What is your favorite SE4 feature?

chewy027 · #1 January 19th, 2002, 09:11 AM

AJC - Why would you want to be able to overlap more? Explain more please.

Mac - What other tech areas would you add as well as racial traits? Oh and check your private message

everybody else - I know there is still more you would add. Be as specific as you would like.

dumbluck · #2 January 19th, 2002, 10:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mottlee:
How about a random tech tree, so you do not always get the same one? even if you use a different race that way you will not know what tech gets you the strongest weapons!

[ 19 January 2002: Message edited by: mottlee ]

Or just have each weapon have a random damage range per game. Ie, in one game APB V might be 40/30/30/20/10; but in the next game it would be 20/15/15/10/5. Other weapon attributes could be affected as well, such as reload rates, supplies used, size in KT, etc. Of coarse, this is pretty much a hard code change, unless someone feels like makeing about 100,000,000 copies of the components.txt file.....

Resident Alien 2 · #3 January 20th, 2002, 02:28 AM

Would like to see
1. Expanded notes. Ability to add notes to a system from main game window.
2. Click on another races ship would show what we know about it with a ship display and Comp tab.

Favorite Feature = ship construction.

Suicide Junkie · #4 January 19th, 2002, 06:39 PM

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Of coarse, this is pretty much a hard code change, unless someone feels like makeing about 100,000,000 copies of the components.txt file.....

Or, get one of the board programmers to write a program to randomly generate weapons for the components.txt file.

KDC · #5 January 19th, 2002, 07:51 PM

Wanted (in no particular order):

0. MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE EVER EVER FOR THE REST OF THE ETERNITY: Support the mousewheel. Damn.

1. AI debugger. Breakpoints to show exactly what the AI is selecting from various text files.

2. Ability to manually change the AI mode by human players. Would be great when you use the ministers heavily.

3. Editable orders window. Perhaps allow manual text-entry in the orders window, or at the very least allow me to delete a single order from it without cleaning the complete list.

4. Open-ended tech tree. Describe weapons power/range/cost/etc. with a formula instead of numbers. Would allow for smoother and infinite developpement.

I'm sure I had other, but I can't think of anything else right now. Except perhaps a time-distortion device to allow me to player longer.

Suicide Junkie · #6 January 19th, 2002, 09:16 PM

#4 must be optional, or have a settable endpoint.
Otherwise, the formulae will have to support arbitrary exponents (not just +ve integers), trigonometry, and if/then/else statements.

bearclaw · #7 January 20th, 2002, 01:37 AM

I totally agree with the added Notes idea. I use that feature a lot. Especially in large games where I've got multiple plans going on. I'd like to see Notes options for more than just systems. Ships, Planets, other Races, etc. And the history window. If it covered more than just "Contact made", "War breaks out", "Contact Lost". Perhaps things like "First Frigate built". "Ringworld built", and "Empire surrenders to you". In the heavier RPG games, these sort of details really add to the flavor and history of the game.

Another thing would be a syncronized Version of SE for PDA's. I realalize this would be a massive undertaking, but to be able to play SE4 while on the move..... (the mind reels at the thought).

(while standing in line at the bank one day)
"Hey, you've got a Palm Pilot! Cool. What you got on there?"
"SE4."
"Yeah, what else?"
"Nothing. Just SE4. Now if you'll just leave me alone, I've got some Norak to destroy."