Free Orion

Baron Munchausen · #1 February 24th, 2008, 01:52 AM

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Atrocities said:
Where is the web site and what are the model specs?

Ironmanbc already gave it: http://www.freeorion.org/

You'll probably be able to find development guides that give the model specs somewhere on that site. If not, you can join the forums and ask.

Atrocities · #2 February 26th, 2008, 12:51 AM

Does any one know what version to download? 0.3.1 RC1 or RC7?

Will · #3 February 26th, 2008, 04:31 AM

The main page says that 0.3.8 was just released last week, so I would probably go with that one...

Atrocities · #4 February 26th, 2008, 09:50 PM

Thanks.

I just created a spiral galaxy with over a 1000 stars. The scope of this game is huge. It lacks a lot of the features that SE IV and V have though. All though I do like how many of its features are implemented over SE IV. (Better UI)

The game currently lacks all the management tools that SE IV and V have like planet sorting, fleet sorting, etc. Construction can only take place one item at a time. So that seriously limits the game. It was turn 300 before I had 10 planets colonized.

The Tech tree is extremely time expensive. I bet it would take over 10,000 turns to go through it.

All in all I think they have a good game here. I really wish Aaron would have used some of these concepts for SE V. Perhaps it would have turned out to be a far more addictive game had he done so.

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 February 26th, 2008, 09:59 PM

Oh, no, no, no. I've got no time for a quality new space strategy game.

Someone post the problems, 'k?

Romulus68 · #6 February 28th, 2008, 10:46 AM

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Atrocities said:
Thanks.

I just created a spiral galaxy with over a 1000 stars. The scope of this game is huge. It lacks a lot of the features that SE IV and V have though. All though I do like how many of its features are implemented over SE IV. (Better UI)

The game currently lacks all the management tools that SE IV and V have like planet sorting, fleet sorting, etc. Construction can only take place one item at a time. So that seriously limits the game. It was turn 300 before I had 10 planets colonized.

The Tech tree is extremely time expensive. I bet it would take over 10,000 turns to go through it.

All in all I think they have a good game here. I really wish Aaron would have used some of these concepts for SE V. Perhaps it would have turned out to be a far more addictive game had he done so.

Its Open Source, so reprogram it the way you like!!

Raapys · #7 February 28th, 2008, 12:20 PM

I tried this a few years ago, but it was rather incomplete. Have they gotten ship design in yet?

Atrocities · #8 February 28th, 2008, 04:37 PM

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Raapys said:
I tried this a few years ago, but it was rather incomplete. Have they gotten ship design in yet?

kinda sorta ... no, not quite.

I don't know the first thing about programing.