Suggestions for Space Empires V

Aris_Sung · #1 May 20th, 2005, 02:55 AM

Here's an idea: the ability to tow ships with ships that having tractor beams. huh, huh?

Emperor's Child · #2 May 23rd, 2005, 05:41 PM

I hope we get around the problem of faster ships not being able to withdraw from combat from slower ships. I've always thought it rather unrealistic that fast ships just stop at the board edge and wait to be killed. Why can't those ships be allowed to "disengage" from the battle?

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 May 24th, 2005, 12:21 AM

Have the battle area scale and follow the 'center of mass'.

Emperor's Child · #4 May 24th, 2005, 10:05 AM

That would require lots more coding. I simply propose that if a ship reaches the edge of the battle area it should just drop out of combat and be listed as survived. In simultaneous games, this would likley translate into more of a running engagement between fleets where the first battle the escorts fight it out and the loosers auxiliary ships run, and then a series of fights as the winning fleet chases down the auxiliary ships if they can catch them.

Captain Kwok · #5 May 24th, 2005, 01:52 PM

The combat area is not limited in SE:V.

Emperor's Child · #6 May 25th, 2005, 09:04 AM

Aewsome! This will change the game play for the better IMHO.

Kana · #7 May 26th, 2005, 10:40 PM

If the AI is externally scripted...I would think it would be a snap to have the ships name list work in a similar scripted fashion instead of just a list. This would allow it to be in a format so that it can point to a descripter prefix like 'HMS' or 'USS' and then possibly list name by ships class instead of alphabetical or random order...

Kana