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Atrocities · #1 September 6th, 2003, 05:43 AM

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

Dante · #2 September 6th, 2003, 03:04 PM

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 · #3 September 6th, 2003, 08:04 PM

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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How is the difficulty level?

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

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 · #4 September 7th, 2003, 08:50 PM

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

Rollo · #5 September 7th, 2003, 09:30 PM

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 · #6 September 8th, 2003, 01:36 AM

Rollo we need links.

Ed Kolis · #7 September 8th, 2003, 02:32 AM

I would also recommend Wings 3D (www.wings3d.org) for making ship models; it has a UV texture mapping plugin (what you need to make the texture bitmaps for the models

) and exports to .3ds, which is easily converted to .x (just look on Google for a program called 3dsconv.exe). Wings has a TON of mesh manipulation commands - I made the saucer section of the Enterprise in just a few minutes by creating a cylinder and repeatedly insetting and extruding faces on either side!

Now you say you can make your texture files ANY size? That's news to me... looks like ships might start coming in "good graphics card" and "crappy graphics card" Versions!

Wydraz · #8 September 8th, 2003, 07:54 AM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
Rollo we need links.

I found one for lithunwrap...

http://files.seriouszone.com/download.php?fileid=198

Rollo · #9 September 8th, 2003, 11:30 AM

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Originally posted by Wydraz:

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
Rollo we need links.

I found one for lithunwrap...

http://files.seriouszone.com/download.php?fileid=198

thanks.

and anim8or is simply www.anim8or.com

deccan · #10 September 8th, 2003, 02:03 PM

1) What is the quality of the 3-d engine? How does it compare to top-of-the-line 3-d games?

2) How much control do you have over individual ships? Do you have multiple turrets per ship? Can you shoot at multiple targets at the same time? Is there damage control and repair like in Starfleet Command?

3) How big are space battles? Can you have allied ships? Can you be part of a fleet action?