just_jim

wow, no posts in almost 4 days... has the mod died in it's tracks???

[quote who="Major Stress" reply="1152" id="2574288"]Apologies for not being around as much.. 14 hour days, and the optimization project got my full attention at the moment. The dominion SB i have not seen in game yet though i have seen the WIP mesh. I think you guys will be impressed. Romulan SB i havent had a chance to even lay one triangle for it down yet. 0.5 foundation only feds are done so far.. again looong days at rl job holding me back. Cant mod if i a

Stress, I love the Great Taste Less Filling Idea!!! I hate when I'm playing and the game starts getting "Jumpy" because of too much going on... I can barely see the difference in the look, and if it'll smooth out and speed up the game... WOOHOO!!!

Actually, I just had a thought about the other planets... Stress... if I add more planets from say the DS or CB mods, is that also gonna effect the poly count and all that... this 2-gig RAM problem you've been talking about? Or is a planet a planet no matter what the texture???

[quote who="crazyewok" reply="1061" id="2557844"]Any chance of adding more planet options and things like black holes and planets from the solar system to add more variety In maps? I'm trying to do it myself but would be good If it was made official as it would save the time it taked to mod each update you release. Tryig to think of any other improvments but i cant really. Maybe do something with the pirates? And abit of polishing. Like the work you done

[quote who="zonek" reply="1059" id="2557527"]I don't think anyone has underestimated your modding/texturing skills. I am really surprised that the ambassador and excelsior are such low polys because they some of the best looking ships in the game! On a side note, in the 0.3c and e build you had smoke trails after damaged ships, however I havn't noticed it in the latest releases. Is this part of volumetric explosion effects? The problem with the 2gig limit might restrict this but th

[quote who="JTAYLORPCS" reply="1044" id="2555758"]Just a fyi we are plannning to release a update to the mod to add some more content, within the next week or so. thanks jtaylorcs [/quote] Awesome!!!! More content??? Rommie star base??? Maybe??? Please??? Buy ya a beer...lol...

[quote who="QuicktoDraw" reply="1043" id="2555292"] Quoting psychoak, reply 1040 Troi is hawt! One of the great things about trek in it's entirity is that it had such hawt ladies that graced the screen in each and every series. My favorite actress Was Lt Commander. Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell). Man I would have loved to play "count the spots" with her, but if I had to choose a lady of my choice from Next generation, I choose Gates McFadde

I'm running an AMD 9500 Quad core with 3 gigs of RAM... so far I haven't experienced this 2-gig problem, but on bigger games mine will slow down and get sort of jumpy. That's when I have to start disabling graphic stuff to keep it running smooth. But I prefer smaller 1vs 1 games anyway, so it's all good.

[quote who="Major Stress" reply="945" id="2543794"]One thing you have to understand about the Borg. They are slow builders, and researchers. We made them that way as part of the balancing. If they built, and researched at the same pace as the four factions it would be game over before it begins. Remember once we have everything balanced it will literally take four factions to defeat one borg faction, and they will have great difficulty if the Borg are fully researched. A fully researched, and

[quote who="QuicktoDraw" reply="817" id="2537239"] Man, you REALLY need to get some video of that action, because you describe it in great detail! I didn't know that Fraps isn't freeware anymore, but I still have an old installer for it. If you guys want it, you can download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?mwmgdjuizt4 [/quote] I'll check out FRAPS later... I've never used it, but

Onre thing I noticed in the game I'm in right now concerning the Borg.. I'm still playing my Romulin vs Borg game, and I'm actually making some headway. It took damn near an hour, but I've secured 2 more asteroids and a gas giant... what a hoot!!! I'll tell you about that in a minute.. but this is relivant... Between my homeworlds and the Borg are 4 asteroid belts, 2 asteroids and 2 gas giants.. Now the Borg went for the Asteroids... one of which I jus

OK, I have to share this... I am in the middle of possible the best game I've ever played in terms of fear factor and all that... hehehe.... this one has been amazing. Small galaxy forge map, 20 planets total. basically 1 solar system, 5 planets on each side of the sun with a ring of asteroids and belts in the middle connecting both sides... no connections to the star itself.... both sides as even as possible, no cheating. This is one of my favorite small 1vs1 maps. <

