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With the inherent RLE compression in the ANI's you could have an animated set of textures to simulate very slowly changing window lights on ships.

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1. Document Special-Check. (Well, this would have been 1. but after looking at the sources it's looking like it only does one thing and I already know about that.)

2. Fix some error messages in Fred2 when the actual SEXP will work. (Examples: The Robotech MOD's semi-transforming Veritechs have a turret subsystem you have to destroy with set-subsystem-strength. Fred2 doesn't like you using that on Alpha 1. Big ships are capable of doing more actions then FRED2 thinks, I got a cruiser type ship to do ignore-ship on me even when FRED2 said it wouldn't work.)

3. Port the code to a compiler that's available for free.

4. Hot-swappable MODs. Assuming "pack files" are the VPs it looks like there's built in code that could make that easier to do, but I'm not sure yet since I haven't looked through everything. See: cfile_refresh() in cfile\cfile.cpp

5. AI-Attack in addition to AI-Chase 'cause AI-Chase isn't that good for cap ships and other methods are not always usable. With AI-Attack a cap ship won't go chasing after another ship, just close to firing range and attack it.

6. SEXPs to rearm ships.

7. Compile and post some of the little programs, like POFView, so those of us who don't have MSDev 6.0 can check them out. If POFView is as picky as FS2 and FRED2 it could make a better model viewer for checking if a model's geography is within FS2's expectations.

8. The big one: An architecture independent Linux engine that can run well with 32 MB of RAM. (A port to PS2Linux would be cool. FS2 on your TV.)

PS There is an end-mission SEXP, it's just not listed:
#define OP_END_MISSION_DELAY (0x0017 | OP_CATAGORY_UNLISTED)


Edit2: OP_END_MISSION_DELAY apparently doesn't work.

Edit: 9. Fix FRED2 so that when you assign a ship/wing to enter/leave via a particular ship's hangar it FRED2 won't change it if you go back into that ship/wing's editor.

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1. Document Special-Check. (Well, this would have been 1. but after looking at the sources it's looking like it only does one thing and I already know about that.)

2. Fix some error messages in Fred2 when the actual SEXP will work. (Examples: The Robotech MOD's semi-transforming Veritechs have a turret subsystem you have to destroy with set-subsystem-strength. Fred2 doesn't like you using that on Alpha 1. Big ships are capable of doing more actions then FRED2 thinks, I got a cruiser type ship to do ignore-ship on me even when FRED2 said it wouldn't work.)

3. Port the code to a compiler that's available for free.

4. Hot-swappable MODs. Assuming "pack files" are the VPs it looks like there's built in code that could make that easier to do, but I'm not sure yet since I haven't looked through everything. See: cfile_refresh() in cfile\cfile.cpp

5. AI-Attack in addition to AI-Chase 'cause AI-Chase isn't that good for cap ships and other methods are not always usable. With AI-Attack a cap ship won't go chasing after another ship, just close to firing range and attack it.

6. SEXPs to rearm ships.

7. Compile and post some of the little programs, like POFView, so those of us who don't have MSDev 6.0 can check them out. If POFView is as picky as FS2 and FRED2 it could make a better model viewer for checking if a model's geography is within FS2's expectations.

8. The big one: An architecture independent Linux engine that can run well with 32 MB of RAM. (A port to PS2Linux would be cool. FS2 on your TV.)

PS There is an end-mission SEXP, it's just not listed:
#define OP_END_MISSION_DELAY (0x0017 | OP_CATAGORY_UNLISTED)


Edit2: OP_END_MISSION_DELAY apparently doesn't work.

Edit: 9. Fix FRED2 so that when you assign a ship/wing to enter/leave via a particular ship's hangar it FRED2 won't change it if you go back into that ship/wing's editor.

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PS2 FS? Are you friggen NUTS? That would suck bigtime...... you wouldn't be able to run 90% of the controls.

Plus, you can't mod, or make campaigns..... blah to that.

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PS2 FS? Are you friggen NUTS? That would suck bigtime...... you wouldn't be able to run 90% of the controls.

