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Just go here once you have the game installed: http://www.fsoinstaller.com/
Install everything. Launch wxlauncher, configure everything. Profit. There is a wiki link at the fsoinstaller if you have questions.
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A Freespace Open tribute thread. One of the greatest space combat flight sims ever!
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Just go here once you have the game installed: http://www.fsoinstaller.com/
Install everything. Launch wxlauncher, configure everything. Profit. There is a wiki link at the fsoinstaller if you have questions.
I tried reinstalling a few times, but it didn't work. The other installer worked tho, so I'll replay the campaign.
Is there a way to get a warthog stick working with these games? Last time I tried there was no easy way to get the game to recognize the control panel and the hotas
You might have luck using an external program like Joy2Key or something similar to assign keyboard buttons to the extra buttons on the Hotas setup.
How is that stick by the way? I've looked at it online for years but never got it.
Man, i absolutely loved FS1 campaign. The story about a highly advanced 3rd race coming in and things gone to shits, that 2 warring races have to work together to survive. Man, that was amazing. Engaging the alien capital ship mid warp? Holy shit. Mind blown!
Then came FS2....there were so many holy crap moments in the game. Capital ships armed with beam weapons. The destruction of the powerful alliance capital ship.
One of my best gaming moments. I gotta get this HD mod one of these days.
Thank you to the makers of this game. It'll remain entrenched in my mind for as long as i live.
Then came FS2....there were so many holy crap moments in the game. Capital ships armed with beam weapons. The destruction of the powerful alliance capital ship.
One of my best gaming moments. I gotta get this HD mod one of these days.
Thank you to the makers of this game. It'll remain entrenched in my mind for as long as i live.
So I think is time to do a little bump for this thread to talk about the advancements of the Knossos launcher. It's just so much better than it was last time I tried. First of all, they added the biggest campaigns available in Hard-Light, with a simple double click install, so that makes it much easier, and also added the command lines you had in WXLauncher without having to create a new project.
It makes it so much easier to install MediaVPN without having so much compatibility problems I was getting with the old system. Of course, it's still a beta, so it's not perfect, but they are upgrading it at a constant pace!
It's a really good alternative to WXLauncher and I can see it replacing it sooner rather than later.
Also Freespace 2 is on sale on GOG right now, so get it while it's cheap!
https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_2
It makes it so much easier to install MediaVPN without having so much compatibility problems I was getting with the old system. Of course, it's still a beta, so it's not perfect, but they are upgrading it at a constant pace!
It's a really good alternative to WXLauncher and I can see it replacing it sooner rather than later.
Also Freespace 2 is on sale on GOG right now, so get it while it's cheap!
https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_2
Wing Commander was more personal due to its cinematic storytelling, but Freespace had a sense of scale that made you feel you were in a intergalactic war. It had a far better sense of immersion and grander battles.
Till this day out of Wing Commander, X Wing and Freespace, the latter is the one I replay the most, it also helps that it went open source and had been extensively upgraded visually by the modding scene.
Till this day out of Wing Commander, X Wing and Freespace, the latter is the one I replay the most, it also helps that it went open source and had been extensively upgraded visually by the modding scene.
I played FS2 relatively recently and with all the hype I was a little disappointed with the limited mission structure and what not and the story didn't grab me either but overall it's solid and worth a play for sure.
Those Galactica mods looked crazy good but with the teams splitting and trying different things each I don't think any released anything more than a few missions yet, I could be wrong though.
Those Galactica mods looked crazy good but with the teams splitting and trying different things each I don't think any released anything more than a few missions yet, I could be wrong though.
That looks great. Does it work with the Steam version of Freespace 2?
By the way, Freespace 2 is an INCREDIBLE game. Its singleplayer campaign is the very definition of epic, it has so many 'holy shit' moments. I will always be in love with this game, among the top five games of all time for me.
By the way, Freespace 2 is an INCREDIBLE game. Its singleplayer campaign is the very definition of epic, it has so many 'holy shit' moments. I will always be in love with this game, among the top five games of all time for me.
You don't have to take out any of them. and why aren't you using bombs?
That was the hypest mission of any game ever. I don't think I've ever seen shit hit the fan so fast and so badly as when the Sathanas started rolling in lol
Those last missions of Freespace 2 were just a pile of awesome. Chasing the Lucifer into hyperspace in Freespace was awesome, but the climax of Freespace 2 was just un-fucking-believable.
