[Shrike]

Originally posted by StrykeIX
Actually, UD is planning to put up both FreeSpaces on HOTU soon. Since several thousand people regularly attend HOTU, and that's just the ones that leave a sign of such, I do believe the community may swell considerably.

Hmm, who is this person you're talking about?  Maybe I should get ahold of them and see if something can be arranged.

[Sesquipedalian]

Now, this is exciting!

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Shrike
Hmm, who is this person you're talking about?  Maybe I should get ahold of them and see if something can be arranged.

i don't think it's a person

[Stunaep]

Originally posted by StrykeIX
Actually, UD is planning to put up both FreeSpaces on HOTU soon.  

pardon my abbreviation ignorance, but UD? HOTU?

[Stealth]

yeah, if you use an abbreviation, you're supposed to at least say what the real name is.

[CP5670]

Underdog and Home of the Underdogs, I think. (HOTU is probably the biggest and most famous old games site on the internet) It would be very, very good for publicity if we could get FS2 up there.

CP5670: the debriefing checks to see if a campaign is currently running; if so, then it plays failure if you can't advance to the next mission, success if all goals are complete, and quasi-failure if goals aren't complete but you can still advance. If you're not in a campaign, the music plays success if goals are complete and quasi-failure if they're not. No command briefing scrollbar, but you can now change ship class.  Read the fs2_open release thread.

Cool, I need to check that out soon.

[Shrike]

Originally posted by Stealth
i don't think it's a person

So why did he say 'she' then?

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Shrike
So why did he say 'she' then?

beats me!

i don't even know what "HOTU" is, i was just assuming it's a company... that would make the most sense.

also, i don't think he used "she" referring to "HOTU"... i think he was using it in regards something else... i dunno

Stryke, enlighten us

[CP5670]

The "she" is probably Underdogs, who I think is the person running the place, and HOTU is the website.

[Stunaep]

HOTU? Cool, that will definately get us publicity.

[Stryke 9]

Shrike: HOTU is the biggest and most famous abandonware site on the net. It's THE core for most everything, despite the fact that it's a bit more adherent to the copyright laws than other sites. UD is Underdogs, the founder and sole head, who happens to be female.

I can put you through, but I don't know to what extent she wants the community involved. She was mostly interested because I misstated and said that the FSSCP had ALREADY made a version of FreeSpace 2 with DivX compatibility (which at the time I thought was the case, since it was a priority last I had checked), which would mean significantly smaller movie sizes.

If you want to talk to her, and get a response any time soon, I suggest you post to her at the Gamer's Corner at http://the-underdogs.org/forum, though. She comes on forum pretty regularly, but she gets a ****load of email.

Say you work for me, and you'll get someone's eye sooner or later.

[Goober5000]

The FSSCP does indeed have DivX support - but only in the DirectX 8 build.  Specifically, it supports playing any movie with an appropriate codec installed (not just DivX) by spawning a Windows Media Player window.  Inquisitor is working to move the movie player code into the main branch as we speak.

Unfortunately, the DivX licensing guys are being obstinate, and we're still trying to clarify what campaign designers would be doing by releasing DivX cutscenes.  The FSSCP itself is not to blame, since we're going through Media Player, but the DivX people currently don't want campaign designers to release DivX-coded cutscenes for distribution.

[Stryke 9]

Well then, I'm not a campaign designer, am I?


You know, I can remember when DivX wasn't a monopoly by some pain-in-the-ass gits. At least, I THINK I can remember.

[karajorma]

Can`t we just use Xvid or another compressor? I`m no expert when it comes to these things but if you`re using media player why can`t you just use any format MP recognises?

[Sesquipedalian]

You can.  (I think)

DivX is being talked about simply because that is the particular codec currently being talked about.  Encode in whatever you want.

[wizz33]

If we could make it downloadble we cloud instandly  a much wider modding goup see

this tread on Ars.technica.com

[diamondgeezer]

I completed FS2 again the other day, and by God it's still great fun. I love it, love it to bits, and I shall be playing it on and off until the day I die.


Of course what the game needs to keep it ticking over, apart from the wonderful work of the SCP guys, is campaigns, and good ones at that. My main ***** with most of the major released campaigns so far? NO VOICES!

I know I've done this rant before, but without half-way professional sounding voices a campaign just seems... unfinished. It's missing something, and you know it.

My opinion is that only with good voice acting can a campaign be considered a top-flight project. No disrespect to the campaigns out there, but even the best FREDded or most graphically impressive work won't grab me unless it's got full voice acting. I'm not bothering to download anything that isn't voiced over these days.

Course, that's just my two euros.

Now, another thing that'd be useful would be for people to try and get FS2, HLP and the rest of it mentioned where people will see - websites, game magazines, and what have you. If we could advertise FS2 to gamers and the beautiful new ships and stuff to modellers, we may well find people stopping by who never heard of FS before. Blatant pimpage on respected sites like IGN or (insert 3D modelling website here) could boost the FS2 fan base with new talent and players. Hopefully, I might inspire someone with contacts to go out and start name dropping...

[Knight Templar]

Speaking of Voice acting..

Would you be intrested in doing a little speaking part anytime soon? I'll explain more when I get home. PM me or something

[diamondgeezer]

As much as I insist on voice acting, I don't do it myself.

Apparently, I sound a lot like Michael Cain. In a bad way.