I have some things that bug me about Impulse... 1- It's clunky. At times going very quickly, at others totally bogged down, especially when updating a game. It's almost like it has a split personality. Watching it struggle through an update that I could download direct in a quarter of the time and install on my end
[quote]An Amish in a starship?It's hell on the horse...TWell, there is a plus side. In outer space, if the horse gets tired, you can actually carry it for a while. Besides, they don't weigh so much after they have been in zero gee for a while.[/quote] [color="#4169E1"]As long as you remember to point the tail end to the back. Even in zero G, fecal matters have a tendency to concentrate themselves in the space your head is about to enter... T[/color]
[quote]An Amish in a starship?[/quote] [color="#4169E1"] It's hell on the horse... T [/color]
[quote]...Finally, if you're going to bring up Automan, then you also have to bring up Manimal. They did go together, after all.[/quote] [color="#4169E1"](snicker)... he said manimal... If that's coming back, then so is Max Headroom... T [/color]
[quote]I'm surprised that no one mentioned Andromeda. It was an awesome show up until they fired the lead writer mid-season 2. He later released the script summarising how it would have ended and it was clear that he'd planned an intricate political and complex story. It just annoys me that the network thought it was too "intellectual" for the mass market and wanted more Dylan-focused episodes with one-offs and simple star-trek like stories (Not that I don't like Star Trek)being more importan
[color="#4169E1"]While I can certainly see the appeal of humongous battle fleets fighting it out, having to control them all takes alot of that joy back. I think this to be a criticism of many modern games... They start out wonderful and end up a handful as you try to keep 100 different things in the air at once, especially when any one of them can start you down the path to ruin if you miss them. I tend to play medium games with 4 opponents at most, simply because the fleets get horrif
[color="#4169E1"]I use static defenses at bottleneck worlds without fail. I usually have 5,6 or even 7 hangers in a 60/40 fighter bomber split. Also have 2 or 3 repair stations and fill the rest with Gauss guns around the platforms. While true, they never actually stop an invasion, they are the cat's meow for buying time. I have my frigate and CS factories one planet back... given enough money and resources (which you better be saving for a rainy day end game) I have the time to build
[color="#4169E1"]TEC is a good choice to start with. Of the three factions, they are the most similar to "us" in how they operate. There are some very good threads here about the questions you raise... This one about the first CapShip as TEC: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/309106 This one about the learning curve and what to do early game: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/307759 And this one about Space Ponies... because they invariably come up eve
[color="#4169E1"]It sounds to me like you made a "run for the corner"... But lost. The initial thought was a good one, but when you got beat to it... That was a critical juncture in the game. Next time make a special save right there so you can play out differing strats and see what would have worked... As far as the game you post about: 1- I think you held on to your original idea too long. Once the possibility of getting that key planet was out it would be time to look at def
[quote]Finally, Red Dwarf should continue for at least another 50 series - best TV program ever, bar none (IMHO)![/quote] [color="#4169E1"]They promise they'd do it if they could get everyone who watches it to put that "H" on there foreheads... I was going to mention it, but it was so short a run and so long ago... Also Piznit... I do believe Earth2 was the name of that show. IIRC it was just getting interesting when it vanished. Anybody remember the Logan's run se
[quote]antracer,The problem is, some people (incl seabass apparantly) view this forum from the main stardock or impulse forums......and therefore the background is not black. It's white.....and I think by going to a lighter green you just made things even worse....lol[/quote] So does it appear as black at their end if it's white here ??? Oy... ;p T
[quote]antracer you are a very kind customer and I will help you any time you ask. However bright green on white background is just killing me.... [/quote] [color="#98FB98"]Sorry about the green...but my eyes actually have trouble with the white... The contrast is too much and I end up seeing spots because of the black background. Aside from the fact I can read the green better, it also seems I'm the only one who does it, so I am able to find posts and answers quickly... <br/
[quote]where can you find the image url and alt text that is what i need to know.like download pics from the game,sins of a solar empire, onto a post[/quote] [color="#00FF00"]I personally use photo bucket... It handles any pic pretty well, and gives you all the tags you need to put it on a post here without having to type anything. The account is free and pretty easy to set up. I used alot of "information" I made up to register... From there there's a box on the left for you
