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Renegade 13

March 31st, 2004, 06:43 AM

Posted today in the What's New section of Malfador's website:

03/30/04 - SE5 Underway!
Just wanted to let everyone know that programming work has begun on Space Empires V. We're shooting for a summer 2005 release of Space Empires V. We've got big plans for this next Version including real-time 3D rendered graphics, a redesigned user interface, infinite technologies, Galactic News, Warp Point assault weapons, Space Monsters, built in support for mod selection, a true scripting language, and more! In the coming months we'll be putting up a Space Empires V page showing off the latest screenshots and design issues. And as always, we'd love to hear any suggestions you have for the game. Feel free to let us know what your must have features are (*********). Here's to an exciting year! Wooohooo!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Paul1980au

March 31st, 2004, 06:46 AM

Whooo who this is good news - some of those aspects will be good the 3D rendered graphics engine etc - summer 2005 is 12 months - not to bad.

Yes lets hope the fans really get into this - beta tester here to interested and will sign up if possible.

Taz-in-Space

March 31st, 2004, 06:52 AM

Note that Rollo's Space Monsters made it in! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
He must be proud! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

Ohhh,yea:

WHAAAAHOOOOOO!!!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Imperial

March 31st, 2004, 06:54 AM

As Kramer said to Elaine--sweet justice!!! I cant wait for this!! Sounds like alot will be done for the modding aspect which is awesome!, Im also glad that they will post info as time progresses.
Time to ante up and keep busy so 2005 will come quick.

narf poit chez BOOM

March 31st, 2004, 07:00 AM

Infinite technologies and a scripting language! YAAY!

Fyron

March 31st, 2004, 07:33 AM

*dies from anticipation*

Atrocities

March 31st, 2004, 07:41 AM

Truly exciting news. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Ruatha

March 31st, 2004, 08:36 AM

Hurra Hurra (Swedish) !! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

dogscoff

March 31st, 2004, 08:41 AM

Space Monsters,
Oh yeah!

built in support for mod selection, a true scripting language,
Oh YEAH!!! This is for smarter AIs, presumably, but I can see how it might also apply to order queueing. Anyone got any idea what this might refer to, specifically?

[ March 31, 2004, 06:41: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

narf poit chez BOOM

March 31st, 2004, 08:48 AM

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
*dies from anticipation* Dibs on his stuff.

Atrocities

March 31st, 2004, 09:12 AM

Either way it goes the game should be most interesting. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

primitive

March 31st, 2004, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by dogscoff:

<blockquote>quote:<hr />
built in support for mod selection, a true scripting language,
Oh YEAH!!! This is for smarter AIs, presumably, but I can see how it might also apply to order queueing. Anyone got any idea what this might refer to, specifically? <hr /></blockquote>Hopefully that would mean we could create Scenarios:

Turn 50: Gift the Borg 20 Warcubes
Turn 51: Open warpline from �Borg-homesystem� to �Federation-homesystem�

Drool

Randallw

March 31st, 2004, 10:23 AM

That certainly is good news. We'll just have to wait for a year. In my mind it raises the question, how successful will SE5 be?. We have a community of avid fans here.some new, some like me have only been playing the games for a year or so (18 months), and others who have been here for years and played previous SE. What if SE5 makes it big?. Will it just be the same supporters, or will this forum be filled with lots of new people who never heard of SE before and bought the game because all the magazines gave it a 95.

Atrocities

March 31st, 2004, 10:42 AM

With the release of the game being a little over a year and a half away, (most likely Nov/Dec 2005) I guess now is the time to PRE-ORDER. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Ruatha

March 31st, 2004, 11:12 AM

Perhaps scripting is also refering to;
When ship enters sector 6,6 in Alpha Centauri System show message "A dimensional opening has proiduced an identical ship from another dimension", and then you'll have two ships. But the next time someone enters the sector nothing will happen, a work once sector event?

Will Aroon include a real spaceship bundled with SEV ? That should be cool.

