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10 years 8 months ago #8980 by mackaywarrior
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When I was just a wee lad I remember my Dad teaching me to play Wing Commander. When my Dad remarried he bought me WC prophecy for my GBA and loved it. When I went to college my love for the series had been resurrected with GoG.com and I played through WC 1-3 (Then school took priority and I had to stopped). Then, while stumbling around on the internet a few days ago I found WC Saga.

I can not tell you how pleased I am with this game! It is beautiful and handles very nicely. In fact, for the first time ever in the WC series I have found myself favoring the arrow for dogfights more than the thunderbolt because of how well it handles and how responsive the game is. All I can say is WOW. Y'all really out did yourselves on this one.

I was wondering if I replayed a campaign would my combat record accumulate or would it restart? Also, It does not seem like multiplayer is available yet so does that mean you guys are still tweaking and making the game better?

Just finished the prologue and excited to start the full campaign next. You guys rock!

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10 years 8 months ago #8981 by Luke
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Welcome on board Mackaywarrior :)

Mackaywarrior wrote: I was wondering if I replayed a campaign would my combat record accumulate or would it restart?


If you restart the current campaign, only the campaign progress (mission counter) will deleted. But your statistics and medals will be accumulated. So you can complete your medal collection if you want.

But a tip: before you do something like that, it's a good idea to make a backup from your profile first. With the CLONE feature in game as example.

Or simply by copying the profile files:

See here at point 5.

Or you use DBST for making a backup.

Also, It does not seem like multiplayer is available yet so does that mean you guys are still tweaking and making the game better?


Yeah, i know some pilots at WingCenter who wants multiplayer in WCS. But this will not happen. The MP feature was canceled because of the bad FSO netcode and other problems.

Just finished the prologue and excited to start the full campaign next. You guys rock!


You started with the prologue, that's good.

Now have fun with the main campaign. :D Good hunting pilot!

One thing, have you installed the WCS update? It's recommended.

Tools: Setup ZIP Check & UnZip ...and more
HowTo's: Joystick: configure throttle and rudder ...and more
Projects: WCS+ ...and more

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10 years 8 months ago #8982 by X3N0-Life-Form
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Hi! Welcome to the forums. I'm sure the devs will greatly appreciate your post :)

Mackaywarrior wrote: I was wondering if I replayed a campaign would my combat record accumulate or would it restart?

The devs once told me that your medals and ranks get reset if you restart the campaign, I'm not sure if this includes actual number of kills. Scratch that, see what Luke said.

Mackaywarrior wrote: Also, It does not seem like multiplayer is available yet so does that mean you guys are still tweaking and making the game better?

The devs have moved on with their real life shortly after the release, and have stated they did not wish to go back to working on the game. The last two things still expected to come out from the dev team are the OS-X/Linux versions of the game and the source code release.

So no, they aren't tweaking the game anymore. Multiplayer currently doesn't work because the multiplayer code couldn't handle some of the changes made to the game engine and the netcode's a mess anyway. So no multi until the game can run correctly on standard Freespace Open builds (the game engine Wing Commander Saga is based on), which would take a while even if we got our hands on Wing Commander Saga's version of the source code now, which isn't likely to happen anytime soon.

Off topic: I'm looking for story ideas for single missions or a micro-campaign, so if you've got any idea, I'm all ears :P

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10 years 8 months ago #8983 by mackaywarrior
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Thank you all for the warm welcome. I don't think I picked up the update; where can I get it?

Also, are the boards still fairly active?

X3N0-Life-Form wrote: EDIT - ninja'd
Off topic: I'm looking for story ideas for single missions or a micro-campaign, so if you've got any idea, I'm all ears :P


I may hit you up on that. IF I can be a voice actor =P

But seriously, I'll see what I can drum up. I would love to see something I write come to life!

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10 years 8 months ago #8984 by KeldorKatarn
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Thank you for your feedback :) It is very much appreciated.

As for any future development of WC Saga: There is none. After 10 years of development we were completely exhausted and also the original team is no longer in existance. Me and Tolwyn, the producers, and everybody else have moved on to other things and are busy in real life. Multiplayer is therefore not an option.

Multiplayer and OS/Linux releases are not an option anymore, not just ofr time reasons, but also because the developer working on the porting has become seriously ill and is no longer available.

We are thinking about a future commercial project, but that will not be a Wing Commander game for obvious reasons, it may follow its legacy though. BUt that is still some time away.

A WC Saga source code release is still planned though.

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10 years 8 months ago #8985 by mackaywarrior
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I am sorry to hear about your developer. =( I am sure they were a great person and will be missed.

Y'all made a great game and PLEASE keep us posted on your next project. I'd love to lend a hand in anyway I can.

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10 years 8 months ago #8986 by Luke
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You can find the update in "Downloads, Hornet's Nest" at the main site.

Tools: Setup ZIP Check & UnZip ...and more
HowTo's: Joystick: configure throttle and rudder ...and more
Projects: WCS+ ...and more

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10 years 8 months ago #8987 by mackaywarrior
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Luke wrote: You can find the update in "Downloads, Hornet's Nest" at the main site.


Thanks Luke!

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10 years 8 months ago #8988 by KeldorKatarn
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Mackaywarrior wrote: I am sorry to hear about your developer. =( I am sure they were a great person and will be missed.

Y'all made a great game and PLEASE keep us posted on your next project. I'd love to lend a hand in anyway I can.


Well he's not dead, but he has other problems than working on a game port in his spare time right now. I guess you get the idea.

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10 years 8 months ago #8989 by mackaywarrior
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Totally understandable. Real life is waaaay more important.

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