List of definites so far:
1. Lonestar
2. Raven
3. AqueousShadow
4. Analazon
List of possibles for future joining:
1. CP5670 (once PI campaign is done, hopefully in a few months)
This is excellent, guys! I was hoping I would get this many people to help, but I didn't want to let myself expect this many poeple. I thought everyone would be too busy with their own projects. This is truly a pleasant surprise.
Ok, I've spent a good part of today building a new VP file. It has all the mods, tables, maps etc. needed for my campaign. It's pretty hefty; the damn thing is over 20 Megabytes. I'll winzip it and it will be ready to send off to all of you. I'll also add my campaign notes on a doc file; you all should enjoy reading this as it contains my plot outline for DatDB. You will all need o keep the plot secret; more on this below.
HOWEVER, I need all of you to do something for me: each of you should PM me with your most-up-to-date email addy so I know where to send the goodies. (Lone, Raven, I know your addies, so you don't need to include them when you PM me. CP, your e-mail addy changes each week, so you DEFINITELY need to PM me with your latest addy.)
When all of you PM me, YOU MUST STATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO KEEP THE DatDB PLOT SECRET. I can't stress this enough. The doc file I'm sending you has a number of spoilers, but since all of you are going to be working with me, I can't really keep you in the dark if I really want quality work from all of you. You MUST make sure not to discuss the plot of DatDB with anyone who is not working with us. You all know my reasons, so I won't restate them here.
Ok, people, we're pretty much ready to get started. Just a bit of warning: I think I mentioned this before, at least to Lone, but I'll restate it here. This project is very likely to take up to two years to complete. I have law school for one more year, then I have to study for the bar exam so there will be a period of time when I will be incommunicado for months at a time over the next year and a half. When that happens, Lone will take over for me. Also, because I am going to be so busy, I will likely only be able to provide a sense of vision to this project; I don't have the time or the knowledge to really help out with the nitty gritty of building a campaign like modding, FREDding and such. Basically, I will give you all an outline of what to create; the details will be up to you.
If anyone else sees this thread and wishes to join the team, by all means, you are welcome, so long as you agree to keep the plot secret. If you have something to contribute, then you'll be welcomed.
Lone, if any of the UGC crew are willing to help, especially Oldman since he has just gotten back into FS2, just point them here to this thread and I'll put them up to speed.
As for Raven, Analazon, AqueousShadow, Lonestar (and CP when he's ready), once you PM me, I'll give you all the DatDB stuff you need.
BTW, the vp file I'll send to you is the first one I have ever made. There may be bugs in it, so if you try to look at a mod in the tech database and FS2 crashes because I forgot a particular texture or some other problem occurs, let me know right away and I'll try to fix it as best I can.
Welcome aboard, everyone!:)
