Recent content by Jeremy Reimer

That's interesting -- what happened to those of us running on 60 Hz refresh rate VGA monitors back in the day, I wonder? So what was the actual dividing factor you used, and what is the actual frame rate of the game now? I used to think I was good at estimating frame rates for 3D games, but I...

So I've been playing with this mod, and I just finished the original Vega campaign. I'm still super impressed with this work. I have a question about how you figured out the correct timings by adding a speed limiter. Is there a specific maximum frame rate in Wing Commander 1? For modern 3D...

Okay, this is probably the most minor thing that could still be fixed in the game, but it's bothered me for 35 years. :) Iceman isn't really sure what planet he's from. Whenever he marks a kill in the game, he exclaims "That was for Vega nine". However according to his background story (and a...

OMG, this is the MOST AWESOME THING EVER!!! Wing Commander 1 is my favorite game of all time, and yet in the 35 years I've been playing it, I've never had the chance to experience the game at the speed it was supposed to be played! (I started on a 386-25, maybe a little slow, and quickly...

That's way higher than the retail version. I'll have to check it out.

I've already said many times, the Tiger's Claw is unfinished. I haven't added turrets or other details, plus the texturemapping is just a placeholder. Also, the FS2 engine has poly limits even for capships, so you can't just go hog-wild and make a beautiful hundred-thousand-poly ship, because...

Wow, there's a lot of anger in this thread. That seems unnecessary. Nope, just the Wing 1 remake, that's all I want to do. I might extend it into the Wing 1 Secret Missions 1 and 2 though, but even that's a maybe, really all I want to do right now is the original game, as a kind of tribute.

As someone who is working on one of these "WC1 and WC2 Mod Projects" I'd like to express my point of view on the matter. Yes, the original game was made in 1990, but the ships were pre-rendered in 3D packages (I think the original was even done on an Amiga) and then "shot" from a variety of...

Yes, you can make objects neutral, you can also create your own "filler" objects like mines, stations, rocks, etc. It would be pretty easy to make a "Nav Point Buoy" in this scenario, the only problem is that you have to endure the long travel times between nav points. But you can turn 4x...

You don't... thus I am trying to rewrite the missions from being "patrol 3 points" to being something more like... fly to this asteroid field, or fly to this heavy cruiser, or escort this Drayman to this jump point, etc. One hopes that the FS2Open coders might see it in their hearts to add...

Huh?

Thanks! I believe so, but I will have to test with it once the mod is finished. Plus with the sourcecode opened, I may be able to distribute the entire project, executeable and art, as a single package. It's not so much that I am "refusing", only that I like working on this by myself...

It might be fun to work together but as you say, you are focussing on WC3 and 4, with some WC2 models and almost no WC1 models (the Hornet is the only one I saw on your web page) I am focussing entirely on WC1 models. I have actually completed all the models for all the Kilrathi and...

I am redoing Wing Commander 1 in the Freespace 2 engine, as a kind of tribute to the greatest game of all time. http://www.pegasus3d.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2408

Yes, I am still working on this mod. Actually I redesigned the Dralthi model and redid the texturing, it looks a lot better now. I've also added guns, engine glows and shields, so I can actually play the first mission and dogfight with Dralthi pilots of varying skill levels, all with the WC1...