STM "Final v1.7.5" Discussion - Page 171

Atrocities · #**1701** February 18th, 2004, 10:55 PM

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Thanks Fyron, I read that, but that would require a major ravamp of the mod, and that is something that I am not prepared to do at this time.

Actually the Trek mod is already setup nicely to allow stealable tech (I've done it myself). The reason being that most racial weapons require a previous racial tech. Simply removing the racial requirement from say Fed Phasers makes them stealable from captured ships. Even if a race steals them they could not further research them because they do not have the required pre-requisite tech.

Ok, I see what your saying. Hummmmmmm, this could be done, and it would really add a lot of flavor to the game. An excellent idea to be sure. Now who was it that recommended it..??? I get so many requests in a given day that I sometimes forget who made them. LOL, I will see what I can do with it. Thank you all.

DavidG · #**1702** February 19th, 2004, 01:03 AM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
Ok, I see what your saying. Hummmmmmm, this could be done, and it would really add a lot of flavor to the game. An excellent idea to be sure. Now who was it that recommended it..??? I get so many requests in a given day that I sometimes forget who made them. LOL, I will see what I can do with it. Thank you all.

Hope what I said made sense. What I should have said was to change "Racial Area :=5" under Federation Weapons in the TechArea.txt file to "Racial Area:= 0". This will allow one to steal levels of the tech Federation Weapons and thus build Phasers

Atrocities · #**1703** February 19th, 2004, 03:30 AM

CONGRADULATIONS to DavidG, he has POST 1701

Atrocities · #**1704** February 19th, 2004, 03:32 AM

I could also just make a dummy tech area for each race with limited weapons that can be "aquired" by other races if they "steal" said technology.

Sabin · #**1705** February 19th, 2004, 05:23 AM

I made the suggestion to add the ability to steal technology, but I was not the first to do so in the mod's history, I believe. During Captain Kwok's dominion over the mod, I believe the topic appeared at one point. I do not remember the results of that, but at least the idea lives on.

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Is it okay to post game storys, including single-player ones, in this forum? I am interested in practicing my writing ability for these, but I wish to know more about this particular function of the forum.

[ February 19, 2004, 03:34: Message edited by: Sabin ]

Atrocities · #**1706** February 19th, 2004, 06:02 AM

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Originally posted by Sabin:
I made the suggestion to add the ability to steal technology, but I was not the first to do so in the mod's history, I believe. During Captain Kwok's dominion over the mod, I believe the topic appeared at one point. I do not remember the results of that, but at least the idea lives on.

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Is it okay to post game storys, including single-player ones, in this forum? I am interested in practicing my writing ability for these, but I wish to know more about this particular function of the forum.

Please do, I am sure people would enjoy reading them, I know I would.

Fyron · #**1707** February 19th, 2004, 06:02 AM

Yes it is ok to do so. Numerous people have done just that over the years. Make a new thread for the story though.

Paul1980au · #**1708** February 19th, 2004, 06:50 AM

Stealing technology is one that is a little iffy her.

Captain Kwok · #**1709** February 19th, 2004, 05:06 PM

In my original planning I had smaller, enhanced cloak-detecting scanners that became available after you captured a Romulan/Klingon cloaking device and analyzed it.

I'd recommend making a few of the race specific techs "stealable" but by no means all of them - or just corresponding "rewards" for capturing enemy ships and analyzing them.

Atrocities · #**1710** February 20th, 2004, 12:51 PM

I just deleted my entire Space Empires folder!

It is time to call it a night. Thank GOD for restore option.....

With all the chat lately about technical crap I lost focus on the game. Can any one tell me if they are enjoying the mod currently and are having fun?

Any positive remarks that come to mind about the mod that you would like to share would be nice.

From all the Posts below I can tell that I have my work cut out for me. Really I think the only way to fix the mod at this point is to start over completely. Any one up for the job?