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Has anyone heard of this, or played it? Just thought I'd let the space-sim fans around here know about it in case no one has. Freespace 2 is a great space combat game originally released in 1999, but publisher Interplay has gone under, and it has since been released as an open-source app and has been developed further by the mod community. Available for download are enhanced graphics mods and several fully voice-acted campaigns. It's all free for download, though you might have to do a little hunting to get all the cool mods that are available. to a forum where the installer can be downloaded. It is only 19mb in itself but, if you allow it to download everything for the game, it will require about 3.5gb of space. You can scale this number down by choosing not to download the cutscenes and the in-game music etc, I believe, though I chose not to. On , you can find graphical mods available for download. I installed the "Milliways" set of graphic enhancements, but the ones listed under ".VP Files" alter the graphics as well. I have not tried these ones, so I don't know if combining the two is feasible or if it will crash. I do know that the Milliways enhancements will update the game to look somewhere between directx 8 and 9, which, for a free game, isn't half bad. If you do decide to give Freespace Open a go, make sure once you've downloaded the game that you run it from the icon of a dog's paw called "Launcher." I say this because there are 7 other .exe's included and it can be a hassle to figure out which to use. The first time you run the launcher, be sure to read through all the tabs and check the boxes for features you want to enable. There is a very minor settings menu in-game where you can change basic detail level, but all the hardcore settings are found in the launcher. Thanks for enduring my videogame rant, |
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Thanks for enduring my video game rant, and enjoy!* |
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is this similar to homeworld? |
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is this anything like super mario brothers on the nes? that game was pretty badass, so if it is at all similar i might enjoy this game. |
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oh god, i love this game...IMO probably the best space sim/action game ever released. |
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after of course |
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*still waiting for privateer 3* |
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dude, privateer 3 is out |
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Sorry, I think that screenshot may have been misleading because of the large capital ship. You actually pilot small, agile fighter, interceptor, and bomber craft in an effort to protect larger capital ships, or destroy them. Also in the screenshot I chose, the HUD is almost non-visible, but you can change it to any color you want. So, it's more of a flight-sim than a strategy game like homeworld. Phresch: I never played Star Raiders, it was just a few years before my time. I'm sure I would have loved it back in the day, though. Chaosmachine: I loved the original Privateer, man that game was great. Never played privateer 2 but I'll definitely get on that. OK: Are you sure about Privateer 3? I wasn't able to find any info on it. |
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I, for one, am still waiting for a directX 9 (or now directX 10) edition of x-wing vs tie-fighter. Please Lucasarts, don't leave us fly-boys hanging! |
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By unanimous vote, this thread is moderately subpar. |
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this thread is good |
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yes for the heartless hehe |
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sorry listening to aesop rock right now oh i am not sorry btw |
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