Devnull tech question

Zereth · #1 February 24th, 2005, 12:50 AM

Can somebody give me a rundown on what the various racial techs and racial crossover techs are like in Devnull, as well as the basics on the standard tech branches?

Randallw · #2 February 24th, 2005, 01:29 AM

I don't think the technologies are any different. I've been playing a devnull game for awhile now and I can't actually think what the difference is. There must be something because I have somehow gathered the idea that it makes the whole game more intricate somehow.

Edit: checked the mod data. I forgot that the mod has more ships. Also there is an universal colony tech, so you can build a single colony ship for all planets.

Renegade 13 · #3 February 24th, 2005, 03:04 AM

You also have some crossover techs, such as Biocrystal armor, which has both the crystalline channeling weapons fire into shields capability and organic regeneration ability. It also has changed missiles in some way or another, I can't really remember...it's been a while since I've played it.

Zereth · #4 February 24th, 2005, 03:04 AM

Yeah, and there's external mount missiles, and Monolith facilities are in their own branch rather than Stellar Manipulation, and Emissive Armor's special ability is set high enough that it's acutally useful, and I don't think you can trade your strating colony tech, and point-defense cannons alos do mine-sweepign and don't require Military Science to get, and it seems to shuffle a bunch of stuff around. I want to know becuase I've joined a PBW game using it, and I'm sure there's more than this, so I want to get a better handle one what's good and what's not.

Randallw · #5 February 24th, 2005, 03:58 AM

oops, my bad, totally forgot this page

http://www.jeffleggett.com/devnull.html

AMF · #6 February 24th, 2005, 12:25 PM

Spinal mounts! Yay!

Those alone make the mod worth it. I LOVE being able to mount a Quantum Torpedo that does 1000 damage every shot...heh heh heh...

NullAshton · #7 February 24th, 2005, 12:35 PM

What about being able to mount a quantum torpedo that does 17,000 damage a shot?

AMF · #8 February 24th, 2005, 01:13 PM

Hm. That would be neat too. oh yeah. OH YEAH.

Maybe a bit overkill?

NullAshton · #9 February 24th, 2005, 01:17 PM

Nah. There is no overkill. There is only "Open fire!" and "I need to reload!"

Alneyan · #10 February 24th, 2005, 01:25 PM

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NullAshton said:
Nah. There is no overkill. There is only "Open fire!" and "I need to reload!"

Let's not forget "All hands abandon the ship, our *big* cannon just blasted away half our hull. I repeat, all hands aband...".

Where can you find a Quantum Torpedo dealing that much damage? It isn't in P&N, where Quantum Torpedoes barely do 7,000 damage points (if memory serves). 7,000 damage points! You could actually have trouble destroying a ship in a single hit with such puny weapons.