Post by: ZTempest on April 15, 2003, 09:39:01 am
http://home.swbell.net/znobles/Reclamation.html
Post by: Dizzy on April 15, 2003, 11:02:30 am
Post by: Corbomite on April 15, 2003, 11:12:23 am
Post by: Soreyes on April 15, 2003, 11:46:32 am
Post by: Fluf on April 15, 2003, 01:13:17 pm
Should be a fun server. Ill be sure to log on and check it out. As always, the SFCX team is putting out another class server.
Post by: NuclearWessels on April 15, 2003, 04:23:52 pm
Cool guys, looking forward to it!
dave
Post by: Gumby on April 15, 2003, 04:27:22 pm
Post by: KBF-Dogmatix on April 15, 2003, 04:52:09 pm
Post by: FireSoul on April 15, 2003, 05:56:22 pm
Campaigns need more Lyran players anyhow.
Post by: jdmckinney on April 15, 2003, 06:31:10 pm
As of this moment (could change), here are some of the common need-to-know settings.
Teams: FGHI vs. KRLZ
Maximum ships owned: 2 (we encourage 1-ship fleets, but there are no set fleet composition rules this time around)
EDIT: Turns are 8 minutes long. Shipyard/economy cycles every 3 turns, and there is a delivery time of 2 turns for purchased ships. The maximum wait for a ship, therefore, is 4 turns, or roughly half an hour (32 min).
Supplies and fighters aren't cheap, but they are affordable. Just don't expect to be able to lose a dozen fighters each mission and expect to replace them all with top-end models with a mission's worth of prestige.
Era is mid, starting at 2273. With a 2-week run planned, and a 1 year per every 2 real days time setting, we will stay in mid era for the entire campaign.
Starter ships (year 1):
F-DD
K-F5C
R-SKE
L-DWP
H-ERL
G-DDL
I-DDL
Z-DD
X-CA+2
Oh, is that the Orion cartel I see? Yes, they will be playable as the only cartel, but they're more for candy than as part of the overall campaign. If someone wants to forego empire VCs and teamwork, they can fly Orion and play raider. WARNING: there could be enemy/ally matching problems if an Orion were to fight players from both empire teams at once. Also, they will have ALMOST NO shipyard production, so that starter ship is going to be important to protect. Grabbing more economy on the pirate map will help them get ships.
One caution flag for all players: neutral coop is still broken. You may be able to run some allied (different race) coop, but there is no guarantee it will work for every mission. It's up to you to push the server kit to its limits and find out what you can and can't do to win the campaign. PvP is encouraged, but there are exploration VCs for you lone wolfs out there.
More to come as we near launch.
Post by: IndyShark on April 15, 2003, 07:42:08 pm
Post by: FPF_TraceyG on April 15, 2003, 07:51:43 pm
Post by: jdmckinney on April 15, 2003, 08:09:14 pm
Post by: Laflin on April 15, 2003, 10:55:12 pm
Post by: jdmckinney on April 15, 2003, 11:06:42 pm
If I say "yes" will you beat off the angry Hydrans?
(Yes, and some WYN -- both for Lyrans only, and not all ships so we don't overcrowd the yards.)
Post by: FireSoul on April 15, 2003, 11:19:07 pm
Quote:
Ummm...
If I say "yes" will you beat off the angry Hydrans?
(Yes, and some WYN -- both for Lyrans only, and not all ships so we don't overcrowd the yards.)
Wouldn't the above reqiure modding the shiplist from stock 2.0?
Post by: jdmckinney on April 15, 2003, 11:23:35 pm
Post by: Laflin on April 15, 2003, 11:25:28 pm
Quote:
Ummm...
If I say "yes" will you beat off the angry Hydrans?
(Yes, and some WYN -- both for Lyrans only, and not all ships so we don't overcrowd the yards.)
What, all 3 of them? Should be a good match for the 2 Lyran...
Post by: jdmckinney on April 15, 2003, 11:48:07 pm
Post by: Mog on April 16, 2003, 01:55:59 am
Post by: jdmckinney on April 16, 2003, 02:04:10 am
Update: we squashed the last major settings problem -- we were getting assaults in allied base/planet hexes. Now we're getting defense missions. We're still going to try to find a way to get chat working, but expect an launch announcement sometime early today (16 April).
Thanks go out to the SFCX crew, especially Stumpy and Tempest, who did some quick turnaround work on the website and story, and Castrin, who stayed up well past bedtime debating settings with me and trying everything we could think of.
Choose your sides, warriors, and strap in for a hell of a ride!