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Re: SFC 4 Project
« Reply #120 on: June 06, 2008, 10:55:28 am »
What I would like to say about this game is to keep it on par with all other new games coming out.This is so that others don't have hand up keeping the features the saame as SFC2 or SFC3.This is like me vs players like say Dizzy on a server who have more exprience or Crim.It is why I can't compete no matter how much time I put in practicing they know the shiplist off by heart.

When I went over to play GW I was ona level playing field with others as it was a new game.

Niot true, compared to the old timers I'm a "n00b."   My first D2 server was CW6:  Storm Season.   You can learn, you just have to grasp the fundamentals and listen.

Sure I played SFB and bought ton of book, read all the tactics, but I SUCKED!!!!  My brothers used to kick my ass all the time.   I think I'm like 1-37 in lifetime SFB games.

I learn how to fly by training with the 9th Fleet for one of the turn-based campaigns, reading Mu's SFC blog, and reading the 3rd Fleet's Bible on Starcaslting.   Ghish was the master, as were Mu and Kruk and radically different styles. 

I've also had a couple of epiphanies when flying on the frontline.  I learned so much from watching Ghish fly an F-DNH against hoard of PFs.   I learned when Madelf's killed my F-BCV while he was in a K-C7V.   And I learned a hell of a lot from KBF-Saxxon from the multiple battles we fought on various servers.   

Back in the day the FPF used to practice 6-10 hours a week.   It worked, we got good.  We flew ISC in a PBR cycle to learn plasma, that made us better at fighting against it because we learned it's limitations.
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Re: SFC 4 Project
« Reply #121 on: June 06, 2008, 02:30:17 pm »
What I would like to say about this game is to keep it on par with all other new games coming out.This is so that others don't have hand up keeping the features the saame as SFC2 or SFC3.This is like me vs players like say Dizzy on a server who have more exprience or Crim.It is why I can't compete no matter how much time I put in practicing they know the shiplist off by heart.

When I went over to play GW I was ona level playing field with others as it was a new game.

Niot true, compared to the old timers I'm a "n00b."   My first D2 server was CW6:  Storm Season.   You can learn, you just have to grasp the fundamentals and listen.

Sure I played SFB and bought ton of book, read all the tactics, but I SUCKED!!!!  My brothers used to kick my ass all the time.   I think I'm like 1-37 in lifetime SFB games.

I learn how to fly by training with the 9th Fleet for one of the turn-based campaigns, reading Mu's SFC blog, and reading the 3rd Fleet's Bible on Starcaslting.   Ghish was the master, as were Mu and Kruk and radically different styles. 

I've also had a couple of epiphanies when flying on the frontline.  I learned so much from watching Ghish fly an F-DNH against hoard of PFs.   I learned when Madelf's killed my F-BCV while he was in a K-C7V.   And I learned a hell of a lot from KBF-Saxxon from the multiple battles we fought on various servers.   

Back in the day the FPF used to practice 6-10 hours a week.   It worked, we got good.  We flew ISC in a PBR cycle to learn plasma, that made us better at fighting against it because we learned it's limitations.

Thing is go into GW now and new players don't stand a chance against the older players either, works that way in all of the games.  I keep plodding along because I enjoy the few people I get to wing with.  Also no local players anymore so this is my SFB fix also.
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Re: SFC 4 Project
« Reply #122 on: June 06, 2008, 03:08:19 pm »
"The Game" needs better tutorials, the Federation tactics listed in the Official manual might as well be named "how to die as Fed in PvP."

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Re: SFC 4 Project
« Reply #123 on: June 06, 2008, 03:47:06 pm »
What I would like to say about this game is to keep it on par with all other new games coming out.This is so that others don't have hand up keeping the features the saame as SFC2 or SFC3.This is like me vs players like say Dizzy on a server who have more exprience or Crim.It is why I can't compete no matter how much time I put in practicing they know the shiplist off by heart.

When I went over to play GW I was ona level playing field with others as it was a new game.

Niot true, compared to the old timers I'm a "n00b."   My first D2 server was CW6:  Storm Season.   You can learn, you just have to grasp the fundamentals and listen.

Sure I played SFB and bought ton of book, read all the tactics, but I SUCKED!!!!  My brothers used to kick my ass all the time.   I think I'm like 1-37 in lifetime SFB games.

I learn how to fly by training with the 9th Fleet for one of the turn-based campaigns, reading Mu's SFC blog, and reading the 3rd Fleet's Bible on Starcaslting.   Ghish was the master, as were Mu and Kruk and radically different styles. 

I've also had a couple of epiphanies when flying on the frontline.  I learned so much from watching Ghish fly an F-DNH against hoard of PFs.   I learned when Madelf's killed my F-BCV while he was in a K-C7V.   And I learned a hell of a lot from KBF-Saxxon from the multiple battles we fought on various servers.   

