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Title: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: swamper123 on December 30, 2010, 06:05:44 pm
I would like to know if anyone has ported the fs2 demo missions into the scp engine , if not I would like to try to do that and with that practice my fredding  :p
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Nohiki on December 30, 2010, 06:07:42 pm
IIRC FS2 demo is just the first act of the full game campaign...
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Mars on December 30, 2010, 06:10:20 pm
Negative, the first one is a crazy nebula mission that could be won in the Demo by spamming Rockeyes, the second was an escort mission.

Yes someone did. Hold up, I'll see if I can find it.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on December 30, 2010, 06:15:10 pm
FS2Demo folder with a mod.ini that has the mediavps listed should do it. 

Just checked and it's already there but points to the 3.6.10 mediavps. 
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Mars on December 30, 2010, 06:16:00 pm
Okay, I cannot find it. Honestly, if you have the demo, it should be a fairly easy mod to make, especially since the advent of modular tables. If you spent a few hours converting it, you'd have it done. You could even post it to mods.\

There are considerable differences in the weapons IIRC
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: swamper123 on December 30, 2010, 06:29:36 pm
I will give it a try , I am not a great fredder only a novice one , I could tweak it a bit I think , If it is not any objections of anybody of course
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: General Battuta on December 30, 2010, 06:47:30 pm
It's already been done, I have a copy somewhere.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: NGTM-1R on December 30, 2010, 07:09:49 pm
They came with at least one edition of FreeSpace...
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on December 30, 2010, 07:51:17 pm
The installer used to install them.  Can't see why those couldn't be distributed as they were free to begin with. 
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: swamper123 on December 30, 2010, 08:13:43 pm
Oh , okey battuta , if you find them , post the link please , i have played one mission , but i dont like it so much , I think i am getting used to the eye candy missions (=
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Mongoose on December 31, 2010, 12:48:08 am
Man, I wore those two demo missions out before I was finally able to buy a copy of FS2.  I remember being completely blown away by the graphics.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Mars on December 31, 2010, 12:59:49 am
Me too. I thought the Maxim was the prettiest thing I'd ever seen.

And the Hatshepsut!
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on December 31, 2010, 01:25:53 am
FS2demo.rar (http://fubar5.fubar.org/fubar/FS2/FS2Demo.rar)

It still has the 3.6.10 mediavp mod.ini. 
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: swamper123 on December 31, 2010, 01:37:59 pm
Just played, thanks FUBAR-BDHR (:
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Nohiki on December 31, 2010, 01:41:12 pm
W8, i have a Cd with wreespace that definitely ain't full, but you say it ain't demo either? Now that i look at it it says Freespace 2 OEM... It's all missions up to the 1st SOC loop. I dunno what it is nor where i got it but that's what i have.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: General Battuta on December 31, 2010, 01:47:10 pm
it's not the demo, it's something different

the demo is what fubar posted
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Snail on December 31, 2010, 05:06:35 pm
Sounds like FreeSpace 2: Colossus.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Nohiki on December 31, 2010, 06:37:48 pm
yep, that's it.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Mobius on January 02, 2011, 08:22:24 am
Well, FreeSpace 2: Colossus is a "demo" of FS2.

The standalone demo missions you guys are talking about are Crisis in Capella and Crimson Skies. Good times.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 02, 2011, 08:27:09 am
Ah, those were good missions. They showcased a good sample of what FS2 was capable of. Before I got the full version, I played that for quite a while.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Mobius on January 02, 2011, 08:36:00 am
Crisis in Capella spoiled part of the plot, but in a way that didn't reveal much. Crimson Skies was basically there just to show what nebula missions would have been like.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 02, 2011, 08:37:40 am
In what way does Crisis in Capella spoil the plot?
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Mobius on January 02, 2011, 08:46:06 am
The Shivans invade Capella and civilians escape?

(The Psamtik was still there, though.)
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: X3N0-Life-Form on January 02, 2011, 08:55:22 am
Weren't you escorting a convoy to gamma drax ?

EDIT : just rechecked, you escort a convoy from Capella to Gamma Draconnis
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Mobius on January 02, 2011, 08:58:20 am
Was it Gamma Draconis? Well, that explains why the Psamtik was still there.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Snail on January 02, 2011, 09:33:50 am
I never played those missions until after I played FS2.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Mobius on January 02, 2011, 09:40:17 am
Well, I played OEM ad nauseam and that explains why I played the demo missions before the main FS2 campaign. Many other people were forced by the odds to play the demo before even touching a copy of FS2.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 02, 2011, 10:31:40 am
Weren't you escorting a convoy to gamma drax ?

EDIT : just rechecked, you escort a convoy from Capella to Gamma Draconnis

It's not just a convoy, it's a convoy carrying cargo classified Level Upsilon. That's the second-highest level of classification, below Level Omega. Who knows what the Deliverance and Stevedore were carrying...
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Titan on January 04, 2011, 09:31:27 am
I remember playing Freespace 2: Collossus for a full summer before I got FS2. It would be another year before I got FSO.

Someone do me a favor and start up FS2 Collie, exit, and take a screenshot of the ad for the full game. I remember there being some weird giant monolith of a baby's head or something, with red beams coming out it's eyes.
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Nohiki on January 04, 2011, 09:35:52 am
I don't remember that being there :O
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Snail on January 04, 2011, 09:36:45 am
I remember there being some weird giant monolith of a baby's head or something, with red beams coming out it's eyes.
Are you sure that wasn't the Barney demo for JAD3?
Title: Re: Freespace 2 demo missions
Post by: Mobius on January 04, 2011, 10:52:26 am
I remember what Titan is refering to. There was a Vasudan with strange clothes, which made me think about esoteric rites. A strange thing for a sci-fi game.