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Title: n00by, utterly ridiculous question
Post by: aceofspades on March 03, 2006, 02:24:59 am

Uhh, feel welcome to shoot me for this n00by, utterly ridiculous question...but...any chance of creating a mission with multiple Gorgon Cannons/Fire Arms?

Title: Re: And The Sky Full Of Hercs [IMG HEAVY]
Post by: Mefustae on March 03, 2006, 02:32:19 am

*Mefusta refuses to bother

Title: Re: And The Sky Full Of Hercs [IMG HEAVY]
Post by: Taristin on March 03, 2006, 11:51:28 am

/me groans at the mega bump...

Title: Re: And The Sky Full Of Hercs [IMG HEAVY]
Post by: Cobra on March 03, 2006, 12:17:02 pm

and a mega bump this is. :p

Title: Re: n00by, utterly ridiculous question
Post by: Goober5000 on March 03, 2006, 12:19:02 pm

No reason to post it in an old thread, either.  Split.

Title: Re: n00by, utterly ridiculous question
Post by: Sesquipedalian on March 04, 2006, 08:51:03 pm

Sure.  Fire up Fred and have fun making it or anything else you can imagine.  Then post it for others to play with too. :)

Title: Re: n00by, utterly ridiculous question
Post by: aceofspades on March 06, 2006, 11:47:59 pm

I kind of meant, does anyone know roughly how much capship-superaction causes how much strain on the engine and computer? E.g., "Having >x Collosuses (Collosi?) in a mission will generally risk a crash unless you have a video card and CPU better than y, z."
Not that I would know how to FRED a ship from fan-made campaign anyways  :doubt:, but that's a different matter.
And by the way, Mefustae, Raa, Cobra, Goober (shorter just to say "those HLP people"), thanks for your...emphatic response  :nod:. 

Title: Re: n00by, utterly ridiculous question
Post by: bfobar on March 07, 2006, 12:10:06 am

Quote from: aceofspades on March 06, 2006, 11:47:59 pm

I kind of meant, does anyone know roughly how much capship-superaction causes how much strain on the engine and computer? E.g., "Having >x Collosuses (Collosi?) in a mission will generally risk a crash unless you have a video card and CPU better than y, z."
Not that I would know how to FRED a ship from fan-made campaign anyways  :doubt:, but that's a different matter.
And by the way, Mefustae, Raa, Cobra, Goober (shorter just to say "those HLP people"), thanks for your...emphatic response  :nod:. 

well, htl ships eat a lot more than their non-eyecandy bretheren and big ships tend to have more detail than smaller ships. The only way to tell for sure is use fred and place which ships you want, then test in freespace. Test with the flag in the launcher for memory usage and frame rates turned on and see how it goes. also a lot of effects horsepower goes into shooting and exploding, so you may be fine with 5 colossi in formation, but if all 5 blow up at the same time, your video card my leave you for a better home.

Title: Re: n00by, utterly ridiculous question
Post by: Mefustae on March 07, 2006, 12:30:31 am

Quote from: aceofspades on March 06, 2006, 11:47:59 pm

And by the way, Mefustae, Raa, Cobra, Goober (shorter just to say "those HLP people"), thanks for your...emphatic response :nod:.

Hey, it's what we do. :)

Title: Re: n00by, utterly ridiculous question
Post by: Taristin on March 07, 2006, 12:39:26 am

Quote from: Mefustae on March 07, 2006, 12:30:31 am

Quote from: aceofspades on March 06, 2006, 11:47:59 pm

And by the way, Mefustae, Raa, Cobra, Goober (shorter just to say "those HLP people"), thanks for your...emphatic response :nod:.

Hey, it's what we do. :)

Ehh. 's better than locking the thread >..>

That is what I do...