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Installation
Download and run. Do not uninstall last beta iteration prior to installing Beta 0.9.7.5653
Unlocking new missions
You do not have to replay the entire campaign if you do not want to. Simply open the mission overview screen and press
CTRL - SHIFT - S
This will unlock mission selection screen.
(Incomplete) Changelog
- 0000324: [Missions/Gameplay] Mission 21 (KeldorKatarn) - resolved.
- 0000395: [Content] Jammer version of the Zakhari needed (Scooby_Doo) - resolved.
- 0000394: [Missions/Gameplay] Vega 4 TCS Bradshaw spoken text differs from written one (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000359: [Models] Ekapshi - spec / normal map missing (Scooby_Doo) - resolved.
- 0000392: [Missions/Gameplay] Fighters/bombers in Kilrathi carrier don't take damage (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000319: [Voice-over] M20 pickups (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000244: [Cutscenes] intro - small alterations & errors in the footage (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000318: [Voice-over] Pickups for M19 (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000323: [Missions/Gameplay] Mission 20 (KeldorKatarn) - resolved.
- 0000352: [Models] Bluepoint - z-buffer issues (Scooby_Doo) - resolved.
- 0000390: [Graphics] glow1blue Glowpoint texture missing (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000322: [Missions/Gameplay] Mission 19 (KeldorKatarn) - resolved.
- 0000387: [User Interface] A typo in the one of the tips in the "New User Tip" window. (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000388: [Models] Nifelheim 1's big asteroid specular map (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000282: [Voice-over] Pickup line for M16 (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000340: [Installer] Autodetection of installation folder fails. (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000253: [Cutscenes] Sandman's rank insignia (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000366: [Models] Shield problem with Confederation-class. (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000383: [Sound] Tweak torpedo launch sound (Tolwyn) - resolved.
- 0000386: [Missions/Gameplay] Nifelheim 1 Alpha Wing does not fly around the asteroid to engage enemy fighters (KeldorKatarn) - resolved.
- 0000385: [Missions/Gameplay] Nifelheim 1 The carrier's weapon and shield systems are not activated (KeldorKatarn) - resolved.
- 0000384: [Missions/Gameplay] Nifelheim 1 Longbows won't fire torpedoes on the asteroid base (KeldorKatarn) - resolved.
- 0000379: [Content] Wellington mainhall (Tolwyn) - resolved.This time the incremental update ran smooth 😉 Installer selects the right folder.
Samheyn wrote:This time the incremental update ran smooth 😉 Installer selects the right folder.Hah, at last! Etc, etc. 😂
Don't forget to check out upgraded intro.
Installed and it worked perfectly! Even played the first Caliban mission and it's cool. More comments later!
Samheyn wrote:This time the incremental update ran smooth 😉 Installer selects the right folder.Confirmed.
Yes! just finished my last play-through - great timing, boys 😊
Did you notice that if you install the update with default settings, the start menu folder for beta 7 stays empty and the shortcuts remain in the beta 6 folder ?
That is intended.
Ok 😊 just wanted to make sure you don't miss anything.
Samheyn wrote:Ok 😊 just wanted to make sure you don't miss anything.
In the end, folder name will be "just" Wing Commander Saga. 😂
A question, having played through the three Caliban missions, which of the earlier missions have been modified such that I should replay them? The change log was not very helpful in determining this.
Proxima 1 and 2 might be worth a replay... Loki 2 (on how difficult it is now to stop the transports)
You can also restart the entire campaign and test it in campaign mode and check whether you get any medals, which have now been added (still with placeholder graphics though)
Are medals beeing awarded for good performance like in WC or for secondary/bonus mission objectives ?
Samheyn wrote:Are medals beeing awarded for good performance like in WC or for secondary/bonus mission objectives ?
Both. There are several possibilities: Some medals are awarded for simply accomplishing a very difficult mission and some for completing a secondary objective (or achieving a certain number of kills in a single mission). And then we have kill based achievements like the ace of aces medal.
Great 😊 Are the kill based medals already in the game ?
All are in the game. (Although I'm not sure, we recently fixed a bug in those, that might not be in the latest beta, but they'll definately work in the next one)
We should have final graphics in the next beta also.
KeldorKatarn wrote:All are in the game. (Although I'm not sure, we recently fixed a bug in those, that might not be in the latest beta, but they'll definately work in the next one)We should have final graphics in the next beta also.
I think we fixed that bug on the day last beta was released albeit after the installer was compiled.
The medals are usually granted per-episode or star system. A little like in Wing Commander 1 you get a medal if you perform well enough on average in all missions of that campaign.
Non-real example: if you fail in Enigma 1 but win in Enigma 2 and 3, that might be enough. Sometimes it's possible that you get a medal for wining 2/3 but you might not get that medal if you win 3/3, instead you'd get a higher medal or a campaign ribbon.
So try to beat the missions and also fulfil possible secondardy or bonus missions goals. Sometimes also your kill score might be of importance, like being the one to kill the biggest hostile ship, or at least enough medium sized ones to compensate 😉
Try your luck 😉 The medals will not have the final graphics and you might not get the kill based medals yet, but you will get those lateron as soon as you finish one of the coming up fixed missions.
Also you SHOULD be able to continue the campaign after we update it on each beta, so you won't have to start over (at least I think so 😉 ) You might have to replay the last mission after an update though to trigger the first new one, so you might want to spare the last mission of the camapign until the next update and play that mission in the simulator instead.
Or you make a copy of your pilot file just before you start that mission. (You can simply clone the pilot in-game)
Hey guys, I had to reinstall my Windows due to some issues, however I forgot that the last beta was an incremental update... is Beta 6 still online somewhere? Thx.
Sure.