Battlestar Galactica game

[ernie90125]

Thanks for the reply Warrior....

Can I express an idea on this thread, for a slighly different topic, but inspired by this thread ?

A website linking to all the different BSG fanfilm downloads.....

We've seen several very good fanfilms, and projects like this....

If there was one prominent website, it would give great examples of the spirit of a Continuation, and help those who can not envisage it.....see what our dreams might look like.

I'd do it myself, but it's not my strong point, but I thought I'd suggest it....

[peter noble]

Originally Posted by Titon

Peter are you on dialup?

Nope, I'm fully broadbanded up. Ah, the wonders of modern technology. Just think of all those "Canadian Broadcasts" I've watched1

[HerbShrump]

There was also a Battlestar Galactica board game:
http://www.gamepile.com/game45.html

As well as a FASA strategy game similar to Star Fleet Battles/FASA's Starship Tactical Combat simulator game:
http://zappa.brainiac.com/spaceship/...galactica.html

[peter noble]

Originally Posted by Warrior

Peter, it's definately longer than 11 seconds. I think ya best try to DL it again and make sure you have the whole thing.

Darrell, it was gravy the second time. I even managed to save it as an mp4!

Thank you so much, I'd not seen the G coming away from the exploding thing in the background or the landing bay sequence or tankers (live) before.

You can even see a landram on the right hand side of the bay!

It just screams Battlestar Galactica too me. As I said before, those Eden guys nailed it.

I know their G is missing a lot of detail but the overall shape looks good, and I'd say IMO that's the best all-over G that I've seen so far (until someone gets off their asstrum and finishes...).

[Darrell Lawrence]

Originally Posted by HerbShrump

There was also a Battlestar Galactica board game:
http://www.gamepile.com/game45.html

As well as a FASA strategy game similar to Star Fleet Battles/FASA's Starship Tactical Combat simulator game:
http://zappa.brainiac.com/spaceship/...galactica.html

http://www.battlestar-galactica.org/game/old.php

[Darrell Lawrence]

Glad you enjoyed it, Peter

[Titon]

until someone gets off their asstrum and finishes...

Ah oh!

Quite ironically i cannot confirm it but i believe the G you see in that cut scene is the unfinished Foundation model. Koji from Foundation worked with Lee then moved to Eden. Hmmmm, vedy interesking!

[ernie90125]

Remember I'm ignorant as I haven't played the game but.....

This footage we've seen keeps being refered to as the 'cut scenes' ? So there is more amazing video footage in the game ? How many more minutes of true BSG video is there ?

[Titon]

Ernie there's nearly 30 minutes of cut scene vids in the game. All basically wrapped around both TOS elements and Stu Phillips great musical score from the original series.

Plus you also get to hear not only the music but Dirk Benedicts and Richard Hatch's voices as pilots in the cut scenes. There not Starbuck and Apollo but it's still a thrill to see TOS and how damn good it could look and sound again!

[ernie90125]

Titon........

WOW......do you think it would be possible to edit them all together ?

Thus making a TOS prequel that we could all enjoy.......finally some new TOS stuff !!!!!!!!

[peter noble]

Originally Posted by Titon

Ah oh!

Quite ironically i cannot confirm it but i believe the G you see in that cut scene is the unfinished Foundation model. Koji from Foundation worked with Lee then moved to Eden. Hmmmm, vedy interesking!

The exterior of the bay doesn't look as detailed as Lee. but that could be due to the lighting.

[peter noble]

Well I've come across a cut scene with an alien!

[ernie90125]

I love this !!! Please post video !!!!!!

[Titon]

Ernie, i was able to rip the cut scenes off of the game and create a cut scene DVD.

But posting the scenes might be a bit tricky since it's not something i'm sure Universal would take to kindly to.



Peter your right about the landing bay not having as much detail but i'm not to sure that there wasn't some sort of coming together with some details. The model in this game is waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy to close to have someone get this accurate with it.

[peter noble]

I'm more convinced than ever that DeSanto's all-CG series would've been a dead cert smash.

But of course it would've run on the Cartoon Network and so would've got Spongebob like viewing figures and we couldn't have had that could we Mr Eick?

[Gemini1999]

Originally Posted by Warrior

It be here!

AVI format, forget which version of DivX is needed.

Right click and Save As.

Frack me!


That's a great little 3-minute film! I need to break that game out again....!

Those cutscenes really are worth having almost as much as the game.

I'm glad I have one.

Best,
Bryan

[susumuimua]

NICE.........REAL NICE..........love the light speed capable Vipers

[susumuimua]

I heard that someone is doing a game based on the reimagined series using the Freespace engine.................is this true???

[Darrell Lawrence]

Dunno. Don't care, to be honest.

I'd go for pure osBG though

[susumuimua]

They use the names from the new series but ships are from TOS

[martok2112]

That clip from the BSG Videogame introduces their concept of the Hasari, the race that the Colonials assisted when the Cylons tried to subjugate and conquer their world. I have to say, it's radically different from what I envisioned in Dark Exodus...but it was nice, regardless, to see the Hasari get some representation.

I personally think the videogame does a nice job of bridging TOS and TNS in a very cool story...with some of the best CGI cutscenes I have seen regarding starships...especially the Big G. Some of these scenes would've looked so beautiful in a big screen continuation.

