[Mongoose]

And you were right, the Phoenicia really is a Hecate. I never really saw anything other than debris from it before.
But the really strange thing is, before it ALWAYS got destroyed, not even being able to finish the sound-file about the massive damange, but when I just checked, it managed to jump out at 3% hull.

The Phoenecia's technically supposed to survive every time, since it has a make-invulnerable event placed on it in the actual mission file.  The trouble is, the Sathanas deals out damage so quickly that it sometimes manages to go up before that event even fires.

[Commander Zane]

I used a Thor alone to destroy a Lucifer just for the hell of it, a Saracen would easily obliterate a Raynor

Are you so sure about that?
I don't know the bomber you talk about, but a Raynor is far better than a Lucifer when it comes to fighter/bomber defence.
I'd even go so far to say the Lucifer is one of the worst cap-ships of all when it comes to fighter defense... No AAA beams, no flaks and a lot of blind spots and those few blob-turrets it has, have both slow refiringrate and "projectile" speed.
The Raynor on the other hand has AAAs, flaks, and fast-firing blob-turrets. Besides it has a lot more turrets than a Lucifer.

Yes, very sure. I could even take the Sathanas out facing it head-on.
When you have rigged weapons that allow you to attack at ranges only an ULTRA-AAA beam would be able to hit you with, you can do anything.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

The Phoenecia's technically supposed to survive every time, since it has a make-invulnerable event placed on it in the actual mission file.  The trouble is, the Sathanas deals out damage so quickly that it sometimes manages to go up before that event even fires.

I would think that the Sathanas deals so much damage that it occasionally does 2% hull damage at once, which bypasses the ship-invulnerable event. Keep in mind that FRED2 sexps are a bit on the primitive side.

When translated into English, the event should read something like this:

"When the hull of the ship 'Phoenicia' reaches 4% exactly, toggle invulnerability on the ship 'Phoenicia', send the message [Message Name] from the ship 'Phoenicia' and add a new 'Depart' order of priority [number] to the ship 'Phoenicia', with a delay time of [number] seconds."

[-Norbert-]

They should have used something like "hull(pheonecia) <= 3%" instead of looking for exactly 3%...
I really wasn't aware that the destroyed was supposed to survive, since so far it always blew up on me when I played the mission.

[Mobius]

Everything depends on the difficulty level.

[Darius]

If the UEF ships were anything like the way they were originally released it would only take one bomber to be able to take down a Raynor.
You wouldn't need Alpha One for that.

I've rebalanced the fighter and weapon packs to fit with the rest of the mod. It should take quite a bit more than one bomber to take down a Raynor

[SpardaSon21]

Point is Command is a bunch of morons.  While nowhere near as bad as in JAD, they still make some pretty stupid blunders.

And yes, the UEF does has one singular advantage.  It is simply kickass.  Kickass fighters (from what I saw in the vid it looked like his fighter had more firepower than an Erinyes), kickass weapons (nothing can beat ballistic weapons and the flying pieces of metal they shoot when it comes to awesome), and the kickass fighter pilot known as Alpha One.  The guy pretending to be Alpha One, Samuel Bei, (the original Alpha One is still somewhere in the Sol system single-handedly fighting off wings of Shivan Dragons with nothing but a Hercules, a few rolls of duct tape, and a Centaur support ship that shows up intermittently) is pretty cool himself though.

Your DAMMNNNN RIGHT!!!!
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About what?  Command's stupidity, the UEF's god-like awesomeness, or the fact that the original Alpha One is still out there since he is actually Chuck Norris and therefore he cannot die?

P.S.  BP Team, why so much Supreme Commander stuff?  The .ani's, the main menu, the UEF, etc.

[General Battuta]

There's no BP team; it's just Darius and two people doing voice acting coordination who don't really count (me and Rian.) He gave us badges because he is magnanimous.

[Commander Zane]

P.S.  BP Team, why so much Supreme Commander stuff?  The .ani's, the main menu, the UEF, etc.

Because the .anis fit.

[Darius]

The anis were used because around the same time I was making the campaign I was playing around with some of the files of Supcom and used some of their files to practice ani creation.

The UEF because...coincidence really. That and seemingly all acronyms to describe an Earth alliance had already been taken in one universe or another.

There's no BP team; it's just Darius and two people doing voice acting coordination who don't really count (me and Rian.) He gave us badges because he is magnanimous.

I'm giving badges to people who contribute material towards Blue Planet. You and Rian count because you've been organising the Voice Acting. I'm going to assign more out to people who have been making material specifically for the campaign as well.

[General Battuta]

Yeah, I do remember thinking that Blowfish had done some work, and I'm not sure who else. The more BP badges, the merrier.

[SpardaSon21]

The anis were used because around the same time I was making the campaign I was playing around with some of the files of Supcom and used some of their files to practice ani creation.

The UEF because...coincidence really. That and seemingly all acronyms to describe an Earth alliance had already been taken in one universe or another.

There's no BP team; it's just Darius and two people doing voice acting coordination who don't really count (me and Rian.) He gave us badges because he is magnanimous.

I'm giving badges to people who contribute material towards Blue Planet. You and Rian count because you've been organising the Voice Acting. I'm going to assign more out to people who have been making material specifically for the campaign as well.

Understandable about the .ani's fitting.  Although its just weird having Dostya and Clark give me mission orders that don't involve blowing up Cybrans or Aeons.

[blowfish]

Yeah, I do remember thinking that Blowfish had done some work

I did?   All I remember doing was the HTL Aurora (not technically tied to Blue Planet), and screwing around with adding Shivan secondaries, texture updates, nameplates, and minor mission stability things (which I sorta maybe planned to release at some point ... if I ever finished it ).  Oh and those failtacular beam upgrades I did so long ago ... doesn't really amount to much.

[General Battuta]

That sounds like 'some work'.

I will shut up and let Darius talk about BP administration stuff, though.

[Mobius]

hey, what about recruiting modellers and textures to create unique stuff for BP? I guess you could attract the attention of many modellers, BP is one of the best campaigns in circulation afterall.

[Snail]

The fact that Darius has been able to do this astounding campaign all on his own is surely a testament to the power of "Get off your ass and do something".

[Angelus]

The fact that Darius has been able to do this astounding campaign all on his own is surely a testament to the power of "Get off your ass and do something".

 

[blowfish]

The fact that Darius has been able to do this astounding campaign all on his own is surely a testament to the power of "Get off your ass and do something".

QFT

It's amazing that Darius managed to finish this in only 10 months (IIRC) when other campaigns, with talented and experienced teams, sit idle for years.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Speak for yourself (cue team icons).

[eliex]

Heh, just look at me. 3 months pass and all I've done is 4 fully completed missions.
Darius really has determination and motivation.