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Archived Boards => The Archive => Blackwater Operations => Topic started by: PSYCHO on May 20, 2009, 03:16:39 pm
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Hello Ice and all :D I cant believe that you are still working with the FreeSpace Game!! Cheers for your Hard work.......Just wanted to drop in and say hello. Truely amazing things you have done with the game thus far. Good luck to you all and have fun.... :)
PSYCHO
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Hmm, are you the same PSYCHO who used to do ship concepts (some of which I modelled later)?
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Would that be the Nexus?
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Oh I also did a model in game of the Bastion 2 Dreadnought destroyer and a Nike class Corvett and a few things with retextures
:D lol Yea Ive been gone for awhile....I was thinking of getting back into Freespace since I bought LW9 ?......... I also have a huge concept art set for FS ...Ive been out of it for sometime.................. I would like to see anything you may have done from my concept? ;7
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Welcome back PSYCHO :)
I wouldn't call what I do recently hard work...I'm the lazy one on the team. But the team does some great stuff whenever they have time. We need more talent to help us finish but its difficult to get what we need.
Stay awhile...check out all of the good stuff thats going on with the Source Code and Upgrade Projects. FreeSpace 2 looks stunning with all of the upgrades!
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They always come back.... :D
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I'm the lazy one on the team.
If you were a hot woman, you'd be worth keeping around. But alas... :p
Welcome back PSYCHO.
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Oh I also did a model in game of the Bastion 2 Dreadnought destroyer and a Nike class Corvett and a few things with retextures
:D lol Yea Ive been gone for awhile....I was thinking of getting back into Freespace since I bought LW9 ?......... I also have a huge concept art set for FS ...Ive been out of it for sometime.................. I would like to see anything you may have done from my concept? ;7
I modelled a ship you called Alecto, as well as a destroyer you drew for me a looong time ago. They're both on my model dump :P
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They always come back.... :D
He's not wrong...
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I'm the lazy one on the team.
If you were a hot woman, you'd be worth keeping around. But alas... :p
Welcome back PSYCHO.
Can't win em all :)
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Wow. Now if only Shrike would make an appearance.
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I already got the #1 absentee to come back, so it's hard to top that.
But it's always nice to see old people return.
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I already got the #1 absentee to come back, so it's hard to top that.
And yet almost nobody knows about it. :(
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Group hug and therapy time? :p
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I already got the #1 absentee to come back, so it's hard to top that.
And yet almost nobody knows about it. :(
Is this the part where I do my "MUA HA HA HA HA" bit?
Seriously though, I was just glad he's alive and well.
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And yet almost nobody knows about it. :(
His choice, not ours. Besides you gotta understand our breed:
We're no lookin for fame glory. All we want is hawt gals and big tits :D
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Okay, okay, who is it? Setekh?
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Old people...
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Setekh? Who cares about Steak? He went to church, got married, had his happy ending and forgot about us. We got closure on that one.
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Hrm. Okay. Maeg made an appearance and I already mentioned Shrike. Who else is there?
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Taristin?
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Icey Jones?
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aldo :(
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It's not up to us to say. Nor is it a guessing game (you're way off tho, since most of you are too new to even have known him).
At any rate, this is Psycho's thread, and if it ceases to be such it'll be a locked thread. Let's keep it about that.
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so psycho is back... who's got a badge for him!
will he be joining any projects?
not that he needs to be joining a project , just curious :nervous:
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It's not up to us to say. Nor is it a guessing game (you're way off tho, since most of you are too new to even have known him).
At any rate, this is Psycho's thread, and if it ceases to be such it'll be a locked thread. Let's keep it about that.
Fantomeye? CobaltStarr? Plasma? Dark?
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Nor is it a guessing game
I won't repeat this again.
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Psycho, dude! Welcome back, man! How's life treating you?
I was actually trying to get a-hold of you recently regarding the good ol' GTVDn Bastion... ;) Did you get anything from me? People are wanting to resurrect and release DoE. :p
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Someone has to write a history book of FreeSpace fandom.
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It'd have to be a collaborative effort...so many people, websites, campaigns, mods, and the like. More than I can remember.
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Wow what a response lol Hey Sandwich good to see you still hanging around.. :) Some of you all I remember and others are new, Thanks for the Warm Welcome.... :).
About the Bastion Project if there are anycopies of it I think you guys should use what you can...
I lost my PC when my house got robbed and all my FS stuff is gone :mad:...Any way since then I have bought LW9 and Iam trying to get a better Bastion Model done plus a whole array of ship just for FreeSpace. Iam planning to do a HighRes Version of all my concept ships( Terrain, Vasudan and Shiven ) I would like to get my set of FS short films done. Sorry I have no release dates yet.. :(
Thanks again Psycho
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Wow what a response lol Hey Sandwich good to see you still hanging around.. :) Some of you all I remember and others are new, Thanks for the Warm Welcome.... :).
