Topic: Dave please read this (Read 6528 times)

jimmi7769 · « **Reply #40 on:** August 17, 2003, 05:36:38 pm »

Did someone say reunion tour???

The_Infiltrator · « **Reply #41 on:** August 17, 2003, 05:42:16 pm »

Quote:

Trust me, I'm not ignoring it. I am currently weighing my options.

Thanks,

Dave

OP is very close IMO to not needing any other fixes. It would be very nice to have a game that fully works in all areas. I'm not a coder, and don't pretend to know how hard it would be to fix the remaining outstanding issues. But it would seem to an outsider to not be very intensive.

Klingon Fanatic · « **Reply #42 on:** August 17, 2003, 05:43:47 pm »

I really agree 100% with Firesoul BUT I'm still routing for SFC: Galaxies at War although I have to wonder if an 'expansion' could be made within the original liscensing agreement.

I would pay good money for an EXPANSION for OP (Yes, OP is a 'stand alone' expansion of EAW...) that includes:

1. A way to mod the music in game, I miss the SFC1 music and the SFC2/OP music is too cryptic to mod for my tastes
2. ALL the SFC1 missions converted to OP; Repair Roundevous and the Kobyashi Maru are simply too cool to leave behind
3. The Klingon Academy models that were left out of the SFC series; why is the XLUX the Steve Jackson Games Ogre rather than the Altair Cruise Lines ship anyway?
4. KA Tholians and ALL their powers
5. Andromedans, even if they were for scripted missions only

Qapla!

KF

TarMinyatur · « **Reply #47 on:** August 17, 2003, 07:41:33 pm »

3dot14 and Lepton,

If your trusty helmsman
eyes a busty yeoman
he may lose his focus
voila, hocus-pocus!

I can say no more
'bout the PPD
'cept that SFC
ain't SFB!

JMM · « **Reply #48 on:** August 17, 2003, 07:46:18 pm »

I'd buy it as soon as it it the stores, unlike Star Wars Galaxies, which I told people at the store NOT to buy because even the beta testers said it wasn't near ready, it worked too, many people left w/o buying it yet...

Dave, another idea on a way to increase sales should you have a perfect OP or come out with SFC4, make the manual in different languages. I just returned from Chihuahua city and many Mexicans have P/Cs, and their kids love computer games just like us American kids and adults, it could mean nothing, or it could mean a boon in sales. I do know for a fact why Titanic did so well in movie sales grossing, it wasn't just the movie, they made it available in just about every language in the world, including Hebrew and Arabic. Heck, even the Iraqis saw the movie in their own language...

I'd be willing to buy a few copies of OP and have some friends translate a manual to espanol, and we could see what word of mouth does and how the Mexicans like the game...

PS I'm not asking for speeed 80 plasma torps, ok? Hahahahahahaha, I just want the cloak to work like in 10 patch, which is why I bought the game, besides other issues were fixed as well. I'm not a diehard Rom either, I switch races because there are many fine members in each race to meet and game with... I do believe in fairness and would like to see all their toys work right...

TarMinyatur · « **Reply #51 on:** August 17, 2003, 08:58:13 pm »

SFB PPD vs cloak
1. Requires lock-on to fire
2. Effective range is used for accuracy (R+5)
3. No wave lock. Each pulse must roll to hit.
4. Overloads may be fired at effective ranges of 9 to 13 (true range 4-8)
5. Damage based on true range
6. Damage modified by Combat vs Cloak chart, reductions are applied to splash elements first

3dot14 · « **Reply #52 on:** August 17, 2003, 10:15:58 pm »

I must STILL be missing something...

Lepton and Tar, what are you talking about when you say "fire at"? and Lepton, when you say "not much damage", do you mean the cloaker actually received a pulse?

I saw the "lock-on" search beam. But I have not yet managed to archive a wave lock on a fully cloaked target. i.e. All I had was the lockon search beam, Never a pulse. I am at true range 4, and no EW. (my I-CSP v. AI's R-SNA, in single-player-skirmish)
How did you guys manage to hit cloak with a pulse, if you have?

BTW tar, that was funny.

Lepton1 · « **Reply #53 on:** August 17, 2003, 11:16:04 pm »

I'm hitting cloaked ships very easily. Range 4??? Can you even fire a PPD at range 4 unless it is an underload or overload? Just fire a standard PPD at any old cloaked ship from range 10 or more. It should work. By little damage I mean I was only seeing internals of one or so per pulse.

Lepton1 · « **Reply #54 on:** August 17, 2003, 11:53:03 pm »

Ok, now we have something to test. It appears that PPDs are suffering lockon checks but cloaked ships need to be going very slow, maybe below speed 2 just like with the seeking weapons. 3dot was testing PPDs with an SNA which goes speed 0.7 when cloaked and if I know Tar and myself we were both using WEs which go a good deal faster 9 or so when cloaked. Tar and I were always able to hit with PPD because we had passed the lockon check while 3dot could not as his cloaked AI was going too slow. When I used the SNA I got the same results as 3dot, then as the cloaker when I was able to get the stupid AI to fire PPDs at me, pulse lock was broken by going slower than speed 2, but I did not test speed 2 to see if that broke the lock as well. Indeed I got hit by a PPD pulse going above speed 2 probably around 5, then when I slowed to 1.4 the pulse lost lock and PPD did not lock back on. I would bet the same formula for seeking weapons check is being used for PPDs or something very close to it. If this was known already, then I never knew about it. So Tar , the PPD cloak interaction may be closer to correct (i.e. more SFB) than you think as lockon can be broken and each pulse does seem to be checked. It could again be the multiplication factor messing things up. I am up for testing on GSA tomorrow if anyone is game to try this out.

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