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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: forcemaker on July 02, 2010, 07:34:49 pm
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Hello together,
I got a huge headache because of this situation:
I tried the Babylon 5 Mod for the Freespace Open Source Engine, and I was suprised by already knowing this engine: the configuration menues, the mission briefing, etc; ingame the 3d-map, the fast-motion mode, the menue showing "radio" communication messages by the game etc etc.
All this stuff, I knew it already, and I was very sure that it was because of "Star Wars: X-Wing VS TIE Fighter" (short: XvT) had it included.
But today, I installed the old XvT and I was disappointed of not being close to the experience of Bab5 mod for Freespace.
Now, I am trying to figure out _what game it is_ that I remember so well, but not being a mod for Freespace. I am quite sure it was a Star Wars game, and that I spent lots of time with it, years ago.
I just don't get _what that game_ was, and my head hurts of trying to remember and the confusion as this is not a huge "deja vu".
Can anyone help me to figure out to give my head and mind a relief???
Please ;-)))
Greetings, forcemaker
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Hrm. It wasn't X-Wing or TIE Fighter?
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Somehow, I get the impression that he a) didn't play TBP but rather B5: I've Found Her (which has got nothing whatsoever to do with FreeSpace Open), and b) that he may be talking about X-Wing Alliance.
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Oh sorry dudes... I have been MUCH TOO TIRED when I posted this message...!!!
a) this is the wrong sub forum (this is "programming" and not "Gaming Discussion" - so I am sorry! SORRY Mods, could You move the thread? Plz :-)
b) It is NOT X-Wing Alliance - I checked plenty of screenshots and I can exclude this game.
c) Let me try to explain this subject - as I have had enough sleep, at this moment:
As I tried the Bab5 mod (TBP) for Freespace SCP, I recognized many elements of the game (not the B5 "content" stuff, but the menus, the way configuration is done, some features of the game engine) which I expected to be in Star Wars: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter (short XvT).
As I installed XvT I recognized that it hadn't been this game engine being so close to what I got with Freespace/TBP. So I started to search for the game which I had played in the past and which used the Freespace Engine.
At this point, I just cannot figure out which game it is I am looking for.
d) The game I am looking for, could be based on the Freespace 1 or 2 engine (as I looked at the screenshots here (http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/descent-freespace-the-great-war/screenshots)). I know this information is very ... arbitrary, but the type of menu system both used is "the most clear hint" I can give.
e) The game I am looking for is NOT X-Wing, TIE-Fighter nor is it Freespace 1 or 2 - as far as I remember the latter 2 I have never played before.
f) Why does it matter, at all? I just am soooo confused to remember a game that I must have played for many, many hours, but there is "no evidence" to be true. My mind is twisted and I want to bend it back, again. Please help ;-) !
Cu all, forcemaker
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You sure it was a Star Wars game? Could it have been Tachyon: The Fringe or something similar?
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No, sorry! I never heard of "Tachyon: The Fringe" (and I did a search, to confirm). And yes, it is most likely to be a Star Wars game. But as my memory is a bit blurry... it could be something else.
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There are a few old SW models floating about onn the net, notable the ISD and an w-wing.
Maybe you played a mod?
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a) no, I don't think it was a mod, since I can't find any in the Freespace Wiki that I know
b) it might be NOT a Star Wars game. Even if I can't imagine any other "universe" this could have been in.
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I say that because the only freespacey game similar to Freespaces is.................
Freespace ;)
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I say that because the only freespacey game similar to Freespaces is.................
[very much FREE SPACE included ;-) ]
Freespace ;)
Yes, I understand... therefor I am asking myself about my mental situation... Ah dudes, it is NOT so important ;-) I will just try to forget! :-))
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Hm, wasn't there a Star Wars MP Demo Demo released ages ago, by one of the previous incarnations of the Star Wars Mod team?
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You mean Imperial Alliance?
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Yeah, i think that was the title.
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Temporarily time skipped forward to when FotG is released?
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Wing Commander? Or Wing Commander Saga?
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In hindsight, WC3 + 4 are incredibly similar in layout to FS, WC4 features less cockpit and more hud though so it may be similar (Flight mode) at least to FS.
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Starlancer perhaps if its not a SW game?