Pyro411

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

Dude I want to see my Starbase evolve & visually see my ship yard improve :P It's not like I asked if down the road there'd be a living universe map where certain players would have custom races and their own spheres of influences that update with a central server, or are updated in a decentralized manner such as bitcoin wallets

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

Will there be a base building mechanic? IE Gather enough materials & as time/events go on you'll see it automatically grow or A bit more involved method would be you having a hand in determining the direction of growth of your base(s)

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

Let's get the basics out of the way... Official OS Support list, ie Windows 7-10, Mac OS:X 10.10 or Higher, Ubuntu, SteamOS, Etc Console support if any System requirements & recommendations - estimated expected ones What's the general vibe of the team working on the project? If I stopped by the Michigan branch office, what type of beer should I bring to pass the front desk and get a sneak peak at things? Have they refe

Reply to The Official, Unofficial November Update Thread in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="28" id="3659581"] Shh... You'll ruin Hunam's fantasy. He's currently playing his favorite guessing game: "What color are they?" [/quote] That or I put the thought in his mind that she's wearing *gasp* none! Hmm wait, she's not a Syreen in disguise is she?

Reply to Need jafos advice on Processors.. in PC Gaming StarControl Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="4" id="3659523"] Others' advice is good...but often it is blinded by prejudice [particularly with branding] ...[e digicons];)[/e] [/quote] Can't argue with that :) I know I'm guilty of it myself since I used to build computers at a small ISP to sell to customers. -- So I do try to keep at least a few different manufacturers in mind instead of hardlining with one. Hmm actually fun ? to tho

Reply to The Official, Unofficial November Update Thread in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="26" id="3659574"] Is it a good thing or a bad thing that you can tell she is wearing panties? [/quote] Actually I think that's the bottom of the white shirt she's wearing under her uniform that you're seeing.

Reply to The Official, Unofficial November Update Thread in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Honestly I have to say her portions aren't bad, day in and day out I work with co-workers that make her look like a washboard & others that make her look like Mt Everest. Women come in all shapes and sizes. Respectfully her portions are fine, she's not over sexualized in the least, the size of her boobs is a moot point. Now I will say I'm absolutely hoping she has a good balanced personality, or maybe even modeled after Cpt Janeway from Star

Reply to The Official, Unofficial November Update Thread in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Just a quick thought on the placement of the video in regards to what some have said above. How about that video happen 15-30 min into the game after going through a short dialog tree during something that looks like a UN summit flip/flopping on using the ship to send it's first deep space mission. -- Maybe even an instant game over in the choices, IE an instant fight to halt the mission & the ship seen in the video crashes into the building the MC &

Reply to The Official, Unofficial November Update Thread in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Indeed, get well soon Brad. Now remember, Worf may have had his spine replaced but... it failed & he had to rely on his redundant nervous system to kick in for the surgery to be a success. Sadly last I learned we didn't have that form of redundancy in our body. Now is it just me or does that lady at the end of the video give off a Peggy Carter type vibe? One thing that I noticed in the PDF however is the

Reply to Need jafos advice on Processors.. in PC Gaming StarControl Forums

Basing my answer off of current tech so it's not going to be 100% accurate until official benchmarks from sites not owned by someone at AMD come out I'd suggest the following. Go with the Asus Maximus VIII Hero "I have the VI Hero running an i7-4790k" Note: If there's a motherboard that can encapsulate & cool the M.2 2280 SSD below you'll likely want that one instead Unless you're going to do some heavy Virtua

Reply to Need jafos advice on Processors.. in PC Gaming StarControl Forums

I'll give a full answer shortly but 2 quick questions. Budget? When do you want to start your build? The Intel Z200 Series chipset boards should be showing up sometime soon along with the Intel 7000 Series processors. Also with the Samsung M.2, make sure you get the NVMe version for your build with a board that supports it properly. If you can, I'd suggest waiting for the new Hardware Launch before ma

Reply to Alternative weapon selections for ships in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Tsk tsk tsk, Geordi and Scotty would be ashamed of you two! :) j/k Sorry maybe I should have been more specific, in the single player Living Universe I'm all for the upgrades. Edit: Expansion on "Living Universe" if we could get a "Living Universe" where spheres of influence change, and possibly even harder difficulties where enemy factions actually do their own R&D & Upgrade ships as well either keeping the playing field level or making things

Reply to Alternative weapon selections for ships in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="Darkstar076" reply="2" id="3658461"] In the Crux Multiverse they had a function where you found Precursor artifacts that could be used to upgrade ships. It was rudimentary at best but was one of the few things i thought was an improvement to the game. [/quote] I honestly liked that part of SC:III back when I played it but always wondered if the Precursors had obtained a method of seeing the future to seed that area with upgrade items for vari

