SEV DEMO IS OUT!

[wilhil]

I was being stupid and not looking properlly, because the next level items have the same name, just diffrent levels, I thought that nothing was happening... I got a bit confused but I think I understand it now!

[Fyron]

I'd recommend uTorrent over the basic BT client. It's tiny (less than 200 kB), needs no install, and has pretty much all the best BT client features built-in.

wilhil said:
3d gamers is probably the best...

Relatively speaking, of course. It still blows chunks. Maybe less so than file planet, but not by a very wide margin.

[wilhil]

since the takeover, I think the files are served from the same place as fileplanet.

talking about that, I guess sfirst released it to the fileplanet network of sites (is it IGN?). and not really relative, at the moment it is all I can find, this torrent option may be good but I have no clue how fast it is being uploaded. I choose to wait, it took about 20-30 mins for a queue position, then it downloaded in less than 5 mins.


... think i may found a bug, but probably me just not understanding the game. whilst researching energy stream weapons, right clicking shows it will produce anti-proton beam and point defence beam, however there is only picture at the top for the proton beam, it does however show both at level 1 when going to research level 2.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

So much to learn - Too much, what with the painkillers. Still, I got a basic grasp on it, but where does it show built facilities?

[wilhil]

I was looking foward to that as well, I was hoping that it was something along the lines of you can build as many facilitys as you can arrange/fit on the planet, but it looks like that you have a limit like on SEIV, and it will just auto generate them when there is a ground battle... I never usually build ground units, looks like I am going to have to start!

[inigma]

Now's a good time to remind everyone that the Space Empires Wiki at wiki.spaceempires.net is looking for volunteers to develop and expand its Space Empires V section. If you'd like to contribute, feel free to look us up. With the demo out, I believe the Space Empires Wiki will be the best place to collect what we learn and update the Space Empires V manual as it grows:

Space Empires V Manual (SE Wiki Live Manual)
http://wiki.spaceempires.net/index.php/Manual_%28SEV%29

[wilhil]

is something wrong with strategys?

I have been doing everything manually because I want to mess around and stuff, but all my ships, even war ones, flee... I looked in strategys in the ship designer, but none are listed and in empire options, the menu ends at strategys and you cant see anything below the header.


edit - I remember seeing a error when I first started, so I restarted the game and got a default stratefies data file errors.... unable to load data file:.....

I created a empire, did new game rather than quick start, I will take a look at new empire again because maybe I was meant to select one... sorry, speaking my mind as I am doing it to try and fix it!


edit 2 - ok, fixed it, when creating a empire, the last option, I think it is styles or something, the one you have to set agreesive/defensive/neutral? (cant remember them all, but I know there is 3 and one is agressive!). anyway, choosing one fixes it. I think there should be a warning as this can ruin the game if you do not select one.

[Suicide Junkie]

BTW, if you are about to download, definitely go for the torrent!

There are so many seeders that people are getting rates of 250kB/s!

[Atrocities]

Yes, the torrent file only took me about 10 minutes to download. Very fast.

[MarkSheppard]

I was hoping for some uniqueness in the deck templates for the various classes, rather than just the same layout for upper deck middle deck and lower deck.

Shouldn't there be variations, like the middle deck having the most space (depending on ship design); along with small ships having virtually no space at all, and only one deck?