SE III or SEIV?

[nmoppa]

I have reported RCE problem in the recent past. (Large Fleets (20+) with Dreadnought or larger ships result in RCE when in strategic combat mode). Because of this problem I can't progress in games the way I like it. I think SE IV was made for strategic combat, not tactical. It's not a shoot-em-up game. For the time being I therefore stopped playing SE IV. I hope the RCE's will be past present when the new patch arrives (I have send my same game to MM to take a look at the problem). I have also orderred the Space Empires collection (SE I, II, and III). Although I can imagine SE die hards will play only the latest release in the series, my question is: are you still playing SE III at all, and did SE III have the same kind of RCE errors after the latest patch?? Just curious, because it could be I will start playing SE III whilst awaiting the new SE IV patch.

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MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE <Worf facing another critical fight>

[JDL]

I've just recently unearthed my copy of SE3 and I found a whole bunch of features not carried over to 4.

Its definatly worth playing as it offers a different flavor of play and the bug have been patched out.

I started a thread lower down, mabey a page back listing these differences.

[Nyx]

SE3 is a great game. If not for a harddrive crash stealing my registration number and the fact that I'm busy testing mods for SE4 (and running our contest) I'd be playing it off and on. 'course I have a thing for falling in love with great strategy games and never stopping playing them. SE4 is the only game that came out in 2000 that I have installed on my home computer. None of the others I've played were good enough. Yet I have 6 or 7 games dating back to the '80s installed and used regularly (less often lately though, for obvious reasons).

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[nmoppa]

Thanks, you guys, I will definitely take a look at SE III. Besides that I'm in a great mood since I received response on my sending in the save game file that caused the RCE'S and this is what MM wrote me back:

Thanks for the savegame. We will be releasing a patch to fix up your
problem later this month.

Aaron

THANKS, MM and more specifically: THANKS, AARON!!!!!

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MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE <Worf facing another critical fight>

[Rambie]

Aaron is great for getting out patches. SE3 had patches released for about 2 years after being released.

SE3... Yes, I still play it a little. I was playing a multiplayer SE3 while Beta testing SE4. The interface is totally different, so you'll have a learning curve.

Hint: SE3 uses the right-click button more than SE4. In fact, I wish SE4 used the right-click menus like SE3 did as well as the tool bar and hot keys.

[Jubala]

Nyx, what games are that?