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Reply to best new rig specs in PC Gaming StarControl Forums

[quote quoting="post"] I have about 1,000 - 1,500$ US available for a new gaming desktop PC. Prefer Nvidia. Want to run Witcher 3 with higher end graphics, heavily modded Skyrim (oldrim). Not sure I can really upgrade my current PC (i3, sabertooth, gtx 670 ftw). Would like to stay with win 7 (as 10 will probably soon be a monthly subscription revenue stream for MSoft). What would you do with this? Future upgrade paths considered. Appreciate commu

Reply to Thank You Devs! in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

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Reply to March Founder's Preview in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Actually that quest text sounds a lot like Vanilla World of Warcraft. I'll be one of the first to admit, I love those oddball quests that you can find in obscure flavor text or random map(s) upon walls. Unfortunately I rarely follow through on them these days.

Reply to Adding longevity to RPG like experience and role of dynamic storytelling in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Something that would interest me... Conditional quests. For example: Be in Solar System X, between Date 1 & Date 2, with a certain ship in your compliment and you'll see the captain pop up with a quest stating there are slavers in this solar system which happen to be the ones to have abducted their siblings/parents/spouse/kids/etc. Or Be in Solar System Y, between Date 1 & Date 2, with X amount free in your carg

Reply to Super Melee: March Update in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Sweet deal, thank you for the heads up :) Also, never fear, there's a TON of things that have to be done that aren't sexy which make the world turn on.

Reply to Any updates on development? in Star Control StarControl Forums

A lot of interesting items over on the Founder side of things, however I can only really state Stardock will drop an info bomb on everyone when they're ready/able to :)

Reply to Best Hard Drive For Gaming? in PC Gaming StarControl Forums

admiralWillyWilber what is your budget & required usage, also do you have components from a previous computer you want to re-use?

Reply to Best Hard Drive For Gaming? in PC Gaming StarControl Forums

@Adambarton can you give us the make/model of your motherboard? Also do you have any PCI Express slots available for use on your motherboard? With your processor being a 1st gen Core i7 I worry that your SATA ports may be SATA2 instead of SATA3 and possibly not support AHCI which many solid state drives require for their garbage collection "Prevents slowdown over time" I agree with those above, a PCIe 4x M.2 NVMe Solid State

Reply to SavageMind January 17 in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="SavageMind1" reply="11" id="3666477"] I can handle the Precursors being just about anything, but a six legged cow. So if they are, just keep them away and hidden. I grew up on a dairy farm. The thought of milking a Precursor is disturbing...lol. [e digicons]:omg:[/e] However a alternate universe where the Precursors are evil would be a awesome story line.....DIBS!!!! [/quote] Actually I remember a quot

Reply to SavageMind January 17 in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Well, I have an idea who the precursors are. The Precursors are... the Game production staff *gasp* The Ultimate Evil! that the Spathi are so afraid of that is just outside of their sensor range & who had killed off the Androsynth are blackhat hackers and/or members of the Board of Investors.

Reply to Skype channel in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="33" id="3666366"] I dunno... It was kind of uneventful today. He didn't take the bait. [/quote] True, probably just a groan & facepalm followed by a shaking of his head since they weren't exactly puntastic. That and I'm pretty sure a lot of people don't want to remember last night.

Reply to Skype channel in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Beware I've been releasing horrible Star Control food related puns hoping a variant makes it into the Human's gally :)

Reply to Skype channel in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Also yes, I'm in there introducing off the wall ideas that hey hopefully they spark a better idea through collaboration :)

Reply to Skype channel in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Ahh BBS that's Old School, just make sure you dial into a server on a local exchange :) For those wondering about Skype... Microsoft purchased Skype since well basically it rendered 2 Microsoft platforms obsolete... Netmeeting & MSN Messenger were killed & rolled into Skype. So unlike Teamspeak/Ventrilo it has easier user management of friends lists along with a more powerful instant messaging client & the added function

Reply to Skype channel in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

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Reply to Please Avoid Pop Culture Humor in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

I mostly agree about Pop Culture references not lasting. For example the Momma June reference in the Deadpool movie went over a BUNCH of heads. However, maybe a quick nod to a few of the longer lasting SciFi pop culture references... maybe drop a NCC-1701 somewhere, or a Type 40 TARDIS. There's a literal TON that could go into it, but careful consideration would be needed to weed it out :)

Reply to January 2017 preliminaries in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Honestly I'd say give us a 3-6 area. Treat us like we're minor share holders, where our feedback is welcomed but we don't have the power to nail your feet to the floor in front of your desk to fix things we don't like. Unfortunately either way complaints will be given either via the spectrum demanding more in depth info, or the other end thinking you're machine gunning made up technical terms to confuse them.

Reply to Feedback Request: What Ship Modules do you want to see? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

A few I'd like to see -- sorry if any are repeats. Short/Long term crew stasis pods -- The ability to have 200% of your crew in Stasis pods, able to replenish crew losses to a certain extent without having to visit a Starbase. Solar Scoop -- The ability to harvest fuel from a Sun with X% chance of crew loss calculated via scoop level, hull/shield levels, sun classification, and a bit of luck. Modified Sol

Reply to Why are videocards upside down? in PC Gaming StarControl Forums

Actually... WAY back in the day, tower cases were rare & motherboards were mounted horizontally so it'd be parallel to your desk. This would leave the add-on cards such as Modem/Sound Card/Video Cards to be standing straight up & down. Cooling was really neglected in design work up until probably the late 90s "Yes early/mid 90s CPUs would have passive cooling" There are some cases out there that actually flip the board upside down, the only iss

Reply to Space Chickens in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

LoL The_Think_tank it's better surrounded by that than what you see in Spaceballs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sen8Tn8CBA4

Reply to I hear crickets. in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Nah, I don't hear them. They all froze to death out this way :)

Reply to John Glenn...gone at 95 in Everything Else StarControl Forums

Might I suggest a tribute to John Glenn be added to the game(s) in some subtle fashion? Maybe a quote from one of the characters, or a secret easter egg somewhere semi out of the way.

Reply to cd-key in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Life happens ShadeDark don't worry about it :) I gotta say, that picture of a CD cut out into the shape of a key was brilliant :D much better than someone mansplaining that a CD-Key is perfectly legitimate wording for a game license key code.

Reply to (Unofficial) What SCO questions do you hope get answered in the Dec Dev Update? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="Kavik_Kang" reply="33" id="3660300"] IBN... Two words... "Inertial Dampeners". What impact? Everything inside the ship only felt a slight jolt. Pseudo-science is a wonderful thing[e digicons]:)[/e] [/quote] True, but you've forgotten a few other key words "Artificial Gravity" or "Matter Replicators" Ahh Science Fiction, one of those few cases where writers can get away with the line... How could we

Reply to (Unofficial) What SCO questions do you hope get answered in the Dec Dev Update? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Star control three? I do not know what you talk of there... oh wait the Space cow puppet show, yup now it's coming back to me, oh crap I think I'm gonna harf. - Don't get me wrong, it had some nice fun humor in it, but it was by no means a "Star Control" game. I'll say colonies could be interesting if done right, but honestly I have no desire to have to micromanage a number of colonies, star bases, etc. -- I'd buy Civilizations: VI