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  1. L.I.F.

    From the Stars: Wing Commander ships in From The Depths

    From The Depths is a pretty nifty voxel game (construction à la Minecraft) that is designed around building ships, submarines, aircraft and spaceships with armament, subsystems, sensors, etc., to have them fight. After building some other stuff, I've just started a quite ambitious project: a...
  2. L.I.F.

    Are there other "space carrier" novels out there with not too much "weird" elements but instead grounded military sci-fi?

    These are more like gunships/corvettes than fighters being carried by the carriers, definitely not a Wing Commander feel.
  3. L.I.F.

    Are there other "space carrier" novels out there with not too much "weird" elements but instead grounded military sci-fi?

    The Ark Royal series, by Chris Nutall, are about an obsolete armoured space carrier that was phased out for sleek ships and gets reactivated when a First Contact War involves aliens with energy weapons that wiped the floor with modern design ships. Pretty decent overall, even if not Hugo Award...
  4. L.I.F.

    Is it possible that the confederation could have won the kilrathi war after the Battle of Earth without the Temblor Bomb or Behemoth

    Usually, yes, societies that have an obsession for military adventures, warfare and the warrior idea (whether or not they follow through when it comes to their individual soldier beyond ritual shows of respect that are only a surface thing) tend to need such failures to stop the nonsense where...
  5. L.I.F.

    Most Iconic wing commander missions

    In WC3, I'd say the first Skipper mission was pretty memorable, a missile defence scenario that was quite scary and tense if you didn't get it right quickly. In 4, one that I remember a lot was the Silenos nebula right after defecting: getting completely unfamiliar fighters fighting in a very...
  6. L.I.F.

    Cargo Haul: Australian Kilrathi Saga Edition (January 15, 2020)

    TBH, Angel's disemboweling by a large feline might be considered a standard occurence of daily life in Australia, given the local fauna.
  7. L.I.F.

    WC4 Mod For Homeworld 2 In The Works (June 5, 2006)

    Well, for making the 3D stuff, you should contact DefianceIndustries, though right now, he's got a number of projects of his own, so further ships for Flag Commander are kinda on the backburner. ^_^;
  8. L.I.F.

    Wing Commander Prophecy: Secret Ops Model Update Pack

    Well, well... you're speaking my language here: I do happen to have the pro licence for Space Engine, so if any of you lads see, in the free version, a place you'd like converted into a super high resolution skybox, just send me its coordinates.
  9. L.I.F.

    WC4 Mod For Homeworld 2 In The Works (June 5, 2006)

    https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/01/06/homeworld-remastered-collection-best-mods/ Yay, coverage! Note that in addition of @DefianceIndustries, @Dark Sentinel's work is also featured as he's part of the Star Trek Continuum mod in addition of helping us on the mod.
  10. L.I.F.

    WC3: what if you could win with Behemoth?

    Not necessarly a retcon, simply gravity winning back over the debris cloud. Turning a planet into gravel is very different from getting the gravel to disperse all over the stellar system. For example, with 2.9 E31 Joule, you get Earth to turn into a cloud of debris occupying its current position...
  11. L.I.F.

    WC3: what if you could win with Behemoth?

    That's one of the points the Ender series of books manages pretty well, with the main character being considered a hero of humankind for leading the war-ending action while he himself is horrified with what he's been led to do, and over decades then centuries, he becomes considered as one of...
  12. L.I.F.

    Ohio Entomologist Finds Possible Evidence of Life on Mars

    Finding patterns in random shapes is a pretty standard behaviour, one that makes pretty much all scientists shake their heads sadly at these claims.
  13. L.I.F.

    Ohio Entomologist Finds Possible Evidence of Life on Mars

    A retired professor (that's what emeritus professor means most of the time) from a pretty low-ranking university making insane claims because he literally... recognized patterns in rocks? Maybe the camera should have pointed upwards and he could have recognized shapes in clouds as well.
  14. L.I.F.

    Freelancer porting of Wing Commander ships

    That's why I made the mod. ;-) If and when you stumble onto bugs, please PM me with the details so that I can try to reproduce and understand them. Thanks!
  15. L.I.F.

    Freelancer porting of Wing Commander ships

    The Beta is the latest release I'm talking about here. It gets updated from time to time, but unless you want to re-download the 1 GB Beta every time, it's simpler to re-download the hotfix now and then to get the latest corrections.
  16. L.I.F.

    Freelancer porting of Wing Commander ships

    The hotfix is for the Beta version, I'm not really working on the initial download as of now. I've just clarified the OP to make it clear.
  17. L.I.F.

    Freelancer porting of Wing Commander ships

    If you're doing a new install and just downloaded the latest release, the hotfix isn't needed, it's already part of the release. It's there to save you the hassle of downloading 1 GB of models and textures again for a couple MB of corrections in text files done as part of the bug hunt process.
  18. L.I.F.

    Freelancer porting of Wing Commander ships

    XD Yeah, I can imagine how it'd mess with everything, yes. OK, back in business, then. Apparently, one of the issues that has yet to be understood and fixed is related to using trade lanes to go to carriers, it seems to trigger CTD from time to time, but I can't find why.
  19. L.I.F.

    Freelancer porting of Wing Commander ships

    Ah, yes. Windows recognizes that I edited the .exe and it weirds it out. You can use the original .exe if you want, but you'll have line of sight issues, fighters disappearing at range. You can tell the computer to override that security otherwise. If you want, I can tell you what I edited and...
  20. L.I.F.

    Freelancer porting of Wing Commander ships

    The hell? Plus, the way your texts are displayed is pretty weird overall. So, it crashes after loading... Can you send me the save game that you used? Though, keep in mind most of the equipment was changed, so it can cause trouble.
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