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Arkcon · #1 September 27th, 2002, 08:26 PM

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Originally posted by Timstone:
I sure hope we hear anything soon from Malfador about SE V. I don't care for Dungeon Odessy much (is that slander?), but I can't wait for the new installment of SE.

Really ? ... I mean seriously, have you exausted all options with SE4?

Sometimes, I get a little bored with playing the AI but, the game isn't dull for me yet.

Gryphin · #2 September 27th, 2002, 08:28 PM

Arkcon ,
That line is from the book, "The Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien. Not the movie by ...
It is in the first part of the poem, "The Riddle of Strider".
I've been quoting it since I first read the book at age 13.
The full poem is here at my web site:
http://www.windingstream.com/favorit...#RiddleStrider
where it was long befor I knew of this BBS.
(yes I'm being a bit defensive).

[ September 27, 2002, 19:38: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

kalthalior · #3 September 27th, 2002, 08:32 PM

I'd have to echo Arkcon's comment -- I have generally played only single player vs. TDM AI. I just opened up a huge can of worms for myself by starting my first single-player game of Porportions a couple of weeks ago. The number of mods in the universe is just staggering, and I haven't even scratched the surface. If only I were independently wealthy and could devote myself 24 x 7 to SE....

[ September 27, 2002, 19:33: Message edited by: kalthalior ]

Arkcon · #4 September 27th, 2002, 09:26 PM

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Originally posted by kalthalior:
If only I were independently wealthy and could devote myself 24 x 7 to SE....

I'm not wealthy, but I've come close to living next to the computer when I first got SE4.

I got a friend hooked on the demo, and he got a friend hooked, and his wife uninstalled it, something about him not doing any chores and skipping two classes one day

Baron Munchausen · #5 September 27th, 2002, 10:08 PM

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Originally posted by Timstone:
I've played Imperium Galactica quite some times and it really a cool game once you get the hang of it. One of the coolest features from the game were those small movies every time you selected a unit or building. Fantastic! Can something like that be done in SE IV: Gold (or SE IV Regular)?

Besides being a waste of the programmer's time, animations are a waste of the PLAYER'S time -- and disk space. I play 4X games to think about strategy, not see cute little movies repeated over and over and over and... ad nauseum. And even with a 40 Gb disk I prefer my data space be used for code that does something rather than a zillion little movies that are only interesting once and then become a waste. I'll watch the 'diplomatic animations' in MOO 3 exactly once, then turn them off. Maybe I can then get away with deleting them? Some very small touches, like animated features moving on the faces of stars and planets in the information screen image, would probably enhance the game. More than that is not for 4X games.

[ September 27, 2002, 21:11: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]

Arkcon · #6 September 27th, 2002, 10:15 PM

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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
not see cute little movies repeated over and over and over and... ad nauseum. And even with a 4 Gb disk I prefer my data space be used for code that does something rather than a zillion little movies that are only interesting once and then become a waste. Some very small touches, like animated features moving on the faces of stars and planets, would probably enhance the game. More than that is not for 4X games.

Yeah, after a few times no one wants to watch those animations. I had some colonizaton game for my old PC, made by Sierra, was it called Outpost? At any rate, I had a better PC than the game said it needed. (I did get the copy from the CompUSA bargin bin after all) But it would still hang on some animations. Sheesh.

Now a friend dredged up a copy of Star Control 2, and the gas giants swirl around. So I said cool. Then Uranus seemd to look odd, it was swirling with the correct axial tilt! That was an impressive surprise.

[ September 27, 2002, 21:22: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

Timstone · #7 September 30th, 2002, 01:09 AM

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Originally posted by Arkcon:

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Originally posted by Timstone:
I sure hope we hear anything soon from Malfador about SE V. I don't care for Dungeon Odessy much (is that slander?), but I can't wait for the new installment of SE.

Really ? ... I mean seriously, have you exausted all options with SE4?

Sometimes, I get a little bored with playing the AI but, the game isn't dull for me yet.

No, of course not good man! But I'm just curious what they're going to make it look like. I want more of the same. Yeah, bring it on! hehe