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« on: February 12, 2008, 10:10:05 AM »
A number of weeks ago I discovered this game and promptly posted it on the website under free games. Its absolutely amazing and Im going to be playing it for a LONG time. Its almost 10 years old yet has been modernised over and over. It will run on old machines but still look brilliant on modern ones. I dont know how to explain how great it is to play nor how brilliant the community is. One of the total conversion is a Battlestar Galactica one which won best indie game of 2007 at moddb. There are also Wing Commander, Babyloon 5, Starfox, Halo and Homeworld full conversions. They have also ported the entire FreeSpace 1 game to the new engine.

The user made campaigns are so well done they have voice acting, something most mods never have. User upgrades to the engine include normal mapping, experimental voice recognition... its all staggering. And to top it off as a free open source product is amazing.

There is so much content I bought one of these just to play it on:


I cannot recommend this game enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6VhyMzu12c
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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2008, 10:40:09 AM »
dude your crazy......

its not that good.
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2008, 10:40:40 PM »
I'll consider it. I desperately need something to validate my  purchase of a joystick.
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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2008, 08:46:53 AM »
Quote from: Ninja Catfish on February 13, 2008, 10:40:40 PM
I'll consider it. I desperately need something to validate my  purchase of a joystick.
Well it goes without saying! Its free what more do you want?!
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2008, 06:41:33 PM »
Well that's it, I've found on Internode's servers (so it's not metered towards my cap) and shall download it tonight!
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2008, 08:23:58 AM »
The internode mirror is no good. Youll want to download FreeSpace Open using the FSO Installer: http://www.fsoinstaller.com/

Otherwise you are stuck with 9 year old graphics and special effects.
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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2008, 07:34:13 PM »
Not even when you get the Retail to SCP Upgrade?
http://games.internode.on.net/filelist.php?filedetails=6716
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« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2008, 10:08:28 PM »
It will, but not the latest. The FSO Installer will give you the lastest possible everything, with optional extras like the FreeSpace 1 port to the new engine. Also, it will be a million times easier to update to newer SCP files when they are released.
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« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2008, 10:13:18 PM »
Ah, I see. Well in that case it must wait until after my month ends for internets, dangerously close to cap <_<
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« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2008, 09:21:01 AM »
Once youve got it give me a message on MSN. There are some things I can tell you out of the gate that will help you learn how to use FreeSpace Open so you get the most out of it. Like running in OpenGL.
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« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2008, 10:18:57 PM »
If I got the retail files from Internode, am I just able to patch over them with an Open patch or something?
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« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2008, 10:22:11 AM »
It is supposed to but I wouldnt recommend it.
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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2008, 04:13:41 PM »
Was great game, best space sim I can remember playing, even up there with Tie Fighter.
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