SEV DEMO IS OUT!

[frightlever]

I'm just getting a black screen when I try to run it.

EDIT: problem with neaudio.ax which is a Nero file. Took the recommendation off a google search to just rename the file (in Program Files under Ahead - your mileage may vary.) and I've at least got the menu now so everything looks like it's going to work. I like the intro music. Dark.

[Raapys]

Haven't encountered any bugs so far, everything's smooth. However, for some reason, at turn 4 or so the end turn process went from taking about 4 seconds to over 15 seconds.

I've not gotten used to the new system view yet, it feels a bit awkward. Space combat looks and feels very nice, though.

[Fyron]

Tried top-down view yet?

[Randallw]

There was a bug I noticed as soon as I started but I can't remember what it was. Sorry. I do note at the end of the tutorial it says there are 2 warppoints that have not been explored. This should be, there are 2 warppoints that have been explored.

I tried out a battle. Impressive. However I would like to know how to rotate the screen in combat because the ships all went behind a planet and I couldn't see them. I did noticed it is slightly 3d as a ship was disabled and hung well above the plane.

[Randallw]

Bug: I started a new turn and then changed my mind so I cancelled. The screen went white and unresponsive.

[AMF]

Anyone figure out if there is a way to play simultaneus turns with the demo?

And, if there was a way to stop the darn thing from warning me at the end of each turn that I haven't allocated any of my zero intel points, that would be nice...



(and so the griping begins!)

[Randallw]

Are we going to create a thread just for bugs?

This isn't exactly a bug I suppose but there is something wrong when my rock world has a surface temperature of
-400 °C .Absolute zero is -273.15 °C

[frightlever]

"This isn't exactly a bug I suppose but there is something wrong when my rock world has a surface temperature of
-400 °C "

Just think how efficient your computers will be.

How do you go fullscreen? I initially played windowed and decided I'd rather go fullscreen but no matter which option I pick in Setup I'm stuck with windowed. Is there a setup batch file somewhere I can hand change? I had a quick look but didn't spot anything.

I don't like the 3D planet display and the 2D version is a bit hard to read once you've panned out to view the whole system (ie the construction yard icons - I'm playing with the un-resized flag icons though I may switch back for the aforementioned reason.)


Guess it'll just take a while to get used to.

[wilhil]

@randallw, any graphics related bugs, I have encountered a few, if you alt tab or press the windows key on the keyboard, and switch to windows then alt tab back to game, it seems to fix most things.

if you dont have any other programs open, press the windows key then run, and type calc or notepad (something small and fast,) then alt tab or click on the game to get it back.

@AMF, it is best to just put 100% of intel to defence.

my wishlist so far, on planet view, I wish there was a way to see both build queue and how many buildings are there. I liked SEIV where I could see what planets are idle/producing nothing and the x/x list of how much room and how many factorys are there.

lastly, dont know if it is possible already, the end turn dialog is either on or off and gives warnings. I would like it so that it is off by default, and if there are any warnings, it would display it.

[Raapys]

Tried top-down view yet?

Ah, just found out about the top-down view. Still getting used to the GUI, alot of sub-menus hidden in there.

I found a bug/exploit as well; I sent a couple of ships to join my fleet a few hexes away, and when I put them in the fleet they regained all their movement points( or rather, their lack of momvement points wasn't taken into the account when moving the fleet).