Here is a ship with pumping guns. I call it the Gunboat Diplomat. The pumping action is the turrets from 4 Cannon parts, so this is with functioning weapons, not just moving bling. There is much use of the offsets here. Yay, offsets!! It invol
You are encouraged, nay challenged, to try for yourself and find out. Also, to show off your results. [e digicons];)[/e]
[quote who="Wetballs" reply="22" id="3468352"] I understand the delay and believe it'll be good for the eventual beta. However, I think the longer the Founders Elite Edition is available (and it's all that's available), the more Stardock will be hated on Steam by those who see you as evil money grubbers. Personally, I don't give a toss about most of the vermin like that who frequent the Steam forums, except that I want as many people to get into Gal
Agreed!
Immersion comes from liberal doses of gameplay and eye candy and lore and who knows what else. Yes, you can get immersed in a good game of chess. It is even better when the pieces wake up and hack at each other with laser swords, or if the pieces all have your opponents face on them.
I want to gratefully awknowledge these spelling corrections. Good attention to detail!
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[quote who="ParagonRenegade" reply="1" id="3466780"] The AI is already slated to be able to learn strategies and ship designs from players, and it actively surfs the internet to do so.[/quote] It will use Steam tricks to learn from players. That is not the same as actively surfing the Internet.
New sovereigns versus all the other good stuff in this Mod? No problem making that trade-off. I will wait until Stardock catches up Heavenfall. [e digicons]:D[/e]
I think that "rock, paper, scissors" is not accurate for GC2's weapons/defense scheme. But I do have to say that whatever you call it, I love it. It is interesting and fun for me. I am curious to see how it gets translated going forward, but I am in the camp of those who are hoping that something that is working doesn't get broken in the name of progress.
This is my first attempt at posting a video. The playback seems to stutter a little now and then. This is an artifiact of my reording clumsiness. It does not do this in game.
[quote who="Achronous" reply="9" id="3465906"] Could you post a gif or small video so we can join in the un-fun? [/quote] Just to be be clear, I mean total untruth when I call the Shipyard Alpha "not fun". It is all brazen jest and lies. My only excuse is that the Alpha keeps telling me I'm not going to have fun and I can't resist a straight line like that. Truthfully, the game portion is kind of dry for me as a more casual player.
The Shipyard is only available from inside a game right now. Start a game and then you will find the Shipyard. Enjoy!
[quote who="Borg999" reply="29" id="3465429"] I've been looking through Steam lately, and it seems that every Tom, Dick and Harry game developer is offering early access (or has some type of pre-release offer). It seems to be the current trend now. The "new normal." Given the new environment, it probably won't be an issue for SD to have multiple simultaneous early access releases.[/quote] You may be on to something there.
I got the images to link, but my browser isn't showing me thumbnails. If someone has a clue, to give, I would love it. This is my first time posting images on this forum. Edit: I think I got it working somewhat. I find I'd rather be fighting the Alpha than the forums. [e digicons]>:([/e]
Here is my attempt to work with the Shipyard Alpha. Per the strict admonitions that come with the Alpha, I wasn't having fun. Honest. You did ask us to go crazy. Here are two examples. These are not intended as functional ships, although I have done things like this with GC2 and hidden massive weapons inside for surprise attacks. The AI never really expresses surprise, though.
I think all of you over-rate the impact or meaningfulness of the worst of the posters on the Steam forums. The only ones who listen to them are those as stupid as they are. They certainly do not rate any serious consideration here on the Stardock forums. Why do you bring the opinions of fools here to bother fairly intelligent and benign folk? What good does it do anyone?
Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon Serious weirdness by a master of the form.
I like the early access to the game. It isn't "fun", just as promised, but it is very interesting to see the stages. I don't have the mindset to do the same critiques you are getting from GalCiv3 forums, but I pipe in now and then. That makes me feel like part of the creation, which is subtle but significant. I really couldn't resist the lifetime bundle for GalCiv3. That was probably the biggest attraction. Naming a star was act
To my experience, the ctrl click mechanism doesn't actually link you to a hard point, just a relative point in space. It will look connected if it is adjacent, but it won't be. It doesn't manufacture a new hard point for you.
This is my theory. There are those who paint in brushes and strokes. There are those who paint pixel by pixel. For the first set there is the control click mechanism. For the second set there is the offset. In my house, the offset has already set two OCD geeks in full geek ecstasy. Seriously, there was actual moaning and "I liiiike that!!" It was silly and great. Same goes for being able to type in rotation speeds and other numbers in that
The file is strangely labelled as "Brad" and not "Brad.pdf" I am amazed at the quantity and quality of feedback here. It sounds like all wonderful stuff aimed at what makes gaming great. It surpasses the critical content of the forum, which is impressive in itself. Thanks, Brad. Good stuff.
I know. I have customers like you that drive me crazy. Nothing seems to prevent them from nagging and whining to see more, get it sooner. Just so long as you understand that the technique produces only negative reactions and scornful comments behind your back, do want you want. Just so long as you realize that people you want things from have to force themselves to be polite to you, go right ahead. Stardock people are professionals and will put up with it a whole
Please, please, do not hassle the devs about their predicted schedules or they will stop giving us any estimated schedules at all. I know I absolutely loathe when I tell people "approximately this date" and later they start going "Are you done yet? Are you done yet?" I end up having to either lie to people by fudging schedules or just refuse to answer. Neither work out well for anyone involved. I do understand the impatience, though. I am b
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I have stopped myself from posting this very same thing. It strikes me every time I open the game. Then I tell myself it is just an alpha and perhaps it sets the proper work-in-progress atmosphere. I certainly don't think it is worth a half second of dev time fixing. However, I thank you for bringing it up. It soothes my grammar self to have others notice. Now I can just let it be.
[quote who="ForesterSOF" reply="289" id="3461831"] When I told my daughter she had a star in a game named after her I got one reply. Dad; you are such a nerd.[/quote] In my house, that is such a compliment. Nerd pride runs rampant!
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