Back in the day the FPF used to practice 6-10 hours a week.   It worked, we got good.  We flew ISC in a PBR cycle to learn plasma, that made us better at fighting against it because we learned it's limitations.

Thing is go into GW now and new players don't stand a chance against the older players either, works that way in all of the games. I keep plodding along because I enjoy the few people I get to wing with. Also no local players anymore so this is my SFB fix also.
That is not nessaraly true though you get into a good guild and they can tech you wonders in a 4 vs 4.When you get better then you can move on to 8 vs 8.This is strickly pvping though no killing AI it is also a team game.the only way it can feel like SFC is if you are going on a 1 vs 1 in hero battles and even that is different.

It is different than say playing on the Dyna and getting a good draft on a server.This is where I would say today the new players need to get into a good Fleet.                                     

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Re: SFC 4 Project
« Reply #124 on: June 09, 2008, 06:28:09 pm »
Wow this is tooo cool. I can't wait to see how it turns out.


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« Reply #125 on: June 11, 2008, 02:25:15 pm »
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« Reply #126 on: June 12, 2008, 01:01:41 am »
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Re: SFC 4 Project
« Reply #127 on: June 12, 2008, 08:34:41 am »
Have offered up my musical composition talent.  Other than network engineering skills can't see anything else I would possibly be useful for :-)

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Re: SFC 4 Project
« Reply #128 on: June 12, 2008, 08:53:15 am »
Have offered up my musical composition talent.  Other than network engineering skills can't see anything else I would possibly be useful for :-)

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« Reply #129 on: June 12, 2008, 11:26:14 am »
Have offered up my musical composition talent.  Other than network engineering skills can't see anything else I would possibly be useful for :-)

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Play-testing, you're an excellent plasma pilot.

LOL was... can't even recall the last time I played.  Speaking of which I really should load it back up again... maybe it is like riding a bike.

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« Reply #130 on: June 12, 2008, 04:00:00 pm »
Have offered up my musical composition talent.  Other than network engineering skills can't see anything else I would possibly be useful for :-)

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Play-testing, you're an excellent plasma pilot.

LOL was... can't even recall the last time I played.  Speaking of which I really should load it back up again... maybe it is like riding a bike.

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  "Play-testing, you're an excellent plasma pilot."

 This is  understatement. ;)

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Re: SFC 4 Project
« Reply #131 on: June 12, 2008, 05:29:14 pm »
Had offered to help with some minor meshing and a bit more texturing.. no word back yet though..
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« Reply #132 on: June 12, 2008, 06:34:31 pm »
Had offered to help with some minor meshing and a bit more texturing.. no word back yet though..

Yes, it's been eerily quiet since the 1st announcement. :-\
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« Reply #133 on: June 16, 2008, 09:44:37 pm »
Sorry to have to post some on these questions, but please have pity on me and save me from having to slog through 5 pages of posts to get find the answers.

1.) Who is in charge, or is leading the code development team for this project (no, I don't want the job), I want to know who to report to.
2.) What language are we using for this project?
3.) Are we using an IDE, if so, which one?

I'll probably have others questions later.

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« Reply #134 on: June 16, 2008, 10:10:49 pm »
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Re: SFC 4 Project
« Reply #135 on: June 17, 2008, 02:30:01 am »
Had offered to help with some minor meshing and a bit more texturing.. no word back yet though..

Yes, it's been eerily quiet since the 1st announcement. :-\

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« Reply #136 on: June 17, 2008, 10:19:04 am »
Hey, which races will be avaliable in SFC 4? I hope that you put in the Gorns, they're one of my favorite races to use.
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« Reply #137 on: June 17, 2008, 10:46:45 pm »
I wish I had a better example, but I've only gotten back into the programming arena.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace CreatStruct
{
    class Program
    {
        struct Person
        {
            public string firstName;
            public string lastName;
            public int age;
            public Genders gender;


            public Person(string _firstName, string _lastName, int _age, Genders _gender)
            {
                firstName = _firstName;
                lastName = _lastName;
                age = _age;
                gender = _gender;
            }

            public override string ToString()
            {
                return firstName + "" + lastName + "("+ gender + "), age " + age; //.ToString();
            }

            public enum Genders : int { Male, Female }
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Person p= new Person ("Tony", "Allen", 32, Person.Genders.Male);
            Console.WriteLine(p);
            return;
        }
    }
}
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Re: SFC 4 Project
« Reply #138 on: June 18, 2008, 02:54:04 pm »
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Which flavor of SQL?

Should be MySQL.
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« Reply #139 on: June 18, 2008, 08:21:52 pm »
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Which flavor of SQL?

Should be MySQL.

Is this a for sure. MS SQL comes in a free flavor as well  which is the reson for my question.
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