Highliner Mod - 1.04b - PBW Observations & Patch

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by Taz-in-Space:
Will there be an open Beta test? Can Taz play too??

Come-on... You don't want to see a grown Taz beg... I mean you really DON'T!!!!

Calm down, Taz! Breathe, breathe!

Seriously, I just want to run it a few times at home to shake out any major bugs (and good thing too, I found and fixed several Last night) and test out how the changes affect gameplay. If all continues to go well, 1.01 will go public this weekend.

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
make torpedoes large, inacurate and powerfull.
my $0.02

Sorry old chap, I went with longer range.

EDIT - my usual misspellings corrected

[ June 19, 2003, 11:24: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

[General Woundwort]

Now I know how Doc Frahnkenshteen must have felt. I've opened up several games at high tech levels, just to check the datafiles (ship sizes, components, and facilities), and everyone reports for duty as scheduled. No nasty error Messages pop up at game load and between game turns. The Highliner Mod is ALIVE!!!.

I want to take one test game through a few more turns, to check on combat and reseach (just to be paranoid about releasing a buggy game). But I think we're just about ready to rumble!!

EDIT - old Readme link deleted

[ June 22, 2003, 00:46: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

[tesco samoa]

i will help out on the beta pbw test just assign my name to the empire you wished to use as a test in the pbw game.

[General Woundwort]

Open Question to the Forum Moderators...

This thing is getting pretty close to launch, and going over the files, it's probably going to be about 4-5 MB, zipped. My questions are:

1) Can the Shrapnel Games BB handle a file that big?

2) Does the BB want people posting files that big in the DL section?

3) Assuming 'no' to either 1) or 2), which of the various free webpage services you would recommend (I'm currently leaning towards Spaceports.com)

Thanks.

[Fyron]

You can upload files up to 30 MBs in size. There are tons of files much larger than yours already uploaded.

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
You can upload files up to 30 MBs in size. There are tons of files much larger than yours already uploaded.

Thanks. With that in mind, barring any major setbacks, I plan to have the mod up and downloadable on mid-day Sunday, EST. Let's hope Taz can hold out that long.

[General Woundwort]

All continues to go well. I've made a few tweaks in the data files in response to game issues, but the rest, I think, can wait for player feedback.

The schedule remains on for a public release on Sunday afternoon/evening EST.

And a nickel's worth of free advice - watch your resource production very carefully. And be prepared to rethink your usual strategies of colonization and resupply. This is gonna be very interesting...

[General Woundwort]

Yeah, I said it wouldn't be out until tomorrow. But I'm going to be rather busy in RL tomorrow, and the zip-unzip tests went well, so what's the point in any further delay? None that I can see. Therefore...

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HIGHLINER MOD VERSION 1.01

This mod makes major changes to the ship construction and colonization mechanics of the game. See the Readme below for the basic information on the background, requirements to run this mod, and more...

Mod Readme

If you have any suggestions, complaints, comments or kudos, please post them in the Highliner Mod thread in the SEIV Forums here.

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Download Highliner Mod 1.01 now!

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by Loser:
In addition to seeing this mod in action, I look forward to hearing your report or what did, and did not, work for Units. A boundary-pushing mod like this is likely to pin down a whole lot of SE IV mod limitations. Even if these limitations have be discovered before, you'd have them all right here, in one place. Please let us know what you are unable to use on your over-sized Units.

The list, as of 1.01, stands thus...

WILL WORK IN UNITS
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Weapons
Shields
Remote Miners
Mine Sweepers
Unit Control
Life Support
Crew Quarters
ECM/ECCM
Armor
Medical Bays
Point Defense

WILL NOT WORK IN UNITS
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Cloaking
Cargo
Boarding Parties
Scanner Jammer
Colonization
Auxiliary Control

[Taz-in-Space]

Taz sees the Highliner Mod and grabs it!

New Toys!
NEW Toys!
NEW TOYS!

&#1 Taz hangs out a NO DISTURB sign...&#1