#se4 Guests

tesco samoa · #1 August 4th, 2003, 09:40 PM

Hi everyone.

Sorry about the se4 guest speakers and open topics being a little slow latey.

I have had a few bumps in the road.... But things are improving time wize for me to start this back up.

Last week on wed. we talked about the Balance mod.

This week will be part two of the balance mod with Sj hosting the topic.... ( if it spills into a 3rd week then so be it ... )

Upcoming guests are

Rollo - AI space monsters
Geo - PBW
Tesco - SE Modding tool and step by step making mods
Aaron - Starfury

Possible guest
PVK , Oleg JLS - AI modding

Now some questions

1. If you would like to be a guest speaker on se4 let me know
2. If you would like to recommend someone or topics for conversation let me know. I can approach people for speaking.

I would like to see Ruatha on there for the newbie questions

Ed , Baron and Andre for the history of SE games... ( I know there is more of ya but i am at work and these are the first 3 names that come to mind )

SJ - Any topic he wishes to talk about

Gandalph on ship sets ( design class )

AT back to do a design class on ships as well

Kwok and DG to do future design topics.

Some topics I would like to dicuss ( looking for a guest speaker on them )

1. How to build your empire Part 1( setup of empire pre 2400.0 )
2. How to build your empire Part 2( initial openning turns to first contact )
3. Ship building
4. Infrastructure
5. Mod Authors to come on and talk about their mods , current mods and future releases
6. Modding concepts ( from drawing board to release)
7. Modding do's and don'ts
8. Ship combat
9. Newbie faq
10. Tricks of the trade and other Strategy Articles.
11. Other Shrapnel game developers and Other Space Strategy game developers on to talk about their games ( Storm Clouds hint hint )

Again. This is for the community... So please let me know what i can do.

Thank you in advance for your thoughts and suggestions.

Ruatha · #2 August 4th, 2003, 09:44 PM

Well I can talk about newbie questions, I have plenty of them, but few answers though

Stone Mill · #3 August 4th, 2003, 09:47 PM

Wow- you got AAron on board? Nice!!!
[dream]
Any chance we can get him to comment on our SE5 wish list?!?! That would ROCK!

With no obligations, of course... he can pick and choose and let us know if any of our suggestions made it to the "limelight."

He can also pick some and comment on feasibility, perhaps?

[/dream]

Just throwing it out there...

Ed Kolis · #4 August 5th, 2003, 01:41 AM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
Ed , Baron and Andre for the history of SE games... ( I know there is more of ya but i am at work and these are the first 3 names that come to mind )

Sure, I'd be glad to speak on the history of the SE games, though I admit my personal experience is mostly with the SE2 demo and SE4

Oh well, I guess I can do some research... you want anything prepared or will this be sort of a Q&A session like Fyron did when he spoke (I missed the other 2 speakers

well OK the 2nd speaker I can't remember who he was but I do know I wasn't particularly interested in his topic, but the 3rd I honest-to-God missed

)

And like Stone Mill said... wow, you got Aaron to come and speak - and about STARFURY?!?

That will be a night to remember! (Now I'll just have to remember to keep my mouth shut and try not to "help out" answering those prying questions

)

Fyron · #5 August 5th, 2003, 01:51 AM

Have we forgotten about the #se4 Web Site?

Gandalph · #6 August 5th, 2003, 02:54 AM

Wow, I'm honored that you would include me.

Ship set design class???
If you're talking about creating ship sets, I have 2 Doga's and a cut and paste from another proggy. Atrocities would be the one to invite for this.

If you're talking about designing your ship layout, component speaking, in game, I still get surprised by the multitude of different ways to configure a ship.

I am familiar with many different aspects of this game; AI making, shipset making, Modding, and playing; but I don't know if I qualify in any one area enough to be a guest speaker. I like to think of myself as an alien of all trades, and a master jedi of none. If you would still like me to field questions at one of your sessions, I will do my best.

EDIT _ For instance, I just found out that fighter bays can land troops to conquer a planet.

[ August 05, 2003, 01:55: Message edited by: Gandalph ]

Fyron · #7 August 5th, 2003, 03:04 AM

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For instance, I just found out that fighter bays can land troops to conquer a planet.

Yeah, that is the problem with totally generic cargo bays... the game needs some sort of "drop troops" ability that adds to the max kT of troops you can drop in a combat.

Captain Kwok · #8 August 5th, 2003, 04:05 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

quote:
For instance, I just found out that fighter bays can land troops to conquer a planet.

Yeah, that is the problem with totally generic cargo bays... the game needs some sort of "drop troops" ability that adds to the max kT of troops you can drop in a combat.

Perhaps a separate ability and component specifically to launch/recover troops?

tesco samoa · #9 August 5th, 2003, 04:34 AM

please perhaps another thread for this conversation... i would like to keep it on topic for se4 guests. thanks

tesco samoa · #10 August 5th, 2003, 04:12 PM

Gand you make fantastic ships.

Also Kwoks skool of Planet Design was a perfect format for the guest speakers if they wish to run a workshop or tutorial.

Or you can just chat.

Both styles are great.