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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

December 16th, 2000, 11:19 PM

Replies: 23

Richard, very classy!

Views: 4,490

Posted By WendellM

Re: Richard, very classy!

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>game developer/designer/Honcho (your exact title?)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

IIRC, his old title was "Director of Covert Operations" but...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

December 7th, 2000, 06:18 AM

Replies: 3

How 'bout a search function for the Online manual?

Views: 1,855

Posted By WendellM

Re: How \'bout a search function for the Online manual?

You can sort of do that now in Windows. Go to the Manual Files folder, hit Ctrl-F to start up Find, make sure that Include Subfolders is checked, then enter a keyword under "Containing text:".

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

December 5th, 2000, 11:15 AM

Replies: 19

Next Patch?

Views: 4,229

Posted By WendellM

Re: Next Patch?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>MM did 17(!) patches on SE3 if I remember right, not because it was overly buggy but because people asked for them.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

December 1st, 2000, 12:22 PM

Replies: 8

Rationale for 2D world in which planets don't move

Views: 2,342

Posted By WendellM

Re: Rationale for 2D world in which planets don\'t move

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>
The planets and warp points *do* rotate.
(hands start waving about to help the explanation)

However, to keep everything simple,...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

December 1st, 2000, 11:47 AM

Replies: 17

'Opportunity Fire' for Sattelites & WPs

Views: 3,581

Posted By WendellM

Re: \'Opportunity Fire\' for Sattelites & WPs

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>WendellM, explain impulse movement please.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I would, but James has already done a nice job (my thanks to a fellow...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 30th, 2000, 11:43 AM

Replies: 17

'Opportunity Fire' for Sattelites & WPs

Views: 3,581

Posted By WendellM

Re: \'Opportunity Fire\' for Sattelites & WPs

Arc.Smiloid,

Both of the models you mention have things going for them.

A. is like Starfleet Command (a great, real-time adaptation of Star Fleet Battles, IMHO) which provides for a seamless...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 30th, 2000, 09:48 AM

Replies: 4

Why is the color off in v.1.11?

Views: 2,262

Posted By WendellM

Re: Why is the color off in v.1.11?

Hmm, I haven't noticed this. Below are sample screen sections from the demo Version and the 1.11 Version as installed on my PC, captured with Print Screen, pasted into Photoshop, then cropped and...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 30th, 2000, 08:44 AM

Replies: 8

Live multiplayer anyone..weekend

Views: 2,153

Posted By WendellM

Re: Live multiplayer anyone..weekend

Hiya Socialist and Jubala,

Once again, a semi-parallel between strategic SE4 and "that other company's" tactical Combat Mission.

Until a couple of days ago, CM was email-only. They've just...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 30th, 2000, 08:09 AM

Replies: 1

Signing up to the MM fan-club

Views: 1,633

Posted By WendellM

Re: Signing up to the MM fan-club

Welcome aboard!

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I downloaded the demo for SEIV on Monday, fell in love with it and ordered the game on Tuesday, and now wait...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 29th, 2000, 07:28 AM

Replies: 7

AI weakness

Views: 1,977

Posted By WendellM

Re: AI weakness

One rather hotly debated factor in Combat Mission (a WW II game from another independent developer/publisher) has been the ability of an AI tank (and one of yours, which is semi-AI) to remember where...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 27th, 2000, 07:16 AM

Replies: 9

Cargo....

Views: 2,150

Posted By WendellM

Re: Cargo....

Cargo space on planets is where units (troops, mines, satellites, weapon platforms, etc.) are stored on the surface. It's supposed to be possible to use up all the cargo space so that you can't...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 27th, 2000, 06:48 AM

Replies: 5

range Check/sum error??

Views: 2,862

Posted By WendellM

Re: range Check/sum error??

I've only seen one: a range error when trying to load some pre-patch races in a post-patch game (I imagine that my heavily unbalanced race values are now impossible to achieve since the patch, and...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 23rd, 2000, 09:26 AM

Replies: 17

The Patch!

