OT: Master of Orion 3 is now working.

Colt · #1 May 21st, 2005, 05:48 AM

At the risk of being flamed from here to the end of the universe, I thought everyone here may be interested in this. After all, if you want to try out realtime space combat before SE5, this is the only recent game in which you can...

Many people here have probably tried, or at least heard of, Master of Orion 3. Probably all of you heard how full of bugs it was when it was released and why a lot of people dumped it pretty quickly.

Well I have good news to report!! After a lot of work by us fans, we have finally got MOO3 into a decent working state. You can now play it without fear of running into any gamekilling bugs. And it's GOOD!

A mod has been released called the "Moo3 Unofficial Patch Mod", which fixes practically all problems. Find it here: www.ataricommunity.com/fo...did=469442

If you'd like to know more about MOO3, check out the Atari MOO3 forums here : www.ataricommunity.com/fo...orumid=224

Hope to see you there...
Colt.

Ragnarok-X · #2 May 21st, 2005, 08:07 AM

Im pretty sure this is not really that new. I was visiting the atari boards all few weaks, and indeed someone created a tool which allowed it to patch MoO 3 to fix certain bugs, and once in a time there were regulary new patches released. The problem with MoO3 for me was just that i was unable to control my entire empire, like i can do in MoO2 and SE4. I doubt that is fixable

boran_blok · #3 May 21st, 2005, 11:04 AM

The problem with MOO3 is that they took out all the fun stuff. which is essentially what makes a game a game.

Ragnarok-X · #4 May 21st, 2005, 01:12 PM

Well i have to admit i couldnt withstand reinstalling MoO3. I will grab the official and inofficial patches soon and will let you know how it worked out.

Atrocities · #5 May 21st, 2005, 05:23 PM

Thanks for the info, however no amount of modding can fix what was wrong with MOO3. If you happy with it, well thats cool, but it left a horrible taste in my mouth. It will not poisen my HD again.

Xrati · #6 June 24th, 2005, 05:58 PM

A couple of us all downloaded the "2nd" Patch which I can only assume your talking about. I'm unaware of any follow up patches. It fixes some of the more irritating problems but not all. All I know is that when you get big enough to need the computer to run some of your planets, don't be surprised by what your planets are building!!! We came up with a new name in MOO3 for AI

(Asinine Intelligence).

Colt · #7 May 21st, 2005, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Ragnarok-X said:
Im pretty sure this is not really that new. I was visiting the atari boards all few weaks, and indeed someone created a tool which allowed it to patch MoO 3 to fix certain bugs, and once in a time there were regulary new patches released.
The problem with MoO3 for me was just that i was unable to control my entire empire, like i can do in MoO2 and SE4. I doubt that is fixable

You'd be refferring to Bhruic's Patcher program, which is used to fix most of the problems. Their are several other things fixed by several other people and methods. He's still working on patches even now.
As for being unable to control your whole emprire... yes, it's a very different game to SEIV, and is focused on Macromanagement rather than micromanagement like SEIV. To really enjoy the game, you have to adopt a different playing style than you would for most 4x games, and that's what caused many people to turn away from the game, (not to mention all the bugs, of course).

I'm glad to see someone has decided to at least check it out. If it doesn't appeal, fair enough... not everyone will like the game even when it's working properly. It's just that type of game. But for those people who would like to see it as it should have been when released, I felt I should put the word out so they don't miss the chance.
Colt.

Atrocities · #8 May 21st, 2005, 08:07 PM

Thanks again for the info. There was a lot I did like about the game, but the bugs and unfinished feel of the game made liking it a chore. I am glad to see that a few folks held onto the ideals of the game and are trying to make it a better.

Thanks again for posting about it.

Ragnarok-X · #9 May 22nd, 2005, 08:50 AM

Well well, as promised i tested it out. I reinstalled MoO 3 for the third time now. I grabbed the patcher and all patches released, both official and fan-made ones. In addition a grabbed a few mods, like better UI and GFX. And i have to admit the game is really better than it was, i just spend 5 hours playing it in a row as Taidian (?). I really much better than it was i would advise everyone who has the game to try it out once more. Its actually pretty funny to lose against the Guardian several times just because you cant break his shields, and its even more funny to construct battleship sized orbital bases and fit them with spinal mounted Rail Guns giving a range of 13k. Thanks a bunch Colt for posting this.
Now i just need to do a few personal mods, like changing effectivess of Beam bases and Fighter Bases.

BTW. if you read this, i have a question: I think Military DEAs give the benefit of allowing more than 1 planetary defense of each kind, but even though i build 3 on my homeworld i cant get more than 1 beam base, 1 fighter base and one missile base. Whats wrong here ?

To sum it up: If you have spare time, reinstall the game, apply official 1.25 patch and get the Patch Colt mentioned.

Makinus · #10 May 22nd, 2005, 11:30 AM

Ragnarok, can you list for us the patches and mods that you installed? i�ll try Moo3 again (if i can find my cds) but would wish to try the patches/mods combination that caused you to play the game for 5 hours.... my personal record is something like 45 minutes before becoming bored with the game and going back to SEIV....