Freespace: Ryleh campaign

[AmigaMance]

Hi.
 I have downloaded the ryleh.zip archive from Aminet and installed it. Or this is what i think i did, because the instructions say to copy the r#_db##.wav and r#_cb##.wav files to spesific directories of the game, but there are no such files in the archive! :confused: Furthermore, there is no mention for the .ani files that the archive contains.
 I tried to play the campaign anyway. I chose the campaign and proceeded to mission briefing. My Amiga freezes while loading the briefing of the 1st mission. What's going on?

[AmigaMance]

Bump

[the_leander]

You're probably better off going here to pick up expansion packs etc.

[AmigaMance]

You're probably better off going here to pick up expansion packs etc.

 We are both talking about the Amiga version of "FreeSpace: The great war", right? I can't find any expansion packs in this site, can you point me to a link please?

[amigadave]

We are both talking about the Amiga version of "FreeSpace: The great war", right? I can't find any expansion packs in this site, can you point me to a link please?

I haven't tried to play FreeSpace on an Amiga yet, but wouldn't any of the expansion packs work with the Amiga conversion of the FreeSpace game engine?

Usually with such games that have been ported to the Amiga, only the game engine is ported and all the data for the game is used "As-Is" with no alterations of the game images, sounds, music, etc.

[the_leander]

We are both talking about the Amiga version of "FreeSpace: The great war", right? I can't find any expansion packs in this site, can you point me to a link please?

Yes, we're talking about Freespace.

Good news and bad news:

Good news here is the Ryleh campaign

Bad news: It was never finished.

[the_leander]

I haven't tried to play FreeSpace on an Amiga yet, but wouldn't any of the expansion packs work with the Amiga conversion of the FreeSpace game engine?

In principle yes.

Usually with such games that have been ported to the Amiga, only the game engine is ported and all the data for the game is used "As-Is" with no alterations of the game images, sounds, music, etc.

Some total conversions (specificaly ones involving FS2) Are geared toward certain versions of the FS2_Open engine and don't like it when you try to run them on others. I have read that some straight up missions can be a little tricky if they've been written for engine versions later than what you have.

[AmigaMance]

I haven't tried to play FreeSpace on an Amiga yet, but wouldn't any of the expansion packs work with the Amiga conversion of the FreeSpace game engine?

 In principle yes.

 It should be like this, i know, but i have yet to find a total conversion or even a campaign (apart from the unfinished Ryleh one) which is compatible. Only single missions.
 So, if anyone has found what i'm looking for...

[delshay]

whats needed is SILENT THREAT expansion pack to work. and i must say i played it on a PC and it`s a very good  expansion. 9/10


i also have another Freespace CD DARKNESS RISING.

[AmigaMance]

whats needed is SILENT THREAT expansion pack to work. and i must say i played it on a PC and it`s a very good  expansion. 9/10


i also have another Freespace CD DARKNESS RISING.

 What a coinsidense. Silent threat is what i tried some hours ago. Here are the contents of the ISO image that i found:
dir vcd0: all
     demo (dir)
       fs2Demo10.exe                    
     extras (dir)
          secret (dir)
               supersecret (dir)
                 RUN-16S.EXE                      ShipHit06.avi
                 SpecCEat.avi                     Speccrun.avi
                 TV-Fite5.avi                     VKitch02.avi
                 WINGTEST.AVI                    
     frdata (dir)
       fred.ex_                         freespace.ex_
       fs.ex_                           mdisk.vp
       readme.txt                       root.vp
     grdata (dir)
       fred.ex_                         freespace.ex_
       fs.ex_                           mdisk.vp
       readme.txt                       root.vp
     patch (dir)
       patch.rtp                        patchw32.dll
       setup.exe                        
     setupdir (dir)
          0007 (dir)
            _setup.dll                      
          0009 (dir)
            _SETUP.DLL                      
          040c (dir)
            _setup.dll                      
     ukdata (dir)
       fred.ex_                         freespace.ex_
       fs.ex_                           mdisk.vp
       readme.txt                       root.vp
  Autorun.inf                      CMS16.DLL
  cms32_95.dll                     CMS32_NT.DLL
  DATA.TAG                         data1.cab
  FreeSpaceAutoRun.exe             FreeSpaceAutoRun.ico
  FSuninst.dll                     lang.dat
  layout.bin                       os.dat
  SETUP.EXE                        SETUP.INI
  setup.ins                        setup.lid
  Splash-uk.bmp                    _INST32I.EX_
  _ISDEL.EXE                       _sys1.cab
  _user1.cab                      


 NOWHERE near the file structure and format that our FreeSpace version uses. What am i suppose to do with these files? :confused:

[delshay]

What a coinsidense. Silent threat is what i tried some hours ago.

 NOWHERE near the file structure and format that our FreeSpace version uses. What am i suppose to do with these files? :confused:

not sure but i think Freespace II runs the first freespace game files,you could try this.

i also have Freespace II 20th anniversary Edition,where only 2000 copys were made it has extra missions.

[Tripitaka]

Bad news: It was never finished.

When the star's are right our lord shall arise from his slumber in the great city of R'yleh!

IA Cthulhu!

Now a truly great coup for the Amiga would be Hyperion or someone getting hold of the rights to all those Call Of Cthulhu games that Headfirst never finished and make them for OS4. I would buy an X1000 for that, even at £1500. Shame the chances of that are almost non existent.

For Cthulhu fans, Fantasy Grounds II from Smiteworks would make an awesome port too and quite pluasable IMHO....

.....and yes, I know this post is a tad off topic but I'm a huge fan of all things squidy, I even did a bit of illustration for Chaosium a couple of years back.