About the Bastion Project if there are anycopies of it I think you guys should use what you can...
I lost my PC when my house got robbed and all my FS stuff is gone :mad:...Any way since then I have bought LW9 and Iam trying to get a better Bastion Model done plus a whole array of ship just for FreeSpace. Iam planning to do a HighRes Version of all my concept ships( Terrain, Vasudan and Shiven ) I would like to get my set of FS short films done. Sorry I have no release dates yet.. :(
Thanks again Psycho
Robbed? :eek2:
Would someone (not me) be so kind as to email him the retail files?
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Email? I assume his discs are there.
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Psycho!?!? OMG, he's back! :D
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Psycho!?!? OMG, he's back! :D
Holy **** it's Black sheep :jaw:
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Psycho!?!? OMG, he's back! :D
Holy **** it's Black sheep :jaw:
Holy **** it's Glorioano :jaw:
Seriously, this thread feels like HLP from 5 years ago.
Also, welcome back PSYCHO.
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This is awesome. It's good to see you guys.
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Seriously, this thread feels like HLP from 5 years ago.
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I find it kinda funny that all this is happening hidden away in a random thread in the BWO section of the site. It all feels very "behind closed doors". I do like it though, nice to see people coming back and hell it's nice to be back myself!
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Welcome back you too!! :)
Geez did every old-timer have a biological clock or something to tell them to come back all at once?! :D
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Geez did every old-timer have a biological clock or something to tell them to come back all at once?! :D
Must be some sort of subconscious herd mentality. :p
I think half of you old-timers went inactive even before I started luring here, but welcome back anyway. :)
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It's the pre-summer extravaganza.
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Waiting for the Dark.
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That'll be the day... ;)
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:warp:
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Goob's hiding something.
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Or maybe he's just messing with us...
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If you're interested, I have Carl (yes, the Shivan) on my MSN list. That guy worries me, though, because he recently came out with a very, very, very gay avatar. :ick:
By the way, I'm happy to see Psycho back! :) I sure wasn't here back when he used to be active, but I know it indirectly thanks to his Bastion model (whose upgrade will be put to a very good use ;))...
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Of course, I've received word from someone who claims that Dark did return...
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That's very nice to know, thank you for that piece of information.
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What a sec.... United Space's Bastion concept???
:eek2: You...Must... make... :shaking:
And Thunders back... Again... ;)
(Wait, didn't that movie have a sequel? They "still" come back?)
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Oh dear, its Nike's Daddy. :shaking: Please don't hurt me. I swear I didn't touch her (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58188.0.html), she came onto me! I was drunk, I didn't know better. But nothing happened! At all. Ever. Yes. :nervous:
I'm innocent...!
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*whoo-kssssh*
Still waiting for good reason to take up the flightstick again... :p
*whoo-kssssh*
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And here is where you look for that reason? :p
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Ragingloli?
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And here is where you look for that reason? :p
chronic laziness prohibits me looking elsewhere. :p
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I tell you it's like an Escher painting based on Schrödinger's theories. :p
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yes, yes, I know the topic has been inactive for a while but still...
reading this one reminded me of the days when HLP was young. Good memories in all.
:)
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Now we almost only need Kazan and it will be a grand reunion.
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There's not a lot going on here currently anyway.
I blame Raven.
Seriously though, I'm hoping you'll see some news soon.
On another note, I do wonder what Kazan has been doing ever since he got married.
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Use your imagination?
Kazan has actually posted on the forum in the past week.
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I still dream about BWO on a nightly basis, but rather than give in to fanboy despair I've elected to believe that Raven is gradually moving those last HTL assets towards completion.
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*sings* Get outta my dreams! And into my RAM!
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I still dream about BWO on a nightly basis, but rather than give in to fanboy despair I've elected to believe that Raven is gradually moving those last HTL assets towards completion.
Really? I never even think about BWO anymore. Maybe once in a great while, but not much at all. That's what happens when projects take forever to be released (fail to deliver) and fans get bored and move on. If anything, I think more about campaigns that are actually released in the missions and campaign sub-forum, like ASW, FoW, and Storm Front. Also BP.
You're silly.
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BWO is essentially done. They're waiting on high-poly ship models to be complete.
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Which if you ask me, is foolish. If you can provide higher quality assets as simple drop-in replacements that require no alterations to missions, then you should release the campaign with lower quality assets and release higher quality ones in an update later.