Views: 3,926

Posted By WendellM

Re: The Patch!

Talenn's problem (integrating modified items into patched data files such as Components.txt) led me to think about this matter (since I plan on creating modified or completely new data files).

As...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 22nd, 2000, 09:35 PM

Replies: 17

The Patch!

Views: 3,926

Posted By WendellM

Re: The Patch!

Good work and great timing! Music now works for me, and the history.txt file shows that the team has been busy in many other ways, too. http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 22nd, 2000, 07:29 AM

Replies: 15

Space Empires IV Off Backorder!

Views: 2,968

Posted By WendellM

Re: Space Empires IV Off Backorder!

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Congrats on the sales figures to everybody involved!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I second that! It's always great to see that there's an...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 22nd, 2000, 06:51 AM

Replies: 1

Scenario editor in the works?

Views: 1,325

Posted By WendellM

Re: Scenario editor in the works?

While you can change a number of start-up parameters in the full game (along with editing all the data files, which is great), you can't set up the starting universe at the system/fleet level.

The...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 21st, 2000, 12:52 PM

Replies: 7

Component order

Views: 2,629

Posted By WendellM

Re: Component order

Hi Throwdini (News Radio was a great show, wasn't it? http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif),

In Starfire (the boardgame "inspiration" for SE4), component order matters since...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 20th, 2000, 07:00 AM

Replies: 12

I hope they are coming in a patch

Views: 3,825

Posted By WendellM

Re: I hope they are coming in a patch

Richard, Malfador's site currently says "500+ components and facilities" which I believe is accurate. There are (by my count) 458 components and 122 facilities. You might see what Aaron has planned...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 19th, 2000, 10:31 AM

Replies: 12

I hope they are coming in a patch

Views: 3,825

Posted By WendellM

Re: I hope they are coming in a patch

Matt,

I believe that the unused art is just that, and doesn't indicate that anything is missing from your .txt files. It could be stuff they ran out of time to do, it could be items planned for...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 18th, 2000, 11:00 PM

Replies: 12

I hope they are coming in a patch

Views: 3,825

Posted By WendellM

Re: I hope they are coming in a patch

Danny asked
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Are you counting Crystal, Organic, Religious, Physic, and all the other speacial ability componets?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 18th, 2000, 10:20 PM

Replies: 12

I hope they are coming in a patch

Views: 3,825

Posted By WendellM

Re: I hope they are coming in a patch

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>1) There were supposed to be over 500 components included: There are currently 263 in my game.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm not sure why...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 16th, 2000, 08:23 PM

Replies: 4

Scenarios?

Views: 3,081

Posted By WendellM

Re: Scenarios?

Here's a quote from Malfador's "What's New" section from 9/22:

"Some of you have asked about Map Editors and Scenarios editors. They don't exist yet, but they will. Probably not in time for the...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 16th, 2000, 10:54 AM

Replies: 9

SE IV = Starfire (even > Starfire!)

Views: 3,976

Posted By WendellM

SE IV = Starfire (even > Starfire!)

I quite enjoyed the old 1979 Starfire pocket edition when I bought it in 1981 (along with my friends - we often built quick fleets to battle).

While I passed on Starfire II & III, I was introduced...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 16th, 2000, 09:19 AM

Replies: 20

Ringworlds

Views: 6,815

Posted By WendellM

Re: Ringworlds

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>ok I have a small question, With Sphereworlds, If you have one, and it encases the sun,(as sphereworlds do) once you build it,...

Forum: Space Empires: IV & V

November 16th, 2000, 09:00 AM

Replies: 18

MAN, that UPS tracking is nice...

Views: 4,442

Posted By WendellM

Re: MAN, that UPS tracking is nice...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I open the case... The cd had broke in half!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Wow, bad deal, man. I've ordered several games from Shrapnel...

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