POLL->things we'd really like in Next Patch (Platinum II)

DavidG · #1 November 1st, 2002, 04:53 AM

Based on thread 'things we'd like to see in next patch' here is a poll.

[ November 01, 2002, 03:12: Message edited by: DavidG ]

Baron Grazic · #2 November 1st, 2002, 05:25 AM

You are only allowed to Vote for 3 things out of that list of Great Features. ...Very Hard...

jimbob · #3 November 1st, 2002, 05:35 AM

Thanks for running a new poll Dave

Taera · #4 November 1st, 2002, 05:36 AM

interesting poll. three is good, too.

EDIT: removed my additional ideas to poll. lets get this sorted out without additional ideas.

EDIT2: It is a poll i wanted to have a while ago... it would be good to have a moderator watching over the topic to prevent numerous new ideas from popping up and preventing from poll to do anything.

[ November 01, 2002, 03:38: Message edited by: Taera ]

Skulky · #5 November 1st, 2002, 05:39 AM

I'm missing my saving and opening of simul-turns for PBW, and my coveted map editor

. Its a great list anyway though!

Also, how about all of them? They're all great!

DavidG · #6 November 1st, 2002, 06:04 AM

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Originally posted by Baron Grazic:
You are only allowed to Vote for 3 things out of that list of Great Features. ...Very Hard...

Hehe that's what I though too after posting it. There are at least 10 of the items I would really like to have.

Will · #7 November 1st, 2002, 06:45 AM

Some comments....

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Facility that adds facility space to a planet

You DO realize how unbalancing/unrealistic this is, correct? Maybe if there is a one per planet restriction...

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When viewing a system show what ships and colonies are in the system the Last time the player could see it

If this is put in, it really should be set to off by default. Not everyone has the luxury of game files in excess of several megabytes. Even if it's just limited to storing the ship class/planet population, that's a lot of extra data to keep track of for each player.

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Save kT destroyed for individual ships instead of just class

File size, but not as much as above... only 4 bytes * total_ships, but still, for such a trivial thing... ship experience is a good enough indicator of this.

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Show the damage to ships in combat replay for simultaneous game

Ok, for this one, you're talking huge combat files. Right now, the game only has to save movement coordinates, firing targets (and whether the shot hit or missed), and ship damage at the end of each combat turn. This would require saving the component hit for each shot and if it's destroyed, as well. The file size increases of the Last two would be trivial compared to the hugeness of this if there is a big confrontation.

For those, IMHO, the "benefits" (AKA "coolness factor") of these updates wouldn't help gameplay significantly, and would add restrictions to some Users. You have to remember, not everyone has high bandwidth or insanely huge hard drives.

For the rest, nothing immediately comes to mind on potential problems, other than varying degrees of coding effort. And, since only one person (perhaps a few others) knows anything about the SE4 source, I can't really comment on difficulty

Phoenix-D · #8 November 1st, 2002, 06:52 AM

"If this is put in, it really should be set to off by default. Not everyone has the luxury of game files in excess of several megabytes. Even if it's just limited to storing the ship class/planet population, that's a lot of extra data to keep track of for each player."

The save files don't get that large even when you CAN see what everyone is doing.. (i.e. partnerships). I can see 90% of the galaxy in one of my games, and it's under a meg.

Phoenix-D

Will · #9 November 1st, 2002, 06:56 AM

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Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
The save files don't get that large even when you CAN see what everyone is doing.. (i.e. partnerships). I can see 90% of the galaxy in one of my games, and it's under a meg.

Phoenix-D

It's not just seeing a large percentage of the galaxy, it's storing WHEN you saw it, and doing that for each player. The game file contains the data for each player, so for every system there needs to be a section for when/if each player Last viewed that system, and what/where everything was in the system. This is much different than seeing what is in a large portion of the quadrant this turn.

HEMAN · #10 November 1st, 2002, 08:02 AM

Thanks for making this poll DAVID.
Originally posted by Baron Grazic:
You are only allowed to Vote for 3 things out of that list of Great Features. ...Very Hard...

REPLY; No kidding its hard

.If i only could select 5 choices.
My choices are (a)satilite(b)Warpoint(c)Intell, too hard ,theres RAIN WATER coming from my HEAD???

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