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Foolish or not, it's not our job to dictate BWO development policy.
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No it is not, but public opinion should have some weight as long as it is reasonable.
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I think there is another way of looking at things, though. As the old adage goes, "You only get one chance to make a first impression." While it's true that BWO could just about release today with the assets they have, leaving features like high-poly models out of the initial release will mean that they don't get to be part of everyone's first-time experience. You can't force yourself to forget everything and repeat your first playthrough, and I can appreciate the BWO team's desire to have every single aspect of that experience be as high-quality as it possibly can.
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I think there is another way of looking at things, though. As the old adage goes, "You only get one chance to make a first impression." While it's true that BWO could just about release today with the assets they have, leaving features like high-poly models out of the initial release will mean that they don't get to be part of everyone's first-time experience. You can't force yourself to forget everything and repeat your first playthrough, and I can appreciate the BWO team's desire to have every single aspect of that experience be as high-quality as it possibly can.
We agree, if you haven't figured already :D
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This very old "get everything done, then release" idea has been the basic design philosophy of BlackWater for god knows how long. It's not going to change.
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This very old "get everything done, then release" idea has been the basic design philosophy of BlackWater for god knows how long. It's not going to change.
Quite.
Let's just trust them to get it done.
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But it's unrealistic. You can never keep up with the latest, especially when you have lives that keep you busy. Also, whether it is the greatest is nothing but a perception. Trying to have the greatest in every area will only lead to feature creep and an endless cycle of trying to keep up with the latest graphics, then by the time you do so, something better comes along, then you impliment that, but then something better has once again come along, over and over again.
You misunderstand. We aren't feature creeping. The features we are taking advantage from are several years old already (HTL). For instance, certain ships have been modeled years ago, already in the HTL era of things. They definetly aren't as good technically as the newer ones, but they are locked.
Its not like we are watching for features and going "omgz we gotta haf dat!".
However, reason its taking so long is because lately (eg. for 2 years +/-), I'm the only one taking care of the models and UV's, and textures. However, I'm bogged down in a job that requires more than 8 daily hours many times+"house keeping" duties, and so on. That doesn't leave many *monthly* hours to work as you understand.
We have said it in the past, and I'll say it again: we need good modelers\UVe'rs and texturers. We havent made a formal request for these due to some organizational issues, but the sooner we hear some interest from people in helping out, the sooner things get done.
You can take a look at the 4 modelers interview to get an idea of the level of work we seek. And even if you can't be up to that, I can say surely that someone who could take care of the LOD's would definetly be very helpfull as well (and doesn't need to be as good, technically)
Even if you can't do it yourself, spread the word to your friends :P
I can't convert, but Blowfish has been taking care of that when needed so far.
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Release what you want, when you want. Simple :yes:
I'm still waiting for my cruiser sized bomber.... but i can wait a bit more i suppose. :D
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I'll make a concerted effort to point new modelers your way.
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I think there is another way of looking at things, though. As the old adage goes, "You only get one chance to make a first impression." While it's true that BWO could just about release today with the assets they have, leaving features like high-poly models out of the initial release will mean that they don't get to be part of everyone's first-time experience. You can't force yourself to forget everything and repeat your first playthrough, and I can appreciate the BWO team's desire to have every single aspect of that experience be as high-quality as it possibly can.
We agree, if you haven't figured already :D
I understand that position but for gosh sakes we've been waiting for 10 YEARS already. Before 3DRealms went under we used to make jokes about which would be released first, BWO or Duke Nukem Forever.
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At least the question's answered for good now. :p
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If i've only got a year and a half left (again) i'm going to revert to type.
On topic, i'm on the train. The late train. The train that's going to get me to work late.
My jobs ****e. :p
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It is ridiculous to wait 10 years. Frankly, it has caused me to lose interest and focus on active campaigns, like I said already. Ones that don't fail to deliver, like ASW, BP, FoW, Storm Front, etc. Looks like I was right when I said that I'm sure I'm not alone in my feeling. Many people who were waiting for BWO have probably either left the community by now or simply don't care about it anymore. Eventually almost everyone will just move on. then all that work would have amounted to nothing. At least release it before 2012 just to be safe incase it really is the end :D We never know for sure. :P
Why would one need to have continuous active interest in the campaign in the first place? I'm certainly very interested in playing it myself, but that doesn't mean I have to think about it on a daily, or even monthly, basis. When people post in here, I'll read them. When the team provides an update, I'll read that too. And when the campaign finally does get released, I'll eagerly play it. I don't think there's much else required beyond that.
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im still interested in BWO even thow it been 10 years or so. i check back ever few month just see whats going on. around Hard-light. anyways it will be done when its done if ever LOL