OT: How old are you ?

Zarix · #1 December 20th, 2001, 03:18 PM

Hey Balifis! I'm from Finland too. I thought that I was the only one who plays SE4 in Finland.

Growltigga · #2 December 20th, 2001, 03:24 PM

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Originally posted by Zarix:
Hey Balifis! I'm from Finland too. I thought that I was the only one who plays SE4 in Finland.

Your not, a mate of mine (Jaako Kaivonnen) plays SEIV. He is in Helsinki but I havn't seen him on the forums yet.

Tampa_Gamer · #3 December 20th, 2001, 04:06 PM

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Originally posted by Growltigga:
Also a naval history buff so spend a fair chunk of time on the game coming up with names for the various classes of ships I design - sad but I do get perverse pleasure from designing Agamemnon class battlecruiser, Tigris class destroyers etc

Ack, I thought I was the only one who did this! I spent several hours creating a hybrid form (based on UK and US naval/aircraft) of designations for my ships and units so that I could easily tell (1) their purposes, and (2) which model (i.e. how obsolete) they were. I guess I am anal retentive too!

-TG

Growltigga · #4 December 20th, 2001, 04:15 PM

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Originally posted by Tampa_Gamer:

Ack, I thought I was the only one who did this! I spent several hours creating a hybrid form (based on UK and US naval/aircraft) of designations for my ships and units so that I could easily tell (1) their purposes, and (2) which model (i.e. how obsolete) they were. I guess I am anal retentive too!

-TG

fun though isn't it - I do the same thing, DD = Destroyer, DDE = Escort Destroyer, DDX = Destroyer (with a heavy weapon), DDF = Fleet support destroyer and so on

Re name classes, I stick to good old English Napoleonic/WWI/WWII class names - bit of a pain up the derriere though when for example, us English only built so many Tigris class vessels and I need names for a dozen more

Dunno about you, but I kind of think it adds a bit of realism to the game

Curious though, what is the largest number of ships anyone has had in their empire? I am up to 183 and wonder if anyone has got to insanely large numbers

Shyrka · #5 December 21st, 2001, 03:18 AM

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Originally posted by Growltigga:

No worries, tell me how I do it and I will post it on the board. I am currently up to 255 names (the max size of galaxy I seem to able to get SE IV to take).

You can post a message here with an URL pointing to your file. That's all. Thanks!

capnq · #6 December 21st, 2001, 03:18 AM

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No worries, tell me how I do it and I will post it on the board. I am currently up to 255 names (the max size of galaxy I seem to able to get SE IV to take).

Yep, 255 systems is a hardcoded limit. You can make the list of names much bigger, since they're picked at random. That way you won't have exactly the same set of names every game.

To post the file, go to Shrapnel Games' Forums, then New Scenario/Mod Forum. This kind of list would go on on the Space Empires:IV Data/Sound/Graphic thread. Post a reply to that thread, then click on the tiny File Upload link on the left side of the posting form. After the file finishes uploading, the window will give you a long UBB code to copy and paste into the message body, to make the link for others to download the file.

[Edit]And, as Shyrka said while I was typing all the gory details,

you can paste the final link to this thread, too.

[ 21 December 2001: Message edited by: capnq ]

Phoenix-D · #7 December 21st, 2001, 03:29 AM

"Curious though, what is the largest number of ships anyone has had in their empire? I am up to 183 and wonder if anyone has got to insanely large numbers"

Well, an ally in one of my PBW games got up to 538..but he stole most of his

I had 176 that game, with 63 forts as well. Most of them in one central warp nexus.

Phoenix-D