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Great fixes!

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No, because reposting it here doesn't advance Wade's goal of attracting more readers to that site.

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It's a very subtle form of advertising - but it doesn't work very well because wade is forgetting to include the most important thing in his posts.

What is it? I'm not telling!

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Well, it is just crickets and tumbleweeds:
http://www.spaceempires5.com/en-US/forum/8

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That's not a very representative link, SJ. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

capnq:
That's exactly the point... se5.com has already reached critical mass. Anyone that wants to go there goes there already. Not posting the actual information, or even a link to a thread (which is less preferable than actual information), does little good to the users of this forum.

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sweet zombie jesus, one look at that forum color pallet and my nose started bleeding. Warn me next time you do that. lol

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Yes, I know, but all the rest of the SE4 forums are even deader.

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Believe it or not, the place looks better now (IMO) than it did before the last update of the site design.

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Posting has slowed down here, sadly.

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That's the nature of Space Empires communities. A lot of it two is that traffic is flowing to spaceempires5.com, but very little is flowing back out to the fan sites and community. As a result, most new players don't realize the larger community. Hell, malfador.com doesn't even link here anymore.

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The solution is obvious: Hype this place.

Re: \'Space Empires Universe\' (spaceempires5.com) N
 

Perhaps a better solution might be threads like this?

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Please. I don't have a hidden agenda. I read there and here. I'm sure there are many lurkers. I believe though that most prefer official sites and are not modders. Some polls at places have shown that. With many other games too.

I'm just trying to be helpful, informative, and a part of this site. I wasn't even thinking of posting the entire list of updates. Some people get bothered by seeing too much copy and pasting; but I suppose it's okay then.

As for not linking...I just figured that most of us have already added to favorites list spaceempires5.com and checked there some times. Also I already gave the link on the first page. I don't care to keep providing it.

Many people seem assuming and negative on forums often.
Cheers!

-Wade

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I agree. I'm finding very little on the modding front in these forums - which considering the past is unfortunate.

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Under 'Who's Online'(chart at left) at spaceempires5.com the number of "users" is some times low but the number of "guests" is often quite high.

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i have not posted in forever, I do think it is says a lot for Shrapnel to allow a game they do not even have anything to do with to to have have a forum for this game. Wade you have to admit to this. They have bee great about this....

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Wade:
I wasn't talking about a link to the site, but a link to the relevant thread. Making people do a search for it isn't very efficient.

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Okay. That sounds reasonable.

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Some of you that I believe have played more than me may want to answer this new guy. I think there are similiar threads around but opinions, attitudes, and versions change.

(Quote)"Hey everyone,

I'm new to these games, but now have both. Are there people who prefer IV to V?. If so why.

Thanks,"(End Quote)

http://www.spaceempires5.com/en-US/node/3431

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Also, I'm trying to add other posts to this thread other than just the version update posts.

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Kwok, you need to be less productive with your modding. Since yours is a great base, its tough to mod for it when you just go on improving things and release new versions http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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The SEV 1.38 Changelog has been posted in the Space Empires V General forum.

Captain Kwok states,"A big fix to the combat logs. You'll really like the new format. It was designed by long-time SE community member SuicideJunkie and has a ton of info at a glance while not taking up a 100 pages."


http://www.spaceempires5.com/en-US/node/3479

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Ya some nice changes to be sure.

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Is it me or there is a BIG problem with the website?

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Not you...

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Definitely not you. I'm also having problems with that site.

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I am locked out. Access denied even for reading!

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It appears to be back up and running.

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It may be the official forum but this forum here on Shrapnel is the functioning forum. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif
I can't still login there.

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Can anyone else not log in on Spaceempires5.com?

It doesn't recognize my user id and even if i try to register again it keeps saying my math problem answer in incorrect. I know that I barely passed "Calculus with analytic geometry" in college, but 8 + 10 I can do!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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All those problems are even more reasons for me not to visit that site.

When they actually get a competent website developer/good forum software then maybe, just maybe, I'll find it worthy of my time to visit.

Until that time Shrapnel is still the home for SE to me.

Again, thanks to Shrapnel for keeping this forum active, you truly are good people!

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Yaay for Shrapnel!

(But not the other shrapnel)

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It looks like their database got fried (again). It doesn't recognize my username when I try to request a password.

I had a problem with the math question, too. My first suspicion was that it was looking for keypad numbers (which are different codes than the top row of the keyboard), but I didn't test that.

Another possibilty that just occurred to me is that the problem is in reading the input fields rather than in the database.

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The site seems to have returned again.

Their server isn't the most unreliable. Garrysmod.com used to go down on a weekly basis for days at a time. At least spaceempires5.com only rarely goes down.

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The top row numbers and keypad numbers might be different keyboard codes, but the characters put into the form fields and sent to the server are identical.

The site claims that there is no Fyron account when I try to request a new password, as well.

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The site appears to be functioning normally again. They better get a handle on these issues though.

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Perhaps they are trying and that is what is causing these issues. ??

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They are using Drupal as a CMS, while it's a very good and robust program, it's very touchy. If their webhost doesn't properly support it, Drupal will break if you give it a funny look. There are also popular drupal mods that don't work together well

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Well they have come a long ways since they first opened the site. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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dunno what happens with these sites i mean how can it be so difficult to get a stable site?

The Lost Empire site was down as well like the same day it came out - but they redid it pretty much meanwhile at least. I followed this game a bit, it hasnt got that much attention yet - but it looks promising - a bit like se4.
You can see for yourself at: www.polluxgamelabs.com/lostempire

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Cool. 'Lost Empire' looks interesting. I'll look a little closer at it.

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Always nice to see another 4x game. If anyone tries it out let us know http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif There really isn't too much info on the page though. It does not look as complex/detailed as SE though.

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Tak ah Lah gave a quick report on it at SpaceEmpires V

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Under the topic " Worth Getting"

His final sentence sums it up

"All in all after about an hour playing I was bored...something that has never happened with SEV...I may have been frustrated & angry with the bugs in the early days, happy when playing PBW or against myself, and many other feelings, but NEVER bored!"

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Check out this thread about an ongoing epic war in an ongoing game of Space Empires V. It's awesome! The game is over 250 turns in. In the beginning of the tale it focuses on a system being called "no mans land" where each of the two opponents controls a warp point. There is a sort of stalemate in the start of the tale until...

http://www.spaceempires5.com/en-US/n...#comment-30676