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Initial Travilian thoughts in Technical Sins Forums

First i just want to congratulate every one at IC and SD!! you guys have done an AMAZING job. This game really is brilliant. It literally is THE game i have been waiting to play for pretty much my whole life... That being said, and since i know you guys want the best game possible; Ill once again through my two cents in as i have many times through out the beta process. Initial Likes: EVERYTHING! really, i wont name them all because that would take too long... Initi

Reply to What should be done with The Pink Ponies? in Sins Clans Sins Forums

as some one who was apart of PS-Piss from its inception I would still like to see it as an official clan. I understand maybe we should give it some time to get the game going and what not, but eventually i would like to see a clan come out of it. Especially since Space Ponies are an OFFICIAL "acheivement" in the game!! yes i said it correctly, go look through the acheivements at the end game screen and scrole through them all... yes they did put it in and it made me very very happy. Anyway im

Reply to [MOD WIP] Star Trek: Sacrifice of Angels 2 (updated 01/10/09) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Is there any possibility of re-aranging the "porpose" of a given ship. Right now in sins its just alittle anoying to me that each faction as a missle ship, a planet bombarder, a light frigate, a anti-fighter, a command ship, a repair ship... blah blah ext. ext. and so forth. While i TOTALLY understand why they did it, cause balancing would have really sucked (though thats why we pay them), i also understand that it would be really intense to have to balance a mod if we messed up the standard b

Reply to [MOD WIP] Star Trek: Sacrifice of Angels 2 (updated 01/10/09) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Great Job!! ive been looking forward to this mod since you first started talking about it over half a year ago. It looks like youve already got your crew together, but if you need help feel free to ask. Ive had experience moding XML files on GalCiv 2. Ive been a part of the community for the GC2 STMod for years. I have helped with balancing and cannon material suggestions for the official project, and also have done quite a bit of modding on the side myself to satisfy my personal pickyness ab

Reply to Pink Space ponies website in Sins Clans Sins Forums

Hey i was just at the sight and it seems to be very divoid of... well anything. It wont even let me sign in (or sign up) since ive kinda been gone from the sceen for a bit... IDK maybe my computer just wont properly load the page...

Reply to Dev Diary: How did we ever survive without Fleets and Tactics Management in Sins Developer Journals Sins Forums

HAHA!!! PSPiss Livess onnn!!!

Reply to Starbase Docking in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

ive never herd of it... but it sounds like a great idea. If you can figure it out let us know!!

Reply to Thoughts on the Star Trek Mod in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Go to the "forums" link in the actual star trek mod post. once you sign up for the forums the file is available in there. and it is only compatable with DA for now. alot more info is on the official forum.

Reply to XML in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

im already familiar with editing html and programing languages such as C and fortran. is there any helpful hints i should be awair of with XML that would be nice to know as i embark on my modding adventures...?

Reply to Thoughts on the Star Trek Mod in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

ohh... ok, well the point of the mini techs (i thought) wasnt like "shrinking" more like electronics getting more advanced. this analogus to laptops getting thinner. But ok, if this is what you mean i get it.

Reply to Thoughts on the Star Trek Mod in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

im sorry, but i dont really understand what your suggesting? what would be the advantage of removeing the mini techs? I see it could be done if properly ballanced by hull size, but in what way would it make the game beter?

Reply to Thoughts on the Star Trek Mod in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

I think ill wind up doubling up on ships. Like have a Vorcha (Klingon) and then later have a Vorcha Refit that has better stats to make things more balanced against the fed. One thing I remembered is how each tech level gave you more ships, but you really had no incentive to use the new ones apart from looks. The first few techs actually wind up giving you bigger ships. But once you hit, what ive termed Pre-TNG, everything is the same. So what I did was, starting with the Enterprise

Reply to Thoughts on the Star Trek Mod in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

