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Title: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: Xylus on September 04, 2011, 10:19:19 am
I just finished WiH, this is simply just stunningly good!
However in the last mission, I have big time trouble docking on indus. Is it possible that you guys put in a light guided landing strip? I failed the last mission 3 times because I cannot find the landing strip and dock in time. Again, thank you guys so much for the checkpoint function!
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: Commander Zane on September 04, 2011, 10:27:41 am
It actually does have glowpoints that run down the flight deck.
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: bigchunk1 on September 04, 2011, 12:43:58 pm
If you target the Indus and press the 's' key you should be able to target the docking bay. You also should have experience docking/undocking with the Indus from prevoius missions.
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: BlasterNT on September 07, 2011, 06:22:50 pm
Heh, only recently did I realize that the docking bay opened at the nose of the ship.  The trouble with using the subsystem targetbox is that when you play with no ambient light, it doesn't help you at all with finding where the opening is. 
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 07, 2011, 06:27:32 pm
You shouldn't be playing at light settings where you can't see the ships. How do you want to appreciate the beauty and majesty of the ships if you can't see them I don't even
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: Droid803 on September 07, 2011, 07:01:55 pm
Maybe it prevents lagging if he can't see them? lol
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: MatthTheGeek on September 07, 2011, 07:10:50 pm
Troubleshoot setting : disable all rendering.
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: Logistics on September 08, 2011, 10:26:06 am
I just finished WiH, this is simply just stunningly good!
However in the last mission, I have big time trouble docking on indus. Is it possible that you guys put in a light guided landing strip? I failed the last mission 3 times because I cannot find the landing strip and dock in time. Again, thank you guys so much for the checkpoint function!

I had similar problems my first run through the game. Docking via approaching from the front, in direct line of fire to the main guns is a bit counterintuitive. In the defense of the OP, the landing lights aren't particularly obvious unless you approach dead on, and it is possible to 'dock' by just flying near the subsection, which is how I managed prior to the final mission, which is decidedly less forgiving to this method.
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: Firstdragon34 on September 08, 2011, 12:25:31 pm
Changing the light settings on a game can change a lot! Trust me. ;p
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: LordPomposity on September 08, 2011, 03:10:11 pm
Never had trouble finding Karuna docking bays (by pressing S).

I did, however, ram myself to death trying to find the entrance to the Temeraire's massive fighterbay subsystem in AoA. :p
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: BlasterNT on September 08, 2011, 05:30:06 pm
I use "ColeCampbell666's Settings" from the wiki.  I think part of the beauty of the ships is the contrast between their light and dark sides, but it has the disadvantage of not being able to see much hull details on the dark side.  I was also a bit panicked at the time, so I finished the mission by repeatedly AB-ing/ramming towards the subsystem box until I "docked".

 :P
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: Firstdragon34 on September 08, 2011, 06:57:49 pm
Blue Planet and War in Heaven stories sound really awesome. Maybe Blue Planet is Freespace 3.
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: headdie on September 08, 2011, 07:18:35 pm
faux pas alert, time to duck and cover
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: Black Wolf on September 08, 2011, 09:06:47 pm
Blue Planet and War in Heaven stories sound really awesome. Maybe Blue Planet is Freespace 3.

It's not. We went through these same sorts of suggestions when Inferno and Derelict were at the height of their popularity. It's a generally accepted community maxim that 'If it's not by [V], it's not FS3'. In other words, no matter how popular any campaign may be, it's never any more canon than any other
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: The E on September 09, 2011, 07:44:59 am
Yes. BP isn't FS3, and isn't intended to be FS3. It is our story, not V's, or daveb's, or John Scott's story.
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: Deadly in a Shadow on September 09, 2011, 10:14:54 am
Blue Planet and War in Heaven stories sound really awesome. Maybe Blue Planet is Freespace 3.
We already have a Freespace 3 (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=76933.0{/url).
Title: Re: WiH is great, but I have one suggestion
Post by: Firstdragon34 on September 09, 2011, 12:24:13 pm
Call me a noob because I spoiled myself with BP youtube videos, as well as reading it on Hard-light. What even more hilerious, I just have the retal version of FS2.