Abandon SE4?Opinions:Space Empires 5 screen shots?

Wade · #1 June 13th, 2006, 12:18 AM

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PvK said:
I see "Cruiser (1,000 kT)" in the "Size" box, and then "Hull Structure" at "6475 kT" and "Armor" at "5380 kT", which add to 11,855 kT, no?

Yeah. This needs clarification on the game. I hope that there is not much questionable/ambiguous information like this throughout the game. Newbies (customers and future fans) will be even more confused.

-Wade

Captain Kwok · #2 June 13th, 2006, 12:19 AM

How is it different from SE:IV? A cruiser of 500kT might have much more than 500kT of structure (i.e. hitpoints right?)

Kamog · #3 June 13th, 2006, 12:53 AM

I'm very happy to see that the component placement slots in the ship design do not have locations that depend on the shape of the top-down ship graphic.

Thank you Beta Testers for sorting out that one!

Dejavuproned · #4 June 13th, 2006, 02:02 AM

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Kamog said:
I'm very happy to see that the component placement slots in the ship design do not have locations that depend on the shape of the top-down ship graphic.

Thank you Beta Testers for sorting out that one!

I think that this needs clarification, Kwok said that its the ship summery? So does that mean the actual design is still like starfury? Or is it back to SEIV style??

Wade · #5 June 13th, 2006, 04:24 AM

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Dejavuproned said:

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Kamog said:
I'm very happy to see that the component placement slots in the ship design do not have locations that depend on the shape of the top-down ship graphic.

Thank you Beta Testers for sorting out that one!

I think that this needs clarification, Kwok said that its the ship summery? So does that mean the actual design is still like starfury? Or is it back to SEIV style??

Clarification would help but as it stands it is just the summary and the ship design is top view ship graphic "blueprints". I rather like this top view ship design. I don't think it is limited in any way compared to SE4 style.

-Wade

dogscoff · #6 June 13th, 2006, 04:39 AM

Yay Kwok! THanks for the screenies, they had me drooling.

Look at all those lovely tabs in the combat strategies screen (seperate offensive/defensive formations, different formations for warp point transit.... drool)

Wade · #7 June 13th, 2006, 05:00 AM

I was wondering if there has been a change in SE5 in regards to exiting/closing the various windows? As it stands in SE4 we must close\close\cancel\close...etc. Keeping it like this for SE5 would be OK as long as there was a main close button. Or maybe like the internet where as we can "close" or just go "back"\back\back...and even have the little drop down list for going back.

-Wade

Baron Munchausen · #8 June 13th, 2006, 08:07 PM

Right, as with SE IV armor has much higher 'damage' tonnage than 'weight' tonnage. Mounts also give weapons higher 'damage' tonnage than 'weight' tonnage.