Question for mainly you PBW/PBEM players :) (planning Earth and Beyond Mod)

[Sivran]

Wow someone's interested. I better actually do this now.

It's unfortunate that one weapon can't do multiple damage types, I was really hoping I could squeeze in a weapon like EnB's Singularity Mortar, which not only damages the target but also slows it down.

For a crude emulation of shield nova (unfortunately without the shield draining side effect) I was hoping to use a weapon akin to PDCs but targetting everything but seekers. (Incoming fire in EnB could not be dodged, shot down, or in any way prevented from hitting. This might be an insane balance issue under SE4 mechanics though. Traditional PDCs will probably make an appearance but they will not be so uber) However, Fyron informs me that as he recalls auto-targetting/auto-fire cannot be used on weapons which target ships, so that and Progen shield nova are out.

Another unfortunate note, I am not good with graphics, period end of story, so unless I find someone willing to help with that this mod won't be very visually impressive.

[Atrocities]

Planning a mod is often the fun part. It is making the mod that can be a real challenge. Have fun and stuff.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by Sivran:

Another unfortunate note, I am not good with graphics, period end of story, so unless I find someone willing to help with that this mod won't be very visually impressive.

try doga. my art sucks - check my comic www.drunkduck.com/I_Cant_Draw - but with doga i can do some pretty neat ships.

[ March 16, 2004, 03:30: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Sivran]

I'll try that.

As of today, the EnB mod has become a tribute work. Earth and Beyond is shutting down, no new game cards are being sold and the servers will shut down 2004-09-21.

[Xaren Hypr]

Yeah.. there goes my other sci-fi diVersion...

I don't know how far you are into the mod, but if you are interested I can send you a compilation of equipment graphics from the game. I have ripped a few of the equipment graphics out of the mixfiles to play with...but if there is enough interest (rip/convert takes a while), I will pull out the rest of them for you. Unfortunately, ripping and converting to 24-bit bmps is about the extent of my skills atm . Definitely some nice graphics tho .