Anyone Interested (Off Topic) [Archive]

CNCRaymond

February 2nd, 2003, 04:50 PM

If you are bored, and want to have something to spend a little time on while surfing the web, feel free to sign up for and play This Game (http://astmod.com/blacknova).

I seem to have gotten it to work ok, and would enjoy having a few players giving it a whirl. The game is blacknova/traders and was created by game designers from Source Forge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/blacknova)

I installed it as it looks like a fun game to play.

Atrocities

February 2nd, 2003, 06:34 PM

Signed up.

Desdinova

February 2nd, 2003, 07:06 PM

signed up too

Nodachi

February 2nd, 2003, 07:49 PM

Me too.

Desdinova

February 2nd, 2003, 09:46 PM

i sure started off wrong. instead of using the warp point i used normal space on my routes. now i have to wait forever to be able to do anything.

tesco samoa

February 3rd, 2003, 07:19 AM

yea i kinda screwed the first 1000 turns up http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Ragnarok

February 3rd, 2003, 06:06 PM

Originally posted by desdinova:
i sure started off wrong. instead of using the warp point i used normal space on my routes. now i have to wait forever to be able to do anything.I did the same thing. Now I'm not doing too bad. Making butt loads of cash each trip. But I can't get my score to go up. What makes the score go up anyways? I haven't been able to find it anywhere around.

tesco samoa

February 3rd, 2003, 06:31 PM

get your engines up to about 11 or so and it takes one turn to go anywhere

Ragnarok

February 3rd, 2003, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
get your engines up to about 11 or so and it takes one turn to go anywhereI'm working on that. I am to level 8 now I believe. I should be up to 11 by tonight sometime.

tesco samoa

February 3rd, 2003, 10:08 PM

sorry thats level 14

Ragnarok

February 3rd, 2003, 10:57 PM

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
sorry thats level 14Ooch, dang. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Well then I might make that level by tomorrow.

tesco samoa

February 4th, 2003, 01:59 AM

so why is your score so huge ??? it is not possible....

Ragnarok

February 4th, 2003, 02:37 AM

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
so why is your score so huge ??? it is not possible....My score? Huge? Riiight. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
I got a level 9 hull, level 10 engines. I also have 2 planets. But my score is only 1543. I don't see how it can be so low either, but I guess that's the way it goes.

Desdinova

February 4th, 2003, 08:19 PM

i believe your score is tied to your buying and selling. my score went up once i had a large hull and just spent 200 turns buying and selling.

Ragnarok

February 4th, 2003, 08:45 PM

Originally posted by desdinova:
i believe your score is tied to your buying and selling. my score went up once i had a large hull and just spent 200 turns buying and selling.Well it's slowly getting bigger. And I spent this morning using 200 turns to buy and trade. I made about 8 million or so. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Desdinova

February 4th, 2003, 09:05 PM

i think it may have something to do with your net worth now. i took out a 10,000,000 loan and my score appears to have dropped.

Ragnarok

February 4th, 2003, 10:07 PM

Originally posted by desdinova:
i think it may have something to do with your net worth now. i took out a 10,000,000 loan and my score appears to have dropped.I see I see... I'll be sure to limit any loans I take out. I haven't had to take any out but I thought about it once just to play around with different things I can do with this game. My score jumped up there a bit lately but not that much.

Atrocities

February 4th, 2003, 10:30 PM

Tips:

1. If your in an alliance, and you want the other alliance members to access your worlds for resources gathering or trade, you need to make the world a Corprate World.

2. Once your hull get too big, trade becomes less effective. This is why you have planets. Have them produce resources that you then transfer to your ship and sell to other ports.

