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Reply to Stardock response to Paul and Fred [UPDATE] in Star Control StarControl Forums

@Elestan To add upon what Eride has stated "which Eride could state a whole lot better" you're not adding examples of law rulings that support your arguments For example I could take the FIGJAM stance stating I know for a fact that Stop & Frisk is a violation of the law here in the USA, or I could back it with evidence such as stating Stop & Frisk was deemed unconstitutional in the 1968 case of Terry v Ohio by the supreme court, after which I could go into a long list

Reply to Stardock response to Paul and Fred [UPDATE] in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="488" id="3711493"] The acronym 'FIGJAM' springs to mind.... [/quote] I want to say most of the issue with armchair lawyering is a PEBCAK. Sure I have opinions on things but do my best not to represent them as hardcore facts.

Reply to Questions about the value of OCing your processor. in Personal Computing StarControl Forums

[quote who="Timmaigh" reply="4" id="3711226"] If you can keep it under sustained load under say 80C, even at 5 GHz, then by all means, OC it to that value. I would not go higher, maybe its just psychological, but not a fan of coming way to close to edge (in this particular case, thermal limit, Tj max or whatever its called). [/quote] Between Delidding my processor and replacing the TIM with liquid metal and using a Corsair H115i "Dual 140MM fan AIO water cooler" my max

Reply to Stardock response to Paul and Fred [UPDATE] in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="Larsenex" reply="473" id="3711177"] Ok Ill say it....Thank God. I was tired of their self absorbed 'poor us' blog posts. It was unprofessional and showed how petty they really are. .... Unfotunately this thread will slowly die out as information is now boxed up with both parties. [/quote] Agreed the woe is me poor us tragic princess routine is highly annoying, however seeing early revisions of the aliens we know an

Reply to Questions about the value of OCing your processor. in Personal Computing StarControl Forums

Overclocking can have it's pros and cons, however I'm not an OC expert by any means and usually leave it up to the motherboard tweaking software that comes with the motherboard. Pro: CPU intensive items will see a large boost in performance, stuff like data compression, cpu based video conversion software, distributed computing like Folding AT Home will all see boosts in performance. Cons: Increased heat output from the CPU and any other componen

Reply to Stardock response to Paul and Fred [UPDATE] in Star Control StarControl Forums

Back closer to on topic... Has there been any word from the Paul and Fred camp as of late? Last I saw was from mid/late march on their blog/twitter and the Music Paul sent to Serosis on the UQM forum. I know we won't get much on details of the case for quite some time yet, but seeing their early sketches and additional songs they find in boxes stashed away is always interesting.

Reply to Stardock response to Paul and Fred [UPDATE] in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="eride" reply="384" id="3709874"] Completely understand the above. As a frequent purchaser of old DOS games from GOG (they do a great job attempting compatibility, btw).. I can see why a publisher who cares about customer sentiment would be concerned about support. Most old games either work on your system or they don't. You are SOL if they don't. That isn't Stardock's style. [/quote] Agreed, now the big thing is DOSBox hasn't been updated in nearly 8 years now an

Reply to Fool's day in Everything Else StarControl Forums

I put out a fruit basket instead of an Easter Basket for my 6 year old daughter yesterday... she still hates me for it lol.

Reply to Stardock response to Paul and Fred [UPDATE] in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="pchernik" reply="290" id="3709102"] There should be a way to cancel copyright if the holder doesn't do anything meaningful with the IP for say, 25 years. [/quote] Looks like copyrights last quite a LONG time. -- Snip from legalzoom -- Life Plus 70 The lifetime of copyrights is no different if the creator records a song, shoots a film, or throws a pot: The copyright is enforce

Reply to Founders Update: March - Legal stuff in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Sadly I believe it's part of the PR firm at work there, doing everything they can to get Stardock to lose in the "Court of Opinion" prior to the true legal battle. It's an old tactic, an army marches on its stomach, if you cut off the supply line it'll starve and you've won by default.

Reply to Custom Ships in Melee! in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Johnson = Slang for male anatomy.

Reply to Custom Ships in Melee! in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Hmm I wonder if there will be a reporting mechanic to report any Johnson ships.