[ March 31, 2004, 09:13: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

General Woundwort

March 31st, 2004, 12:14 PM

Originally posted by Paul1980au:
beta tester here to interested and will sign up if possible. I'm second in line - form up behind us, single-file, NO PUSHING... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Timstone

March 31st, 2004, 12:25 PM

Now MM has official begun with SE V, we could make a list of wanted features and send it to MM.
The wishlist thread is a bit messy.
Who would like the job of cleaning up the wishlist? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

tesco samoa

March 31st, 2004, 01:49 PM

hey my scripting idea lives on.... I knew sending it to him a few times and asking the question on the chat would have some benifits http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

DemoMonkey

March 31st, 2004, 03:30 PM

Turn 50: Gift the Borg 20 Warcubes
Turn 51: Open warpline from �Borg-homesystem� to �Federation-homesystem�
Turn 52: Soil Federation Presidents underclothing.

Kamog

March 31st, 2004, 04:08 PM

Next summer? Sounds great! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Ragnarok-X

March 31st, 2004, 04:14 PM

im wondering about the release-date

They say it will be ready at summer 2005.

Now by how much time was SE 4 delayed until i got released in the first place ?!

Ragnarok

March 31st, 2004, 05:54 PM

Originally posted by Ragnarok-X:
im wondering about the release-date

They say it will be ready at summer 2005.

Now by how much time was SE 4 delayed until i got released in the first place ?! I look for it to be realeased in the September range. But I fully hope Aaron will show us all up and have it out by summer.

EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro

March 31st, 2004, 07:19 PM

Technologies...unlimited!

Must...empty...gimble...mounted...droolcup.

Ragnarok-X

March 31st, 2004, 08:14 PM

I guess the unlimited tech thingy is actually not THAT nice. Just make each weapon has unlimited tech levels and add a some code like
"each level increases damage by 10"
and
"each second level increases range by 1"
or something odd like that. Not really unique. THen again i dont know and this is just a simple mind thought.

[ March 31, 2004, 18:21: Message edited by: Ragnarok-X ]

narf poit chez BOOM

March 31st, 2004, 08:31 PM

Originally posted by General Woundwort:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Paul1980au:
beta tester here to interested and will sign up if possible. I'm second in line - form up behind us, single-file, NO PUSHING... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <hr /></blockquote>Third.

Timstone

March 31st, 2004, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by General Woundwort:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Paul1980au:
beta tester here to interested and will sign up if possible. I'm second in line - form up behind us, single-file, NO PUSHING... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <hr /></blockquote>Third. <hr /></blockquote>Timstone comes flying in with his Timetravelling Gearbox and takes the forth place in line.

AMF

March 31st, 2004, 08:36 PM

I would die, simply die, to be a betatester...

EDIT: but, uh, then I'd be a dead betatester.

Well, I would really love to be a betatester. That's what I meant.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Thanks,

Alarik

Originally posted by Timstone:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by General Woundwort:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Paul1980au:
beta tester here to interested and will sign up if possible. I'm second in line - form up behind us, single-file, NO PUSHING... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <hr /></blockquote>Third. <hr /></blockquote>Timstone comes flying in with his Timetravelling Gearbox and takes the forth place in line. <hr /></blockquote>

[ March 31, 2004, 18:43: Message edited by: alarikf ]

dogscoff

March 31st, 2004, 09:57 PM

alarik: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Timstone: Nice to see the old gearbox out of mothballs again.

pathfinder

March 31st, 2004, 11:02 PM

Dang, I just HAD to have a dental appointment today.

*Pathy thinks of ways to distract those in line in from him*

primitive

March 31st, 2004, 11:14 PM

Look, theres Aaron Hall. To the left, behind the trees.

- While everybody looks for Aaron, the Primitve one sneaks in front of the line http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[ March 31, 2004, 21:17: Message edited by: primitive ]

Ed Kolis

March 31st, 2004, 11:27 PM

Sixth! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

(A scripting language in a 4X game... wow, this is going to be one HELL of a ride! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif )

edit: now what are "warp point assault weapons" anyway... hmmm, maybe drones that actually work? weapons that fire warp points? special siege satellites that surround a warp point like a sphereworld surrounds a star and are bristling with inward-facing weapons? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ March 31, 2004, 21:29: Message edited by: Ed Kolis ]

narf poit chez BOOM

March 31st, 2004, 11:54 PM

Originally posted by primitive:
Look, theres Aaron Hall. To the left, behind the trees.

