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Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

The flight deck is why the Gemini is one of my first purchases.

# ¿ Sep 17, 2013 12:59

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 09:07

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Are any of the campaign mods in working order yet? Exelrin or Corvus? I just can't bring myself to declare war on factions in the normal game. I like being able to buy their ships without issues too much.

hemophilia posted:

Well I saw this thread and I've been on a space game kick lately. Picked up Doublefine's Dwarf Fortress In Space Game,

How is that game?

# ¿ Oct 19, 2013 20:22

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

In Uomoz's Sector I've been able to have a few successful boarding operations that have a launch at distance, but I'm toting around something like 80 marines just because I wanted to see if it would work. None of the ships have blown up yet, though a few managed to escape. Also none of them have been recovered, but it does increase the salvage bits at the end.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2013 16:19

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I am enjoying those energy torpedoes way too much. Got a pair of them mounted on the front of my Medusa and they're great for driving someone's shields into instant overload, or just blowing them up.

Also been using either the Medusa or a Mule to conduct boarding operations now. 5 attempts with 3 new ships, 1 too badly damaged ship and one explosion.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2013 16:52

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Fury-Class torpedoes are awesome, but they're somewhat less awesome when you salvo a bunch of them at an enemy capitol ship line and one of your Wolf frigates dashes across into the line of fire.

Whoops.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2013 23:49

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Can that be easily put into Uomoz or do we have to wait for it to be updated?

# ¿ Mar 22, 2014 01:40

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Did you change the memory settings?

# ¿ Oct 16, 2014 15:05

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

McGiggins posted:

This is the one I'm using, and it is, in essence, a compilation of other mods all fitted together. It is also the only OP-mentioned mod that is currently updated, I think.

Also, since time of last post, I also found a Lasher blueprint.

All I gotta do now is suck less, stockpile some supplies somehow and then I can take on a huge fleet or three.

Lashers are one of my favorite ships and the AI is pretty good at using them.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2014 17:22

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I'm torn between updating and still playing Uomoz with my Desdinova-lead Lasher fleets.

So torn.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2014 01:18

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Biggest problem I've found for trade starting off is that you don't really know what the prices for the goods normally are nor what they are in other systems. An idea of what the baseline is (Or a reminder of what I bought it for) would be great.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2014 19:31

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

SHAOLIN FUCKFIEND posted:

Vanilla is not very challenging once you get a very high end ship like the Medusa/ get good at piloting. Mods tend to fill in where the main game fails - for instance, several small touches that are standard in compilation mods now (randomized/better variants, AI admirals with aptitudes) significantly hike up the difficulty. Vanilla intends to incorporate this down the road too, but Alex has been postponing it for a long time now. I assume the biggest direct difficulty hike in combat terms will arrive with the Officers patch, for instance you won't know instantly what kind of AI the enemy fleet has. Facing down a suicidal Lasher is very different from fighting a cautious one.

The gold standard of gently caress you gameplay has usually been Voidwalking in Uomoz' Sector - you start as hostile to EVERYTHING, owning a base in hyperspace, only able to construct Hounds, with the chance to loot blueprints based on stuff you kill. Hopefully we'll see that back in once we start getting on top of the new implementation methods.

Also I don't think I've seen a Pirate ship that didn't have a green crew.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2014 19:23

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I'm messing around with SS+, but it seems like the heap size error occurs no matter what I set the memory allocation to.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 05:56

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I need Citadel to update before I start another SS+ game. I know I can use the save transfer but I'm greedy.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2015 20:36

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

FooF posted:

This has probably been answered before but is there a reason why every time I try to hit "load game" it crashes to desktop? I can't save anything.

Have you A) modified the .bat file to increase the memory allocation and optionally B) configured it to use a 64-bit java executable?

# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 20:11

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Because the unmodded game doesn't need it and the increased settings and 64-bit client would not be compatible with all PCs.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 20:19

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I'm just absolutely rolling in money in SS+ doing trading. If you have the Imperium installed (And really why would you play SS+ without all of the supported factions (including SCY) in it, the Imperium's capital system is great for responding to shortages.

