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SFC Launcher (a dynaverse and gamespy's online services replacement)
TarMinyatur:
On the new server, we could make refits more customizable and novel. Like a K-D7 with +1 APR for 40 total power. This ship would not exist in any player's static shiplist. It would exist only on the server. This is a subjective can of worms to pop open though.
We can give better or worse quality officers to the AI and to players, instead of every officer in the campaign being junior. The game mechanics do change when a legendary officer is present in SFCOP! We simply never saw this in EAW/OP (outside of SFC:CE, briefly) because the default officer grants neither a bonus nor a penalty. Green officers really are poor. And legendary officers are very effective. If every player has a LWO, then that concept of rarity is broken. The new server can limit the availability of legendary officers, through an officer "shipyard". But this is a level of micromanagement. Some players may not want to go through the tediousness of searching for and recruiting officers. Just assign them randomly at 1%(legendary), 19%(veteran), 40%(senior), 40%(junior), 0%(no rookies) or similar.
Obviously many of us didn't care for SFC3's "pimp-my-ride" approach, and we preferred navies with standard refits and very limited customization (e.g. missile load out: TypeI or TypeIV, slow/med/fast). But the SFC1 refit and officer systems were not too bad.
d4v1ks:
Latest release: SFC Launcher 2.1.0.17
Link for executable and source code: https://github.com/D4v1ks/SFCLauncher
E_Look:
This is much appreciated.
I do want to mention one thing though- on my computer, Win 10, Core i7, the windowed mode does not work. It appears the icons don't show and if you click in the dark and accidentally hit a button, the music plays, but the box is still dark.
It seems to work fine in regular mode.
This is so for both versions 14 and 17.d
d4v1ks:
--- Quote from: E_Look on December 27, 2020, 07:23:27 pm ---This is much appreciated.
I do want to mention one thing though- on my computer, Win 10, Core i7, the windowed mode does not work. It appears the icons don't show and if you click in the dark and accidentally hit a button, the music plays, but the box is still dark.
It seems to work fine in regular mode.
This is so for both versions 14 and 17.d
--- End quote ---
The game is a 16-bit color application. Current windows versions can't run them directly.
Or you run the game in 16-bit color compatibility (check its properties) or you have to use a compatibility layer like dgVoodoo (https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiumJZOPROpbhMwXNrWVi-Hj7hIIBw?e=pmo5cn)
E_Look:
Thanks for the explanation.
It's been so long I've forgotten that SFC IS 16-bit color!
When was the game introduced?
I think I bought a copy in 1994! It IS old...
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