3. GET AN ESCAPE POD. If your ship is destroyed, the Pod will save your money.

4. SAVE MONEY in the IGB. It adds interest.

5. Transport population to your planets. Try to get them up to 25 million.

6. Produce about 15% energy if your world is supporting fighters as sector defenses.

7. Never attack a planet that is bigger than you.

8. Find another SPEICAL port like 871 as 0 will begin to kick you if your ship becomes to big.

9. Get your ship engines to 10. This will reduce the amount of turns used when moving through real space.

10. The more planets you have the more your wealth will increase.

11. Join an alliance or form one.

12. Use Becons to post Messages to players who enter your space.

13. Post some fighter and set them to TOLL to collect funds.

14. Establish Trade routes and use them.

15. To generate money on your planets, reduce the % of resources being created.
20 20 20 15 Pop Cash 10 10
5 5 5 15 Pop Cash 5 5
This will prompt the Population to produce Money and not resources.

[ February 04, 2003, 20:33: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Katchoo

February 5th, 2003, 12:41 AM

I signed up!

Hopefully they won't block the web site at work http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Grandpa Kim

February 5th, 2003, 06:05 AM

From Atrocities:

13. Post some fighter and set them to TOLL to collect funds. Sounds like a great idea, but I haven't the foggiest idea how to do this.

Kim
(aka Horace)

Krsqk

February 5th, 2003, 03:18 PM

I'm confused about how these alliances have claimed space as their own (i.e., the Free Trade Alliance over 98% of the special ports). How is that done?

Nodachi

February 5th, 2003, 04:50 PM

Planets with bases allow you to control a sector.

Tip of the day; People = Power.

Ragnarok

February 5th, 2003, 07:04 PM

Ok, I can't figure this out. My score is only 6,000 some and I have 12 planets. Yes that's right, 12 planets. How can my score be so low? I got a ton of population too. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

Krsqk

February 5th, 2003, 07:28 PM

I haven't yet found a special port with planets in the sector. There's got to be some other way, as well.

To deploy sector defenses, click Devices. It should list Fighters and Mines (which go to the same page). You can choose how many of each to deploy, and either Toll or Attack mode for the fighters.

Katchoo

February 5th, 2003, 08:00 PM

Originally posted by Krsqk:
I haven't yet found a special port with planets in the sector. There's got to be some other way, as well.Buy a Genesis Device and make your own planet. Unless there's some kind of restriction on Planet generation within the sector your eyeing...

Atrocities

February 6th, 2003, 04:46 AM

Special PORTS do not have planets. You can not build planets in special ports either.

the term Free Trade means that the system is a FREE TRADE system, and NOT a clan.

[ February 06, 2003, 02:49: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Desdinova

February 6th, 2003, 11:51 AM

this game is addictive. fortunately since i have used up all my starting turns i can only play twice a day now. once in the morning and once in the afternoon. rest of time have to wait for turns to accumulate. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
question: how do you post fighter and mines?

also once i paid off my loan my score appears to have gone back up. i suggest you dont take out huge loans as the interest adds up quickly.

Krsqk

February 6th, 2003, 07:15 PM

Ok, I was mixing up Free-trade Territory and the Free Trade Alliance (or whatever it's called). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Another tip: Don't spend more time trading at the beginning that it takes to upgrade your ship hull. Trading at each larger size is 50% more efficient = saves turns. You could upgrade hull and engines at the same time, also, to make real-space trading plausible.

Desdinova

February 6th, 2003, 08:10 PM

thanks TescoSamoa.

Desdinova

February 6th, 2003, 09:16 PM

my organics are not increasing. all i have are the initial organics i deposited. all other categories are increasing.
i have 200,000 colonists.
production for organics is set to 10%.
planet does have a base.
this is actually happening on all my planets.

Atrocities

February 6th, 2003, 09:26 PM

Your planet is using that much Organics to feed your population. Increase them to 20%

tesco samoa

February 6th, 2003, 11:05 PM

the web admin has the organics turned off i believe... so do not use it at all... set it to zero... As you do not need it and population will increase without organics..

Ore is needed if you wish to build fighters and mines on the planet.

Energy is needed for you fighters during battle.
so 5% min.

Remeber that what is not used to build items is used to create credits... So you can just go out and buy stuff instead... If you have the turns to do it.

