WCPSO question

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pendell

Spaceman
Right, so I whip my SO out last night and begin to play.
2 questions pop to mind:

1. Someone posted on the board that it is possible to
participate in some of the cut scenes -- how? I've tried
many key combos during the scenes, and don't seem to get
any result. If it makes a difference, I'm using the CD
version from Prophecy Gold.

2. Defending Ella -- Screwed up The Unwelcome mission,
so had to defend Ella base. Orca pulls up and volleys
off a bunch of capship missiles. I stop them all.
The Orca disappears. Meanwhile, Devil Rays have killed
all the blue dots except for Spyder. Together, we finish
off the remaining alien craft. Once all targets are
eliminated. I target Ella. Light blue, no damage to
any component. Fly through rest of mission. Get "Mission
failed". Look at the objectives, and see that I failed
to defend Ella.

WTF? It was intact when I left that Nav Point, and the
only people left were blue! What happened?

Respectfully,

Brian P.
 
I think someone was pulling your chain with the first one...
 
No, not at all. In the cutscene where the TCS ST HELENS is destroyed, you can get differnet views by pressing the F1 through F4 keys. You can't actually "fly" the mission, but you see different aspects.
 
That's a damn lie, Phoenix, and you know it!

I'm just kidding. But hit "F12" during the cutscene with the St Helens, and you are suddenly piloting a Devastator named some-long-number. None of the ships have names, and you can's save the Vesuvius-class vessel, but it is cool to fly around it and look at it...
 
I only wish I knew what MSH meant...

However, I've tried the F12 thing, Phoenix, and it works. Go try it! Really!
 
Via the nav map or by targeting that carrier is know as the "CarrierC" maned after that important vulcano CarrierC :)
I never have seen Ella superbase:( were did I put those CDs...
 
Dragon --

It's there. Just screw up the unwelcome -- ya know
the Mission where you're told "Any long-range bombers
are now your HIGHEST priority".

Miss the bombers. Fly back. Have Clippy rip ya
a new one. In 2 missions, you'll be defending Ella
from an Orca guarded by plenty of Devil Rays. Then
the Orca starts ripping off the capship missiles.
Almost as much of a challenge as Luyten, but the
missiles follow a strange flight path and you
have more time to intercept them.
 
It happened to me, I was able to fly, shoot, kill, do everything in the cut scene where the MSH dies. It just happens so fast there really isnt much you CAN do.
 
Why do some people still not believe you can fly in the cutscenes? Press F1 at the start of the cutscenes for Viral Legacy and Duel, and do whatever you like for half a minute.
 
Like all bugs, it doesn't always work :). That F1 thing happens through the programmers' forgetfulness - it's not on purpose. See, if you disable the player's controls (that includes F1), you won't be able to do anything - including exitting the game - until the cutscene ends. Now, if you messed up the mission code, and for some reason the cutscene doesn't end... let's just say you, the programmer, are not happy ;). So the moral of the story is, you only disable the player controls when you're certain nothing will go wrong (but of course it will anyway ;-) ) - and sometimes you forget.
 
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