- While everybody looks for Aaron, the Primitve one sneaks in front of the line http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif *Narf beans Primitive with a thrown hammer with a rope around the handle. The line moves forward over Primitive's unconsious body.*

atari_eric

April 1st, 2004, 01:36 AM

Seventh.

And I have Industry experience in game debugging! Hah!

Sega's NHL 2K2, for the Dreamcast

Renegade 13

April 1st, 2004, 02:23 AM

Think there's room for an eighth?? Ah too bad if there's not. I CALL EIGHTH!!

EDIT: Wait a minute.....I was the one who told you all this wonderful news.....and that means I should be first in line!!

[ April 01, 2004, 00:25: Message edited by: Renegade 13 ]

Fyron

April 1st, 2004, 04:42 AM

Atrocities

April 1st, 2004, 04:54 AM

Aaron could charge say $100.00 for a beta tester slot and you know what? We would pay it! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Gladly.

Grandpa Kim

April 1st, 2004, 05:21 AM

Well, I know what 3D rendered graphics are but what the heck are "real-time 3D rendered graphics"? If it has anything to do with combat, I ain't interested. Nope, not interested in having the computer train my fingers. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Now, I want you beta-testers to do a real good job because I'm really looking forward to playing the demo for the first time and getting that 8-years-old-again feeling http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Fyron

April 1st, 2004, 05:26 AM

No need to have fingers trained at all. As has been mentioned on many occasions, the ability to pause and issues orders while paused eliminates every possible click-festing issue with real time combat. Multiplayer games would likely have combat done strategically, rather than tactically (as in Se4, esp. for PBW games and such), so there is no reason for concern there. Except hotseat games, which can easily be handled by having simulated "turns" where the game runs combat without intervention for X seconds, then pauses, giving each player a chance to issue orders, just like SE4 combat. Except that there will be no turn based combat idiosyncracies, which no possible purely turn based system can get rid of.

Grandpa Kim

April 1st, 2004, 05:33 AM

So, unlike Warcraft II, I'll actually have real control when a hundred ships are in the battle. Cool! "Pause" is good. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I don't doubt this has been mentioned before, but time constraints prevent me from reading more than about 20% of the threads http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Fyron

April 1st, 2004, 05:36 AM

Oh you can bet that the beta testers won't let Aaron make SE5 a RTS game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif There is a whole world out there outside of RTS (Warcraft, Starcraft, etc. are "RTS", a specific (and small) chunk of what real time games can be).

Phoenix-D

April 1st, 2004, 05:42 AM

Originally posted by Grandpa Kim:
Well, I know what 3D rendered graphics are but what the heck are "real-time 3D rendered graphics"? Real time 3d graphics means the computer is doing the rendering as you play. As opposed to say SE4 shipsets where all the rendering is done ahead of time.

There is 0 reason they couldn't be used in a turn-based system; they already have been many times. The recent attempt to do an updated Version of X-COM uses the Quake 2 engine for example, and it runs pretty much the same as normal X-com. So does the excellent Silent Storm.

Atrocities

April 1st, 2004, 05:46 AM

I am not sure, but I think this will drastically change the way ships sets are made. I believe, and I could be wrong, that now you must have a wire frame model of your ship and a "skin" to go over it.

Look at BOTF and how they did it.

I hope this is not the case.

Captain Kwok

April 1st, 2004, 06:15 AM

I don't think so Atrocities.

It's going to be the same as Star Fury.

Instar

April 1st, 2004, 06:43 AM

oy I gots to change me pants I do!

narf poit chez BOOM

April 1st, 2004, 07:39 AM

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
*dies from anticipation* Dibs on his stuff. <hr /></blockquote>Hello... vampire... already dead here! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif <hr /></blockquote>Oh yeah.

Hmm...

*Looks consideringly at the handle of his wooden hammer*

*Starts sharpening it...

Atrocities

April 1st, 2004, 07:41 AM

Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
I don't think so Atrocities.

