I do not know whats more adictive

zen. · #1 May 18th, 2001, 07:11 PM

dogscoff: LOL...weren't you the one that started the evil 'Sex and SEIV' thread? Is that all you think about? Sex or SEIV? heh heh (not that there's anything wrong with that

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Atraikius: You know, I just found out about BFG the other day. I was wondering if 40K had a fleet system. I considered throwing something together because 40K has some rilly cool units, but I'd love to see what ya come up with! How do you fill out some of those fleets? The shipsets aren't very extensive. Also, is it just me, or did you only find pics of the models themselves? (no cg or art)

zen

Atraikius · #2 May 18th, 2001, 08:05 PM

Zen,

Since most of the ships (at least Imperial and Chaos) are fairly modular, I made 3d models of the various pieces from the sprues and put them together like a model. Since their ships are all similar and use many of the same pieces, I just changed the scaling and used other 'pieces' to make the sizes that aren't covered. For troops I just scaned some pics out of some White Dwarfs for now until I can finish making 3d models of a pLastic Space Marine, Termie, and Dread. Its taking long enough that I'm seriously considering grabbing them from Chaos Gate, Rites of War, or Imperial Legions (? - the epic one from a few years back) or taking some pictures of my own figures to use. I also have gathered some old Rogue Trader stuff that has some black and white artwork of ships from the early days.

Once I finally finish with the BFG ship sets, I am planning on trying to make a map based off the Gothic Sector.

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Trachmyr · #3 May 19th, 2001, 01:04 AM

Absoulutely I spend more time modding than playing... infact if the game weren't moddable, I doubt we'd all still be here (at this forum), we'd be playing something else!

What I wonder, is if SE4 will survive the release of Moo3... personally, I think that the fanfare over SE4 might die out. Only time will tell...

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Devnullicus · #4 May 19th, 2001, 01:21 AM

I know for a fact I spend FAR more time modding than I do playing =) Like Kodiak, if I get past turn 50 in a game, it's a long game for me. =) When I play, I've usually got a notepad open on the other monitor making notes about tweaks and bugfixes. And of course a web browser open to this forum that I update while the computer chugs through it's turns. =)

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zen. · #5 May 22nd, 2001, 07:16 PM

Trachmyr: I think SE4 will survive...they're two really different games. Even MOO3 won't be as customizable as SE4 (which, to me, is one of the main reasons it's currently spanking other products)...the only customization is in-game ship design (for now). It actually is starting to sound a lot like Imperium Galactica II (which I own but have yet to play beyond the tutorials

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Atraikius: If you need help with a few of the pics (e.g., the troops) let me know... I downloaded something on the order of five megs worth of stuff I scoured the Web for. Actually, I'll edit and send you a few pics by e-mail if it's cool.

Zen (going wildly OT)

GruelThePurple · #6 May 22nd, 2001, 07:33 PM

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Originally posted by Devnullicus:
... I've usually got a notepad open on the other monitor making notes about tweaks and bugfixes ...

Off the topic of addiction; how do you get your SE4 to reside in one monitor Devnullicus? On my dual-monitor setup SE4 keeps trying to straddle the monitors, which makes for very poor gameplay. Hence, I have to revert to single monitor mode and not use both of them. Consequently I have to alt-tab to keep notes on ideas, etc.

As an side note, I am using a Matrox G450 32Mb Dual Head graphics card with a pair of 21" monitors.

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Devnullicus · #7 May 22nd, 2001, 08:25 PM

No idea. I don't do anything special. I suspect that it must be a graphics card driver issue. SE4 comes up on my main monitor and I can move the cursor across the screens normally. Works quite nicely for me, both at home (2 monitors, SE4 on left one), and at work (3 monitors, SE4 on the middle monitor).