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Offline DefCynodont119

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
That was incredible.

It was like a love-letter and a send-off to both Freespace and it's community.

I loved every second of it.

The ending was great and surprisingly sentimental too

Infinity + 10 out of 10.  no mention of shivans on planes.

 :cool:
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Offline DefCynodont119

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
Can I also say how much I loved the part when
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Holly and Alex fly through Alpha 1's memories? (Alpha 1 Forever) I mean going through; FS1, FS2, Derelict, Blue Planet:AoA, one or two other mods I've evidently never played but absolutely should, and all the Beta Testers, was really fun; and the part before that with the classic FS2 mission setup. (Alpha 1 Returns / Surrender! Belisarius!)

I enjoyed that so flipping much!
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Offline Axem

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
Yes. Yes, you can say that. I would never dream of stopping you.


 

Offline Darius

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
Axem be like:


 

Offline Su-tehp

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
For some reason, I suddenly have the urge to rewatch 300 again. Eh, there's probably no reason for that. :P
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Offline Axem

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
Gonna be one last patch (or I hope it'll be last) in a week or so.

I saw a lot of people mention having difficulty in Alpha 1 Forever (or at least they had to restart so many times). I was thinking of doing the following...
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For difficulties Medium and below:
Third Beta Tester has a 10-20 second beam free delay
Eleventh Beta Tester won't attack until it's cores are destroyed (just like in the original mission)

I think that might allow the player a bit more time to score some easy wins and not get completely overwhelmed.

Unless you guys like that.

 

Offline Axem

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
And I managed to fix that mysterious crash that happens after winning the boss fight in "Wrath of a Stood-Up Bride"! Major kudos to SL1 for helping me find the issue!

 

Offline DefCynodont119

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
speaking of needing patches, um
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in the first campaign when you control both delta 1 and holly to take out (I think the Eleventh Beta Tester?) things are very borked- I have no weapons until I switch but the guns I get after switching have no effect on the color cores.

even stranger is that this does not stop you from playing the mission as the AI fighter can still damage the cores just fine, and does so very quickly.
you can only win the mission by not playing the mission.  (insert wargames joke)

I didn't do an all-though test tho, so you might want to take a look at it yourself first.

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Offline Thisisaverylongusername

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
I also have a gripe about balance:
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In Cake Eater, the Seranerges are equipped with Flames of Justice for some reason and the Iapetus gets knocked to like 5% if you get hit by one of those. In my last playthrough I had to do like 4 retries because of that.
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Offline Axem

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
DefCynodont119: Just to confirm, is that the last boss mission of JAD2.21? I'll check it out.

Thisisaverylongusername: Duly noted!

 
Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
I also have a gripe about balance:
Spoiler:
In Cake Eater, the Seranerges are equipped with Flames of Justice for some reason and the Iapetus gets knocked to like 5% if you get hit by one of those. In my last playthrough I had to do like 4 retries because of that.

I legit thought that was a challenge. :nervous:

 

Offline DefCynodont119

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
DefCynodont119: Just to confirm, is that the last boss mission of JAD2.21? I'll check it out.

Yeah.
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Offline Goober5000

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Re: Just Another Day: Just Another Discussion Thread
:bump:

My hat is off to you, Axem.  This is impressive on so many levels.  The creativity, the technical skill, the mastery of so many areas of modding (scripting, model work, FREDding, art), and the sheer extravagance of JUST ADD EVERYTHING.  Outstanding work. :yes:

Yes, even if takes 9 years, I do get around to crossing things off my to-do list.