My original boxed copy of FS2 is back in the UK. It's the original 1999 edition.
Unfortunately I was stupid enough to sell my original 98 edition of FS1 just over 10 years ago, along with a bunch of other old games including two rare limited edition games...
What can I say, at the time I was scrounging for money and didn't really care about sentiment. But now I kind of regret that decision.

And so I paid for a GOG copy of FS2 and installed FSOPEN, as I can't reach my UK box from here. It's been a long time since I played it, but I can honestly say after so much time it feels exciting again.
It's probably been about 4-5 years since I last played FreeSpace. It's kind of like your favorite band. If you listen to them all the time, your brain gets bored and demands new juice.
But if you go for a LONG time without listening to them, eventually your brain will be happy with another listen. It seems games work much in the same way.

So are there any new campaigns I should be looking out for? I do keep tabs on the community ofcourse, but I rarely get the time to play games.
And when I do get time, it's usually some Descent instead - Except for occasions where I'll play a newer trendy game such as SOMA, Fallout etc.

I replayed FS2 earlier this year for the first time in about 4-5 years and it felt exactly like you described it.

As for campaigns to try, Blue Planet gets a lot of attention and BtA was finally released recently. Both are definitely worth a try.

Blue Planet, I think I've played that... Not sure. It feels like I have. I'll give them both a spin.

Is Black Wolf still working on Act 1 of TI? He doesn't come by here anymore (nor do any of the TI crew) so I have no idea if they're still working on it.

I'm not sure about TI.

When it comes to Blue Planet, there have been several releases so maybe you played the first one.

I seem to keep coming back to FS2. I'm definitely getting that urge again.. I've even installed vanilla FS1, because I wanted to get that 'classic' feel again..

And I gotta say, after having listened to the Redux FS1 score a hundred times, I'm actually more partial to the original versions with a few exceptions. I feel like the redux versions lost some of that classic charm.

I also prefer the originals for the soundtracks.

Are the 22Khz WAV's from the VP file the only copies of the original soundtrack? I'm sure there must be higher quality source files laying around somewhere..

I remember archiving a lot of FreeSpace Sh** and when I mean a lot - it's juicy and for what reason is beyond me too. Unfortunately after moving house 5+ times in less than a decade all my cds/dvds and some hard drives have been scattered among various boxes. I thought a wayback search was the way to go.. at least thats what I believed.

This is what 30m got me:

• Descent-networks' descent-freespace came to mind but that wasn't 44Khz
• CP's Nukelol archive which had nothing I could download.
• New music coming your way soon! thread on Hard Light - https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index ... ic=43106.0
• User made music wiki page - https://wiki.hard-light.net/index.php/User-made_music
• Nix's page gone too - https://web.archive.org/web/20090202203 ... m:80/audio

So I thought maybe it's on fsfiles.. which it looks like but I could be wrong

• http://sectorgame.com/fsfiles/?dir=uplo ... ic%20Packs
• High Quality Freespace 1 Music
• Freespace Music Pack (Extras)

and if you are looking for WAVs, I don't know

Yep, it seems like the pack on FSFILES is higher quality. Strange, that must mean the ones in my music collection are just straight from the VP files.

Btw, you didn't need to go to such great lengths.. I mean, you probably could've started at FSFILES

Unfortunately some of the tracks are missing from the high quality packs (M07-M08 and M10)

Thanks anyway!

Unfortunately after moving house 5+ times in less than a decade all my cds/dvds and some hard drives have been scattered among various boxes. I thought a wayback search was the way to go.. at least thats what I believed.

I've moved a grand total of once, and that was literally just across the hallway.

Hunter wrote: Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:34 am Yep, it seems like the pack on FSFILES is higher quality. Strange, that must mean the ones in my music collection are just straight from the VP files.

Btw, you didn't need to go to such great lengths.. I mean, you probably could've started at FSFILES

Unfortunately some of the tracks are missing from the high quality packs (M07-M08 and M10)

Thanks anyway!

I usually go to the source first. I'll keep that in mind when searching next time. I can't see why files are so hard to find in the last 10 years...

They made a mention of tracks missing in the 'New music coming your way soon!' thread on Hard Light and it was something along the lines of how files were stored on drives or tapes back then.

Yeah, that's the same problem as with some of the old Descent 3 music. The original tapes were lost when Outrage moved office Fortunately most of the music was released in high enough quality.