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[Atrocities]

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[ September 06, 2003, 04:43: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

[Dante]

Better take a seat, this might take a bit longer...
I hope I'll get some answers before the demo is out, most of the stuff would be self-explanatory once it's out...

1.) Which weapons from SEIV made it/didn't make it into the game?
2.) How many ships are available for the player to use? Which classes?
3.) How many different races are there?
4.) Is it really open, i.e. can you work for anybody/buy any ship?
5.) How is the difficulty level?
6.) Are there fighters? If yes, how are they controlled?
7.) Any rewards for completing the storyline?
8.) How big is the universe? Is it randomly-generated or fixed?
9.) Is trading a venerable way of raising cash a'la Elite, or is it just a minor feature like in, for example, freelancer?
10.) And finally, seeing that it is in 3D...how easy is it to mod? Again mostly text files, or is it more complicated this time?

[Captain Kwok]

Here are some brief answers, I'm far too lazy to go into much more detail.

Which weapons from SEIV made it/didn't make it into the game?

Almost all of them are still in Star Fury, although a few have had their abilities modified.

How many ships are available for the player to use? Which classes?

Most races have a frigate, destroyer, cruiser, battleship, carrier, and a starbase - with several different hull sizes. The hull sizes also vary with race.

How many different races are there?

In the current campaigns, you've got Terrans, Xiati, Fazrah, Abbidon, Amonkrie, and the Sith'rak. Some of them are changed in appearance, but mostly the same.

Is it really open, i.e. can you work for anybody/buy any ship?

Sure. Ships available for purchase will vary depending on location, but most can be bought.

How is the difficulty level?

There are 4 difficulty levels, beg-avg-med-hard. I'd say it's difficult most of the time.

Are there fighters? If yes, how are they controlled?

Yes there are. They are launched and recovered and are computer controlled via your orders. There are also mines too so keep your eyes open!

Any rewards for completing the storyline?

Yes, in the form of money. You also earn experience points from doing most things to put towards improving your ship, like repair or offensive skill etc.

How big is the universe? Is it randomly-generated or fixed?

It's fixed based on the campaign, the largest campaign at this time has 80ish systems...but I'm sure lots more than that can be added.

Is trading a venerable way of raising cash a'la Elite, or is it just a minor feature like in, for example, freelancer?

There is no real trading, but you can make good money performing cargo runs, hunting pirates or being a pirate, and collecting components from destroyed ships and selling them at the spaceport.

And finally, seeing that it is in 3D...how easy is it to mod? Again mostly text files, or is it more complicated this time?

I'd say some of the files are more difficult then your regular SE:IV, and those are usually ship related files that need to correspond to each other so it's a bit easier to make errors. All the files are text files though, that's good.

[Wydraz]

What 3d format are the ships in (for mods)? How are they textured (size and format of bitmap)?

[Rollo]

The models must be converted to .x format and use a texture bitmap (.bmp format) of any size.

Personally I have good experience with using anim8or to model and Lithunwrap to do the texture mapping. Both programs are freeware.

[ September 07, 2003, 20:34: Message edited by: Rollo ]

[Atrocities]

Rollo we need links.