Topic: OT: A Free PC version of the FASA Star Trek Starship Combat Simulator (Read 8893 times)

Klingon Fanatic · « **on:** January 10, 2005, 04:47:38 pm »

Wow! What a blast from the past. A 2D ship combat simulator!

Its REALLY stripped down to bare bones starship combat....

http://www.slightlysilly.net/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=12

Enjoy.

KF

Sirgod · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2005, 08:17:35 pm »

I'm going to have to DL this just to see what It's all about. Actually thanks to Khallee, I'm starting to get an Intrest again into SFB.

stephen

Julin Eurthyr · « **Reply #2 on:** January 10, 2005, 10:18:31 pm »

Where are the Plasma Torps...

I'd ask for PPDs, but something tells me that I won't see them...

Wolfsglen · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2005, 10:31:25 pm »

Not surprising since its FASA not SFB

zerosnark · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2005, 06:46:12 pm »

Yeah, FASA is the game where you could actually have a phaser or torpedo upgrade without changing the NUMBER of phasers or torpedos. This is a good thing.

Fasa is a game where you could improve the warp engines of a ship, and thus its speed, without dramatically increasing the ships firepower. This is a good thing.

Of course, the game does have its flaws.

kv1at3485 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 11, 2005, 07:17:12 pm »

Oh, the programmer updated it! (I'm still back at v1.06.)

Reverend · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2005, 11:15:30 am »

I remember seeing this game in New York, at a Godfather's Pizza, when I was just a little(er) boy!!!!! It was a huge arcade game.... man, I sepnt some money on this one, nice to get a free version of it....
what memories! LOL!!!

Sandman3D · « **Reply #7 on:** January 12, 2005, 04:24:02 pm »

D/L'd and played...died.

Time to master another new game lol.

Anthony Scott · « **Reply #8 on:** January 14, 2005, 01:33:44 pm »

Played it last night after the baby went to sleep..mot bad and very interesting...plays exactly like the old FASA game only on your PC.

Semper Fi, Carry On

Anthony Scott · « **Reply #9 on:** January 18, 2005, 05:23:31 pm »

Having finally had the time to really play a few scenarios and get teh feel of the interace, I can say it is one heck of a game. The scenario builder is clear and easy to use as well as the ship builder. On slower systems multi ship engagements take FOREVER but it plays just like the game too.,

All in all, an excellent game and worth playing often!

Semper fi, Carry On

J. Carney · « **Reply #10 on:** January 18, 2005, 05:37:26 pm »

ATTENTION!!!

I've found a website that has the stats for the old FASA ships!

Players Rejoice! Now you can fill in all the missing ships even if you don't have the old FASA books!

http://www.sub-odeon.com/stsstcsmua/

Hope this helps people that want a little more variety!

EDIT:

Oh, yeah... and the link to the Rom plasma torp damage chart:

http://www.sub-odeon.com/stsstcsmua/misc/romulan_plasma_chart.html

JasonR · « **Reply #11 on:** January 18, 2005, 09:25:14 pm »

I noticed a big spike in website traffic coming from this thread, so I thought I'd stop by. I'm glad you're all getting some enjoyment out of the game.

As an aside, plasma torpedoes are half-way implemented: If you make a ship with torpedoes set to damage 253, 254, or 255, they should act like type 1,2, and 3 plasma torps (respectively). Set the power requirement normally. I haven't tested this in a while, but it should work.

If anyone runs into bugs, feel free to tell me. Send email to webmaster at slightlysilly.net.

J. Carney · « **Reply #12 on:** January 18, 2005, 09:38:25 pm »

Quote from: JasonR on January 18, 2005, 09:25:14 pm

I noticed a big spike in website traffic coming from this thread, so I thought I'd stop by. I'm glad you're all getting some enjoyment out of the game.

As an aside, plasma torpedoes are half-way implemented: If you make a ship with torpedoes set to damage 253, 254, or 255, they should act like type 1,2, and 3 plasma torps (respectively). Set the power requirement normally. I haven't tested this in a while, but it should work.

If anyone runs into bugs, feel free to tell me. Send email to webmaster at slightlysilly.net.

Thanks for stopping in and telling us that. Hella game you built, man. Really awesome to see something like this out there!

I, for one, am a Romulan player in Star Fleet Battles and had just put a V-8 into the game and was wondering how to get the torps to work.

Just curious, are you going to keep developing the game to have cloaking devices?

DookeyKing · « **Reply #13 on:** January 19, 2005, 10:51:09 am »

WOW!! Thanks for stopping in with the heads up about the plasmas. This game is absolutely fantastic. I'd been hoping for something like this since my regular FASA group gave up about 15 years ago. BTW. The interface is so easy to use and understand that I have my 7 year old son playing. Thanks for such a great game.

Scott

JasonR · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2005, 09:05:42 pm »

J. Carney- Cloaking is definitely on the "to do" list. I only work on the game every few months when the sudden urge to program strikes me, so it may be some time before you see anything. Other "to do's": multiplayer via TCP, a robust scenario system, and other un-implemented rules (like emergency heading changes and torpedo evasion).

DookyKing- Thanks! It's good that you're teaching your young one the finer points of starship command.

KtHyla · « **Reply #15 on:** January 22, 2005, 03:35:04 am »

Haven't used the TCS is over a decade! My only question is: where are the component charts? I had to dig up my old copy of the Construction Manual...

Anthony Scott · « **Reply #16 on:** January 22, 2005, 11:45:15 am »

My only quibble is that there are none of the rommie ships included in the game download or the upgrade....quess I will have to put in the specas myself.

Semper Fi, Carry On

JasonR · « **Reply #17 on:** January 22, 2005, 01:36:00 pm »

You can find some of the old contruction materials here:

http://www.angelfire.com/trek/stcsdc/

I didn't include the Romulan ships because I thought they might be underpowered without cloaking rules implemented. I'll try to put together a pack of Rom ships, though, as many people have requested them.

EschelonOfJudgemnt · « **Reply #18 on:** January 23, 2005, 02:05:19 pm »

Nice program! Had a blast playing around with it Yesterday!!!

If I may suggest, something I'd like to see in the next build is a way to speed up those phaser beam effects... 20 ship battles involve a lot of waiting around for all of those beams to hit...

kv1at3485 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 23, 2005, 05:30:04 pm »

Oh, and just a small bug report.

In the ship editor, the default sounds for the ship being damaged and destroyed don't exist.

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