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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 30th, 2005, 09:24 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 7,528
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: OT: Archery in combat

One word: 1632. It's a series of books from Baen Publishing, that deals with a small town (from west virginia, of all places) being transported intact to 1632 Germany, and how they deal with it and...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V September 9th, 2004, 09:42 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,786
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: Running SEIV from Hi Resolution Desktop

My solution to this (since i'm computer rich and pci-slot poor) is to use VNC to run the SE IV on another box remotely. This gives me some signifigant advantages:

1. it's free (tightVNC is free,...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V August 29th, 2004, 08:27 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,654
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: gameplay: How to stop drones ?

That depends entirely on the situation; the only one i can think of that would be a "hit" even if it went off nearby is a anti-aircraft missile (because of things being sucked into the intake,...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V July 23rd, 2004, 12:00 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 5,676
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: How do you name your ships?

Ships are named after what they do and are:
"Heavy Attack", "Light Attack", "Planet Maker"

then i add a "mk ###" to them (ie, Mk I, Mk II, Mk III, etc) to denote the Version of the ship...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V July 7th, 2004, 01:25 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,271
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: OT: Does anyone know of any Calendar program for the perpetually disorganized?

I use 2 applications.

the first is Dragonfly by MXac Software (www.mxac.com.au) - this is a "life organizer", with a journal, address book, Calendar, reminders, project organizer, etc. It's a...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V June 15th, 2004, 10:53 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,398
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: OT: Hardware-to-Organism Interfaces (h2oi)

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">And what, as they say, is wrong with that?

Although my own belief structure is centered around being actually uploaded into a machine, i see...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V June 4th, 2004, 10:35 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,394
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: ShrapnelGames Game merchandise..

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I dunno..i consider him something of a hero http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Maybe have included accessories - a lone work...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V June 2nd, 2004, 12:11 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,381
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: Semi OT: Spaceship Cockpits?

The issue with cockpits/windows in space ships is typically tied up in our conception that windows and cockpits represent weak points - ie, that the substance used for them is weaker then the rest of...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 27th, 2004, 06:50 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,394
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: OT - a REAL "War Simulation"...

the thing is, i actually rather enjoy some of the suggestions, and think they'd add an interesting dimenson to a game like the SE Series.

in particuar i'm fond of the concept of "bad intel" that...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 23rd, 2004, 08:12 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,881
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: v91 Boarding Parties

Interestingly, i actually *rely* on this at times. If the enemy sends in a huge fleet of war ships, i have a border defense consisting of around 100 boarding ships. Often times this has saved me,...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V May 2nd, 2004, 03:40 AM
Replies: 66
Views: 7,674
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: OT: Your Favorite Book Series

The Antita Blake Series
Honor Harrington
March Series (Up country, to the sea, to the stars).

I'm very fond of alot of fanfiction works, as well, though not of the sort posted here.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 19th, 2004, 02:53 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,106
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: Open Q - What changes/settings do you use for human vs. AI games?

Since i'm just getting started, i go for:

5000 racial points
good planet start, 5 planets, high technology
no applied intel (i hate intel).

Medium galaxy (spiral arm/dense from devnull).

I...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 8th, 2004, 02:07 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,687
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: What\'s Your SE4 GeekCode?

A Se++ GdY $++ Fr- C Csc Sf-- Ai++ Au M+ MpD S--- Ss ROTR Pw- Fq Nd Rp++ G+++ Mm+++ Bb L++ Tcp++
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V March 25th, 2004, 09:09 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 4,561
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: Alien, I mean really Alien.

i think that it is impossible for the human mind to really construct something that is totally alien to it. We'll always boil it down to something we can relate to - something that speaks to us, that...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 27th, 2004, 09:10 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,285
Posted By Deth B0y
Re: New Title Screen = SE5 Ideas

It looks very beautiful. In fact, when i saw it, my very first comment to my associate was: "wow that's pretty!" - especially the shield action. Very impressive.

One thing i have always longed for...
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