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January 18th, 2001, 09:51 PM
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Re: Things you wish they kept from SE3
I'm missing some features too...
1) The SE3 Construction queue. Was so far, much better than the current SE4 queue system.
2) The Starting tech points.
3) The right click menu.
4) The zoomable galaxy (I believed that I was the only guy who missed it!).
5) The ships in construction in SE3 could fight, but SE4 ships under construction simply doesn't exist.
Anyway, I'm starting to believe that MM only will implement the points 2) and 4). But to lose the queue system is a real shame.
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January 18th, 2001, 10:27 PM
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Re: Things you wish they kept from SE3
The main thing i miss is the windowed display, meaning with a matrox dualhead gfx card i could spread the display wherever i wanted (specially the galaxy zoom) in what ever order i wanted over 2 monitors. Now if mm could implement......
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January 19th, 2001, 12:14 AM
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Re: Things you wish they kept from SE3
tictoc: DUAL MONITORS??? And I thought I was cool for using a 21" monitor to play (well, at least at home - my work monitor is only 15"). I bow to superior technology.
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January 19th, 2001, 09:39 AM
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Re: Things you wish they kept from SE3
I really, really, really miss not having a ship-halt button.
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January 19th, 2001, 06:16 PM
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Re: Things you wish they kept from SE3
Samurai: YES!! That was one of the best features; if you had a ship that you wanted to just stay put, but didn't want to (or couldn't) put it on sentry, it was great!
I also liked being able to specify EXACTLY how many units I wanted built; if I wanted 33 fighters, I selected 33 fighters. Now I have to either build extra fighters (to come up to a number divisible by 5) or put a couple of single fighters in the queue. Which wastes build capacity...
How about shield facilities in the standard shield tech area? Now we have to find unique technology to build planetary shields! I don't miss the weapon facilities, though; I like the weapon platforms in SE4 better.
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January 19th, 2001, 10:43 PM
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Re: Things you wish they kept from SE3
You CAN sentry ships in SE4. You can also clear their orders - that'll also make 'em stop.
[This message has been edited by rdouglass (edited 19 January 2001).]
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January 19th, 2001, 11:14 PM
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Re: Things you wish they kept from SE3
It's been a while, but as I recall didn't SE3's fast combat resolve ship fire almost as fast as if all the guns fired in one volley. Unlike SE4's where when you tell the game to "auto resolve combat" it's this slow drawn out shot, pause, shot, pause, shot, pause. Next ship. Shot, pause,....
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