[Petrarch of the VBB]

I present, Taking Back Galahad, in which you have to recapture a station that has defected to the NTF, destroying its escort cruiser in the process.

This is the first time I've tried to make a proper mission, and succeeded. I usually get bored with all the testing the providing SEXPs for the various eventualities. But anyway, here it is, in what I like to think is a finished state.

http://swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/Bev01.fs2

If it gets enough positive feedback I may make a small campaign f it. And why not?

[jdjtcagle]

Yess!!!
Great story and Nicely done:)

[.::Tin Can::.]

*wishes his computer was fixed*

I promise ill play it when I get my stuff fixed. Motherboard is now in LA, on its way to Denton. As for the power supply... unknown...

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by jdjtcagle
Yess!!!
Great story and Nicely done:)

Woo. Thanks.

[vyper]

You have now given me reason to (a) download the last scp builds, (b) find my fs2 discs, (c) not do any degree work.

[kasperl]

now, would you mind to try your hand at FREDding for FSCZ as well as testing?

[T-Man]

200%:yes:. Give it voice files and you could call it a Volition mission. Truly amazing. If you do make a campaign, expect me to play it

I was impressed that you managed to get the "Directives" list on the HUD to work effectivly. I've only been able to do this once or twice, but never to such a high standard. Maybe you could give me a few pointers?

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I put out some requests for people to V/A for it a month or two ago, and got a lot of responses. However, very few people actually recorded their parts, and I ended up with two people doing Terran Command.

If and when I get the campaign finished, I'll ask for voices then.

As for giving pointers, all I can suggest is perseverence. I spent about a week on the building of it, then another week on the testing and balancing, and adding the chatter.

I did have a text file of the plot for each mission in the campaign, but I must have deleted it in the Great Purge.

[.::Tin Can::.]

I made a single-player mission but no one played it except three people or less...

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Looks like a similar case here...

[.::Tin Can::.]

Well I promise I'll download it as soon as my computer is running. My motherboard is now inbetween LA and Dallas.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Has it sent a postcard?

[.::Tin Can::.]

No, I'm tracking it through FedEX. I sure would like to know where my ****ing Power Supply is, however. But you know, people dont appreciate missions as much as they do campaigns, and as far as I'm concerned, you do what you do to please the community, and if they dont like it, try harder...

[StratComm]

I played it (even installed the latest FSO to ensure it'd run) and I'm relatively impressed.  Chatter is sparce but good, and the mission is a bit on the slow side, but that's well explained.  My one complaint is that the Allied cruiser that comes in at the end pops up as a Posidon rather than an Aeolus if you click the icon.  Otherwise it was pretty flawless.

[.::Tin Can::.]

Flawless victory Petrarch... flawless...

By the way everyone makes it sound, I really really want to play this ASAP.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by StratComm
My one complaint is that the Allied cruiser that comes in at the end pops up as a Posidon rather than an Aeolus if you click the icon.

It does? Bugger.
Spent ages fixing all those.

Ah well, fixed and uploaded again.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Hmph. Having played it through myself again a few times, I've noticed that there's rarely anything left of Beta wing by the time their chatter comes round.
Bugger.

[TheBolian]

Just downloaded. Excellent mission! Better than some of the Volition missions!! *chants* CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN *chants*!

[StratComm]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Hmph. Having played it through myself again a few times, I've noticed that there's rarely anything left of Beta wing by the time their chatter comes round.
Bugger.

You know, first time I played through it every ship survived at least until the station is captured.  I think trying to take out the NTF cruiser immediately is the problem; though the objectives tell you to there isn't any evident priority on the cruiser over the fighters.  And it's in blindly attacking the cruiser that they all die.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I should point out that if you leave the Hawkins too long, another NTF cruiser arrives.