Desdinova

February 6th, 2003, 11:42 PM

thank yall very much. i shall adjust my percentages.

Ragnarok

February 6th, 2003, 11:45 PM

My score is finally going up a bit. It still seems really low but oh well. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

tesco samoa

February 7th, 2003, 01:22 AM

ok how is the game master that much ahead... WHat did you do that is different besides pop up your stuff...

Atrocities

February 7th, 2003, 01:33 AM

I asked him the same question. He sat on his money and build up interest. He has been sitting on his money for a month.

And Organics are on, all of the resources are on. My planets are producing them. I have to set my % at 15 or 20 to get them to produce, but they are. Remember, planet population use organics, and System defenses use Energy.

[ February 06, 2003, 23:35: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

tesco samoa

February 7th, 2003, 02:39 AM

make sure when you leave the game to land on you most heavily defended planet.

tesco samoa

February 7th, 2003, 02:41 AM

to launch them in space... you use the devices window ( the one where you use to launch becons ) and launch them there

tesco samoa

February 7th, 2003, 05:04 AM

that would put him at a slight advantage over everyone else...

Challenges are good.

I have not gone into the negatives in organics and people are still doing the bunny

Krsqk

February 7th, 2003, 07:13 PM

Okay, two more questions: Looking at the game settings, I see that "furangees" play every 2 minutes, and the "planetary apocalypse" occurs every 15 minutes. What on earth are these, and how do they affect play?

Grandpa Kim

February 8th, 2003, 08:51 AM

Originally posted by Krsqk:
Okay, two more questions: Looking at the game settings, I see that "furangees" play every 2 minutes, and the "planetary apocalypse" occurs every 15 minutes. What on earth are these, and how do they affect play?Well, I sure don't know either. In fact I have never heard of these two phenomena. Where do you see them mentioned?

Atrocities

February 8th, 2003, 03:12 PM

I have noticed. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif I have just been sitting around waiting for my money to add up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

pathfinder

February 8th, 2003, 05:48 PM

Ok, I bit and joined. Only one question (hopefully I didn't do somefink wrong) but where/how does one get colonists? I "settled" a remote planet but only 2 colonists so production is nil atm....

Desdinova

February 8th, 2003, 07:14 PM

from trading ports that are listed as special. they appear as yellow planets on the map. sector 000 is one of those. click on the word special and it will take you to the purchase screen. population is lower right corner.

Desdinova

February 8th, 2003, 07:16 PM

question. under rankings what is the good/evil column for and is a high # good or bad.

tesco samoa

February 8th, 2003, 07:24 PM

The Free Trade Alliance is good http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Actually I do not know what those are for

pathfinder

February 8th, 2003, 07:31 PM

Ah, thankee Destinova http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Nodachi

February 8th, 2003, 07:41 PM

Attacking people is bad http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif and therefor get you an evil mark on the rankings page.

Ragnarok

February 8th, 2003, 07:42 PM

Originally posted by Atrocities:
I have noticed. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif I have just been sitting around waiting for my money to add up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif I'm doing the same thing. I got nearly 500,000,000 in the bank which has helped my score go up. But still low. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif And one of the new players has only played 11 turns and he is way past me. I can't figure that out. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif In fact he's up to 5th in the total rankings. More then 5X my score. Oh well, it's fun playing this game so it's all good. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Originally posted by Nodachi:
Atrocities, I'm slowly but surely catching up to you! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif Catching up?! Man you have doubled his score already. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif I gotta figure out how to do this!

[ February 08, 2003, 17:43: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

CNCRaymond

February 8th, 2003, 07:51 PM

And one of the new players has only played 11 turns and he is way past me. I can't figure that out. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif THis I will check out!

Nodachi

February 8th, 2003, 07:57 PM

Catching up?! Man you have doubled his score already. I gotta figure out how to do this!
OMG! Now how the Hell did I do that! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

CNCRaymond

February 8th, 2003, 08:02 PM

I checked, and he used something like 4000 + turns in the Last 24 hours.

Atrocities has played this game for a couple of years. He knows how to rack up the points.

I would suggest that you do as he does, and sit on your turns for a while, get your hull size up to 25 and then create a ton of planets, say twenty or so, then spend your turns and money setting the colonist level between ten and twenty five million.

(I am thinking about giving everyone a turn bonus of 2500 turns except for Atrocities and myself who have had more turns and game time. Let me know if you would like this.)

[ February 08, 2003, 19:07: Message edited by: CNCRaymond ]

Nodachi

February 8th, 2003, 08:35 PM

Nodachi's Tip of the Day: Once you've got a nice little empire quit buying colonists. Watch for your planets approaching 100,000,000 population and use those to seed new worlds. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Krsqk

February 8th, 2003, 08:51 PM

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Krsqk are you hacking the web page again? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif Not sure what you're talking about. When you click on the "login" button, you can enter your email/password, or you can click on links like "FAQ" or "Game Settings" at the bottom. What were you talking about?

CNCRaymond

February 8th, 2003, 09:02 PM

Not sure what you're talking about. When you click on the "login" button, you can enter your email/password, or you can click on links like "FAQ" or "Game Settings" at the bottom. What were you talking about? You should only be able to see FAQ not the settings. But if anyone is interested, here are the current game settings.

Game Settings
Game Version: Blacknova Game
Average tech level needed to hit mines 8
Averaged Tech level When Emergency Warp Degrades 15
Number of Sectors 3,000
Maximum Links per sector 10
Maximum average tech level for Federation Sectors 8
Intergalactic Bank Enabled Yes
IGB Interest rate per update 0.03
IGB Loan rate per update 0.1
Tech Level upgrade for Bases 1
Colonists Limit 100,000,000
Maximum number of accumulated turns 6,000
Maximum number of planets per sector 5
Maximum number of traderoutes per player 40
Colonist Production Rate 0.005
Unit of Energy used per sector fighter 0.1
Sector fighter degradation percentage rate 5
Number of planets with bases need for sector ownership 3
Planet interest rate 0.050
Colonists needed to produce 1 Fighter each turn 20,000
Colonists needed to produce 1 Torpedo each turn 8,000
Colonists needed to produce 1 Ore each turn 800
Colonists needed to produce 1 Organics each turn 400
Colonists needed to produce 1 Goods each turn 800
Colonists needed to produce 1 Energy each turn 400
Colonists needed to produce 1 Credits each turn 67

Game Scheduler Settings
Ticks happen every 1 minutes
Turns will happen every 2 minutes
Defenses will be checked every 2 minutes
Furangees will play every 2 minutes
Interests on IGB accounts will be accumulated every 2 minutes
News will be generated every 15 minutes
Planets will generate production every 2 minutes
Ports will regenerate every 2 minutes
Ships will be towed from fed sectors every 2 minutes
Rankings will be generated every 30 minutes
Sector Defences will degrade every 6 minutes
The planetary apocalypse will occur every 15 minutes

Nodachi

February 8th, 2003, 09:13 PM

You can view the Game Settings on the login screen.

CNCRaymond

February 8th, 2003, 09:26 PM

Hum, I hadn't noticed that. On my login screen all I have availible is the FAQ. Odd, but good. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Ragnarok

February 8th, 2003, 09:29 PM

I am thinking about giving everyone a turn bonus of 2500 turns except for Atrocities and myself who have had more turns and game time. Let me know if you would like this.)This would be nice but whatever you decide is fine.

I have 24 planets and 1M in colonists. I'm going to take my next few hundred turns and seed those worlds up to alot more.

CNCRaymond

February 8th, 2003, 09:43 PM

I found it. Thanks. I never really looked at the bottom of the LOGIN screen before. Funny how I missed it.

Yes, I will give everyone say for myself and Atrocities a 2500 turn bonus later today.

This should help out a lot of you who are learning the game and those of you who had learned at a great cost.

pathfinder

February 8th, 2003, 11:07 PM

CNCRaymond: Nice, different sort of game. Those bonus turns helped http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif I used a bunch earlier today wandering around http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Shadow Master

February 8th, 2003, 11:23 PM

I'm in as Daon Rendiv onboard the Astral-Nox

I offered an alliance to people in alphabeticle order.....

Will finish offers later.

Desdinova

February 9th, 2003, 12:41 AM

thank you for those bonus turns. now to make up for the first day i spent using real space instead of warp.

Phoenix-D

February 9th, 2003, 02:00 AM

Are warp links redundant once you get good engines? I can get anywhere in one, maybe two turns so I don't really see the point of warp links any more..

Phoenix-D

Atrocities

February 9th, 2003, 02:20 AM

Krsqk are you hacking the web page again? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

Nodachi

February 9th, 2003, 02:24 AM

Atrocities, I'm slowly but surely catching up to you! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

pathfinder

February 9th, 2003, 04:16 AM

Phoenix-D: When I got to where I could go on one turn in "real space" I outfitted ram scoops to pick up energy. Used the energy to both build planet and make extra credits....no need for warping around http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Shadow Master

February 9th, 2003, 05:46 PM

If anyone likes managing planets, join DSA.
Currently 30 corprate plants and growing every time I remeber to use GTs.

Shadow Master

February 9th, 2003, 07:13 PM

Come on now, its hard to do this alone, Does ANYONE here like managing planets?

pathfinder

February 9th, 2003, 08:24 PM

How the heck does one use a genesis torpedo? for that matter set off fighters as sector defense?

Shadow Master

February 9th, 2003, 08:25 PM

hit the DEVICES button!

pathfinder

February 9th, 2003, 08:39 PM

Roger, finally figgered it out. No need to shout...

Phoenix-D

February 9th, 2003, 08:52 PM

"How the heck does one use a genesis torpedo? for that matter set off fighters as sector defense?"

Oh, and don't forgot fighters in space need energy for maintance. I lost 40000 fighters that way http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Phoenix-D

Desdinova

February 9th, 2003, 09:39 PM

Originally posted by Shadow Master:
Come on now, its hard to do this alone, Does ANYONE here like managing planets?sorry but i have 80 of my own to deal with.

Desdinova

February 9th, 2003, 09:53 PM

pity there's no way to launch fighters and mines directly from the planet.

Atrocities

February 9th, 2003, 10:48 PM

"How the heck does one use a genesis torpedo? for that matter set off fighters as sector defense?" Go to Devices'
Click on Geneisis Device
Voila, you have a planet, 5 max per system

Katchoo

February 10th, 2003, 12:17 AM

Extra turns? I haven't gotten any extra turns. You're all against me, aren't you? Aren't you?? Admit it!!!

AGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! WHOOOOOOOP WHOOOOOOP WHOOOOOOP WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

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

Ragnarok

February 10th, 2003, 05:13 PM

Ummm, what is up with me being in Sol? I got up this morning and found myself in the Sol sector with a ship that is like the one I started out this game with at first. I thought maybe something happened to me but there is no news stating that. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

And I can't even go back to my home system. My fighters start to attack me. What up with this? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

Edit: Ok figured it out. They arn't my fighters. I lost alot of my planets and someone took them. This not good. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif
Ahh well, you live and learn. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ February 10, 2003, 15:23: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

dogscoff

February 10th, 2003, 05:31 PM

are torpedoes on a planet's surface used for defence? I know fighters are, but do torpedoes have to be deployed or something?

Ragnarok

February 10th, 2003, 05:47 PM

I think they are only used for defense if someone attacks the planet.

I thought up another question...I had owned the space those planets were in and I had it set to you cannot attack in those systems. Since I did this, then how were they able to attack my planets?

Phoenix-D

February 10th, 2003, 06:02 PM

"Edit: Ok figured it out. They arn't my fighters. I lost alot of my planets and someone took them. This not good."

Who took them?

