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Bringing new life into Freespace2....FS2_Open
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:49 pm
by MD-2389
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!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 5:25 pm
by Robo
If I could be bothered to install FS2 again, I'd go ahead and download that. But I can't, so I won't
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:13 pm
by AceCombat
ill give it a shot
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:45 pm
by CDN_Merlin
I bought FS2 just to support our guys and have yet to play it. Doubt I ever will.
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:25 pm
by Iceman
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:36 pm
by Krom
It is quite touchy from my experiance.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:58 am
by Inquisitor
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
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:38 pm
by suicide eddie
i didnt buy fs2 for itself, i got it so i can play the bablyon5 mod
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:08 pm
by Mr. Perfect
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:16 pm
by Inquisitor
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:22 pm
by Kyouryuu
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:23 pm
by MD-2389
I just hope that 3.6.1 fixes the damned glitch with the maxim gun not firing....