A Few Questions

[Wolf_9977]

Thanks for the answers everyone. Being able to run in a window and with sound off helps with the, err, work issue.

I have another question now, is there an advantage to pre-ordering the game versus just waiting until later?

[Combat Wombat]

It's cheaper when you pre-order I think, it assures that you get you copy right away.

[Wolf_9977]

Combat Wombat said:
It's cheaper when you pre-order I think, it assures that you get you copy right away.

Anyone care to verify that the price is cheaper by pre-ordering?

Is it possible to turn off the end game date/penalty and just play until you've explored everything? One thing I found a little weid in SAIS is that you could die and get a better score than if you survived but made it back to your home planet late.

[Fingers]

The late return penalty can't be "turned off", but it's easy to make a mod with a much longer time limit if you really want to.

[Shadowcat]

Wolf_9977 said:
Anyone care to verify that the price is cheaper by pre-ordering?

This information might not be correct (although I'm not in a position to say for sure either way).

There certainly was a $5 discount for early orders, back when the projected gold date was September 15th, but I recall that the cut-off date for the discount was August 15th. Even if the cut-off date was extended by the same extra month that the game took to complete, it would still have ended a fortnight ago.

So at this stage, I suspect the advantage to pre-ordering is getting the game shipped out to you just as quickly as possible!

[Arralen]

Wolf_9977 said:
Is it possible to turn off the end game date/penalty and just play until you've explored everything? One thing I found a little weid in SAIS is that you could die and get a better score than if you survived but made it back to your home planet late.

This is not an issue in WW:RtIS.
If everything goes normally, you'll have enough time to visit every star systems. With some gadgets, you'll even beback some years early

Stefan

[Shadowcat]

Well it wasn't an issue in SAIS, really. The penalty for late return was purposefully high in order to force you to heed it, which then meant that you *had* to make decisions based on how long it would take you to do things, which was a really key aspect of the gameplay.

If you could take as long as you wanted to play each game, you would not have played it in the same way.

[James Sterrett]

Shadowcat: Are you the same Shadowcat I know over at TTLG? Welcome aboard.

[Shadowcat]

Yes indeed (and thanks)

Hopefully we'll see you over at ISF shortly!

*cue mysterious music*


I'm itching to get my hands on Weird Worlds... I hope the shipping is quick! It's never fun to have to see everyone else talking about it and still be waiting...