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Topic-icon Does WCS FRED support ground-based missions?

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12 years 5 months ago #7189 by SpikeTheElder
Does WCS FRED support ground-based missions? was created by SpikeTheElder
I already know that the Freespace-2 engine does not support branching, but does the WCS FRED Freespace-2 editor support ground-based missions in addition to the space and atmosphere based missions found in WCS?

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12 years 5 months ago #7195 by KeldorKatarn
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The engine does support branching very well. We just decided against it because a main branch would have been a losing branch and since the eingine doesn't support save games, just a progress save, we didn't want a player to end up beyond a point of no return. but the engine and the campaign editor support any kind of branching just fine.

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12 years 5 months ago #7326 by X3N0-Life-Form
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Regarding ground based missions, attempts at simulating gravity have had mixed results over the years, although I don't think Wing Commander had gravity either, at least up to WC4.
As for the planet's ground, the usual solution is to have a big "ship" that acts as the planet's surface and an atmospheric skybox.

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12 years 5 months ago #7394 by KeldorKatarn
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We tried that. Results were.... let's just say... don't try it. The engine cannot handle it properly

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