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[Dormin]

Just started playing today. 90 minutes ah geez not enough. But anyway.

If anyone played frontier when you docked at a space station you would get docked inside. And no one could touch you until you left.

Now on a planet it was different. You where out on the open so you where fair game.

I did notice that you cant be destroyed if you hop into the station via the menu.

How about adding police in civilized zones or turrets on stations so they can defend themselves?

Oh and I been reading this board forever. and that elusive IMG quest was nagging me to death. Because when I would start the game, when you appear for the first time you already have a way point so I assumed that that was where hope was.

Very sneaky guys very sneaky. Love the game btw its a def on my list of things to buy.

Oh one question.

I read that you could uninstall the game after your 90 and reinstall to get 90 more. Will this work if you port your saved games over from the first 90 minutes?

If not I will just have to try different things till I can afford to pick up a key.

Thanks for your time.

[Ravenfeeder]

Buy a station licence and you're protected - mind, you'll have to buy the game first. Look around the forum; everyone who has bought the game, and played it, has had nothing but praise for it, the best space sim ever. It costs less than a decent bottle of wine - what are you waiting for?

the only complaints about this game is that it seriously affects your social life.

[deathMinder]

Originally posted by Ravenfeeder
Buy a station licence and you're protected - mind, you'll have to buy the game first. Look around the forum; everyone who has bought the game, and played it, has had nothing but praise for it, the best space sim ever. It costs less than a decent bottle of wine - what are you waiting for?

the only complaints about this game is that it seriously affects your social life.

I dunno.. I've heard those "social life" things are overrated anyhow.

[Pyroka]

What is this "social life" you speak of? Is it a hidden system? A new weapon?

[SeeJay]

I heard something about "social life" in a completely different forum. They also mentioned that people "work"??
Since I have stopped sleeping since I got this sim, I'm more or less a Zombie when I'm not online and don't
know what happens around me.

Hope to see ya out there Dormin. But be warned. It's VERY addictive. Worst drug ever.

[Atollski]

A social life? Where can I download one of those?

[Dormin]

You guys are funny. Also I read somewhere that the dev was not planning on changing the cargo box limit. I can see why. But how about a device that at lvl 1 gives you a compression of say %15 which would increase your capacity so when you hit lvl 5 device you have say %85 more. It be easier to program in and you could make the lvl 5 device a real pain in the arse to get.

Also I love the game. But since I am on a fixed income I have to wait to get the darn key. And I also have nothing but praise for this gem. Been bragging to all my friends about it. And I never had a social life to begin with so this game will fit right in.

So what does buying a license at a station do again exactly?

[SeeJay]

It gives you a discount when you buy stuff and also they protect you while docked.

[49rTbird]

Hello Dormin, Welcome to the forum and the Sim. See you out there sometime.

[Marvin]

A "cargo expander" might've worked in Legends but, in Mercenary, you have the option to reconfigure your ship. For example, if you start out with two cargo slots, then add the expander, then reconfigure by deleting a couple CM slots and adding them to cargo ... how would that work? If you then go back to a full CM rack, who would then argue that the cargo expander should also expand CM slots ... so as to not lose the expander?

[Dormin]

Originally posted by Marvin
A "cargo expander" might've worked in Legends but, in Mercenary, you have the option to reconfigure your ship. For example, if you start out with two cargo slots, then add the expander, then reconfigure by deleting a couple CM slots and adding them to cargo ... how would that work? If you then go back to a full CM rack, who would then argue that the cargo expander should also expand CM slots ... so as to not lose the expander?

An argument could always be given. But since this is a mining , mercenary, trade etc game I just think its odd that you only have the option of taking on 5 items max. That in my opinion was a very poor thought out idea.

Also it could be done in such a way that only one item would work. Not multiples. Now lets not nitpick. I am sure the programmer of this game has already gone through countless simulations in his mind on things he/she has done in the game. Plus we are talking about an item that does not exist or may never exist.

I just thought it was odd that the mining aspect of this game received the short end of the stick.

[Marvin]

Well, probably the easiest way to do it would be to expand cargo space as part of the Configuration option. Eight slots max ... assuming you're willing to make room by giving up something else.

