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Hey everyone...just taking a quick poll amongst the forumites (and spread the word concerning this) on the issues of using kosher FS2 or upgrading BWO for the full Source Code upgrade experience.

The SCP team is working to release a stable, fully featured Version 3.6 which has a plethora of new visual treats and exciting new options. Vote in the poll and post your comments as to why we should or why we shouldn't...

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There is absolutely no reason to hold back...upgrade BWO now!

In all seriousness(word?), I don't like how Vanilla FS2 looks anymore. Once I've had shinemapping and glowmaps, I can't imagine going back. And since taylor has reduced the memory footprint, the game runs superbly on my bare-minimum PC, so I see no reason not to.

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I think for sure you should use it because people who play this campaign will probably all be dedicated fs2 fans and will want the best campaign performance possible. I have been following this project for the past year but have never bothered to post anything on BWO. I have read about and tried fs2 open as everybody has been discussing about it lately. I got it to work without understanding how it works. I think it would be critical to include detailed instructions on how to make it work. A nice little install package (kind of like derelict had) would be nice. Also, I don’t think you should make size as an issue for this campaign because most people who are determined enough can get access to a high speed connection somehow (either via a friend or the library.) By the way, is BWO going to include voice acting as originally proposed? I thought it made the demo very nice.

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Originally posted by MattHewPapa07
I think for sure you should use it because people who play this campaign will probably all be dedicated fs2 fans and will want the best campaign performance possible. I have been following this project for the past year but have never bothered to post anything on BWO. I have read about and tried fs2 open as everybody has been discussing about it lately. I got it to work without understanding how it works. I think it would be critical to include detailed instructions on how to make it work. A nice little install package (kind of like derelict had) would be nice. Also, I don’t think you should make size as an issue for this campaign because most people who are determined enough can get access to a high speed connection somehow (either via a friend or the library.) By the way, is BWO going to include voice acting as originally proposed? I thought it made the demo very nice.

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Considering that FS2_open with just -htl looks exactly like vanilla FS2, but runs faster, I'd have to vote for convert.

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in my opinion, the Source *improvements* make it worse....especially the metallic look.

So i think it should be as it is now.....

The only decent upgrade the source has done is the engine trail.....now that rocks, but nothing else does.

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Originally posted by IceFire
Voice acting is still planned. Infact the team has felt that its best that voice acting is finished before the campaign is released. So once we lock down the missions and story we'll be tidying things up on the MOD side and doing voices for the rest.

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would it be possible to release 2 versions of BWO???

One version for the Source Project and one normal???

Or would they need to do it all from scratch???

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Originally posted by JamieK
in my opinion, the Source *improvements* make it worse....especially the metallic look.

So i think it should be as it is now.....

The only decent upgrade the source has done is the engine trail.....now that rocks, but nothing else does.

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hmmm, i can give it a go, but i miss the movies. hehehe

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it'll take you about 1 hour of downloading to fix that, you know......

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what about 2 versions

BWO_SCP (upgraded using SCP

BWO_Vanilla (non_SCP

anyway I think you should upgrade BWO

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Originally posted by silver dracon
what about 2 versions

BWO_SCP (upgraded using SCP

BWO_Vanilla (non_SCP

anyway I think you should upgrade BWO

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If we go SCP support there isn't really any way to go back persay...not without pulling alot of plumbing out.

If you don't like specular mapping (and I have no idea why you wouldn't ) then you can disable that and virtually all of the other features.

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Originally posted by kasperl
huh why?

if you don't upgrade, you can play it in FSO fine, if you do upgrade, anyone can turn everything non vannila of himself.

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my option is obvious

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I'd love you to have SCP support, but not at the cost of making the project too large to complete within a reasonable time frame. IMHO the ideal situation would be to create your standard campaign, gameplay, voice acting and a few mods being central, then later on add functionality for the SCP's features in another pack.

That way, if you're tired, you needn't go down that road and the campaign will still rock - rather than going down that road in the first place and finding you lack the steam to finish the job with this new, additional workload. Well, that's my two cents.

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I posted I don't have an opinion, not coz I don't, but because mine isn't in the poll:
my opinion is to finish the darn thing first, then think about upgrading when it's done. That's a whole lot more work to do, that will push the thing back again.
You shouldn't try and skip steps, it's never good to keep adding stuff when you're not done with what's planed, you should know that well, Ice...

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i said go for it now cuz if your gonna make us wait a sh*tload of time, then may as well make it worth every last bit

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Yea, I agree with that. Since I have waited this long I want BWO to be the best it can be.

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