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System Shock 2 Community Patch (SCP) — Beta 1

"It's Still Barely Halloween Somewhere" Release

About
SCP is intended to serve as an unofficial patch for System Shock 2 that delivers an authentic but also highly polished SS2 gameplay experience—hopefully approximating the form SS2 would have taken if Irrational had had a few more months to work on it before release. All changes have been made with the intent of respecting Irrational’s original vision. The other goal of SCP is to upgrade SS2 to take advantage of the enhanced graphical features of the NewDark engine in those ways that are beyond the means of standalone mods.

The guiding principle for SCP has been that SS2’s gameplay is fine as-is, and that its greatest strength is immersion—its ability to make players feel like they’re really trapped on board the Von Braun with all its horrors. So while we’ve tweaked game systems and made adjustments to the level geometry, the goal hasn’t been balancing gameplay, but rather eliminating those things that don’t make sense to the point that they take you out of the game. Anything illogical, gamey, or otherwise immersion-breaking, we’ve tried to correct.

SCP requires System Shock 2 patched to version 2.43+ (SS2Tool) and you need to start a new game.

Also included is a preview version of SHTUP-ND, highly recommended for use with SCP.

Report any issues (other than installation issues) in this thread.

Download Here (please try these links first)
SCP_beta1.7z
SCP_beta1_readme.pdf
SHTUP-ND_beta0.7z

No not these links dummy, the ones up there ^^^. These are just mirrors in case the primary links go dead.

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so, now we finally play the game?

also, adding a list of suggested mods, with (hopefully) properly set up priorities.

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Quote from: voodoo47 on 01. November 2014, 06:19:50

so, now we finally play the game?

It's the only winning move.

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Paging System Shocked...

Loving the changes so far. Unfortunately my game keeps crashing and I'm pretty sure it has something to do with my installation. Oh well.

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Congratulations on getting this out - I know it's been a huge amount of work.

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"The guiding principle for SCP has been that SS2’s gameplay is fine as-is...,"

Fine, yes. But I think Secmod is a great example of how it can be better in most ways, especially in terms of balance.
I love SS2 for it's deep gameplay just as much as it's strong sim design.
Anyway, congrats on your first release. Definitely have to try this sometime soon. Hurrah for more "advancement" to the classic Im Sim collection.

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I can't believe System Shocked is not the first to comment on this.

I hope he didn't suffer a fatal attack...

Thanks ZylonBane and voodoo47 for your hard work.

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Thanks guys.

(Some quick instructions how to keep S(c)hock 2 German would be much appreciated.*) [*Systemshock.org obviously spoiled me and I just assumed the German version would be supported form the start - I'll take the opportunity to play it in English for a change.]

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@Voodoo, as someone who's never done much with SS2 mods, if you provided links to them in your mod screenshot post, it would be helpful. =)

Also, a huge congrats to everyone involved with the project. ^_^

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Here's a random screenshot that shows off the awesome lighting changes.

Short list of awesome things this mod has:

* Significantly improved lighting.

* Changes to particles and explosions.

* Aesthetic changes to the environment, like decals.

Newest attachment shows something that I think looks weird. The door doesn't look right.

What's the purpose of the security access card and the ring buoy?
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Sneaky.

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Grab all the updates!

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So friggin' rad.

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This mod is like your favourite meal, but better: You have eaten this dish so many times, but this time the first bite tastes astonishingly great and its getting more awesome with every following chunk. (And I'm only on engineering yet. It's the appetize before the main course)
It's amazing to see all the small details you have added to the game; from slight touches to mayor improvements, you can feel the care and (mad) love that went into making this.
I'm now gonna go and put my hat on, just so that I can lift it for ZylonBane and voodoo47 (Now get some sleep, man!). Thanks to you and of course to everyone else involved!

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Quote from: voodoo47 on 01. November 2014, 13:22:14

so, anyone find the easter egg on earth yet?

Haven't found an easter egg, but I liked the shuttle that flies past the earth.

Nice to know that mantling onto the tram tracks means insta-death.

Ah I think I found it...

[Moderator edit: let's not ruin the surprise for everyone, shall we?]

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I think nemyax is from russia?

Also congratulations on releasing it!
Haven't looked at it yet.

About the list of suggested mods. Wouldn't it be better to leave the fixed objects out since they are already in the SCP?
If I remember correctly there were some cases where I've made models to be used for SCP and some for the standalone. Something about "not dml fixable".

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it' very possible that the model pack will get an update sooner than SCP/SHTUP, in that case, one would want to use both (and with correct priorities), that's why it's included on the picture.

//yup, that's the easter egg. hail to the king, baby!

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SUPER CONGRATS to all the SCP Devs. This is a momentous day for you, the SS2 community and all global lovers of SS2.

In anticipation of the SCP's release, I kinda lost my head over the past couple of months, and for that I sincerely apologize to the SCP Devs and the SS2 community at large, for my negative behavior. I am deeply sorry for any disparaging remarks or unintentional lack of respect that I've shown.

I'll now turn my creative attentions towards improving upon SCP Beta 1, no easy task after reading the SCP's full changlog (WHEW!). Nevertheless, I'm confident that there are still bugs and issues yet to be quashed. I'll be shortly submitting my exhaustive feedback reports for consideration by the SCP Devs, that I'll discover using my Nano-X Augmented Eyes.
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Are the Google Drive download links not working? I ask because several dozen people have downloaded the archives from here, despite the very clear suggestion not to.

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gdrive apparently sucks for some people (probably throttling/proxy restrictions), as reported a couple of times in the TTLG TFix topic.

btw, both steam and GOG are having a SS2 Halloween sale, so the timing was perfect.

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● Local pyro field no longer grants immunity to protocol droid explosions. Apologies to all five of you who even knew about this exploit.

I wonder what other exploits have been fixed that render speed run world records obsolete. I searched for "speed" (walking at an angle doesn't seem to provide an increase anymore) and "death" (in reference to the ladder death glitch that plagues the latest speed run.) Has anyone tried to do the speed booster Shodan skip?

Anyway, it's like having two highly anticipated movies released in tandem, SECMOD3 and the SCP Beta. Can't wait until a SCP compatible SECMOD is released.

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that means either redoing Secmod with SCP assets or redoing SCP with Secmod assets. considering the amount of work, not likely to happen.

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Quote from: ZylonBane on 01. November 2014, 14:14:29

Are the Google Drive download links not working? I ask because several dozen people have downloaded the archives from here, despite the very clear suggestion not to.

Maybe make the hint more prominent.
I downloaded from here out of habit.

Quote from: voodoo47 on 01. November 2014, 13:45:14

it' very possible that the model pack will get an update sooner than SCP/SHTUP, in that case, one would want to use both (and with correct priorities), that's why it's included on the picture.

And what about those models which differ from the fix pack and scp?

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Congratulations on seeing this multi-year project through guys, it's not an easy thing, will have a look as soon as I can.
It's true that a SCP Secmod is unlikely to happen, but that's okay, there's a some cross-polination of features between the two already.

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