That was the first proof I ever had that I lived in the worst timeline
We should've had at least a dozen Freespace games.
Yep. Like I said, so many "holy shit!" moments.
the giant capital ships, the nebula missions, everything involving the colossus, the final mission that you might not survive.
What a game.
The covert missions, how Volition drove the awesome to 11 by making capital ship beams the games bread and butter. Those last desperate moments when you realize the Sathanas were gathering around the star because they were going to trigger a supernova.
And the aforementioned covert mission that has you flying shiva fighters, probably the best fighters in the game, in shivan territory and witnessing, first hand, just how staced against humanity the deck was.
This game has one flaw, and only one flaw.
And that flaw is that no other space sim has ever lived up to it. So after you play this game, every other game in its genre, even while being a lot of fun, pales a little in comparison.
One of the best, most epic and unforgettable gaming experiences I've ever had, and I'm not particularly fond of space sims. If you don't have it, just head to GOG and buy it right away. It's THAT awesome.
And that flaw is that no other space sim has ever lived up to it. So after you play this game, every other game in its genre, even while being a lot of fun, pales a little in comparison.
One of the best, most epic and unforgettable gaming experiences I've ever had, and I'm not particularly fond of space sims. If you don't have it, just head to GOG and buy it right away. It's THAT awesome.
Got to bump this to thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'm finally playing Freespace 2 for the first time, and was able to get used to the graphics and controls, but Knossos made installing the FSO mod and other visuals mods so painless and the updated Freespace 2 practically feels like a new game. Graphics don't usually perturb me (I mean, Dream Quest is one of my favorite games) but the visual spectacle of the space sim/shooter is one of the major appeals of the subgenre for me. But OG FS2 and updated FS2 are like night and day; the game could pass for a 2017/2018 indie game with the modern graphicsSo I think is time to do a little bump for this thread to talk about the advancements of the Knossos launcher. It's just so much better than it was last time I tried. First of all, they added the biggest campaigns available in Hard-Light, with a simple double click install, so that makes it much easier, and also added the command lines you had in WXLauncher without having to create a new project.
It makes it so much easier to install MediaVPN without having so much compatibility problems I was getting with the old system. Of course, it's still a beta, so it's not perfect, but they are upgrading it at a constant pace!
It's a really good alternative to WXLauncher and I can see it replacing it sooner rather than later.
Also Freespace 2 is on sale on GOG right now, so get it while it's cheap!
https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_2
The gameplay still holds up. I've tried to get into more than a few space shooters/sims but usually the combat doesn't click. Like Elite Dangerous' combat is fun enough but the movement and shooting feels kind of sluggish and dull, and Everspace is gorgeous but I don't like how the ship controls. The only modern space shooter that I absolutely love is House of the Dying Sun.
Freespace 2's controls and combat feels excellent though and I'm only on the second mission. Fast and agile, arcadey and easy to spin and rotate after enemies, the weapons pack a punch and the colorful spectacle still loves great even compared to a modern game like Everspace
Oh, and "match speed" should be in every space sim and shooter with dogfights ever; it feels like a game changer that makes the dogfights that much more enjoyable
Preach! Freespace 2 is truly the pinnacle of the space sim genre.
I wouldn't call it a space sim though. There doesn't seem to be anything sim about it; unless the game opens up after more missions or something, it's a linear space shooter. What makes it a sim? Ship controls-wise, it's arcadey and not realistic in the physics or ship controls, so it's not even a simulator in that regard
Another "oh, more games need to do this": you get resupplied being actually represented by a support ship warping in and docking with you is so damn cool
I absolutely love Freespace 1 + 2. The campaigns are amazing with good stories unfolding, nice voice acting, a great sense of urgency and some truly intimidating adversaries in the Shivans. A Freespace 3 with the same campaign quality and modern graphics would blow my mind. That feeling of prepping your fighter/bomber and going up against seemingly impossible foes.
Well, I'd say that the wealth of options regarding management of the ship's systems and your wingmen makes it at least sim-like, if not a full sim since it doesn't use a newtonian physics model. In my mind the term "space shooter" is more fitting for games like everspace and Galaxy on Fire.