[Dormin]

Eclipse I can see that. But then again that is the mining aspect. Just like being a mercenary and doing nothing but killing is also one aspect.

As long as people buy the game, who gives a hoot if they want to sit next to an asteroid and mine?

Look at frontier. If you had 200 cargo slots you could have 200 different items. It went by the #'s Not by the bays.
And I simply thought for the sake of making it easy perhaps programming wise that the dev could devise a part that could give us say %10, 15, 20, 25 more maybe 30 max. And if you want to make it difficult to obtain make it part of a quest. Or have the top item someplace random in game. There are tons of ways to make it interesting.

Yes I like mining. And as of now since my time limit expired I have to sit and wait till I can grab the game. This sux (having to wait). But it will be oh so sweet.

Seriously I hope that the dev revamps the cargo bay thing. Maybe not even more bays. But little more control on the 5 item limit. That in itself might give the game a tad more boost. Even when I buy the game I probably won't be playing multilayer. I like single mode play.

And while I am here could someone clarify something for me.

From what I read your single player toon can go into multiplayer mode with the equipment he earns in single player mode? That's what I gather from what I have read.

If that is true then your earlier statement about sitting at a mining asteroid would be mute. I have also read about players going in game and some high level people giving them 50 mil. So that in itself would simply defeat your argument. Since then all they would have to do is return to single player mode and buy what wver they can get their hands on.

I seriously hope this is not true. And that Multilayer chars are separate from single player.

Either way. This game graphically is a Huge step up from frontier and I applaud the author for creating this great game. I just hope that some of the things for single player mode do get addressed.

Mind you these are simply my opinions.

Thank you for taking the time to read them and for participating. And maybe one day I will try the multiplayer. But from what I read you can't in demo mode.

[Marvin]

Originally posted by Eclipse

Actually, the easiest way would be just to extend the current system.

Well, if that's not what I said, at least that's what I meant to say.


Edit:

I have also read about players going in game and some high level people giving them 50 mil. So that in itself would simply defeat your argument. Since then all they would have to do is return to single player mode and buy what wver they can get their hands on....I seriously hope this is not true. And that Multilayer chars are separate from single player.

It can be done but, usually, the money swap is among clan members ... not much different than in real life. It is also done so that a stranded pilot can pay for the gas he gets after his rescue. In fact, there are a number of reasons to allow pilots in MP to trade money and items.

[Edited on 11-17-2010 by Marvin]

[~G~]

Hi all, totally new to the game, playing single player atm, trying to learn before i get my @ss handed to me in MP

But it seems to me, the easiest way to add cargo expansion to the game, is to code in, that you can only do so whilst in a fleet, and you cannot fire any weapon while using the configuration,

This would mean you rely on wingmen for protection, i think you'd need to keep counter measures, but not anti missile,

It would open up a new element of clan play in MP, The defence of your mining fleets, or tansports, and also being attacked by larger numbers in trade routes.

The ability to target cargo bay as a subsystem, would open this up even more and give it a more risky move for players to use, losing high cost merchandise without being destroyed.

Even better would be if a cargo bay could be targetted to once destoyed, release its cargo, for enemies to grab.

[Edited on 11-21-2010 by ~G~]

[49rTbird]

Hello ~G~ , Welcome to the forum and the Sim. Have fun and hope to see you out there sometime.

[~G~]

Originally posted by thetiebers
Hello ~G~ , Welcome to the forum and the Sim. Have fun and hope to see you out there sometime.

Be a while yet, really need a flight stick for this game, saving for this:

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/532511/art ... stick.html

Would love to get head tracking as well: http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/products/trackir5/

This product and the pro clip look amazing, and the list of games supported is outstanding.

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Back to things i'd like to see in this game,

I'd like to see at least a 5% chance of subsystems, or weapons, surviving the destruction of an enemy, so that you can tractor into cargo bay, and bring back to station for repair/install, or just to trade,

It would also be cool if you could tractor a stranded ship, but not allow jumping with a tractored ship,

Be also good if stealth mines where available, as well as fake distress calls - with a % risk of it being detected as fake, so your intended trap could alert enemy to your location.

These are just ideas to be discussed, some may need tweaking, and the developer is just one person, coding is time consuming, and server load/cpu usage is always a factor as well.

