Carrier Battles Mod - Page 25

Suicide Junkie · #**241** October 20th, 2005, 11:31 PM

We will soon have a course taught by Ekolis.

Sometime this weekend, I will get out of this zombie state that two weeks of solid overtime work has driven me into...
Then I will be reorganizing the course list and uploading the new stuff!

In other news, "Carrier Battles Mod #8" on PBW will be starting this weekend as well.
This is your last chance to sign up. Have your EMPire file ready.

Atrocities · #**242** October 21st, 2005, 12:36 AM

Hey SJ, Lets end the CB game that I am participating in. There are only 2 or 3 players and to be honest, I have no ships, and am just researching. When I design ships they say they have movment, so I build them. They are built, but have no movement. It is just an excersize in frustration for me now.

Suicide Junkie · #**243** October 21st, 2005, 03:15 AM

See: SHP 200: Principles of StarShip Design. (Chapter 3 - Propulsion Systems)
You did not put any/enough engines on your ships.

Drive Reactors are *NOT* engines. They only provide bonus movement, and you need at least one movement point worth of engine ports in order for the reactor to help.

We talked about this on email back in August, but that was a long time ago.

PS:
In that game, there are two huge empires, and two tiny ones.
I think I should suggest that the big empires partnership with their adjacent small empire. Should keep the game balanced, and let you try out some combined-fleet co-op action.

Atrocities · #**244** October 21st, 2005, 04:18 PM

I have no fleet. I cannot colonize. The largest ship I can make has no room for anything once engines are added.

Will · #**245** October 21st, 2005, 04:22 PM

AT: Be sure to use the "Small Ship Reactor" mount for the non-carrier ships. That frees up quite a bit of space.

Atrocities · #**246** October 21st, 2005, 04:42 PM

My problem is that I never took the time to play the mod to the degree that I know what in the hell I am doing.

The mod is not for new players of SEIV that is for sure. It is one of the most complex comprehensive mods I have seen since Adamant. Job well done SJ.

Suicide Junkie · #**247** October 21st, 2005, 07:03 PM

You only need one MP worth of engines, but two is good.
The engines should take up only about 10% of your space per movement point.

cshank2 · #**248** October 22nd, 2005, 12:24 AM

I want to try this so bad, but alas, I have no idea how to work PBW. Oh well. (Plus, I like to play my games at my own pace of 15 turns an hour

)

Edit: Changed Minutes to Turns... like it was supposed to be... before the sleep elves changed it... yeah.

Suicide Junkie · #**249** October 22nd, 2005, 03:30 AM

Once you have an account, log in.

In graphics mode, you can mouse-over all the buttons to see what they do (text appears on the right)

Click the "attack" icon to go to the games screen. By default you see your current games, colour coded by status.
Click the fleet icons to view "open games" or "all games", and then choose one from the left.

When you see a game you like, select it by clicking, and then click the resupply-at-nearest lightning bolt to join.

During the game, you use the cargo-load and cargo-drop to upload your turns (and empire file) or download the next turn.

Suicide Junkie · #**250** November 6th, 2005, 10:24 PM

The Carrier Battles Page on imagemodserver has been updated.
Nifty new stuff!

http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/other/...arrierBattles/