Descent FreeSpace & Freespace 2 Collection - PC PORT Vita v.1.0 - Rinnegatamante

[peter8]

Release :
Descent FreeSpace & Freespace 2 Collection PORT

Author:
Rinnegatamante

Description:
Port of Descent FreeSpace – The Great War and Silent Threat Addon and Freespace 2 for PSVITA.
Both games are popular space combat simulation games derived from Descent franchise with a very florish modding community that created 20 years worth of extra campaigns playable with this port.

Freespace was one of the first games from Volition Inc. in 1998 and is also know for the Red Faction series or The Punisher PS2 game. Later sold out to Koch Media.

Thanks to Once13one for the Livearea assets and CatoTheYounger for extensively testing the port and providing feedbacks to improve it further.


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NOTE : This release is part of the fuhen contest
https://fuhen.homebrew-contest.com/submissions/21/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/fuhen-ps-vita-homebrew-contest-2023-puplic-voting.637199/

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Last Update: 2023-08-07
VPK Size: 9.34 MBs
Data Files Size: 57.01 MBs

Download :
https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/1110
or
https://fuhen.homebrew-contest.com/submissions/21/

Original NFO :
If your commercial version of Freespace 2 is not the Game of the Year edition, you'll need to update to the latest patch before copying the data files over.


Installation instructions :

- Install libshacccg.suprx (https://vitadb.rinnegatamante.it/#/info/997)
- Install the vpk.

Freespace 2 Demo:
-The demo files are included in freespace_demo.zip. Just extract it in ux0:data.

For Freespace 1 (Full Game):
-Create ux0:data/freespace folder.
-Place all files with .vp extension in ux0:data/freespace.
-Create ux0:data/freespace/.freespace folder.
-Copy Cache, Data, Data1 and Data2 folders in ux0:data/freespace/.freespace.

For Freespace 2 (Full Game):

-Create ux0:data/freespace2 folder.
-Place all files with .vp extension in ux0:data/freespace2.
-Create ux0:data/freespace2/.freespace2 folder.
-Place data, data2 and data3 folders in ux0:data/freespace2/.freespace2

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Freespace 2 (http://www.freespace2.com) - A game by Volition, Inc. (http://www.volition-inc.com)
This project is NOT supported by Volition or Interplay.
http://www.icculus.org/freespace2/

Based on the Freespace 2 source code: Copyright (C) Volition, Inc. 1999. All rights reserved.
All source code herein is the property of Volition, Inc. You may not sell or otherwise commercially exploit the source or things you created based on the source.

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Million thanks Rinnegatamante. Will test it later. Love you and good luck on the contest.

Post automatically merged: Aug 8, 2023

EDIT

First Test :

PSTV 3.65 + PS3 Controller + 32GB Sony Memory Card (4GB free) / no overclock plugins used

Descent: Freespace - The Great War = Working
Descent: Freespace - Silent Threat ADDON = Working / Bonus GOG Freespace Expansion
Freespace 2 = Working

Compile data-files myself = YES
Data Source :
Freespace Expansion GOG / file size data ~1.8GB = Working
Freespace 2 GOG / file size data ~2.5GB = Working
Total = 4.3GB
Music = Working
Sound = Working
Voice = Working
Framerate = Very Good
Testing 10 minutes so far for each Game.

NOTE 1 : press left and right in first screen to select Freespace 1 or 2.
NOTE 2 : PSTV + PS3 Controller NEED Touch Pointer for Title Screen ! = Working

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here my install guide, the original one is not clear enough.

Install Freespace 1 :

Create ux0:data/freespace folder.
Place all files with .vp extension in ux0:data/freespace :
cbanim.vp (in data folder)
freespace.vp (in data folder)
mdisk.vp
root.vp
voc.vp (in data folder)
Create ux0:data/freespace/freespace folder and copy :
Cache (maybe not needed ? working also without)
Data
Data1
Data2

- start the game in first time, it will create '.freespace' with point in beginning. this is the mistake in the install guide from rinne. and copy also vp files from data folder. port also working without Cache folder, unsure ?


Install Freespace 2 :

Create ux0:data/freespace2 folder.
Place all files with .vp extension in ux0:data/freespace2.
Root_fs2.vp
smarty_fs2.vp
sparky_fs2.vp
sparky_hi_fs2.vp
stu_fs2.vp
tango1_fs2.vp
tango2_fs2.vp
tango3_fs2.vp
warble_fs2.vp
Create ux0:data/freespace2/freespace2 folder and copy :
data
data2
data3

- start the game in first time, it will create '.freespace2' with point in beginning. this is the mistake in the install guide from rinne. DO NOT copy vp files from data folder.

EDIT :

Found p2p data pack, this one has the files in '.freespace' with point. Seems works with Point and without. Otherwise with Point gets automatical created. But the p2p pack was not copy extra freespace.vp in main folder ? Anyway it works.

 

[The_Dizzy_Vizzy]

Looks a bit like Colony Wars, one of my favorite PS1 games...

 

[such]

All of Freespace on Vita is more than a bit shocking to me. RIP Volition. These were absolutely brain-exploding back in the day.