[Beowulf]

First off, hello all.

I am curious as to what happened to the FS community. It seems to have dissolved quite a bit. When did the old SW forums go down (VBB)? What's the status of Squad War? It is disheartening to see that apparently FS is dying.

I've been gone for a few years. Could someone fill me in? Thank you.


--Beowulf

[Blue Lion]

SW is as good as dead I believe, I haven't seen a new match since March and now I can't get the site to load. The FS community is more or less here, as well as VW and such. But what did you expect for a game that's so many years old?

[karajorma]

I think it's a bit early to say that the FS community is dying. Squad War may be dead but it may rise again once the SCP get their version of multiplayer up and running.

You only have to look at the activity on VWBB over the last few days to see the number of people who suddenly appear when a major release occurs.

[Solatar]

Besides, we're going to get our stuff into Freelancer.

[RangerKarl]

Crap. I just uninstalled that game.

[Unknown Target]

Whoah, dude, you are behind the times!

Seriously, the SW forum got deleted around 2000, and the VBB got taken down permanently around 2001, and Squad War stopped around late 1999.

[Sheepy]

Originally posted by Blue Lion
SW is as good as dead I believe, I haven't seen a new match since March and now I can't get the site to load. The FS community is more or less here, as well as VW and such. But what did you expect for a game that's so many years old?

Fuuny that, i could of sworn the SSC had a SW just the other day

[Steel]

Well, if you get "our" stuff into FreeLancer, then FreeLancer is going to be played, NOT FreeSpace...

My opinion only, but if folks concentrate on updating and maintaining FS2 via SCP and mods, then FreeSpace will continue...  Move it into another engine, and it will just go away.

[tEAbAG]

Definently check out the Source Code Project, really cool stuff going on there.  The Babylon project just had a new release and some of the major campaigns are looking good(Blackwater Ops, Lightning Marshall, Inferno, and the Terran Vasudan War project)

And if you never played FS1 or just haven't picked it up in a while look at the FreeSpace Conversion.

We ain't dead yet!

  Viva la FreeSpace!!!

[diamondgeezer]

FreeSpace 2 will live for ever thanks to the infinite power of the S:AAB mod

[J3Vr6]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
FreeSpace 2 will live for ever thanks to the infinite power of the S:AAB mod

Speaking of that,  how is it coming along?

[Nuclear1]

Bah, VBB is dead...

Who cares. We still got VWBB, Warpstorm, and HLP (and F2S when it wants to behave)

[Tar-Palantir]

FreeSpace - the game that just would not die.

[J.F.K.]

I think this place, HLP, is virtually the entire FS community. There is an extended community over at Volition Watch, but from what I can see, it's far less active... or far more secretive.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

True, I'd say about 90% of all community goings-on go on here. The pace at VWatch and F2S seems so slow that you could out run it in an old brass diver's suit.

[karajorma]

Considering that VWBB have managed to get 2 releases from TBP I don't think HLP has much right to start saying we're better. Seriously can you point to any releases from this board that have managed to gain as much exposure outside the community?

Maybe most of the chat in the community goes on over here but I wouldn't be so quick to start saying that VWBB is any less active.

[StratComm]

[cough] SCP [/cough]

Well, maybe not outside the community, but still much bigger in the long run.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by StratComm
[cough] SCP [/cough]

Well, maybe not outside the community, but still much bigger in the long run.

Unless I'm mistaken the SCP is a joint effort between both communities. That's why the forum is on HLP but the website is on VWBB

EDIT : Seems I'm right

Concieved by Freespace Watch, this is a joint project between them and Hard Light Productions - uniting the entire community to take the basic source code with fixes and features that the community wants. The main site and downloads will be hosted on Freespace Watch, and the forums on Hard Light Productions.

[Cetanu]

Originally posted by J.F.K.
I think this place, HLP, is virtually the entire FS community.

Beside from what karajorma wrote ( )  and most saying or thinking that PXO has already died - the multiplayer crowd is still alive, but as usual not on the VW or the HLP forums

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Cetanu

Beside from what karajorma wrote ( )  and most saying or thinking that PXO has already died - the multiplayer crowd is still alive, but as usual not on the VW or the HLP forums

Do you guys actually have a hang out? If so is it secret/not open to newbies?

I ask cause I mention HLP and VWBB in my FAQ but I don't have any idea where to reccomend fans of multiplayer should go for more info.