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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

March 6th, 2002, 03:01 AM

Replies: 97

I GOT IT!!!!!

Views: 8,151

Posted By Steve A

Re: I GOT IT!!!!!

Mine has arrived in Leesburg, Va just outside of DC.

Steve

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

July 16th, 2001, 12:33 AM

Replies: 146

OFF TOPIC - The IOC sucks.

Views: 15,604

Posted By Steve A

Re: OFF TOPIC - The IOC sucks.

It's interesting to see how many people feel that the other cultures are inferior and that the local slant is the only "truth". I guess it's fair to assume that everyone views are slightly biased...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

April 3rd, 2001, 10:07 PM

Replies: 34

A deep thought regarding life out there

Views: 4,282

Posted By Steve A

Re: A deep thought regarding life out there

Sirkit:

Methane oxide = CO2 + H2O.

Fire is just a chemical reaction that has a temporary plasma phase that usually emits visible light. On earth it is usually an oxidation reaction. In a...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

March 31st, 2001, 01:51 AM

Replies: 52

Balck Holes too soft

Views: 6,475

Posted By Steve A

Re: Balck Holes too soft

Dracus,
No, our sun will eventually end up as a white dwarf unless somebody uses a stellar converter on it.

<grin>

Steve

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

March 31st, 2001, 01:50 AM

Replies: 52

Balck Holes too soft

Views: 6,475

Posted By Steve A

Re: Balck Holes too soft

capt_spoogy,
Black holes can come in many masses, from around 5 solar mass to millions of solar masses. The energy it takes to get into orbit around a 5 solar mass black hole is exactly the same...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

March 31st, 2001, 01:43 AM

Replies: 52

Balck Holes too soft

Views: 6,475

Posted By Steve A

Re: Balck Holes too soft

Raynor,
Orbital velocity at the sun's surface is 436 km/s. Spacecraft size does not matter as long as it is significantly smaller than the sun in mass.

If a ship fell towards the sun's...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

March 30th, 2001, 08:52 PM

Replies: 52

Balck Holes too soft

Views: 6,475

Posted By Steve A

Re: Balck Holes too soft

nice quotes <grin>

There is a game explanation for the 2 moves per turn towards the center in a black hole system. The wormholes in a normal system tend to be many AU from the central stars...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

March 30th, 2001, 01:39 PM

Replies: 52

Balck Holes too soft

Views: 6,475

Posted By Steve A

Re: Balck Holes too soft

Orbits around a spherical body can be calculated exactly by the point source method. Since the Earth is not perfectly spherical, there are some minor perturbations that cause the orbit to wobble a...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

February 11th, 2001, 03:41 PM

Replies: 13

Bug - Asteroid w/ sphere/ring world

Views: 2,355

Posted By Steve A

Re: Bug - Asteroid w/ sphere/ring world

Here's an interesting thing about "real" ringworlds that nobody has brought up. The total solar energy reaching a planet beyond the sphere world is exactly the same before and after the ring world is...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

January 20th, 2001, 02:33 AM

Replies: 26

What does KT really mean??

Views: 5,406

Posted By Steve A

Re: What does KT really mean??

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kimball:
[B] The formula to which you refer is

F=G*M1*M2/R^2

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

If anyone really cares,...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 22nd, 2000, 05:15 AM

Replies: 3

File Access Denied

Views: 915

Posted By Steve A

Re: File Access Denied

Thanx for suggestions. Everything finally started working again. Aaron suggested I check read-only status of the files. All the txt files in my savegame directory and the history directory were read...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 21st, 2000, 05:09 PM

Replies: 3

File Access Denied

Views: 915

Posted By Steve A

File Access Denied

I am unable to start a new turn. Everytime I try I get a "File Access Denied" error message and the game locks up. All saved games also fail. All new games fail. I've un-installed and re-installed...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

October 14th, 2000, 02:42 PM

Replies: 16

The Gold Demo: A Mixed Blessing

Views: 3,775

Posted By Steve A

Re: The Gold Demo: A Mixed Blessing

"Not only do your allies keep offering you the same treaty you already have. They are perfectly ok with bLasting my ships and planets alike while mine don't shoot since we are allied. Result: alot of...

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