[quote who="Major Stress" reply="775" id="2535095"]We have all of the ship designs we need right now. However if you are interested in helping us with modeling we do need structures. Klingons need structures, The Romulans need structures, and the Dominion need structures. Yes, We do frown upon "fan" made desgins. Do not take this at all personal, but most fan designs tend to be outright absurd. There are a few exceptions that do catch our eye. That is because actual thought was put

[quote who="just_jim" reply="756" id="2534660"] Quoting cselsor, reply 749 Is the scout cube supposed to be a scout??? It just seems silly to have a scout that could wipe the floor with most systems!! Don't worry, this is NOT for the mod, just my own sick personal use... hehehe. Well, unless the Mod team wants to use it... then they're free to whatever I come up with of course... I like really rea

[quote who="psychoak" reply="760" id="2534729"] Yes, but that's the very last thing you get, at the very end of a long upgrade tree. So basically, until I get a Tac cube (when and if), I'm stuck with taking up valuable fleet space with some planet pounders. To even THINK about getting a Tac cube you need to basically dominate the map, and you can't take over planets without a small group of planet bombers. Half your bleeding fleet can assimilate frigate

[quote who="cselsor" reply="749" id="2534446"]Is the scout cube supposed to be a scout??? It just seems silly to have a scout that could wipe the floor with most systems!! [/quote] Don't worry, this is NOT for the mod, just my own sick personal use... hehehe. Well, unless the Mod team wants to use it... then they're free to whatever I come up with of course... I like really really hard scenarios, and the idea of a wandering cube made me

[quote who="Mystic Angel" reply="746" id="2534314"]Technically speaking, the Phase ship that the Scout Cube replaced did have the roletype of Capital Scout. I don't see any reason why adding some type of scouting ability would create AI issues, but I will say that such an ability would most likely instigate a situation in which a cube begins scouting the map and attacking whatever it sees. Not a flimsy scout ship, mind you...a borg cube. While definitely fitting

[quote who="Major Stress" reply="740" id="2533867"]Probably because its in a cap ship slot? and it would mess the AI up? [/quote] It does??? I put it in mine and it worked fine... but then again I was playing the Borg, the AI wasn't... I didn't try it the other way round... Shouldn't be too hard to make a cap ship scouting ability, should it?? I'm gonna look at it later when I've had some coffee

[quote who="Vulturev4" reply="738" id="2533729"] Question for the mod team: is there any tactical difference between the 4 different types of cubes, (scout, regular, tactical, and assimilation) other than the armor and weapons, are there plans to differentiate them in any way? [/quote] Actually I'm curious why the Scout cube does't have the scouting ability???

[quote who="Major Stress" reply="724" id="2532606"]Why inst the Remun Scimitar, 8472, The Prometheus, The NX-01, The Edsilprise, Q, etc. etc. in the mod. Let me put it in terms the younger generation can understand... They are cheesy, and GAY... (major sarcasim intended). Seriously, The Scimitar as stated above was unique, and way too OP for the mod. Even for the Borg because if its ridiculous fire while cloaked. Yet another Killer B trademark. Along with damn near every trek episo

[quote] Quoting QuicktoDraw, reply 715 @just_jim- Although maybe cool to watch, not very practical since we cannot recreate the abilities to destroy planets (at best the Scimitars "Thalaron Radiation" emmiters would be easier, since the ability would just do MASSIVE planetary pop damage), but would anyone want to be on the receiving end of something like that? I dunno about you, but no other faction has any weapons that are comparable to that. [/quote] Oh I

[quote who="QuicktoDraw" reply="713" id="2532335"]@Strikestorm49- Besides the fact that it is a REMAN ship, it was an only prototype with massive firepower and planet destroying technology. Yeah, THAT would be perfect for this mod (along with Species 8472 death star abilities) . [/quote] I posted the same thing, I thought she was Reman... and I totally forgot the prototype bit. But I have to admit, it would be cool to be able

[quote who="Strikestorm49" reply="709" id="2532134"]Im curious why didn't you all include the Scimtar for the romulans? [/quote] Well, besides it's a supership... I think it could be argued the Scimitar wasn't Romulin, it was Reman... I'm not sure they really specified in the Movie...

I'm curious if there is anything in the works for the Romulin and Dominion star bases yet?? I really hate that Vasari base... I'd rather see them with the TEC one myself if I had to choose one.