I suupose a pretty simple addition to the trade console would be a chack box above your subsystem list, check to lock all systems in place, preventing acciedently selling, as you can't immediatly buy back, gotta do a mission, then buy back.

one above cargo be good as well, so you don't accidently jettison cargo or sell the wrong cargo.

[Edited on 11-21-2010 by ~G~]

[~G~]

I'd like the ability to set custom waypoints, so an explore flight plan can be set, not just a single straight line auto pilot that may lead to no discoveries.

[Ravenfeeder]

Originally posted by ~G~
Hi all, totally new to the game, playing single player atm, trying to learn before i get my @ss handed to me in MP

But it seems to me, the easiest way to add cargo expansion to the game, is to code in, that you can only do so whilst in a fleet, and you cannot fire any weapon while using the configuration,

This would mean you rely on wingmen for protection, i think you'd need to keep counter measures, but not anti missile,

It would open up a new element of clan play in MP, The defence of your mining fleets, or tansports, and also being attacked by larger numbers in trade routes.

The ability to target cargo bay as a subsystem, would open this up even more and give it a more risky move for players to use, losing high cost merchandise without being destroyed.

Even better would be if a cargo bay could be targetted to once destoyed, release its cargo, for enemies to grab.

[Edited on 11-21-2010 by ~G~]

I can see where you're coming from - shades of Privateer - but, you do know that military ships don't have cargo bays?

[Marvin]

Originally posted by ~G~

I'd like the ability to set custom waypoints, so an explore flight plan can be set, not just a single straight line auto pilot that may lead to no discoveries.

Check out the Mods section. These guys aren't just slaving away for nothing, ya' know.

[Atollski]

How would you want the waypoints calculated? How about a square search pattern which expands outwards on the XZ plane around your current position?

[~G~]

Originally posted by Marvin

Originally posted by ~G~

I'd like the ability to set custom waypoints, so an explore flight plan can be set, not just a single straight line auto pilot that may lead to no discoveries.

Check out the Mods section. These guys aren't just slaving away for nothing, ya' know.

Just need to find the mods section, the lack of sub topics in these forums makes them hard to find things at times ,
New to the game but not to forum work , for example, clicking BB Code links to faq instead of Directly to BB code supported and examples/usage,

I have a huge collection of smilies i edited to work on dark backrounds,

New topic Shouldn't be displayed next to New reply, its confusing, and you can't post a new topic within a topic anyways,

New Reply Should just be Reply, and New Topic replaced with Multi Quote for those unaware of how to quote multiple people.

Not saying mods/admin arent doing their jobs, they have a board code/framework to work within, some board adjustments can be a little tricky.

Originally posted by Ravenfeeder
I can see where you're coming from - shades of Privateer - but, you do know that military ships don't have cargo bays?

I've never played Privateer, if its a game title, I played FPS for a long time, only recently returned to stratedgy Adventure and Sims,

Its just odd that in a combat sim, with trade, piracy doesnt take place, trade routes are attacked by npc's but using lots of expensive missiles for the chance to grab a few k at best worth of resource. Seems crazy to me.

I'll be installing photoshop again soon, gotta download some of my resources, brushes, textures etc after a 1.5 TB hard drive crash locking all data on the drive. faulty firmware.

Will offer to do AV/sig sets for ppl, much like my own you see, very out dated now,

here are some others:






Its a good paper weight atm, but i dont sit on the back of a flat bed truck typing whilst been transported around.

[Edited on 11-23-2010 by ~G~]

[Edited on 11-23-2010 by ~G~]

[Marvin]

Originally posted by ~G~

Just need to find the mods section, the lack of sub topics in these forums makes them hard to find things at times....

The answer was right above your post ... Atoll is the man with the plan for what you dema ... what you're looking for.

[~G~]

yeah, i found it out in main forum, along with finding a mate from another site,

I thought it would be listed in EM section,

13 pages of topics that could be split into sub categories:

Aces
Newbs
Navigation
Trade
Construction/Deploying
Exploration

etc .....

[Maarschalk]

Hi ~G~, Welcome to the game and forum. Hope to see you out there some time....