the real world. My bad. :D
-
:bump:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=nxhvPas5Bwk&fmt=18 for the high quality version, which should give a better view of the new, unlisted ships featured in the video.
-
agrabajaga
*flail*
Made of win.
SpardaSon21 is going to have an orgasm when he sees this if he hasn't already.
-
:eek2: Frak, that's awesome!
-
agrabajaga
*flail*
Made of win.
SpardaSon21 is going to have an orgasm when he sees this if he hasn't already.
No, no orgasm yet. I'm saving up until it is released.
-
That is very reasonable.
I love those new fighter weapons (and maintain that the Solaris and Karuna are both intensely sexy.)
-
:bump:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=nxhvPas5Bwk&fmt=18 for the high quality version, which should give a better view of the new, unlisted ships featured in the video.
Uh...I'm sorry but the only unlisted ship I do see in this video is the Solaris itself, unless it's already on your site. :p
-
There's the UE_ Toreador /Terrator or something which is the artillery ship shooting at the Titan in the beggining.
-
Wait, at 2:00 there's this greenish ship that I don't recall seeing on the site. :eek2:
-
Probably the GTF Kulas ... hard to tell though.
-
Was that Solaris destroyer called the Eris? :nervous:
-
Yeah. It's the UED Eris.
Why?
-
Wait, at 2:00 there's this greenish ship that I don't recall seeing on the site. :eek2:
Sharp eyes :)
There's a better shot of it elsewhere in the video if you look carefully.
-
I've always thought that is was just a UEF Kentauroi/FTF Jackal.
Also, what are the two ships that launch from the UED Eris at 2:23?
-
Wait, at 2:00 there's this greenish ship that I don't recall seeing on the site. :eek2:
Sharp eyes :)
There's a better shot of it elsewhere in the video if you look carefully.
At 3:20? The shape of it looks like it would be something --Steve-O-- would make but I've never seen it before.
I've always thought that is was just a UEF Kentauroi/FTF Jackal.
Also, what are the two ships that launch from the UED Eris at 2:23?
The Kentauroi has ludicrously long exhaust flames, and I believe the two ships launched from the Eris at 2:23 are the Durga bombers, judging by the engine configuration.
-
I have, but it's a good discussion point.
Ok, let me rephrase it :) They wouldn't need a military if they as an entire culture had achieved true spiritual enlightenment/evolution. Once you get to that stage you can't destroy the society through military means because they're at a stage where their power has moved beyond mere earthly military ability (somewhat like the transcended Teek (Ironheart) from Babylon 5 without the overt "energy being" status he gained).
Having just finshed Stargate SG-1, this makes me think of the Ancients
-
If you never saw Babylon 5, that's actually a good way of describing what became of Ironheart, only that in his case it wasn't enlightenment that brought his change about, but the Psi Corps' experiments on him to enhance his already quite strong psychic powers (he was a P10; the strongest Human telepath' ever registered were P12.... I know there is this one person in the books who was a P13, but apart from his most trusted allies noone knew he even was a telepath, so no official record. And Lyta's change never found it's way into any official records either I'd bet).
Needless to say that Babylon 5 was there even before the Star Gate movie was made.
On the other hand Star Trek: Next Generation (Q being the most obvious example, but there were others too) had energy lifeforms even earlier (maybe The Original Series too... if you count that thing that was the manifested hatred of some species wiped out in a war hounding their killers or something like that), but I think Babylon 5 did a much better job with "their" energy lifeforms, as with so many other aspects.
-
Actually the Star Trek:TOS had many examples of energy beings.
But I agree. B5 did do a better job with their energy biengs than stargate or Star Trek.
Im a big B5 fan...
However, I recently finished watching Stargate SG1 from start tp finish - That is why I said that the term "Ascended beings" makes be think of the Stargate Ancients/Lanteans/Alterans...Whatever they were called.
But anyway i look forward to seeing how the Big Dee reallises this...Maybe the Solar Terrans have become very close to being the Ulitmate bhuddist (No offence to any followers of Bhuddism)
-
For some reason were I life the TV stations only ever show Next Generation or Voyager and very seldom Deep Space Nince at times I can actually watch them.
The last time I really watched TOS must now be some 10 to 15 years in the past, so it's not too surprising that I don't remember too many details I guess...
But your right, the Ancients are a bit closer to what we discussed, since both in B5 and Star Trek the energy beings became that way by physical evolution rather than spriritual enlightenment like the ones in Stargate. I didn't think of that at first.
-
Right when you go to the Eris, then engage a couple Zeuses, theres a quick shot of some ships that reminds me of something from I THINK B5... dang :eek2:
-
I guess you're talking about the Karuna Frigate, which has design similarities to the Omega Destroyer in terms of rotating section, bow shape, and fighterbay location.
Not exact mind you, but the features are inspired from the design.
-
Right when you go to the Eris, then engage a couple Zeuses, theres a quick shot of some ships that reminds me of something from I THINK B5... dang :eek2:
That's an artillery ship.
IMO, it looks more like an Upsized UM-4 Tachyion gun (from Steve-O's fighterpack).
-
I guess you're talking about the Karuna Frigate, which has design similarities to the Omega Destroyer in terms of rotating section, bow shape, and fighterbay location.
Not exact mind you, but the features are inspired from the design.
I commented on this at great length once...
-
Lessee, Original Star Trek energy beings...
Organians, Trelane and his parents, the Thasians (Charlie Evans benefactors in the episode "Charlie X")...
-
Lessee, Original Star Trek energy beings...
Organians, Trelane and his parents, the Thasians (Charlie Evans benefactors in the episode "Charlie X")...
The Zetars, the Beta XII-A Entity, Gorgon, "God" from ST V:TFF, Redjac, Medusans, Companion, Dikironium cloud creature, Sargon's People may count as by the time of TOS, only their minds existed
ST:TOS had energy/gaseous beings coming out the ears.
-
I was trying not to get quite that in depth. I stated only the two most memorable examples, plus one from an episode recently watched.
-
That video is amazing. Really looking forward to this game, even though it pains me to see Human on Human warfare.
-
Terran vs. Terran's the most intense though, they always get all the new ships and weapons.
-
Yes...I must admit, that in sci-fi i have a thing for Terran-vs-Terran civil war.