It's going to be the same as Star Fury. Should be interesting then.

General Woundwort

April 1st, 2004, 11:01 AM

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Aaron could charge say $100.00 for a beta tester slot and you know what? We would pay it! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Gladly. You KNOW how cash-strapped Aaron is, so why give him ideas!?! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Voidhawk

April 1st, 2004, 12:54 PM

Oooo! Summer '05 is just around the corner! Even I can wait that long!

So is it ready yet? How about now? Now? How about now? What's the freakin' hold up?!

Now?

Unknown_Enemy

April 1st, 2004, 01:49 PM

Cool,

But there was something that did keep me out of starfury : the feeling of driving a starship on the sea. It was 3d on a 2d world. Which feels strange. I would love to have true 3D, sort of simplified homeworld system map. Hell, Elite2 was doing it 15 years ago, so their must be a way to get it in SE5.

AMF

April 1st, 2004, 04:43 PM

So, is there actually a way to get on the list of BetaTesters? I mean, not that I'd hav a chance to, but I would sure love to see the limits/shortcomings of the politics engine... (of course, I'd love to test the whole game, but I am much less of an "optimizer of ships/planets/etc..." than others...)

Just wondering if there was a real chance to be a betatester, never having done anything like it before...

thanks,

Alarik

Ragnarok

April 1st, 2004, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by alarikf:

Just wondering if there was a real chance to be a betatester, never having done anything like it before...

thanks,

Alarik yes there is a chance. When the game is ready for Beta Aaron will ask for anyone interested to email him with system specs and so forth and then he will select who is a beta tester. So be ready when that message drops that he wants beta testers! I know I will be! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Atrocities

April 1st, 2004, 05:22 PM

I am debating whether or not to sign up for the beta. I mean I would like to, however, if I do then all my Space Empires time will be devoted to beta testing. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif And what is wrong with that??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Timstone

April 1st, 2004, 05:31 PM

Yup AT, that means no more SE PBW, only Beta testing. Hehe... choices, choices...

Ed Kolis

April 1st, 2004, 11:16 PM

Knowing how long PBW games take, you'd better stop signing up for them about now... or sooner! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Renegade 13

April 2nd, 2004, 01:33 AM

Originally posted by Instar:
oy I gots to change me pants I do! Eewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Ruatha

April 2nd, 2004, 06:42 AM

*Lurks until beta testing is done and the game is released and the reviews and impressions starts to roll in*

-Ought to be good, but so ought Moo3 also...

Atrocities

April 2nd, 2004, 06:49 AM

You all realize that once SE V goes beta all of our Posts counts will be set back to ZERO and we will all have to start over again. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Spoo

April 2nd, 2004, 07:20 AM

You all realize that once SE V goes beta all of our Posts counts will be set back to ZERO and we will all have to start over again. I thought our post counts were universal throughout the Shrapnel message Boards. After all, we can post on any Shrapnel message board without reregistering.

Atrocities

April 2nd, 2004, 07:30 AM

Originally posted by Spoo:
<blockquote>quote:<hr /> You all realize that once SE V goes beta all of our Posts counts will be set back to ZERO and we will all have to start over again. I thought our post counts were universal throughout the Shrapnel message Boards. After all, we can post on any Shrapnel message board without reregistering. <hr /></blockquote>It is still April 1st here. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Spoo

April 2nd, 2004, 07:41 AM

Ah, it's 1:30AM here.

Kamog

April 2nd, 2004, 07:51 AM

Suddenly I realized that I recognize your avatar. I like Neon Genesis Evangelion, too! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Atrocities

April 2nd, 2004, 07:53 AM

Originally posted by Spoo:
Ah, it's 1:30AM here. So the bad humor was lost on you? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Spoo

April 3rd, 2004, 02:06 AM

So the bad humor was lost on you? Yep. You'll have to try again next year.

Suddenly I realized that I recognize your avatar. I like Neon Genesis Evangelion, too! Yeah, I've been naming my ships after Eva characters in PBW for the Last couple of games I've been in.

Alas, poor Gendo's head has been stretched by the image resizing, making him slighly harder ro recognize. But I suppose he deserves it.