[fsphiladelphia]

I've only completed FS2 and most of (I think) Derelict, and I have to say, I think Derelict is better than FS2 retail's campaign, so far anyhow.  There are creepy moments, there are other personalities (Mackie and Alpha 3) and there are epic moments with the Shivans.  I just completed the Mission where the ship with the Meson Bomb Cannon (cannot remember the ships name) fires at and kills a huge Shivan Destroyer only to overload it's core and explode itself.

I sat there with my finger on 'Z', first watching the beam annihilate the Shivan ship in one shot then flipped the mouse over to watch the cannon ship explode itself -- it was one of the coolest moments I've seen in this game yet.

After Derelict, I think I'm going to play the FS1 Port, then I'll ring in...but where does Derelict rank, for you guys?  I think it's amazing.

[Snail]

Yes, yes, we all know how great Derelict is because we've all played it and loved it.

The ship with the Meson Bomb Cannon was the Gorgon Cannon (insert roman numeral here). BTW, instead of holding down your finger on Z, you could just press [BackSpace], you know.... And [\] when you want to go full speed without keeping your finger on [A]...

You're getting near to the end of the campaign, BTW.

[fsphiladelphia]

Yes, yes, we all know how great Derelict is because we've all played it and loved it.

The ship with the Meson Bomb Cannon was the Gorgon Cannon (insert roman numeral here). BTW, instead of holding down your finger on Z, you could just press [BackSpace], you know.... And [\] when you want to go full speed without keeping your finger on [A]...

You're getting near to the end of the campaign, BTW.

I know I can just press backspace, but I think at that moment, I just sort of freaked out because I knew what was going to happen and I wanted to sort of make sure I had a good seat to watch it.

And, it looks like it's all for nothing that I've gotten towards the end of the campaign, as my pilot file has become corrupted.  So all of my stats from the original campaign and derelict, as well as the recognition of what mission I'm up to is now gone.   

[flakked alive]

though a bit tooo late to vote

fs1 scared the crap outta me ..    to this day anytime i see a SF Dragon .. even though i splashed of them .... that damn ship still scare me * burrr*

fs2 ..... better gameplay.... improved story... epic feel..

fs1 still frightens me to this day

[jr2]

fs1 still frightens me to this day

You have played FSPort, right?  With the mediavps, right?  *points to Turey's Installer link in siggy*

[flakked alive]

fs1 still frightens me to this day

You have played FSPort, right?  With the mediavps, right?  *points to Turey's Installer link in siggy*

working on that..... as we speak........

[Mustang19]

FS1 scared me back when I was 11 years old... not anymore. I remember the first time playing through the campaign, I got depressed after loosing Clash of the Titans again and again. It was my first real video game, and I was really involved in the storyline... it made me really sad that the Lucifer kept blowing up Earth. As for FS2, I usually didn't feel very involved in the storyline, possibly because HLP ruined all the surprises. It did feel really cool before Their Finest Hour when Petrarch said, "this is our Alamo, pilots"; you get that FS1 feel of being surrounded and outmoded. But TFH was a crap mission, and it should have felt a lot more difficult and desperate. Volition had plenty of justification for turning that into a BoE mission with hordes of Shivan capships assaulting your outnumbered force, but they didn't take that chance. They instead beam-locked most of the friendly ships to create some sort of difficulty...

Yeah, BoE has a bad rap, but if you define it as 5+ capital ships, there are lots of good BoE missions. The only reason people throw mud at the idea is because of a few articles written by n00bs who didn't know how to use FRED. You can do it. It just takes a little more work than usual, and I wouldn't recommend it for "my fiirst misssion".

[jr2]

Hmm... did you actually see a cutscene of the Lucy blowing up Earth?  If so, do you still have those discs?

[Dark Hunter]

Was that cutscene ever actually made? I thought it existed only as a script in the ReferenceBible.

[Mongoose]

He didn't say that he saw a cutscene (and how could he, since said cutscene doesn't exist), just that that was what happened, which it would have if that mission were failed.

[jr2]

Rats... I know there wasn't supposed to be one, but I was kinda hoping that some little know newer release had it...

EDIT: actually, I wonder if it would be possible to make that cutscene using the cutscene SEXPs?

[Mobius]

EDIT: actually, I wonder if it would be possible to make that cutscene using the cutscene SEXPs?

Sure. You should be able to see an example...if either one of my 123536263084713r5335236347673262473587295323726506136326321502 192560127035927518907540927515718027525 WIP Campaigns is completed

[Mustang19]

www.planetgamecam.com

It's probably the best free movie-maker out there. It records what you see on your screen while playing a game and saves it as AVI, although SCP uses .OGG for cutscenes. Anyway, it wouldn't be difficult at all to make a cutscene, it's just that noone's done it before (except WCP, I don't know how exactly). Use GameCam, save your movie, convert it to OGG somehow, and there's your cutscene.

[jr2]

No, I was referring to the SCP ability to make a cutscene using a mission.  All events are scripted.  There's supposedly a way to make the camera move to different locations, etc... I've never tried it before.  (m has, but he hasn't worked on his campaign in quite a while...)

[S-99]

Finally i can get rid of ****ty ass fraps that i pirated. I hate that ****ing program. It doesn't do anything useful, and what it does do, it's already been bested by other programs. Did i mention fraps sucks at say recording video which is one of it's touted features.

Gonna try out gamecam, which should go great along with my powerful computer.

[jr2]

Funny.  I've never had a problem with FRAPS.  Then again, I bought my version. 

[S-99]

i just hate it when there's only one thing to turn to when it comes to anything. Usually when it comes to recording video games it turns to fraps only. And i think fraps sucks at what it does for that. Who knows, i'll just have to try out gamecam to see if it's just as bad.

[Mustang19]

You can go ahead and make cutscenes in SCP. It's just an underused feature. In fact, the only time I've seen it used is during the YMCA sequence in JAD II  . I've never done it before, but it looks self-explanatory.

[Snail]

It's easy but harder than you may think.

I've tried, it looks easy but I found it a bit harder than I initially thought.

[Mobius]

You can go ahead and make cutscenes in SCP. It's just an underused feature. In fact, the only time I've seen it used is during the YMCA sequence in JAD II  . I've never done it before, but it looks self-explanatory.

EDIT: actually, I wonder if it would be possible to make that cutscene using the cutscene SEXPs?

Sure. You should be able to see an example...if either one of my 123536263084713r5335236347673262473587295323726506136326321502 192560127035927518907540927515718027525 WIP Campaigns is completed

Got it?

And no, they're not underused. More and more FREDders are using them. Just think about campaigns like STL and FOW, they had their cutscenes. And maybe we should release a demo of Steadfast....