[Lone Knight]

Hey everyone. I heard that if you fail to destroy the Lucifer in the last mission of FS I, then there is a brief cutscene of Earth being destroyed.

Is this true, or is someone just b.s.ing me?

[Taristin]

I'm not aware of such a video.

[Trivial Psychic]

It was in the Freespace reference bible, but that was written while FS1 was still being developped.  It also describes a couple of cutscenes in a bar aboard a destroyer, as well as the Tombaugh attack and something on Vasudan prime at the signing of the cease-fire.  It also had an extended version of the shield testing cutscene, which includes a line where it says that shields don't work in subspace because it becomes extremely unstable.

[Cobra]

yeah, and volition was too lazy to even make the cutscenes.

[Taristin]

Not lazy. There are time and budget restraints on games that MODs do not have.

[Night Hammer]

those woulda been badass though

[Akalabeth Angel]

Originally posted by Raa
Not lazy. There are time and budget restraints on games that MODs do not have.

     When's the last time anyone saw a MOD with a cutscene? A real one mind you, not an in-game SCP thing. There may be some in development, but I've yet to seen one released.

[karajorma]

The reason for that is simply that before FS2_Open the only way for a mod to have a cutscene would be to get [V] to get Interplay to encode it for you.

Although it doesn't come with one my version of TBP uses the R1 cutscene they made as an intro.

[Nuke]

Originally posted by Akalabeth Angel


     When's the last time anyone saw a MOD with a cutscene? A real one mind you, not an in-game SCP thing. There may be some in development, but I've yet to seen one released.

the neharah project for quake 1, preceeded by a 4 hour machineime

[Andreas]

Umm, so what happens if you don't destroy the reactors in time? I've always been such a good boy and destroyed them in time, so I've never failed that mission. I'm asking because I don't have FS installed right now.

[Marauder]

He he, if you don't destroy the reactors in time, nothing happens.  You could destroy your wingmen, for all I care but nothing happens.  Volition was hoping that you wouldn't notice that after 10 mins, the Lucifer still doesn't warp out.

[Lone Knight]

No, I gotta dissagree with you there. One time I was playing it and the Lucifer just dissapeared after the time was up.

One other thing....

If FS I cutscenes were made with older computers, then how come us, with more advanced computers cannot make our own cutscenes? I mean, did V have a special program specifically for FS I cutscenes?

[Trivial Psychic]

Well, for one thing, the original cutscenes were in .mve format, which is proprietary and illegal to use without proper authorization.  FSO supports .avi format so any new cutscenes of have to be made in this format.  As to why you don't see of them is mainly size.  Unlike the original game, MOD campaigns are distributed exclusively though internet downloads, and some users are still restricted to 56K modems.  Having even 3 cutscenes of reasonable image quality can add 50 to 100 MB to a download.  On the other hand, doing mission-generated cutscenes (STL by BR is the most noteable example) adds less than 100 KB to a download and as such, is much more attractive in that respect.

[karajorma]

MindGames will have cutscenes. In fact Lt. Cannonfodder is working on cutscenes for several other projects too.

[Lone Knight]

I've beaten FS I about a dozen times over, but have never gotten who is speaking the monologue after the destruction of the Lucifer. Is that supposed to be Alpha 1?

[Cobra]

maybe. i always thought that, too.

[Nuclear1]

Originally posted by Marauder
He he, if you don't destroy the reactors in time, nothing happens.  You could destroy your wingmen, for all I care but nothing happens.  Volition was hoping that you wouldn't notice that after 10 mins, the Lucifer still doesn't warp out.

I disagree. IIRC, the SEXPs call for "self-destruct" events on all allied ships in the tunnel.

[Cobra]

should've been "Oh my God, the Lucifer just entered the Sol system!" and the cut to a cutscene showing the lucifer blasting the **** out of Earth...

and, once (and only once), the lucifer jumped out, and i was sitting in subspace for 10 minutes waiting for something to happen.

[Marauder]

Originally posted by Lone Knight
I've beaten FS I about a dozen times over, but have never gotten who is speaking the monologue after the destruction of the Lucifer. Is that supposed to be Alpha 1?

It is, according to the FS doc...

[Flipside]

I think a lot of Mods plan to have cutscenes, but have very sensibly taken the route of 'Game first, cutscenes later'.