Topic: LITTERBOX 5 "TIMELINES"

[Soreyes]

After Signing up for either Alliance or Coalition then the proper sub-forum should now be visible and accesible in the LB5 forum

well unless he did not pick one

Ummmm I was just there, and there is nothing to point you in the right Direction to sign up for eather Alliance or Coalition ???

Try scrolling down the rules page...Well we know who dont bother to read them now

Oh you mean that long and boring gobblygoup we are suppose to read    OK I'll go back and look

[benbean]

COMMAND AND CONTROL RULES:

ORION PIRATES - You may fly only 1 ship per pilot. No fleets.  Players are allowed to fly any ship they

want up to the Heavy Battlecruiser Class. After that the following restrictions apply:

ONly 2 Carrier Class allowed on the map at any time
Only 2 Dreadnaught Class allowed on the map at any time
Only 1 Battleship Class allowed on the map at any time.

Players may switch with other players as they want.  It is advised to sell your ship if you are going to log off so that other players may switch and when you log on there wont be a problem if there are more then the alloted ships allowed.

Fluf,

is this per race or team?

[KBFLordKrueg]

Ok, first off, is it still going to start today?
And, if so, what time? EST please...
Now, Got to go pick up the hundreds of pieces of paper, plastic, etc from all the fireworks.

[Corbomite]

ONly 2 Carrier Class allowed on the map at any time
Only 2 Dreadnaught Class allowed on the map at any time
Only 1 Battleship Class allowed on the map at any time.

And how are we supposed to know who has what when you've done things like (for example) class the CCZ as a Carrier and the CVZ as a BCH? Are the new classifications used for this or are what we know to be true used? I have no idea what is what anymore. Between the models, the UI outline and the classes being changed it makes Tac Intel worthless. Nothing matches up anymore.

[Fluf]

Corbo, I will post each of the ships for each race in these classes so everyone will know.

And this is by race not team.  I want everyone to have some fun and be able to fly a big ship, even if its for a short time.  Ive got to adjust some settings on the server to lower the cost on some of these.  I go BBs at half million right now! 

[Surfal]

Corbo, I will post each of the ships for each race in these classes so everyone will know.

And this is by race not team.  I want everyone to have some fun and be able to fly a big ship, even if its for a short time.  Ive got to adjust some settings on the server to lower the cost on some of these.  I go BBs at half million right now! 

Yeah, that's way too high.  What would that take, about a week for you?

[mathcubeguy]

I cant read the rules page due to all of the flash animations on the Battleclinic site. They lock up my computer and almost forced me to have to reboot my PC to break the lockup. Is there any way to block the flash animations through my browser somehow?

[MrCue]

http://www.battleclinic.com/litterbox/rules.php?no_flash=true

Ive asked for the removal of that damed flash stuff for a long time now.
So if you happen to see SghnDubh about, petition him to remove the flash 

[mathcubeguy]

Thanks, im in now.

[Bonk]

On OP, you must take the blackhole hexes that are surrounded by asteroid fields. This is the anomoly that is sucking the matter into the future and draining your resources. The closer these Blackholes are to your empire, the more econ you will lose.

I'm a little confused - we must take them but the closer we get the more economy we lose? What happens when we take them? Seems contradictory...

[Bonk]

Seems we lost ya there Green... you install over OP+? This shiplist installer is meant to install on stock OP (see above). (edit: actually shouldn't matter if OP+ is installed... some of your stock model folders messed?)

another edit: oops, I'm actually running it on top of OP+3.3, working pretty good here - I'll watch for the shiplist update that removes the decimal values and update my mirror appropriately.

[Green]

Seems we lost ya there Green... you install over OP+? This shiplist installer is meant to install on stock OP (see above). (edit: actually shouldn't matter if OP+ is installed... some of your stock model folders messed?)

Could be Bonk.  I didn't have a problem in the previous tests (yesterday and the day before) and made sure I flew w/ others (Blade and at least 2 other players) to ensure no crashes.

Don't know why the problems.

[Bonk]

Hmmm, maybe the stock missions will not allow 3 players to a team? We lost a third player on a convoy raid later too.  Or maybe it was just the usual wonkiness...

[FPF-AJTK]

Okay, Ive got a fresh copy of OP. Patched to 2.5.5.2

Do I now install my OP+3.3 model pack on top of that? And then install the file I dloaded from Bonks link?

Or do I just install the bonk-file over 2.5.5.2?

I dont wanna use the sh*te Taldren models. What will work?

[Julin Eurthyr]

Okay, Ive got a fresh copy of OP. Patched to 2.5.5.2

Do I now install my OP+3.3 model pack on top of that? And then install the file I dloaded from Bonks link?

Or do I just install the bonk-file over 2.5.5.2?

I dont wanna use the sh*te Taldren models. What will work?

Either.

I don't believe Firesoul actually rewrites any stock models though.  Therefore, either way, you'll be stuck looking at stock models (to start with)...

Now, what I did works just as well.  First off, I replaced my stock Taldren folders with ships from Fleetdock 13.

Then I install the LB5 pack (Bonk reprovided the link, thank you...), and it copies the Fleetdock 13 boats into the new DIP models.

Finally, I can go in and change the DIPModels ships to expand the different ships I actually look at...

[FPF-AJTK]

OP+3.3 has real SFB Gorn ships, not flying staplers. As I am flying Bruce this time, I want the kick ass SFB models, not something off the shelf at Office Depot.

Im doing it with OP+3.3, see wtf happens, lol.


CRAP! Well, with the LB5 file from bonk, I have a flying stapler. How do I change the models to give me the good ones again?

[FPF-AJTK]

So your saying I will have to go into the models folder, and replace each ship folder in the taldren folder with an op+ folder, individually? Um, that could take like, days? LoL.

I would swap the entire folder, but there is stuff (asteroids, etc) in the taldren folder that isnt in the op+ folder.

Bleh!

Isnt this normally done via an installer?

[Green]

I loaded a clean/fresh install

Loaded the 2552 patch

D/Ld and loaded the INSTALLER for LB5

Seems to work good (MMmmmmm Gooood).  Bonk's important comments above aside (which I still don't have the answer for), the game B goin' good.

LB5, IIRC, is based on OP+3.0, but isn't OP+ stuffage (boo, hiss )  

[FPF-AJTK]

So, what your saying is that to play on LB5, Im gonna have to use the CRAP Taldren models?

What a revoltin development.

[Julin Eurthyr]

ATJK:

Unless you replace them manually, yep.

Here's the deal.  OP+ has their models in a different (OPPLUS\MODELS) location than stock Taldren.

Firesoul is barely pulling any models from the stock folders anymore.

In the interests of size and time, I have not created a models-containing pack.  If I do create a models pack for the DIP Model system, I'll probably go with "theme sets", like a Fleetdock 13 / War Refit Spacedock / Destiny Nova set of SFB ships, or a modification of the old P81/Atrahasis D2 model pack.  Maybe even adapt the OP+ models...

Either that, or we might change the shiplist to work directly with the OP+ model folders.  That is a decision that needs to be made by the whole committee though...

Until then, I am sorry that the model pack is not exactly what you were hoping for.  If you want, I'll zip up and send you a copy of my Fleetdock 13 Gorn model selection, both stock and DIP-models.  I haven't quite gotten around to making sure their the proper SFB models yet, but it should be a little better than the Swingline fleet...