Bringing new life into Freespace2....FS2_Open

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:49 pm

The official thread at HLP

Folks, you have GOT to try this thing out. The whole thing is 44MB, but its WELL worth the download. With the advent of FS2_Open, you can run Freespace2 in just about any operating system! (OpenGL is a supported API now...though since the last build I used was 2.4, I have no clue how long it was supported.)

Heres the best part folks. YOU can now fire proper beam weapons!

So go download and enjoy!

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 5:25 pm

If I could be bothered to install FS2 again, I'd go ahead and download that. But I can't, so I won't

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:13 pm

ill give it a shot

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:45 pm

I bought FS2 just to support our guys and have yet to play it. Doubt I ever will.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:25 pm

I downloaded it and installed it. I crashes on D3D and OpenGL. I signed up for an account and reported the bugs ... I would love to play it again if I could find someone to help me learn a little more about it.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:36 pm

It is quite touchy from my experiance.

Inquisitor · Post by **Inquisitor** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:58 am

Active development is like that.

We just nailed the memory leak that was causing crashes, might want to poke back over there and have a look see

we've had the source for about 2 years. It's fun to work on it and add new stuff. 3.6 was a largish release of alot of new things, and invariably, software never survives first contact with users

Fun stuff

suicide eddie · Post by **suicide eddie** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:38 pm

i didnt buy fs2 for itself, i got it so i can play the bablyon5 mod

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:08 pm

Egads, a whole 44megs? Those animals expect us to download something of that size?

Oh.

Right.

It's not 1996 anymore.

I've played FS2 Open 3.5, but I don't think it has any of the really keen new skins, models, or lightmaps I've seen floating around.

Inquisitor · Post by **Inquisitor** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:16 pm

3.6 has a lot of stuff in it (including a few bugs).

Haunt the forums, we post builds almost daily, bug squashing galore

3.6.1 should be out soon, I think we killed the last big bug.

Kyouryuu · Post by **Kyouryuu** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:22 pm

FreeSpace development became really complicated, which is why I'm not very active in it anymore. Now everyone expects fancy new ships and new weapons, it seems. Yet, ironically, there is still no true "ship maker tool" for FreeSpace. It's knowledge that's still apparently in the hands of a few people.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:23 pm

I just hope that 3.6.1 fixes the damned glitch with the maxim gun not firing....