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Suicide Junkie · #1 September 13th, 2003, 02:57 PM

In a fleet battle, there is more than enough manoeuvering to do. In fact there is probably a little too much dogfighting, considering also that you are supposed to be commanding ships between destroyer and battleship size, not piloting fighters singlehandedly (although that's moddable).

Also consider that this is based on the Space Empires series, where combat has always been 2D.
That may change for SEV, perhaps, but I don't see it adding much value.

Fighters do end up swarming all around captial ships, and I've seen some very amazing screens (Oh, I so wish I'd hit the printscreen button)...
coming around a star, I see 7 fighters hammering a pirate ship from all directions, while three capital ships bombard it with APBs and torpedoes.

Katchoo · #2 September 13th, 2003, 07:59 PM

On the topic of Fighters...

Can you Model your own Fighters? And if so, is it possible to Model a small one man craft like a Fighter to fly yourself around in as opposed to larger craft (eg Escort, Cruiser, etc..)?

I imagine a true Star Wars Mod emphisizing Fighter Combat would be a bLast in Starfury...

Wydraz · #3 September 13th, 2003, 08:19 PM

These are the sizes (in terms of component slots) of ships I have seen from the text files:

Fighter 15-25
Destroyer 45-60
Frigate 50
Freighter 50
Cruiser 40-75
Battlecruiser 65
Battleship 70-100
Carrier 80-100

So I imagine the answer to your question is YES. I notice too that there seems to be an absence of ships of Escort size (lets say, 25-40).

Fyron · #4 September 13th, 2003, 09:20 PM

You can make your own models for pretty much everything in the game, just like how SE4 has nearly completely customizable graphics.

Captain Kwok · #5 September 13th, 2003, 09:26 PM

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Originally posted by Katchoo:
On the topic of Fighters...

Can you Model your own Fighters? And if so, is it possible to Model a small one man craft like a Fighter to fly yourself around in as opposed to larger craft (eg Escort, Cruiser, etc..)?

I imagine a true Star Wars Mod emphisizing Fighter Combat would be a bLast in Starfury...

I have taken a Terran fighter and made it a starting ship. However, those pesky PDCs can make your day short - even if you have a few custom modifications.

[ September 13, 2003, 20:26: Message edited by: Captain Kwok ]

Phoenix-D · #6 September 14th, 2003, 03:56 AM

Speaking of death, how is that handled in Starfury? I know other games have escape pods and such.

Captain Kwok · #7 September 14th, 2003, 04:42 PM

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Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Speaking of death, how is that handled in Starfury? I know other games have escape pods and such.

Your ship explodes and you die. No escape pods here! Your family is told that you were crushed to death when your gravity plating fails or something to that effect.

[ September 14, 2003, 15:43: Message edited by: Captain Kwok ]