Now, if I can just find a cool flight stick to add to the experience of flying a Viper.

Respectfully,
Martok2112

[martok2112]

There are several fan projects in the works that use Freespace, and Nexus as engines for both TOS and TNS mods.

In the PS2/Xbox games, you will find a LOT of voice talent, aside from Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict.

You have Kristanna Loken as Iphi. Robin Aitkin Downes as Lt. William Adama. Dwight Schultz as Lord Erebus, the Imperious Leader. And though I cannot remember his name, I think the narrator of the game (who is Commander William Adama) was also the narrator for the Star Wars Radio Play back in 1980.

RH and DB are available as Starbuck and Apollo, but to my knowledge you have to enter a cheat code to get them as your wingmen....unless you play the game EXCEPTIONALLY well.

I will say this though: RH and DB sound better in their alternate roles in the game than they do when you hear them as Apollo and Starbuck. When you hear them speak as Apollo and Starbuck, it just sounds so.....forced, and fake. They sound much more natural in their alternate roles in the opening cutscene of the game.


The game allows you to go back to previous missions with your Viper upgrades and replay them with the upgrades, possibly improving your previous ratings in the game, and unlocking other extras.


Now, for those of you who have seen my teaser trailer for Battlestar Galactica: Dark Exodus, (and know the game well enough) you will notice that I used models that I videoed from the game (using a cheapoid 20 dollar digital video camera), and with considerable effort, cut/paste them as animated elements in my teaser.

Basically, I used a Colonial Viper in first person mode as a sort of camera when flying about the Big G in the game. (Using my cheapoid digicam to film the footage onto my computer.) Then, I had to break the footage down frame by frame. Then, I had to use PhotoImpression (a slightly lesser cousin to PhotoShop) to eliminate (as much as possible) the HUD data in the footage. Then came the tedious process of cutting/pasting the appropriate models from the footage onto bitmapped white backgrounds in MSPaint. After that, I superimposed those backgrounds onto star backgrounds I gathered off the internet. Then, came the process of hand animating lasers, thrusterfire, etc.

My favorite shots from the Dark Exodus teaser trailer were:
1. The Viper Launch sequence. I used an ingame model of the back of a Viper (I think I had to use a Mark III), and placed it in a background of a TOS launchtube. I hand animated the thruster fire. In the oncoming shot of the Viper, I just used the standard launch footage with an actual Viper.

2. The Galactica, heavilly damaged, on fire, and plummeting towards Earth. This is probably my ABSOLUTE favorite composite. I cut/paste the big G from a cutscene in the game, placed it onto a large Earth background. I made the Earth background bigger than the actual frame itself so I could give the background the illusion of movement.

3. Seeing a battlestar come out of the sun, with a squadron of Vipers blazing their laser cannons. That was a mix of cutpasting footage from the videogame, and the original series. The lasers were hand animated. And that sun, believe it or not, was an LED flashlight.

If you want to see the teaser trailer, go to my Yahoo group and join:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BSGCon

Look in Files, and then download from the link "Dark Exodus DC Teaser." It is in .wmv format, so it should run on Windows Media Player, or any player that supports .wmv format. It took me two and a half months to create the teaser. And if it intrigues you enough, then go ahead and read Battlestar Galactica: Dark Exodus.

(End of shameless self-promotion).

In anycase, you can find the BSG videogame at Wal-Mart, or some of the other retail stores, and/or the usual vidgame stores like Babbages, Software Etc., Gamestop, and so forth for 20 bucks, NEW. I think you will also find some game hints in the videogames section of Colonial Fleets.

Respectfully,
Martok2112

[Tabitha]

Ok so noones heard of the table top RPG they made some time ago?
If anyone has, or if anyone has it, I would be willing to buy it, or a copy seeing as how it is long out of print, I dont think that would be out of line.

tabbi

[Tabitha]

Oh btw on CylonWar web site, I started a thred there sort of a BSG RPG, if anyone wants to join me feel free, the Admins there dont seem to care, I asked them weeks ago and they didnt say not to, so wanna take a ride?

tabbi

[Darrell Lawrence]

Tabb, did you look at the link I provided?

Those are the only board games I know of, and far as I know, the FASA one is an RPG one.

[Tabitha]

Duh, thanks, I guess somehow I didnt get to them. Im sure its something I did that prevented me, like not read well enuf.



tabbi

[peter noble]

Originally Posted by Tabitha

Ok so noones heard of the table top RPG they made some time ago?
If anyone has, or if anyone has it, I would be willing to buy it, or a copy seeing as how it is long out of print, I dont think that would be out of line.

tabbi

Is this what you mean?

http://dragonshobbies.com/games/phot...galactica.html

[Tabitha]

Im not sure, I just heard from a guy at the game store that they made a short lived role playing game of BSG. I like that sorta stuff, I get to be a big person and shoot stuff, and do all sorts of heroic things that little girls dont get to do in real life. So if thats what that is, then yep, if it isnt, then Im not sure what I heard was true, or at least not the way it was told to me. Like I said, Im none too bright (sharp as a marble) but I try...


tabbi

[Darrell Lawrence]

Peter, that'd be the same game I have in the link I posted

[fredstar]

Originally Posted by susumuimua

I heard that someone is doing a game based on the reimagined series using the Freespace engine.................is this true???

I think it's this one

http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/

God those ship models look amazing!