Abandon SE4?Opinions:Space Empires 5 screen shots?

[Black_Knyght]

Imperator Fyron said:
That's only an issue if you do not make shipsets with 3d models. Most SE4 shipset authors use 3d modeling programs anyways, so it's not that big of a deal. Atrocities might have Doga troubles, but he will adapt.

While ATis certainly the best, he isn't the only DoGA user around. I've noticed that there are a lot of other sets with DoGA. I evenhave a few sets I've made and won't be able to translate over.

But above and beyond that, I'm simply not interested in "adapting" just because a newer version of the game comes out.

There are a number of games out already that have 3D models & graphics far superior to anything I've seen so far with SE5. If that was all I cared about, I wouldn't have bothered with SE4. It was the ability to readily "make it mine", mod or add to it, that I liked. You could play the game and add to it what you wanted, and you didn't need to be a computer or graphics whiz to do it.

[zircher]

Black_Knyght said:

While AT is certainly the best, he isn't the only DoGA user around. I've noticed that there are a lot of other sets with DoGA. I even have a few sets I've made and won't be able to translate over.

If you have not seen these links, they might help to show how DoGA and Metasequoia can be used together to make 3d meshes for games like Star Fury and SEV.

http://www.virmin.com/doga/design_1.htm
http://www.virmin.com/doga/design_2.htm
http://www.virmin.com/doga/design_3.htm

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[Suicide Junkie]

Atrocities? Troubles??? *Might*?!

I can see it now; error beeps tip the neighbour over the edge; she goes postal, and knocks down a couple of poor Atro's outer walls. Atrocities will get screwed by the insurance company too, and have to pay for his repairs out of pocket.

[Artaud]

I just hope SE5 is not a dumbed down version of the game we know and love.

I rather like having control over most aspects of my empire. What some people call too much micromanagement is what I call fun.

[PvK]

I noticed the "Intrepid" cruiser design shown seemed to be rated 1000 kT, and the components and armor seemed to add up to more than that.

[Captain Kwok]

PvK said:
I noticed the "Intrepid" cruiser design shown seemed to be rated 1000 kT, and the components and armor seemed to add up to more than that.

Nope, they add up to 1000.

[PvK]

I see "Cruiser (1,000 kT)" in the "Size" box, and then "Hull Structure" at "6475 kT" and "Armor" at "5380 kT", which add to 11,855 kT, no?

[Wade]

PvK said:
I see "Cruiser (1,000 kT)" in the "Size" box, and then "Hull Structure" at "6475 kT" and "Armor" at "5380 kT", which add to 11,855 kT, no?

Yeah. This needs clarification on the game. I hope that there is not much questionable/ambiguous information like this throughout the game. Newbies (customers and future fans) will be even more confused.

-Wade

[Captain Kwok]

How is it different from SE:IV? A cruiser of 500kT might have much more than 500kT of structure (i.e. hitpoints right?)