Yeah ive spent all night tweeking with the XML files... wich btw is alot of fun. at least its still alot of fun ;-) what ive done is ive made the Phoenix available with Xeno Eng. and 2 of the 4 cargo hulls available with basic hulls. i may have to go back and tweek with the "AI value" on the basic hulls. ill try playing with my new goodies tomorrow. Iv done all sorts of tweeking with HP/Speed/Size/Cost ext... such as making the Intrepid Hull have an extra 2 speed but cost a little more. an

Reply to Thoughts on the Star Trek Mod in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

My personal consern has to do with the order in wich that the federation gets their hulls. Right now the federation starts the game with several different cargo hulls. But no scouting hulls. At first i didnt really think twice about this. It wasnt untill i had already colonized the whole map and was in need of a military that i started throwing alot of research towards the hull techs. after working for quite a while i got the next hull tech... and it gave me the Phoenix. For those of you n

Thoughts on the Star Trek Mod in Modding GalCiv2 Forums

First of all i want to say that the Star Trek mod is amazing. They have put sooo much work into it, and it shows. Im starting this thread because the forums we have set up for the mod dont get much traffic... at all. So I thought it would be nice to have a place to talk about ideas and concerns in the hopes of helping those responsible come up with the best Mod EVER!! And second of all... Let the discussion commence. ENGAGE!!

Reply to Science Vessels in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I agree with this statement, but I don't like this research idea. What could a ship-based lab possibly bring to the table that a planet-based lab doesn't? A ship would have a small, cramped lab, with jack-of-all-trades equipment; they wouldn't be able to do any intensive research because of this unspecialized, inadequate equipment, and because of a lack of resources (a ship can't hold as much raw and/or processed materials as a planet). The only real contribution that a ship could make is

Science Vessels in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I know this has been talked about in the past, and i really should have thought to bring it up again sooner, as the new expansion is probably already set in stone by this point. BUT, i would LOVE to see a "laboratory" module introduced as a ship component. Im tired of ships only being good for war! The only other use for ships right now is as surveyors. and you can only have so many of them. What i propose is this: 1. A module that would produce a set amount of research points every tur

Reply to The Starbase Management Console in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

is this not going to be implemented with TA??? i thought it was cause they talked about doing it for the previous patch befor anouncing that TA exists... then said wed have to wait for the cool features.

Science Vessels in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I know this has been talked about in the past, and i really should have thought to bring it up again sooner, as the new expansion is probably already set in stone by this point. BUT, i would LOVE to see a "laboratory" module introduced as a ship component. Im tired of ships only being good for war! The only other use for ships right now is as surveyors. and you can only have so many of them. What i propose is this: 1. A module that would produce a set amount of research points every

Reply to Starbase Defenses in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

yeah the starbase controversy is why i stoped playing the game for a while... i love starbases. and this was a huge pet peave of mine. either way it should be fixed in this next expansion! or so ive herd. The thing i WOULD like to see though is a starbase that can be 'fleeted' with other ships. star bases are VERY strong when they are up graded. it is simply stupid that i cant use them in a fight if i have other ships there. If a fleet were to have a star base in it of couse it could n

Reply to Ideas: evasion, ground and elite forces in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

I WANT CLOCKING DEVICES!!!! I WANT I WANT I WANT!!!! X-(

Reply to Terror Star Suggestion in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

I DEFFINITLY vote for [I]the Alan Parsons Project[/I]

Reply to Terror Star Suggestion in Beta Reports GalCiv2 Forums

just make sure the guys over at the actual Starhammer dont get upset you stole their name ;-) not that im against changing it, i think Death Beam is a little unimaginative... i would definitely like some obscure sci-fi reference like that... would kinda fit with the motif of the game you know.

Reply to Desktop Starships Wallpapers - anyone go here? in Everything Else Sins Forums

:CONGRAT: nice link!

Reply to And so it begins... (Model Importing) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

coughs and adjusts pants... dangggg that is sexy