***Official*** The Peoples Mod vPR-08.May.04

[DeadZone]

The peoples mod is a mod that is currently in deveolopment by Project X Studios

We will be looking into making a mod that has so many variations from the stock game, as well as anything else we can think of

The team currently working on this mod is

DeadZoneMDx: Coding
Wydraz: Textures, graphics
Exan: Modeling

We welcome anyone to the team if they wanna come along and join us

Over at PXS I will be releasing screenshots showing things to come, and things already in on a regular basis (dont worry I will post here whenever I put any up )

Anyway, suggestions, question, ideas and comments (good or bad) are all welcome as long as they are constructive

Now back to the coding

[Exan]

About ideas:
Lots of news. Lots of lots of news. To me atleast it gives a feeling that something happens in the galaxy and that the galaxy is much more alive. And rename the news center to Universe today or something magazine -like.
About models:
Currently the best model I've made to the game looks like this.
DS-3 Monarch

Sorry about the ad in the screenshot.

[ May 08, 2004, 18:33: Message edited by: Exan ]

[DeadZone]

Goto
http://projectxstudios.com/download.php?view.4

Its a free Screenshot program, no ads or anything

[Suicide Junkie]

I don't understand why anyone would really need a screenshot program...
There is a button right there on your keyboard!

[ May 08, 2004, 22:23: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

[DeadZone]

Yeah I know, but there is one huge snag

You cant "shoot on the fly"

Basically, you hit the buttom, you have to go out of the program and into a image program and paste from teh clipboard and repeat

And screenshot program allows you to just hit a button, comtinue, hit a button, continue and so on, cos it just puts the picture into a folder of your choose to touch later

I find it alot quicker

[ May 09, 2004, 00:55: Message edited by: DeadZone ]

[DeadZone]

Two screenshots over at PXS showing a "stargate"

Also, we are gonna look into getting some high res textures into the game

[DeadZone]

Two more screenshots on PXS

Also, quite abit of discussion of TPM is on PXS, so everyone is welcome to come over and join in

[Phoenix-D]

re that discussion: negative power generation works. Sorta. See, it doesn't check the generation if you're at full power. Once the player does something that DRAINS power like firing a weapon, the regeneration is checked and power begins dropping.

[Suicide Junkie]

That shouldn't really be a problem.
The only way to get to full storage without having a net gain in power would be:
1) Buy repairs at a SY, and never fire any weapon afterwards (even PD).
2) Take damage to your reactors, and still not fire any weapon.

The "not firing any weapons" thing is gonna get you killed very quickly.

[Phoenix-D]

Yes, but it does mean you get no "fuel drain" until you're in combat..which negates any ideas of making energy purely fuel.