OT: Star Fury question

[DarkHorse]

I posted this in the SF forum, but who knows how long it will be until someone reads it.

How do you pick up floating cargo? Is it possible in the demo? I'm just playing around with it while I wait for the CD to arrive (since I'm not getting a beta SEV CD http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Timstone]

Sorry, I don't have the answer, but I do have a small question for you Darkhorse. I really like your signature, where have you found it? Is it from some serie, book or cartoon? Please elaborate.

[DarkHorse]

Timstone said:
Sorry, I don't have the answer, but I do have a small question for you Darkhorse. I really like your signature, where have you found it? Is it from some serie, book or cartoon? Please elaborate.



It's actually two quotes. The first is from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (soon to be a major motion picture http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif; I just liked the way he described the Vogon ships. He (Douglas Adams) had a way with words.

The second part is from the book 1984, by George Orwell. A classic cautionary tale of a totalitarian state's use of mind control on a hapless citizen.

[Alneyan]

If you want to pick up cargo, *ram* said cargo. That is, send your ship very near to the cargo, and it will be picked automatically (you do not have to stop to take it, crossing through the cargo should work quite well).

[Phoenix-D]

04/16/05 03:02 PM

How long it will be until someone reads it? 15 minutes from when it was answered here. And I saw that post first http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[DarkHorse]

Thanks guys. I had tried running it over before I even posted, but I think I was traveling too fast or something, because my (already damaged) ship blew up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif It works fine if you slow down first.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

You should know, NEVER try to run over a large crate of cargo at speeds exceeding .005 C..... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[DarkHorse]

Well, I had my seat belt on.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Seat belts don't help if the vehicle itself explodes.

[Starhawk]

Sure it does it helps you ensure certain death as the seatbelt prevents ejection.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

That...Isn't help.

[geoschmo]

At least seat belts don't hurt if your vehicle explodes Narf. Not much will help if your vehicle explodes, but vehicle explosions are extremely rare. I hope you aren't suggesting someone not wear their seat belt in the infinitesimal chance that their car might explode. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

No, no, I was simply advising Dark Horse on physics.

[DarkHorse]

It's okay, my spaceship has airbags too.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Those don't help in an explosion, either. Very little will help if your vehicle explodes.

Trust me, I live in a planatiod called Murphy's Law 4, I know these things.

[DarkHorse]

And lots of blinking lights. Blinking lights always make you safe. And orange stickers. Blinking lights and orange stickers.

[El_Phil]

Possibly a 'Baby on board' sticker. Well known to make even the most crazed of car-jackers or joyriders slow down and give the car a wide berth.

[AngleWyrm]

Space mines blink in much the same way cargo blinks. Good Cargo is more colorful about it though. 10 metric tons of Coke is easily spotted by the red flashing lights. Diet Shasta is the white flashing ones. Avoid the Shasta, I hear they shake the cans.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

DarkHorse said:
And lots of blinking lights. Blinking lights always make you safe. And orange stickers. Blinking lights and orange stickers.


Nope, sorry, those don't help in an explosion, either.

[El_Phil]

The only thing that helps in an explosion is not being there.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Well, either that or Grade A neutronium.