Space Food Empires!

[Captain Kwok]

Greetings!

Ok, Ok. I know I'm running far, far behind as usual but this is what I've accomplished in the last month:

• Finished adding components and weapons minus stellar manipulation
• Completed Events.txt with 225 custom events
• Completed IntelProjects.txt with 54 projects
• Completed most combat images
• Added some more quadrant types
• Fixed up some system types, total of 100 types
• Cost adjustments
• Added lots of descriptions
• Lots of debugging

I still need to finish the following before I'll release it:

• Finish adding racial facility entries
• Make some basic AI files to expediate testing
• Finish updating website

I've made a bunch of changes within the mod including resource definitions (again), colony techs, and some of the empire descriptions and types. Will it ever end?

I'd like to make some basic ship placeholders for each major race since using the generic images can be confusing in test games - but that's too time consuming to do and I know some are still patiently waiting. So I won't do that until after the first release.

[ironman]

well hurry it up we are starving for it to get on the plater so we can dig into it

[Captain Kwok]

Here are some current mod stats:

• Components.txt contains about 200 components and 150 weapons.
• Facility.txt contains about 150 facilities (Ok, about 40 more to enter still. )
• 225 custom events
• 55 intelligence projects
• 100 new system types
• Tons of vehicle types

Anyway, not sure to do with mounts. Currently I have only the very basic of mounts - that is 1/2x and 2x strictly multiplier mounts. I do plan to add some range enhancing mounts and a variety of ship or weapon specific ones later on. You guys have any types you find particularly nice?

[Ragnarok-X]

Oh well. I like mounts that add range and hit modifers. Or mounts that make a big increasement in damage. I dont like that increase costs or tonnage though
When do you think a playable version will be ready ? I remember you talking something about "christmas". I didnt imagined you could mean christman 05 though
190 facilites sounds pretty much, same goes for 150 weapons. Looking forward to it !

[Captain Kwok]

I'm not big on lots and lots of mounts, so I was thinking for a given ship you might have:

• 1/2x or 2x Multiplier Mount (depends on ship size)
• Accuracy Mount
• Range Mount
• A speciality Mount

[Ragnarok-X]

What do you consider special mounts ? Things which increase damage resistance or decrease supply usage ?

[Captain Kwok]

A speciality mount could be a single weapon, ship, or racial specific mount.