POLL->things we\'d really like in Next Patch (Platinum II)
 

Based on thread 'things we'd like to see in next patch' here is a poll.

[ November 01, 2002, 03:12: Message edited by: DavidG ]

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You are only allowed to Vote for 3 things out of that list of Great Features. ...Very Hard... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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Thanks for running a new poll Dave

Re: POLL->things we\'d really like in Next Patch (Platinum II)
 

interesting poll. three is good, too.

EDIT: removed my additional ideas to poll. lets get this sorted out without additional ideas.

EDIT2: It is a poll i wanted to have a while ago... it would be good to have a moderator watching over the topic to prevent numerous new ideas from popping up and preventing from poll to do anything.

[ November 01, 2002, 03:38: Message edited by: Taera ]

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I'm missing my saving and opening of simul-turns for PBW, and my coveted map editor http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif . Its a great list anyway though!

Also, how about all of them? They're all great!

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hehe that's what I though too after posting it. There are at least 10 of the items I would really like to have.

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Some comments....

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You DO realize how unbalancing/unrealistic this is, correct? Maybe if there is a one per planet restriction...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">If this is put in, it really should be set to off by default. Not everyone has the luxury of game files in excess of several megabytes. Even if it's just limited to storing the ship class/planet population, that's a lot of extra data to keep track of for each player.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">File size, but not as much as above... only 4 bytes * total_ships, but still, for such a trivial thing... ship experience is a good enough indicator of this.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ok, for this one, you're talking huge combat files. Right now, the game only has to save movement coordinates, firing targets (and whether the shot hit or missed), and ship damage at the end of each combat turn. This would require saving the component hit for each shot and if it's destroyed, as well. The file size increases of the Last two would be trivial compared to the hugeness of this if there is a big confrontation.

For those, IMHO, the "benefits" (AKA "coolness factor") of these updates wouldn't help gameplay significantly, and would add restrictions to some Users. You have to remember, not everyone has high bandwidth or insanely huge hard drives.

For the rest, nothing immediately comes to mind on potential problems, other than varying degrees of coding effort. And, since only one person (perhaps a few others) knows anything about the SE4 source, I can't really comment on difficulty http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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"If this is put in, it really should be set to off by default. Not everyone has the luxury of game files in excess of several megabytes. Even if it's just limited to storing the ship class/planet population, that's a lot of extra data to keep track of for each player."

The save files don't get that large even when you CAN see what everyone is doing.. (i.e. partnerships). I can see 90% of the galaxy in one of my games, and it's under a meg.

Phoenix-D

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's not just seeing a large percentage of the galaxy, it's storing WHEN you saw it, and doing that for each player. The game file contains the data for each player, so for every system there needs to be a section for when/if each player Last viewed that system, and what/where everything was in the system. This is much different than seeing what is in a large portion of the quadrant this turn.

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Thanks for making this poll DAVID.
Originally posted by Baron Grazic:
You are only allowed to Vote for 3 things out of that list of Great Features. ...Very Hard...

REPLY; No kidding its hard http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif .If i only could select 5 choices.
My choices are (a)satilite(b)Warpoint(c)Intell, too hard ,theres RAIN WATER coming from my HEAD??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif .