Eighteen years have passed since FreeSpace 2 and the destruction of Capella, and the shattered colonies of man are finally ready to re-open the jump node to Earth. As the Alliance teeters on the verge of total social collapse, the Security Council deploys the elite 14th Battlegroup to re-establish contact with Earth, and young pilot Samuel Bei finds himself once more under his estranged father's command. Age of Aquarius describes the journey of the 14th Battlegroup as its mission to the Blue Planet goes shockingly wrong. War in Heaven takes place eighteen months after the events of Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius and details the final stages of the civil war between Sol and the rest of her colonies: a war without good or evil, only shades of gray. Built at the cutting edge of the FreeSpace Open engine, Blue Planet is a fan-made conclusion to the FreeSpace saga, a story of sacrifice, triumph, and destiny, and one of the most beloved FreeSpace mods of all time.
The team has been hard at work creating new and improved effects for WiH. This video shows off a few bits of our scripting work.
Also featured: Music from one of the new custom soundtracks.
This isn't one of 'our' custom soundtracks so much as 'District 9', but it's still cool. :P
The fiery debris trails are totally new to FSOpen, and awesome.
space porn... looks stunning, especially against the backdrop
spaceporn hrhr...thats the right word for the vid :)
Love the way you keep the debris in lumps and on fire, and not vapourising into dust! Thats how it should be done!
Don't get me wrong, this mod *looks* the business, but it's still the same old twitchy gameplay that put me off FS2 in the first place.
If you don't like FreeSpace 2 this mod probably won't change your mind. I'm just a bit boggled that anybody could not like FreeSpace 2. :P It's a pretty friendly game, especially if you keep the difficulty low.