Official SE5 release date announced - September 12

Captain Kwok · #1 September 8th, 2006, 04:09 PM

Possum, in Gold/Deluxe SE:IV, the defender gets first shot - since you've just switched over.

I guess continuous can be taken as the action is occuring concurrently. Which means that order etc. does not matter.

Raapys · #2 September 8th, 2006, 05:08 PM

What happens if for instance engines are damaged mid-flight? Will the ships stop, or will they realistically continue to drift in the current direction?

Captain Kwok · #3 September 8th, 2006, 05:11 PM

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Raapys said:
What happens if for instance engines are damaged mid-flight? Will the ships stop, or will they realistically continue to drift in the current direction?

They'll come to a stop... which is probably better for gameplay...

mrscrogg · #4 September 9th, 2006, 12:36 AM

Barnes and Noble , release date for SE V , October 17th

Possum · #5 September 9th, 2006, 01:06 AM

Kwok, thanks for the info, and I'm delighted to hear it

Kamog · #6 September 9th, 2006, 01:09 AM

Hmm, that's too bad that the galaxy size is still 255 maximum. On the bright side, though, each solar system is bigger so we can still have bigger games, right?

Fyron · #7 September 9th, 2006, 02:14 AM

You can easily have bigger games in SE4; just increase the number of planets per system.

Possum said:
1. What on earth is meant by "continuous time"? Is this just somebody who doesn't like the phrase "real-time" making up a new one, or is there a difference?

Whenever I say real-time combat, someone obssesses over how RTS games play and how it'll ruin everything, and generally miss the point.