Hi all I just have the demo right now but...

[Loser]

Nah, no graphics like that. It was probably the Stellar Manipulation menu screen.

The game isn't about graphics. Its strong points are elsewhere, but they're so strong they more than make up for the 1993 graphics.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Starhawk:
Okay the first place I saw Space Empires IV I saw a 3d shot of a ship near a sun, it looked like it was a scinimatic of some kind, so can any of you guys explain this?

Possibly you saw a screenshot of the game setup screen. It's not cinematic but it does put random images on the screen.

Also, someone correct me if I am wrong, there are some cinematic screens for some of the events when playing single player right? Like when you blow up a star or a planet, doesn't it cut to another screen and show a little animated bmp of the planet blowing up? I don't play much single player so I can't be certain about that. Maybe that's what you saw then.

[Puke]

stelar manip componets include animations of their effects, when used in a sequential turn game. more like an animated .gif in quality. random events have no animation.