Reply to Font size, and playing on a TV from a couch in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="9" id="3659400"] (Also, you won't need to update your receiver. Just use it as an amp. A good TV can route the digital audio out to your receiver. My amp is over 15 years old, and I have no problems with it in the HDMI age.) [/quote] Sadly every TV I've owned can only push Stereo back to a receiver and not the native audio format to the media being used. :) Yes I'm evil, my Living room has 7.1 setup. I mu

Reply to Font size, and playing on a TV from a couch in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="5" id="3659356"] How do you even see anything on that resolution / size / viewing distance? [/quote] 20/20 vision last I checked. However true my eyes burn like mad if I try to sit and read a webnovel or dialog heavy game for any extended period of time. Eventually I hope to upgrade to a 4K TV in the 50+" range, but sadly my stereo receiver only passes through 1080 so that is on the list for upgrades as well at som

Reply to Font size, and playing on a TV from a couch in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

I'll toss my hat in the ring as well. My PC is hooked up to my 36" 1080P TV that I sit 6-8' away from. A set of UI sizing sliders would be a very welcome addition. Maybe even a few fine tuning sliders, one for the base UI, one for Subtitles, one for Dialog boxes to allow for each to be configured to nice comfort levels of the player.

Reply to Cloaking device in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Wow... that's a game I haven't played in Ages. Hmm maybe if he comes back he could be the king reminiscing of the old times when he first dragged the sword across the floor.

Reply to What OSes will StarControl Origins Run on? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

DOS "Disk Operating System" 6.22 was what the original Star Control ran on really well. OS/2 is well basically the IBM equivalent to Windows 95 which would run amazingly well if you knew what you were doing. Sadly it never really made it far. If the game is built upon DirectX 11, expect the game to require Windows 7 or Above If the game is built upon DirectX 12, expect the game to require Windows 10 or above.

Reply to Star Systems. What I'd like to see in 'em. in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

A few other fun items. A Dyson Sphere - In use by the original builders or a horrible level of disrepair and abandoned Ring World - In use by the original builders or a horrible level of disrepair and abandoned Clarifications: Ring Worlds are artificial constructs that is like a Halo around the sun and moving panels gliding over the surface to produce day/night cycles for the side always facing the sun. Dyson Sphere is a Ring worl

Reply to SuperMelee Duration Limitation in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="Hunam_" reply="26" id="3657380"] ^ With draw, do players lose their ships? How long a match should last in your opinion? [/quote] I'd say draw / dual loss it'd be a roll of the cosmic dice on both sides. At best you get your ship back & fuel it up after the end of the battle sequence. At worst you lose the ship / crew / cargo / and some currency depending on how Stardock handles maintaining Cargo / Currencies during the expl

Reply to SuperMelee Duration Limitation in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="Hunam_" reply="24" id="3657375"] ^ Who wins if both ships run out of fuel and unable to finish each other off? [/quote] Draw or Dual Loss - some sort of random cosmic accident like a rogue black hole, meteor storm, pirates, or something else comes and shreds the ships. -- Original idea from earlier up the replies. I also like the thought of treating it as a battlefield medic would, suppression fire is laid down by the entirety of both

Reply to SuperMelee Duration Limitation in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="15" id="3657327"] Quoting Pyro411, reply 11 How about a sub light fuel gauge for fleet ships? What happens when you are coasting, though? Does fuel get consumed? It would have to, or else you could coast to victory. If fuel gets consumed no matter what you do, this is essentially th

Reply to SuperMelee Duration Limitation in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

How about a sub light fuel gauge for fleet ships? Bigger slower ships would theoretically contain more fuel, allowing them to prolong battles Faster smaller ships wouldn't have as much fuel capacity and would have to get it done in a very short battle Upon depletion of the fuel escape would be impossible and it would be up to luck & skill compliment on the ship on if it could survive close quarters combat with the other ship. &nbsp

Reply to Time for an updated survey on Founders' PC specs? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

Current System Specs Windows 10 Pro (v1709) Asus Maximus X Hero WiFi Intel i7-8700K w/ Corsair H115 Closed loop cooling 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000Mhz Asus Strix GTX970 OC2 4GB Samsung 960 Pro PCIe x4 v3.0 NVMe boot drive Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SATA III - Designated for heavy IO games. -- Origins resides on this drive Seagate Momentus 3rd Gen Hybrid 750GB HDD - Designated for low disk I

Reply to Star Control Founders October Feedback thread in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="Volusianus" reply="4" id="3656572"] One of the guys who did the SC2 OST* There were ~6 people involved in writing the soundtrack for SC2, give or take. But yeah, Riku did the lion's share of the work. (Sorry, I'm just kind of a music geek [e digicons]:P[/e] ) [/quote] Never apologize for being a geek as most times you're just showing a deep passion for something that isn't "Mainstream" :) I do say I like wh