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Title: [Release] Storm Front: What If - Another Great War (2023 edition)
Post by: SF-Junky on June 30, 2023, 12:17:10 pm
Another Great War:
(https://fsnebula.org/static/kn_download.png) (https://fsnebula.org/mod/StormFront_AGW)

Uses FSO 23.1.0 - 20230621

This campaign was tested on and is hence optimized for medium difficulty level.


What If the Shivans had had beam weapons in FS1? What if the alliance had had flak guns? What if FreeSpace1 had been closer to the Reference Bible? And What If you could play it? Meet Storm Front's view to the Great War... Another Great War...

Here we go. Storm Front: What If - Another Great War. First, thanks to everyone who posted in the open beta thread (https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=98264.0) and my apologies that I went AWOL again. My excuse is the usual: real life issues. Now I've given this another test run and I think it can be published for real. Seems to work smoothly except that 3D models in loadout selection are not working anymore for whatever reason. That's annoying, but not game-influencing. I've anyone has a bright idea how to solve this, let me know.

Well yeah, my turn on the FS1 main campaign. That was the last big project I published, back in 2010 if I remember correctly. Initially, it was just supposed to be some little facelift akin to the Blue Planet team's later FS2 Blue, but it became bigger and bigger as time went on and eventually turned into a quite significant mod with Playing Judas being the only mission that remains practically unchanged. I think some missions really turned out good. My personal favorites are The Hammer and the Anvil and Clash of the Titans. Not so well is everything that is not based on an original, perhaps with the exception of Hit and Run (where you have to protect the Vasudan carrier against the Taranis). These missions are dull and lack meat on the bones. However, at this point I have no motivation to put any more work into it and since it's only a few, I think it's okay.

I hope you enjoy. Don't be shy to also give me feedback if you didn't. :)
Title: Re: [Release] Storm Front: What If - Another Great War (2023 edition)
Post by: PeterX on October 08, 2023, 01:22:58 pm
Where to download that FSO version seperatly? Knossos doesn´t install that.
Title: Re: [Release] Storm Front: What If - Another Great War (2023 edition)
Post by: SF-Junky on October 10, 2023, 11:08:55 am
What specific error message are you getting? I've uploaded a new version without .VP packaging which caused trouble for other mods.
Title: Re: [Release] Storm Front: What If - Another Great War (2023 edition)
Post by: PeterX on October 10, 2023, 02:13:37 pm
Knossos told me that the FSO build 23.1.0 is missing. VPs are all present.
Title: Re: [Release] Storm Front: What If - Another Great War (2023 edition)
Post by: SF-Junky on October 11, 2023, 09:50:40 am
Okay, that's weird. Have you downloaded the updated version 23.1.2 and tried that? Knossos should automatically detect which FSO build is needed for the mod and download that automatically if not already present in your freespace installation.
Title: Re: [Release] Storm Front: What If - Another Great War (2023 edition)
Post by: CT27 on October 11, 2023, 06:27:13 pm
I played through this campaign recently (but don't have it on my computer right now though)...there are a couple bugs I remember:

1-In the mission where you go in the nebula to investigate the derelict Typhon Volantis...after the enemy Iceni frigate blasts your cruisers...only one cruiser survives.  The surviving cruiser (I forget its name but it was the Aeolus) then turns into a ghost kind of; what I mean is that you can see it but it isn't solid.  You can fly through it and shoot through it and there is no contact.  The mission essentially freezes at this point.  Your transport that's docked with the Volantis never leaves and the enemy Iceni just sits there (and only fires on you if you get in range of it).  I was only able to progress after doing the die 5X method.  What is supposed to happen in this mission?

2-In the mission where
Spoiler:
your Vasudan wingman Bakhu betrays you
he almost never dies.  He keeps trying to ram the Constellation but just keeps bouncing off.  One time, luckily, he did disappear and the enemy fleet came in and the mission progressed.
Title: Re: [Release] Storm Front: What If - Another Great War (2023 edition)
Post by: PeterX on October 12, 2023, 02:06:40 pm
I downloaded the 23.2.0 RC1 and the campaign is running without this message. Thanx