Reply to Founders Update: March - Legal stuff in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Copy/paste of my reply in Discord for documentations sake. @Frogboy#1760 my TL;DR overview of how I see it At first they start off treating you respectfully like you're a fan with big dreams on a passion project but potentially no true way to move forward Then they turn slightly dismissive of you by saying you don't have the rights to key IP but can continue on if you don't touch "their IP" You release a timeline, some in game art with a homage "I say put the ship mo

Reply to Star Control: The Multiverse thread in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="73" id="3708500"] Nowadays, these kids..when not on my lawn... [/quote] Those darn kids won't stay off your lawn or your server *shakes fist* Hmm when it comes to different galaxies/dimensions I know a short list would be... "Extended Universe included" Star Trek - Each timeline each show Star Wars Stargate -- Oh man can't believe I forgot to list this one originally. Battlestar Galactica</

Reply to Star Control: The Multiverse thread in Star Control StarControl Forums

[quote who="SWVRoma" reply="64" id="3708435"] Andromeda could be a fun, barely touched universe to get too. [/quote] I wonder how much it would cost to get Kevin Sorbo in to do some voice work :)

Reply to language in Star Control StarControl Forums

I just double checked the Steam store page & it wasn't listed. However since you posted here a Stardock employee will likely see it soon and put in a feature request for it. Languages: Interface Full Audio Subtitles <td class="el

Reply to SCO Mothership in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Indeed now the thing is, at its heart it's a mixture of Arcade, Exploration, and RPG, it doesn't lean towards any one location and on the scale of Arcade to Simulation it leans far closer to Arcade than Sim so games like this get a pass on items such as Hard Science or pre-defined lore. Honestly if someone wanted SFB they could always go to https://www.sfbonline.com/index.jsp But that's not

Reply to SCO Mothership in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

All are valid concerns, however Frogboy had stated he's leaning more towards Arcade than Sim with the game so a lot of it will likely boil down to "Space Magic" unless a harder difficulty would tip the balance towards Sim more. As for the ship size issues, at this point unless we get a detailed comparison chart the size issues may just be an issue of perspective, however from the sounds of it our ships and technology level are akin to re-creating the movie Radio Flier w

Reply to SCO Mothership in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

From what I understand from what has been released via vaults and chat in Discord is as follows. We're basically children that turned a red rider wagon into an airplane with a borrowed engine, we're centuries away from FTL flight on our own and who knows how long it would be for us to be able to even start reverse engineering the drive we have borrowed for now to get the Tywom home. So currently the drive we have strapped to the hull of our ship does not match our

Reply to Q+A regarding Star Control and Paul and Fred in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

@Kavik_kang You are truly way off topic, it's about Stardock and Paul & Fred not Paul & Fred and SFB Seriously collect your thoughts, create a new thread for the Starcontrol II and SFB/SFU Grievances and field the questions about it in there. Why I suggested the SciFi Spaceship family tree would be so you could collect the informational paper trail of where ships came from who was the original artist of ship X as well as the original engineer of it's stats, if

Reply to Q+A regarding Star Control and Paul and Fred in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

[quote who="Kavik_Kang" reply="154" id="3708089"] Roddenberry had defined very little of it in TOS. [/quote] I'll give you that yes, most TV shows don't pack insane amounts of lore into them to be digested as it'd be too much for the general viewer, which they allow the lore to develop in the extended universe in their movies/novels/comics/games/etc. Now for some good solid honest advice if you want people to stop being dismissive of your SFB/SFU posts

Reply to Fleet Battle: Dedicated Server with Tools in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Actually, at this time I truly expected the weird latency issues which is a good thing since Stardock will be able to diagnose them and repair them pre-launch on their servers. The dedicated server would be good for eliminating latency issues that Stardock has no control over.

Reply to Fleet Battle: Dedicated Server with Tools in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Need no, desire yes. Dedicated servers do more than you think. Latency balancing is one of them, no one would have the advantage of being the server and having less latency Maintaining statistics There's more but sadly it's escaping me right now. -- Do note to do peer to peer the server software would still have to be created and the multiplayer option would still have to be added as from my understanding it's hard coded to go to a Stardock server unless

Fleet Battle: Dedicated Server with Tools in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Good morning; I'm just reflecting an idea from Discord to here with a bit more information. -- Yes I know this would be pie in the sky niche group usage items. My original request was for a dedicated Fleet Battle server along with a method to connect to it from the GUI within the base game. Now some additional ideas if it's launched Please allow mod support, which would allow for but not limited to. Allowable ships

Reply to Q+A regarding Star Control and Paul and Fred in Star Control Journals StarControl Forums

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="140" id="3707960"] Ok. That's it, Chapel. Christmas is canceled. Are you happy? [/quote] No but I got some laughs out of the few above comments, craft brew be getting sent out to you two soon.