Re: cant play s.e iv anymore
 

on average, I'd say about 2 turns/week.

The main factor in the game's slow pace though is that it's running on an older version of Proportions. If you're not familiar with Proportions, it slows play down a LOT (wonderful!), and the mod was all pretty new when we first started the game, so we were all playing cautiously as well.

Re: cant play s.e iv anymore
 

The PVK Proportions game #1 just past the 3 year aniversary a few days ago, it started on March 29, 2002. At turn 261 that's about 1.6 turns a week on average. I was in the game at the start but dropped out over two year ago. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

We have one game still running that's older. The Borg Open challange game, started in July 2001. That one is only up to turn 167 so they don't do turns as often apparently. It's probably about to wrap up since there are only two players left.

We have three games with more turns then the Proportions game. Currently the leader in that department is TDM Round 2. This game is on turn 361. It's only a two player game, which tend to go faster. They started in June of 2004 so they have done better than a turn a day for almost a year now.

We don't keep stats on games that are finished and have been deleted so I can't tell you what the most turns in a game ever is, but I'm pretty sure the oldest game ever is the BOC game. It's almost as old as PBW. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Geoschmo

Re: cant play s.e iv anymore
 

Same here. Can't play SEIV anymore. I might change my mind in Summer or Fall, but if I'm going to play anything, I'd probably dust off Starfury, play through that again, and then dream of maybe learning how to model if I thought I could import into SE5...

Re: cant play s.e iv anymore
 

i didnt think of that,ive made 2 shipsets as well so far,i wonder what we gonna need to make sets for s,e v

Re: cant play s.e iv anymore
 

Try Wings 3d. It's pretty easy to learn and free.

Re: cant play s.e iv anymore
 

I can't even do 2D art, so I'm even more worse off than you guys.

Don't feel bad: there is *always* somebody worse at something than you are.

Corralary: There is always someone better than you are.

Re: cant play s.e iv anymore
 

2D is a hell of a lot harder than 3D, trust me. If you don't believe me, compare my 2D drawn shipsets with my 3D rendered ones.

http://www.dogscoff.co.uk/viking.htm
http://www.dogscoff.co.uk/valkyrie.htm
http://www.dogscoff.co.uk/KanesS.htm

Re: cant play s.e iv anymore
 

I started working on a mod for SEIV a while back, but found too much hard coding in the way of what I was trying to accomplish. Here's hoping SEV is a LOT less hard coded.

Re: cant play s.e iv anymore
 

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif 2D harder than 3D? Weird... OK, maybe I'll try someday...

Re: cant play s.e iv anymore
 

Dedicated hard core players and the Propotions Mod = LONG GAME. Normal good games go at least a year. Really good games go between a year and two years. And superb games go longer than two years. Excellent games go longer than three years.

I have yet to play a good game that has NOT gone a year. Those game are the best... Although I just surrendered in QOC game after a year.... I could have kept going but I was in last place being so far behind the second to last player by twice his score that to continue, especially with the limited time I have, was the better thing to do.

When you get into a good game, it just feels good to play. Especially when you start to click with your allies and such. The first 12hr onslought game was one such game, and so was the SSFF II game with CNC, Gandolph, Tnarg, and so on.