Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion

[Rollo]

This thread needs a bump for two reasons:
1) There are some new players around that might not have heard of this mod.
2) There hasn't been an update for a while and I am considering putting some more work into this.

Are people still playing DNM? I haven't gotten a lot of feedback after the Last release. Which means: a) the Last Version is running stable with no bugs, or b) it is not getting played.

My primary goal for now is updating more of the AI and creating new AI that use the racial combo techs. My actual to do list is very short at the moment (only one minor item), but here are some things from the 'maybe' list.

• making bases able to move
• adressing weapon balance, making useless weapons useful (Hellbore and Incinerator beam come to mind)
• expand engineering tech
• using shield mounts -> shields are more effective on smaller ships, because the force field is denser in a smaller area
• adding more ruins tech (anything goes here)
• additional combo techs for psychic/crystalline and religious/temporal (both these combos could need a boost IMO)
  

I appreciate any feedback and ideas. Especially concerning the racial combo techs that were added/revised in the Last update. Also if somebody has the current contact of Don Phillips (aka Voidhawk), please let me know. I would like to add the Ixaris to the DNM as one of the combo races (probably crytalline/religious).
Rollo

[Patowic]

It seems to be stable for me, and it's pretty much the only mod I use now. I wouldn't mind seeing something like "rapid-launch fighter bay", something which holds less cargo than a normal fighter bay, but can launch two or three ships a turn. Or an external fighter mount, which gets damaged first (like armor) but essentially adds mass to the ship. e.g. a 15-kton ExtFighterMount (say, fighter tech 3 or 4) but holds 60kton of fighters, and can launch them all simultaneously.
Rather like the single fighters mounted on cargo ships for anti-sub use in WW2.

Great work on DNM! =)

[Puke]

i still play, there are still PBW games using it. I was thinking of starting a new PBW game with it soon.. Keep the legend alive, I say.

[Rollo]

Thanks for the feedback.

Good suggestion, Patowic. I like that, but I have have to think of a way so it doesn't interfere with the existing AI. Haven't given much thought how to do it, yet.

Originally posted by Puke:
i still play, there are still PBW games using it. I was thinking of starting a new PBW game with it soon.. Keep the legend alive, I say.

Oh, most definitly. I wasn't going to give the impression of abandon the mod...

[Pablo]

Currently I'm in 2 DNM pbw games and a few at home. And a few at work.
The mod seems to be stable for me. Just 1 thing - add a bit clearer explanation on PD cannons. I mean, write there that these guns cannot target fighters but seekers & mines only. It was a very painful discovery

[Krsqk]

They can't target fighters? I haven't run into enough fighter-using races, it seems. At least, I've distracted them from their fighter research. I'm currently using the mod to build my ultimate quadrant--mapped out warp points, fully improved planets, and fully populated sphereworlds on every star. About 10% of the way there. Of course, I'm keeping a (blockaded) enemy planet around, just as a reminder of what an "enemy" is.

[Pablo]

Krsqk meet the monsters They will keep you busy
Edit: but if you're already populating the sphareworlds maybe it's too late. You should meet them early in the game

[ January 03, 2003, 07:34: Message edited by: Pablo ]