Babylon 5: Flight Simuation Freeware

Established 3 October 1999 by Flamegrape (a.k.a. M. Gunner Quist)
Maintained from 2 December 1999 until 11 June 2000 by Warble
Maintained as of 11 June 2000 by David MacCormack (a.k.a. SpooRancher)

And so it... er, continues!

• 04 Jun 2001, David MacCormack
  The new release is finally out, and with it comes change for the B5:FSF project. While we're currently still in the pre-alpha stage, and the current code base is still full of gaping holes and bugs, I feel that it's finally starting to take shape. So while the game is still missing AI, 3D audio, music, as well as a ton of other features that we plan to include, the basic foundation is now there on which to base those features.
  
  So, it's my pleasure to announce that starting with the next release, B5:FSF will be open-source. Before that happens, I must first clean-up the current code, and that's going to take a little time. However, once I've done that, I'll open up a developer site. But don't worry, mods.firstones.com/b5fsf/ will continue to be the project's "public" site, and all releases and user discussion will be done through its forums -- this is our home, we're not about to leave :)!
  
  

Links

• Discussion forums
  http://216.15.145.59/modsforums/cgi/Ultimate.cgi
• Current Release
  b5fsf-0.3.6.zip
• Previous Release
  b5fsf001.zip

Statement Of Purpose

"This is the Voice of the Resistance."

The long-awaited computer game, Babylon 5: Into The Fire, has been cancelled. This was a business decision made by the management of Sierra Studios. They have miserably failed in the eyes of the fans.

As a result, I decided to take matters into my own hands and initiate the development of a Babylon 5 flight simulator. This job will not be simple. But if several computer artists and programmers are willing to spend a few hours a week working on this, it will be done.

This program I plan to produce, Babylon 5: Flight Simulator Freeware, will be given to anyone who wants it for free. B5:FSF will not be sold for any reason. It will be a form of "fan artwork" that will be a worthy tribute to wonderful television show.

"No surrender, no retreat."

Flamegrape (Oct 1999-08-03)

Current team members

• David MacCormack - Project Lead ; lead programmer ; composer; Dave is responsible for designing and implementing the game's framework, sound & music engines, as well as leading the team.
• Jonas Liungberg - Lead Artist; cut scene cooridnator ; Jonas has done several 3D models, including the Hyperion destroyer, jumpgate, and Olypus Corvette. He is also the head of the art team.
• James Thomas - 3D Artist ; Web site designer/maintainer ; James is our web man (though this single page eye sore is mine -- djm) and he's also on board to do some low-poly modeling for the team.
• Warble - 3D Artist ; ex-project lead ; Warble lead this team to a pre-alpha release before passing on the torch. He has also contributed several models, including a Thunderbolt, Vorchan Cruiser, and Sentri Fighter.
• Warren Bebout - programmer ; Warren will be doing some programming for the project, once the development site is opened and the code is cleaned up

Past team members and contributors

• Mark Ping - 3D Artist ; Programmer ; origional lead programmer ; Mark is the programmer responsible for the first pre-alpha B5:FSF release. He helped put us on the path.
• George Dolbier - Programmer; George worked on the 2nd, but never released, pre-alpha version of the code, he also helped define the goals of the project. Along with Mark, George helped put the project on the right path.
• Simon Richardson - 3D Artist ; Simon has offered the B5:FSF team several of the low-poly models that he made for I-WAR.

The following folks have also made contributions in one way or another...
Joe Velasquez, Smasher, Michael Sumner, Derrick Huntington, Konrad Thiel, Aapo Laitinen, A2597