They say that the true art is never finished, only abandoned... We've been trying to finish this piece of art for the last 2 years, but, in the end, it must be finally abandoned. So, IFH Prequel Campaign is abandoned today. It's time to play and find out if it was worth the waiting! Ready?
I'm the first to post this.. does that mean I was the first to play it here?
Yes, damn it. I had to be in Dayton all this time.
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I have download it and played it and i advise all the fans of B5 to play it as well.
Overall an excelent game.
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Someone should really change the thread title. As much as it is funny, it's horribly misleading if you don't read carefully.
Any job worth doing with a laser is worth doing with many, many lasers. -Khrima
There's just no arguing with some people once they've made their minds up about something, and I accept that. That's why I kill them. -Othar Avatar credit
I spent two hours playing it today, and I've realized something.
I HATE HYPERSPACE!!!
Chris: "Way to go dad, fight the machine"
Stewie: "How do you know about the machine?"
--
"I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose."
-Spock, 'The Squire of Gothos'
--
"I'm only 56? Damn, I'll have to get a fake ID to rent ultra-porn".
-Professor Farnsworth, "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles"
I got it running, and it flies like a champ on my POS.
W00t.
Defiant wrote:I spent two hours playing it today, and I've realized something.
I HATE HYPERSPACE!!!
YE GODS! You can say that again. You know what really sucks? Flying at 3KPS right past the end of a Hyperspace Beacon. It takes a minute to slow down to a stop, and then ya gotta blunder back several hundreds of kms...
First time I had to go to Proxima, I overshot the beacon and got lost in about 3.5 seconds. It really really sucked.
Oh, and they got the disorienting effects of hyperspace down cold.
Chris: "Way to go dad, fight the machine"
Stewie: "How do you know about the machine?"
--
"I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose."
-Spock, 'The Squire of Gothos'
--
"I'm only 56? Damn, I'll have to get a fake ID to rent ultra-porn".
-Professor Farnsworth, "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles"
I skipped the tutorial just because I couldn't help but get lost in hyperspace and I would have had to repeat the stupid thing over again. God it's hard...
But so is combat! How the hell do I dogfight?
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
I think the game is impossible without a joystick. But even then, its hard. I printed out the keyboard reference, and I almost went blind.
Chris: "Way to go dad, fight the machine"
Stewie: "How do you know about the machine?"
--
"I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose."
-Spock, 'The Squire of Gothos'
--
"I'm only 56? Damn, I'll have to get a fake ID to rent ultra-porn".
-Professor Farnsworth, "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles"
Defiant wrote:I think the game is impossible without a joystick. But even then, its hard. I printed out the keyboard reference, and I almost went blind.
Using a mouse lets me literally point and shoot but with a joystick I'd likely shoot way, way past my target. Far easier, IMO.
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:I tried it again this time with the Ctrl-A autopilot thingy, and I got lost again ten minutes after I started looking for that freighter...
DAYAM, I Hate Hyperspace!
Yeah, I don't get why that happens, really. I bravely reestablished contact with a beacon TWICE by guesstimation only to be rewarded with disaster.
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
The trick with hyperspace is to keep your speed @ 1 kps. And don't be afraid to kill your speed to zero more than once. It helps if you start to lose the signal and you need to re-acquire the beacon.
Oh, and DON'T use the autopilot in hyperspace! The autopilot will merely send you to the endpoint of the beacon pair. It will NOT account for the inevitable hyperspace drift.
Chris: "Way to go dad, fight the machine"
Stewie: "How do you know about the machine?"
--
"I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose."
-Spock, 'The Squire of Gothos'
--
"I'm only 56? Damn, I'll have to get a fake ID to rent ultra-porn".
-Professor Farnsworth, "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles"
Defiant wrote:The trick with hyperspace is to keep your speed @ 1 kps. And don't be afraid to kill your speed to zero more than once. It helps if you start to lose the signal and you need to re-acquire the beacon.
Oh, and DON'T use the autopilot in hyperspace! The autopilot will merely send you to the endpoint of the beacon pair. It will NOT account for the inevitable hyperspace drift.
Ok, so I was impaitent and gunned it up to 4 kps. I also didn't fully understand how to turn around yet.
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
Are you talking about turning in normal space or hyperspace?
If its hyperspace, kill your speed (BACKSPACE key). When you're at zero, then turn and re-acclerate
If in normal space, put yourself in intertial mode (switches with the SPACE key). That way, you can control your orientation and it won't affect your current direction. Once you're going in the direction you want to go, go back to cruise mode and accelerate.
Chris: "Way to go dad, fight the machine"
Stewie: "How do you know about the machine?"
--
"I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose."
-Spock, 'The Squire of Gothos'
--
"I'm only 56? Damn, I'll have to get a fake ID to rent ultra-porn".
-Professor Farnsworth, "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles"
StarshipTitanic wrote:I skipped the tutorial just because I couldn't help but get lost in hyperspace and I would have had to repeat the stupid thing over again. God it's hard...
But so is combat! How the hell do I dogfight?
Dogfight tutorial comes after hyperspace tutorial.
Basically, set speed to about 200 m/s and use your strafing keys. Try to get relative velocity between you and your target as low as possible. But slide enough to avoid getting shot, as well.
Defiant wrote:Are you talking about turning in normal space or hyperspace?
If its hyperspace, kill your speed (BACKSPACE key). When you're at zero, then turn and re-acclerate
If in normal space, put yourself in intertial mode (switches with the SPACE key). That way, you can control your orientation and it won't affect your current direction. Once you're going in the direction you want to go, go back to cruise mode and accelerate.
I did say "yet." Now I'm a turning machine! Except when play chicken, which is fun.
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
StarshipTitanic wrote:I skipped the tutorial just because I couldn't help but get lost in hyperspace and I would have had to repeat the stupid thing over again. God it's hard...
But so is combat! How the hell do I dogfight?
Dogfight tutorial comes after hyperspace tutorial.
Basically, set speed to about 200 m/s and use your strafing keys. Try to get relative velocity between you and your target as low as possible. But slide enough to avoid getting shot, as well.
But then they shoot past me and I have to turn around with afterburners to catch up but they're a few klicks away by then.
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
Mad wrote:Basically, set speed to about 200 m/s and use your strafing keys. Try to get relative velocity between you and your target as low as possible. But slide enough to avoid getting shot, as well.
Which keys are the strafing keys? Are you talking about the sliding keys?
Chris: "Way to go dad, fight the machine"
Stewie: "How do you know about the machine?"
--
"I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose."
-Spock, 'The Squire of Gothos'
--
"I'm only 56? Damn, I'll have to get a fake ID to rent ultra-porn".
-Professor Farnsworth, "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles"
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Also, where the hell is that freighter which gets lost in Hyp anyway?
Just skip it, you'll be happier. Prepare for a hellraising hyperspace trip later on, though. If you find yourself speeding towards the right route but get lost anyway, just keep heading back in that direction. If you don't regain contact after a bit, you're lost, but you might.
How the hell am I supposed to win that dogfight at Beta Colony, anyway?
"Man's unfailing capacity to believe what he prefers to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be likely and possible has always astounded me...God has not been proven not to exist, therefore he must exist." -- Academician Prokhor Zakharov
"Hal grabs life by the balls and doesn't let you do that [to] hal."
"I hereby declare myself master of the known world."
Now I'm a turning machine! Except when play chicken, which is fun.