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Re: Don't Let the Stars Fade Away Fri, 31 August 2007 17:20 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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I've been gone a while, nice to come back and see there's an executable binary. Very Happy

(disclaimer: these are notes from the compiled binary)

Does turn generation work? There's no visible interface for it.

Also, the hull editor needs a way to input a value directly for cargo capacity rather than increment/decrement - especially if you're trying to move a privateer from 250kt cargo to 50kt. Also, a way to move ship slots and place them in more varied half-positions rather than the checkerboard grid would be nice. Additionally, it needs a way to modify the allowable items in a ship slot more directly - perhaps instead of the popup you have now, have a dialog off to the side with checkboxes to select what items it can hold and how many. Obviously engines, cargo bays, and base docks should not be combineable with anything else - you'd just set the size - but there's no reason to exclude scanner/bomb/miningbot(4) slots in principle Smile

Tech editor would benefit from a way to add brand new items, change trait restrictions, select if it's a MT item or not, and add (almost) any behavior to (almost) any item - maybe a "new behavior:" select box, where you can say open up a scanner and go to the dialog and select "new behavior: shield" and then you'd get a box to enter shield values, et cetera. I figure terraforming and planetary techs should be excluded, though you could still add new behaviors within the category, ie, a planetary scanner that upgrades defenses, or a terra tech that works on multiple environnent variables with different effectiveness. You would probably need to be able to add orbital abilities to ship sections anyhow in order to create the jump gate, and a mobile mass driver isn't that far-fetched for modding. Also, a way to add properties to ship hulls such as repair and fuel generation. For weapons, a firing effect selector would be nice (beam/torp effect, sound, and color), as well as a damage type selector: choose between beam, torpedo, cap missile, or sapper; OR checkboxes to select, ie: "damages shields" "damages armor" "split shield/armor damage" (if true, half damage to shields and half to armor as torpedoes, if false then damage hits shields first if it damages shields, then goes to armor if it damages armor) "double damage without shields" and "multitargeting" checkboxes. I like the fact that beams can have imperfect accuracy now.

Also, a race trait editor would be awesome. So would a host-defineable planet name list. One thing that would really shine is an ability to select galaxy shape at game creation - the default square, a circle, ring, spiral, or clusters... perhaps some others as well, and sliders to set the number and density of planets (which would determine total galaxy size).

I like the starmap background - can it be customisable?

Hmm, there's no hab immunity checkboxes either. Grrr.

Very Happy


[Updated on: Sat, 01 September 2007 05:29]

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