B5 Game mods

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-05-11 02:27pm

After buying the B5 Season 2 DVD i have become interested in B5 mods for any type of game. If you know of any please inform me ASAP

Hitch Hiker · Post by **Hitch Hiker** » 2003-05-11 02:36pm

I have just had a quick look through the web and have found that you can get various B5 Mods for Homeworld. if you want to check this then go to Google and type B5 Mods and you should get a few.

GonK · Post by **GonK** » 2003-05-11 02:53pm

I'm sure that you can get mods for I-war and I-war 2 that allow you to fly the B5 ships such as the whitestar and the starfury.

Atavarius · Post by **Atavarius** » 2003-05-11 06:47pm

http://www.firstones.com

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-05-11 07:22pm

GonK wrote:I'm sure that you can get mods for I-war and I-war 2 that allow you to fly the B5 ships such as the whitestar and the starfury.

Unfortunatly I Don't own I-war or I-war 2

EDIT: Slightly off topic here but, does anyone know why they cancelled the B5 flight sim??????

Atavarius · Post by **Atavarius** » 2003-05-11 07:30pm

That site should be able to give ya a good run down on things about Babylon 5: Into the Fire (Cancelled Sim).

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-05-12 01:46pm

The Babylon Project for Freespace 2
freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon/

I have not yet tested their newest release, but the first one had so authentic B5 atmosphere that I completely forgot that I was playing an "amateur" mod.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-05-12 03:03pm

Oberleutnant wrote:The Babylon Project for Freespace 2
freespace.volitionwatch.com/babylon/

I have not yet tested their newest release, but the first one had so authentic B5 atmosphere that I completely forgot that I was playing an "amateur" mod.

That sounds cool. Unfortunatly I don't have Freespace 2, only the first one

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-12 03:41pm

AFAIK, that project has the proper Freespace 2 runtime bundled with it (which is legal)

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-05-12 04:24pm

Darksider wrote:That sounds cool. Unfortunatly I don't have Freespace 2, only the first one

Well, if that is the case then buy Freespace 2!

That game alone has enough B5 like feeling so you won't be missing any B5 mods.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2003-05-13 06:25am

Oberleutnant wrote:
Darksider wrote:That sounds cool. Unfortunatly I don't have Freespace 2, only the first one
Well, if that is the case then buy Freespace 2! That game alone has enough B5 like feeling so you won't be missing any B5 mods.

I've tried, all I can find is the strategy guide

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-13 10:41am

It's virtually impossible to find FS2 now. Wal-Mart used to have it bundled with FS1, but they've gone out of stock in my area.

Find a friend, Interplay/Volition doesn't care if you give it out to friends.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-05-13 05:38pm

I know a certain well-respected abandonware site where you can get it, but would be technically piracy and I know what the board rules have to say about that.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-13 07:52pm

Oberleutnant wrote:I know a certain well-respected abandonware site where you can get it, but would be technically piracy and I know what the board rules have to say about that.

Actually, it isn't. Interplay has given their blessings to distribute it.

Alan Bolte · Post by **Alan Bolte** » 2003-05-13 11:42pm

Especially considering that they released the source code to the public. The next line of mods are gonna rock!
Yeah, basically if you're gonna find it, it's somewhere connected to firstones.com.
you might want to play the homeplanet demo, as it uses the same engine as I Found Her will.
http://homeplanet.revoltgames.com
edit: mentioned abandonware site is Home of the Underdogs.

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-05-14 04:10pm

Freespace 2 at The Underdogs

The small file size scares me. It says that it is a CD rip with ending animations included. This means that all those great cinematics (remember the one that introduced Colossus?) and beautiful music are gone. If you can somehow get your hands on the real version then buy it!

Coaan · Post by **Coaan** » 2003-05-14 04:51pm

No music or cinematics?...that's half the game!

the original freespace campaign you can get for freespace 2 is amazing....it gives you the option to port all the old sounds and the like across if you actually owned the game but couldn't play it due to xp..(like me

)

I'm sure with the aid of some other program and a little jiggerypokery...one could find the music and movies...just takes a little looking with our god google

Oberleutnant · Post by **Oberleutnant** » 2003-05-14 04:59pm

I fell in love with Freespace 2 the moment I played its demo for the first time. I bought the full game the day it was released here and played it almost non-stop until the magnificent ending was over. Sadly, I have never seen the first Freespace anywhere in stores. I would probably still buy it if I saw it somewhere... What exactly is this original Freespace campaign for FS2 thingie?

Coaan · Post by **Coaan** » 2003-05-14 08:31pm

Oberleutnant wrote:I fell in love with Freespace 2 the moment I played its demo for the first time. I bought the full game the day it was released here and played it almost non-stop until the magnificent ending was over. Sadly, I have never seen the first Freespace anywhere in stores. I would probably still buy it if I saw it somewhere... What exactly is this original Freespace campaign for FS2 thingie?

Freespace 2 campaigns

Scroll down to "The Great War"(freespace port project)

Without the originals...it'll feel a little less like the original...and you'll have to be careful about installing it....it can mess about with freespace's configs and screw up the main campaign...but it's damn good fun fighting without shields