[quote]Need help figuring how to start in a particular spot on a rather nice "Rogue v All others" map of 1 (me as Rogues) vs 9 NPC players... I need to get Me, the mighty rogue empire, starting in a particular spot consistently and not just wtfever SINS decides. Any help is appreciated. ... [/quote] [color="#00FF00"]IIRC, you can edit the player/planet info to assign a specific planet. It's been awhile, but after clicking the planet in question go up to the edit button up top. There h
[color="#00FF00"]Just for the record... from Stardock Central to Impulse was a snap. I didn't have to type anything or enter anything at all. It pulled almost everything straight from SC. It did not recognize ToA as installed and wanted to reinstall it, which I did just to keep it all uniform. All in all from start to finish, including ToA, 15 whole minutes. Hardly any time at all considering what was done. I did notice that the interface was twitchy, jumpy even. It seemed
[color="#00FF00"]Thanks kryo and Seabass... Looks like it's time for something new... T [/color]
[quote]I even visited the Impulse website to see what it's about. For now I'll stick with StarDock though. My patches download automatically, take a few whole entire minutes and they're done.I recommend Impulse greatly for Sins players. I urge you to get used to it now since not only will it have all of your Sins update information, fastest access to the expansions and content updates, but it is going to have very powerful match making tools for all the online play. That and eventually it
[quote]Hi Antracer,I hope to be playing till my dying day though what kind of games we'll all be playing is anybodies guess. Like you I expect we will be playing hooked up to UBER PC's. The PC's may even have their own personalities and play along side us. Maybe we will be in total immersion games either with body suits and VR surround vision or maybe just linked direct with electrodes to our temples, totally handfree! Who knows??.[/quote] [color="#00FF00"]This would be great... because
[quote]1: First off, the dread scroll bar on the left side that moves up and down as ships pop in and out of a planets orbit, that needs to stay still....I can't be the only one who thinks this is broken....[/quote] [color="#00FF00"]You're not. It's also a StarDock thing. In GC2 when you are in the planet and ship construction window it does the same thing, forcing you to constantly have to go back to where you were. Not so much a big deal there, it's just terribly annoying... But when
[quote]I'm 10, so I guess that makes me the youngest.What's with all the old farts?(just kidding)[/quote] [color="#00FF00"]You'll know when you get old. You digestive system kind of grows a mind of it's own... When you're young, it has the strength to use the upper of it's two release orifices, but as it gets older and wiser, it realizes it's easier to just let it all go downhill. ;p T[/color]
[color="#00FF00"]Hey... thanks for changing the name! I do appreciate it...[/color] [quote]Isn't that what the Patch button on the UI is for? But fair enough. Having an opt-out option in the account I was forced to make would be nice, though.[/quote] [color="#00FF00"]I get one email a month about the latest stuff, and an occasional email from them concerning specific patches. Although I did get one today about 1.05 coming out, which was from May 11th... Hardly being spammed. C
[quote] there was no need for that comment mr.antracer[/quote] [color="#00FF00"]Um... yes there was. I don't mind being the one who takes the wrap for saying what needs to be said. Even after two additional posts there is still no additional info as to what pictures you are trying to post and where. I am more than happy to assist you in any way I can, but neither I nor anyone else on these forums can decipher your need based on the posts you have made. Pl
[color="#00FF00"]It's called notepad. Changing the turning and speed values is pretty straightforward. Download the reference files, which already have everything in text and go to town. I modded my cap ships to turn and accelerate in the first few incarnations and I know very little of complex inner workings and such. I haven't played in awhile as EU3 In Nomine has my attention at present, but there is a reference manual with the mod tools download that walks you through the basics an
[color="#00FF00"]What speed are you playing at? Snail -10? Not trying to be rude, just genuinely shocked... I start teching ASAP, usually as soon as the first stations are up. I build 2 civilian on my first two planets so I can research volcanic and ice colonization. I am truly mystified as to why it takes you so long to get going... As for autocast, Online I would want to micro, but against AI you're on equal footing and manual micro really isn't necessary. I do control my t
[color="#00FF00"]Just turned Richard Petty's Car number... After looking at all the replies here it's interesting to see all the different ages. As to why us older folk play games... I do cuz I can't dance and I'm to fat to fly... Hope I can still be playing when I'm 69 and retired. Although by then we'll be suited up in virtual reality. Hope I can run fast there... T[/color]
