Arcade Game?

Phoenix-D · #1 September 29th, 2003, 09:23 PM

If there's this much request to slow things down, I'll probably bang out a mod for it once I get the full Version. Everything would need to be reduced- ship speeds, turn rate, acceleration, weapon and power recharge rates, shield/armor/hull repair..

And except for the Last, it looks like its all modable. So, can we get a general idea on how much things should be slowed down?

Phoenix-D · #2 September 29th, 2003, 10:11 PM

Problem solved, mostly.

http://members.cox.net/phoenix-d/Slowdown.zip

This little mod for the demo slows ship turning, acceleration, and top speed by 4 times. It also gives you 4 times as long to do the missions. I couldn't change the components and repair rates to match, so this might play a little oddly..

To install, just extract the zip file to your Campains directory, start a new game, and select "Slowdown" instead of Backwater Blues.

[ September 29, 2003, 21:12: Message edited by: Phoenix-D ]

Mehrunes · #3 September 29th, 2003, 11:05 PM

I tried halving down the ships accel and turn rates, but I ended up thinking that it was too much. Maybe 75% would do it.

Renegade 13 · #4 September 30th, 2003, 12:36 AM

The game must run differently on different systems. On my machine the speed is just fine. Cutting it back by 4X would make the game unplayable. Although I do agree that the turn rate should be reduced, maybe by 30-50%?? (Especially for the destroyer

) But this is just me and it sounds like quite a few of you are having some trouble with this, so good luck!

Phoenix-D · #5 September 30th, 2003, 12:49 AM

4x was probably overkill, but I did it that big so I could be absolutely sure it was working, without needing to do extensive testing.

DeadZone · #6 September 30th, 2003, 05:09 AM

IMHO Game speed is ok for me
All it is is the turning rates that annoy me, but these are easily moddable anyway

Instar · #7 September 30th, 2003, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Renegade 13:
The game must run differently on different systems. On my machine the speed is just fine. Cutting it back by 4X would make the game unplayable. Although I do agree that the turn rate should be reduced, maybe by 30-50%?? (Especially for the destroyer ) But this is just me and it sounds like quite a few of you are having some trouble with this, so good luck!

Well, it does run differently, with different frames/sec, but the game is supposed to scale with that I think.