Original 688(I) campaign for SC?

Shearwater · 09-17-12, 12:21 PM

Sorry if this has been asked before, but has anyone converted the original campaign from Jane's 688(I) to make it playable in Sub Command?

Pisces · 09-18-12, 10:11 AM

I do remember someone converted missions of i688 to Subcommand. Check the SC scenarios at subguru.com

Hmm, they seem to be only the 688i Training Missions. Not campaign or whatever. I never had 688i Hunter Killer, so I don't even know what it was like.

Hinrich Schwab · 09-18-12, 09:13 PM

I am unaware of the campaigns being converted. I know that it is a bit of a challenge to do the conversions because of how the newer games handle triggers and of course the difference in units. Likewise, the concepts in some of the old 688i missions may become harder in Sub Command or DW. I know that the stealth training mission is very different in the newer games because of thermal layer processing, for instance.

Shearwater · 09-27-12, 05:50 PM

Thanks for the replies guys.

I think I liked the original campaign of 688(I) because it somehow felt more immersive and, let's be honest, you got to blow up stuff

(and even got bonus points for it!) Pretty sure SC is more realistic and less 'gamey' that way, but it just doesn't feel that rewarding.

After posting, I've decided to look a bit into the mission editors of 688 and SC. Even there's an import function in SC, it looks pretty useless at first glance since all the properties get scrambled in the process. Worse still, the mission editor in 688 doesn't display coordinates for objects, which would make manual conversion kind of messy.
So either it's not feasible, or there must be some other way I haven't figured out yet.

09-17-12, 12:21 PM	#1
Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 542 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Original 688(I) campaign for SC? Sorry if this has been asked before, but has anyone converted the original campaign from Jane's 688(I) to make it playable in Sub Command?

09-18-12, 10:11 AM	#2
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	I do remember someone converted missions of i688 to Subcommand. Check the SC scenarios at subguru.com Hmm, they seem to be only the 688i Training Missions. Not campaign or whatever. I never had 688i Hunter Killer, so I don't even know what it was like.

09-18-12, 09:13 PM	#3
Hinrich Schwab Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 908 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I am unaware of the campaigns being converted. I know that it is a bit of a challenge to do the conversions because of how the newer games handle triggers and of course the difference in units. Likewise, the concepts in some of the old 688i missions may become harder in Sub Command or DW. I know that the stealth training mission is very different in the newer games because of thermal layer processing, for instance.

09-27-12, 05:50 PM	#4
Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 542 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the replies guys. I think I liked the original campaign of 688(I) because it somehow felt more immersive and, let's be honest, you got to blow up stuff (and even got bonus points for it!) Pretty sure SC is more realistic and less 'gamey' that way, but it just doesn't feel that rewarding. After posting, I've decided to look a bit into the mission editors of 688 and SC. Even there's an import function in SC, it looks pretty useless at first glance since all the properties get scrambled in the process. Worse still, the mission editor in 688 doesn't display coordinates for objects, which would make manual conversion kind of messy. So either it's not feasible, or there must be some other way I haven't figured out yet.