Plus, you can't mod, or make campaigns..... blah to that.

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make an sExp that disables SSM,
alow more than one SSM and have them referenced in the weapons.tbl to the targetting lazer that it is for

but first off, some one get fighter beams to work!!!

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make an sExp that disables SSM,
alow more than one SSM and have them referenced in the weapons.tbl to the targetting lazer that it is for

but first off, some one get fighter beams to work!!!

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1) In FS2 if an enemy fighter or bomber is disabled or disarmed it automatically blows up after a minute or so. Make this optional.

2) Fix kamikaze so that any ship can kamikaze into any other ship

3) Fix special explosion so that ships with big amounts of damage explode immediately.

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1) In FS2 if an enemy fighter or bomber is disabled or disarmed it automatically blows up after a minute or so. Make this optional.

2) Fix kamikaze so that any ship can kamikaze into any other ship

3) Fix special explosion so that ships with big amounts of damage explode immediately.

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animated backgrounds are a nice idea..

For example we could play a video file simulating a battle taking place at a distance....

Of course , we would also need the opportunity to CHANGE the background ingame ! That means this battle-ani can stop after a while...

I want colored Commanims - this is covered with one of the point mentioned above.

And an end-mission sexp is the most wanted thing of them all !!!!

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animated backgrounds are a nice idea..

For example we could play a video file simulating a battle taking place at a distance....

Of course , we would also need the opportunity to CHANGE the background ingame ! That means this battle-ani can stop after a while...

I want colored Commanims - this is covered with one of the point mentioned above.

And an end-mission sexp is the most wanted thing of them all !!!!

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For example we could play a video file simulating a battle taking place at a distance....

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For example we could play a video file simulating a battle taking place at a distance....

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- Dropping a mission on the FS2.exe automatically loads that mission
- add missing scroll bars (esp. command briefing at 640x480)
- Larger texture sizes
- Fix various .TBL size/entry limits
- FRED2 plays sound files from inside .VP's
- glowing textures (think an Arcadia with the yellow and white parts glowing, or a Ravana with those freaky red lines glowing)
- add support for barrel-roll orders to capships in FRED2 and FS2

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- Dropping a mission on the FS2.exe automatically loads that mission
- add missing scroll bars (esp. command briefing at 640x480)
- Larger texture sizes
- Fix various .TBL size/entry limits
- FRED2 plays sound files from inside .VP's
- glowing textures (think an Arcadia with the yellow and white parts glowing, or a Ravana with those freaky red lines glowing)
- add support for barrel-roll orders to capships in FRED2 and FS2

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precompiled lightmaps
for example, on the Hyperion cruser (TBP) there is a spot light along the sides, right now the light is just there in the textures, with light maps there could be a tiled map and a light placed then a lightmap compiler would go through and make a light map for it,

also it would be nice if we could have sprites for lights, look at the cone shaped aura comeing from lights in RF, I want that, with real dynamic lights to back this up (optional)

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precompiled lightmaps
for example, on the Hyperion cruser (TBP) there is a spot light along the sides, right now the light is just there in the textures, with light maps there could be a tiled map and a light placed then a lightmap compiler would go through and make a light map for it,

also it would be nice if we could have sprites for lights, look at the cone shaped aura comeing from lights in RF, I want that, with real dynamic lights to back this up (optional)

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Just double (or remove) the HUD limits - i'll take a look at that once I get home and check the HUD.tbl comments - ship limits, and ramp up the possible turret count.

Methinks we should try and crank up all the predefined limits before we start making the really big changes - that way we can instantly help things.

BTW, how are we actually going to be able to distribute the changed stuff?

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Just double (or remove) the HUD limits - i'll take a look at that once I get home and check the HUD.tbl comments - ship limits, and ramp up the possible turret count.

Methinks we should try and crank up all the predefined limits before we start making the really big changes - that way we can instantly help things.

BTW, how are we actually going to be able to distribute the changed stuff?

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PS2 FS? Are you friggen NUTS? That would suck bigtime...... you wouldn't be able to run 90% of the controls.

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