On a side note, did anyone find it amsuing to read this in the log? :

PLayer's Empire has 5 planets
Player's Empire has 10 planets
Player's Empire has 25 planets
Player was killed in an accident.

Ooops. Invest in escape capsules guys, they aren't just for show. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Phoenix-D

Ragnarok

February 10th, 2003, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
"Edit: Ok figured it out. They arn't my fighters. I lost alot of my planets and someone took them. This not good."

Who took them?

On a side note, did anyone find it amsuing to read this in the log? :

PLayer's Empire has 5 planets
Player's Empire has 10 planets
Player's Empire has 25 planets
Player was killed in an accident.

Ooops. Invest in escape capsules guys, they aren't just for show. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Phoenix-Dhttp://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Yeah, I found that to be rather funny as well.
They took two of my systems. One of the system now belongs to Tesco, and the other Nodachi.

Desdinova

February 10th, 2003, 09:59 PM

1. how do you scan your own base to see what it is capable of?
2. i have noticed some systems have statements at the top of the screen how do you put those there?

Atrocities

February 10th, 2003, 10:08 PM

Your base is just a way to store more money and to allow you to access your planets production from the PLANETS - CHANGE PRODUCTION window on the upper left hand side.

PLANETS lists all of your planets, and if they have a base, CHANGE PRODUCTION will show them and you can alter your production from that window on all of your planets at the sametime.

Messages at the top of the system are created by using BEACONS in the DEVICE window.

Desdinova

February 10th, 2003, 10:39 PM

thanks.

Atrocities

February 10th, 2003, 11:31 PM

Also, if you build 3 bases within a system, (one per planet) You gain control of that system and can set the system settings.

Desdinova

February 11th, 2003, 09:42 AM

still trying to figure out how to scan planets defensive/offensive capabilities. spent some time scanning others planets and ships and have noticed that the planets have sheilds, fighter and torpedo launchers and beam weapons just like ships. how is this determined? is it based upon population?

edit: for those of you i scanned i am not hostile at this time. just trying to learn more about the game.

[ February 11, 2003, 07:43: Message edited by: desdinova ]

Atrocities

February 11th, 2003, 09:58 AM

Your ability to scan is limited by the size of your scanner on your ship. (Ok, keep it clean)

You can have a trillion fighters and torpedo's on a planet. There is a formula for how production of fighters and torps are governed, but as far as I know there is no limit to how many a planet can have.

NOW, fighters deployed as sector defense have to have ENERGY from the planets, or they will reduce in numbers over time.

Scanning a planet is to determine whether or not your ship is capible of taking on that planet. For the most part, you will want a ship that has a huge beam, armor, shield and power setting. Pack in as many fighters and torps as you can, (30 + hull size is good) and you can take on just about any planet. That is unless you do what I did, and try to take one of the WebMasters. Big mistake. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

I spent 5k turns setting up my ship, and attacked one of his planets in sector 499, and was defeated soundly. (Restart)

Desdinova

February 11th, 2003, 10:12 AM

scanned webmasters. his ship alone would probably wipe out an entire fleet of star destroyers. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
i understand the scanning part but how does the game determine if a planet has a beam value of say 30 torpedo launcher 15 sheilds 10 etc. do we have the ability to upgrade bases like we do with ships?
also will ships and torps sitting on a planet deploy automatically when the planet is attacked? or do they need to be manually launched?

edit: when i asked about scanning i understand scanning other peoples planets and ships. but how do i find out what my planets capabilities are?

[ February 11, 2003, 08:15: Message edited by: desdinova ]

Atrocities

February 11th, 2003, 10:26 AM

Bases can not be upgraded. They are static. They are designed to allow you to gain better control over your planet and system.

Yes, fighters and torps are launched automattically when your planet is attacked.

I think the amount of fightes released is directly equal to the amount of energy the planet has. SO DO NOT RUN LOW. And remember if you have your planet set to ALL TRADE, someone could buy all your energy then attack your planet.

I don't know about how to find out what our own planets are capitable of. I'll have to ask CNC.