My freighters are mostly Mules and the BRDY one with a handful of frigates and destroyers escorting them. I can outfight anything I can't outrun.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2015 22:58

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

The Independent trader tree with ship upgrade nets you a Mule.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2015 16:39

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I don't have any supplies issue with my install of SS+. They normally sell for around 40-50 on average and occasionally I can find a place that's offering them for 10. 200 is the usual 'basic trade interruption' price.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2015 16:29

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Marcus Garvey posted:

This is when you start a new game with SS+ and all the faction mods, or use the save transfer mod to take all your stuff with you.

In mod news, Mayorate, one of the better olderish mods that hasn't received an update in far too long, just got updated yesterday.

http://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=7372.0

It also apparently breaks the player invasion aspect of Nexelrin, at least for me and one other person.

# ¿ Dec 12, 2015 19:15

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

The Omnifactory isn't bad when it's got a pretty hefty premium on what it makes.

Edit:

Most of my Falken losses are stories that end with "And then I slammed into the enemy ship"

Taerkar fucked around with this message at 03:12 on Dec 17, 2015

# ¿ Dec 17, 2015 03:09

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Loopoo posted:

Oh, and I forgot! Hyperspace travel. How the gently caress do I manage it safely? I'm constantly getting jumped by fleets stronger than me! I take it travelling through wormholes is the only way to get to neighbouring systems? I can't opt for a slower but safer route, can I?

If you pay attention to the Deep Hyperspace clouds you can see when a storm is about to break out when it starts to brighten up. If you're really clever you can trick a chasing fleet into getting caught by the storm while you make it through clean.

# ¿ Dec 24, 2015 14:48

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I just encountered a Buffalo II. I feel like i have seen a unicorn.

# ¿ Dec 28, 2015 03:20

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

The PD I use often depends on what other weapons I have on the ship. I occasionally field Eagles with a full array of beams to make pressure ships and they get tac laser with the IPDAI mod. Ships with losts of burat weapons get burst lasers instead. Though of course that depends on the small slots.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 19:42

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

The worst part of a new update: Waiting for all of the mods to update.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2016 17:16

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Unless they've changed something you can get the 64 bit upgrade for free.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2016 22:26

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Hopefully this means that industry will be useful soon. I want my heavily armed merchant empire!

# ¿ Apr 21, 2016 16:09

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Estel posted:

I think i bought the game in 2013 and thought it looked cool and promising but kinda forgot about it until now. Can someone give me a resume about what has changed since then?

Everything. It's not even in space anymore!

# ¿ May 21, 2016 18:50

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

So what has replaced SS+/Nexelrin? I keep on getting errors about the baseship apparently when I try to run them.

# ¿ Aug 27, 2016 23:36

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I think one thing that needs to be worked on is the issue of self-preservation for the AI. One of the worst decisions IMO regarding the command points is that ordering a ship to retreat costs one. I know there's a mod that helps with this but once a ship starts taking deep armor damage into the hull I tell them to retreat.

If the AI was able to understand 'I am not winning this' then it would be better.

# ¿ Dec 18, 2016 08:29

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

And then the next update comes out. please!

# ¿ Mar 21, 2017 21:51

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Great, now the day is going to take even longer to end.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2017 19:45

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I feel like I'm just not getting that one sensor thing. It seems like I'm only getting orbital bodies, the star, and ghosts. Nothing else.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2017 02:00

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

One of the few orders I give is putting carriers behind the front line.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2017 20:39

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

All ships in fleet means that it applies to any eligible ship in the fleet, not just yours.

All D mods have a deployment reduction cost assigned to them, that reduces the supply cost to bring them back up to full CR-wise. That skill just makes that also apply to their monthly upkeep cost as well, which can get them to be VERY cheap once you also have the 50% reduction in all maint cost skill.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2017 18:09

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

Voyager I posted:

Yeah I was sitting on that one until the thread unlocked.

Probably a little late to the party but people shrieking about free speech whenever they face criticism is a peeve of mine.

It's one of those buzz-words that are an early indicator of being a lovely person.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2017 02:13