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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Durendal on April 22, 2012, 04:10:23 pm
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Good afternoon everyone,
I was a long time fan of wing commander and I recently discovered the wonderful world of fs2 open. I would like to give a big thank you to all moders, designers etc... You have made some long time nerd dreams of mine reality :D. At the moment I am going through the FS1port and intend to hit both expansions plus, fs2 and blue planet: AoA. I am wondering though if any other mods would be considered a must play? I'm sure this question has been asked multiple times so I appologise in advance for the redundancy. :banghead:
Cheers!
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The order and continuity I go with is FSPort, Silent Threat: Reborn, FS2, Derelict, BP:AoA, BP:WiH.
Also check out Vassago's Dirge, Transcend, and Wings of Dawn.
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Play my mod!
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=78402.0
It's short and has an original story. Play it and write a review!
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check the link in my sig yo! :pimp:
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You will play Legacy of Shiva when it comes out. But in order to understand all of it you must first play:
FS1 or FSPort
Silent Thread or Silent Threat Reborn
FS2
Derelict
Wings of Dawn
Blue Planet
Inferno
Fate of the Galaxy
The Babylon Project
Beyond the Red Line
Wing Commander Saga
Fringespace
Halo mod for Freespace
Journey to Hiigara
Stellar Assault
Sync
Transcend
(When you are done playing all of these the first part of LoS might be released.... maybe)
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I would check out Silent Threat Reborn, Blue Planet, Derelict and Vassago's Dirge for your FreeSpace fix, as well as Wings of Dawn and The Antagonist.
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Much apprecaited gents!
I will try to play them all eventually.
@bigchunck1.... I'll give it a go for sure, the timetable is up in the air though as I am a new father.
@legate Damar... impressive list, my wife will be hunting you down now, watch your back! ;)
So Derelict comes before BP? I will look at that for sure before I hit BP:AoA.
It was my understanding that BP: WiH was unfinished?
Thanks again for the replies to all, make me feel welcome! :cool:
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Congratulations! :D
Play the Cardinal Spear ported to FSPort; I loved that one for its novel weapons.
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Derelict is set before BP:AoA, but they are not in the same continuity.
BP: WIH part 1 is released and well worth a playthrough (understatement), part 2 is in the works.
As for campaigns: What everyone else said.
Also: This question gets asked a lot, it's easy to answer and hard to define an answer, but couldn't some manner of sticky help?
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Derelict and BP are unrelated, you can start either one without the other.
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Legacy of Shiva will make them related... they occur in different realities
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Legacy of Shiva will make them related... they occur in different realities
Not sure if want.
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However I'm sure you Ashen Wings: The Shadow Ops (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=80655.0) want!
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Legacy of Shiva will make them related... they occur in different realities
Not sure if want.
You will want, oh you will want.
Demo mission is coming soon, probably in under a month.
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This is not a good place to do PR for unreleased campaigns. It is a good place to suggest checking out Ashen Wings, though!
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I would like to add two more campaigns to your list. Procyon Insurgency and Uncharted Territory.
Procyon Insurgency is a well known campaign but it is difficult to complete.
Uncharted Territory is a short mini story campaign that takes place during the Capella Era in Nebula beyond Gamma Draconis. Its well worth a play through. The campaign also has two different endings.
You can find it here: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=67327.0 (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=67327.0)
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My list keeps growing and now I will have to find an obscure folder to store it in before my wife starts giving me the "eye" ;). No matter, the suggestions are all appreciated! :nod:
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Hmm. Oh, hai, what's this thread here (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=70582.0)? :lol:
...Sorry, Durendal, I had to.
The trick is to pace yourself. You have years and years' worth of entertainment. Just don't go overboard. ;) And, if your wife plays games, see if you can get her hooked, too. :D
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That is a godawful thread for any new user.
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Yeah giving them that is just going to overwhelm them.
That's where you go after you have a bunch of names, ctrl+f, and find the release thread/download, and read the comments.
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Before the days of Scotty's list, I used to refer to the Wiki for "User Made Campaigns." That's truthfully where a proper list of campaigns should be, though maintaining that is certainly more of a challenge than in a stickied thread. Obviously, a proper wiki directory and dedicated page for a campaign is much better for giving you an idea of what you want to play, or even what you do not want to play.
...The problem is that many of the campaign pages are not up to date, and if they have links to files or data, those links or data may also not be up to date.
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A wiki list is actually significantly less of a challenge, not more.
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Because anyone can edit it.
How about make copy the list from Scotty's to the wiki, then ask Scotty to be the moderator of that section?