You can also email the games creater and ask him. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif (His name is rick something I think. I beleive there is a link to his email on every page.)

[ February 11, 2003, 08:28: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Desdinova

February 11th, 2003, 10:28 AM

thanks

Desdinova

February 11th, 2003, 10:30 AM

ot: hey atrocities what is your avatar from? i keeping thinking of the coalition government from rifts when i see it.

[ February 11, 2003, 08:41: Message edited by: desdinova ]

Atrocities

February 11th, 2003, 10:31 AM

I think the object of the game is to waste our lives away on the web. I can not really find any other reason to play it. Addictive like Planetarion, and Earth 2035, but more pathetic.

Oh I editted my post below too. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

pathfinder

February 11th, 2003, 01:34 PM

Ugh, me thinks next go round I'll have to use a different strategy. Me be a bit spread thin http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Desdinova

February 11th, 2003, 06:30 PM

if you get tired of peacefully building your empire you always have mankinds other favorite pasttime, WAR. myself i prefer to peacefully build my empire. there are 3000 systems to explore, with 20 people playing the game thats 150 systems each times 5 planets per system gives us each 750 planets to rule. i want to see how many i can control before i go crazy from the amount of management necessary. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
so i would agree with atrocities reasoning for the game.

dogscoff

February 12th, 2003, 02:15 AM

So... does it get any better than this? I mean, I haven't progressed very far really, but unless someone finds all my planets and wipes me out, there's nothing much to stop me (eventually) having stacks of 5 planet systems with impenetrable defences and hundreds of millions in the bank... what is there to do then? Or is this whole game just a cleverly devised lesson in the fundamental emptiness of an existence devoted entirely to the accumulation of material wealth?

tesco samoa

February 12th, 2003, 02:55 AM

Don't forget when the alliances start to fight it out...

Desdinova

February 12th, 2003, 09:25 AM

found a star system with 5 planets all showing unclaimed. i am able to capture planets 3,4,5 but not 1 or 2. i get message saying command is not available. why cant i capture these two planets?

Phoenix-D

February 12th, 2003, 09:40 AM

Probably one of mine. I tried a strategy I found on another board- repeated kamakazing defenses- and uh, the Last time I forgot about the escape pod. Kersplat.

Phoenix-D

Desdinova

February 12th, 2003, 06:40 PM

i just went to alliance planet list and the two planets i cant capture are part of the alliance i belong to. is it possible that one cannot capture planets that are corporate or part of the alliance one belongs to?
phoenix d these are probably your planets then.

Puke

February 13th, 2003, 02:22 AM

this game looks like it could be alot of fun, but im thinking it would be better not to get very deep in it. I think im going to have to stop playing.

Taz-in-Space

February 13th, 2003, 07:28 AM

fundamental emptiness of an existence devoted entirely to the accumulation of material wealth Oh, give me some of that 'emptiness'! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Nodachi

February 16th, 2003, 09:30 PM

A while back someone asked about planetary apocalyspe settings. If you look under the panetary menu you'll find a link to players log. Check it and you'll see where you've logged in and things that have happened to your planets. I've seen two bad events, space plague and plasma storm. One kills colonists and the other drains your energy.

CNCRaymond

February 22nd, 2003, 11:51 AM

Hey guys, I know what I am about to tell you will hurt, but I have no choice. I must shut the game down. I have received a message from the hosting company that says that I have exceeded storage capacity. I have spent the Last hour trying to find the problem, but cannot. To the best of my knowledge, all the files that are on the astmod.com web site total out to about 60 Megs. However, I cannot access the data base files in a way that will definitively prove that they are no more than 2.2 Megs in size. Therefore I must, with sincere regret, delete all the data base files in hopes that this is the culprit. I doubt it, but what else can I do. I am afraid that my web hosting company is scamming me, and I will no pay the charges. I have heard of this kind of thing happening before, and did not think that it would ever happened to me, but it apparently is happening. I will know more once I dump the cgi-bin.

Thanks for playing, and again, I am sorry.