#Freespace 2 hardlight how to#

#Freespace 2 hardlight how to#

I highly recommend reading very carefully how to go about installing everything. There's about 8 different downloads you have to do. PS- The installation instructions for the mods are.not complex, just tedious. It's been completed, and been upgraded to the 'Director's Cut.'īlue Planet: War in Heaven is the second chapter of the mod. The overall game may leave you craving a little bit more meta activities, but the dog fighting and story are top notch in my book.īlue Planet: Age of Aquarius is the first chapter of the mod. You can get a copy of Freespace 2 for $6 on GOG.com. If you enjoy flight sims, and really enjoy Space Flight sims, I highly recommend you give Freespace 2 and Blue Planet a look.

On top of Freespace 2's solid game play, the Blue Planet line of mods has made for a great space shooter experience. A few dozen fan voice actors complete the two custom campaigns, and to my shock they're actually pretty good! The campaign they spin out manages to have actual drama and some emotional impact, compared to FS2's rather standard military-focused campaign. New textures, new models, new and better special effects, lighting, all that pretty stuff. What you're looking at is a demo made from content belonging to the the mod Blue Planet: War in Heaven. YouTube - Helios - Blue Planet: War in Heaven The graphics were OK for their time, and the gameplay was fun, but Freespace 2 missed its mark with gamers, by and large.īut then someone went and made some mods for it! Anyone who had played and enjoyed Tie Fighter would feel right at home with Freespace 2, that basically took everything about Tie Fighter and made it better. Freespace 2 is a space fighter combat sim game, released in 1999.