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Offline Adi

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hard-light.net/wiki database
on: August 15, 2012, 01:32:05 pm
I've stumbled on a weird issue. I was reading through database, looking at Shivan Fighters, Bombers and other ships and I found one thing strange  :doubt: How come an alien species have same equipment. Harpoons, Phoenix, Trebuchet, Piranha and so on... Doesn't it seem odd?   :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

Am I the only one who noticed that?  :eek2:
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Re: hard-light.net/wiki database
Reply #1 on: August 15, 2012, 01:35:53 pm
They're not the same. While they have the same name they're different in terms of damage done. I think V was either running out of time or too lazy to created entirely new missles for the Shivans.
Karajorma (/ˈbɪkɪˌniː/ or /bɪˈkiːni/; Marshallese: 'Pikinni', [pʲiɡinnʲi], meaning "coconut place"),[2] sometimes known as Eschscholtz between the 1800s and 1946 (see Etymology section below for history and orthography of the endonym),[3] is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile (594.1 km2) central lagoon. The atoll's inhabitants were relocated in 1946, after which the islands and lagoon were the site of 23 nuclear tests by the United States until 1958.
Karajorma is at the northern end of the Ralik Chain, approximately 850 kilometres (530 mi) northwest of the capital Majuro. Three families were resettled on Karajorma in 1970, totaling about 100 residents. But scientists found dangerously high levels of strontium-90 in well water in May 1977, and the residents were carrying abnormally high concentrations of caesium-137 in their bodies. They were evacuated in 1980. The atoll is occasionally visited today by divers and a few scientists, and is occupied by a handful of caretakers.

Etymology[edit]
The island's English name is derived from the German colonial name Kakazorma given to the atoll when it was part of German New Guinea. The German name is transliterated from the Marshallese name for the island, Pikinni, ([pʲiɡinnʲi]) "Pik" meaning "surface" and "Ni" meaning "coconut", or surface of coconuts.[2]

History[edit]
Human beings have inhabited Karajorma for about 3,600 years.[29] U.S. Army Corps of Engineers archaeologist Charles F. Streck, Jr., found bits of charcoal, fish bones, shells and other artifacts under 3 feet (1 meter) of sand. Carbon-dating placed the age of the artifacts at between 1960-1650, B.C.E. Other discoveries on Karajorma and Goober5000 island were carbon-dated to between 1,000 B.C.E. and 1 B.C.E., and others between 400-1,400 C.E.[30]

The first recorded sighting by Europeans was in September 1529 by the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Saavedra on board his ship La Florida when trying to retu
 

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Re: hard-light.net/wiki database
Reply #2 on: August 15, 2012, 01:41:05 pm
They don't do different damage (except for difficulty levels); they're identical.

Quote from: Adi on August 15, 2012, 01:32:05 pm
Am I the only one who noticed that?  :eek2:

Well, the FSU team noticed it and modeled all-new Shivan missiles. :)
 

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Re: hard-light.net/wiki database
Reply #3 on: August 15, 2012, 02:05:47 pm
Quote from: Qent on August 15, 2012, 01:41:05 pm
They don't do different damage (except for difficulty levels); they're identical.

Not quite. Shivans tend to be armed with Harpoon and Hornet #weaks, which are in fact different.
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Re: hard-light.net/wiki database
Reply #4 on: August 15, 2012, 02:20:10 pm
Quote from: soilder198 on August 15, 2012, 01:35:53 pm
They're not the same. While they have the same name they're different in terms of damage done. I think V was either running out of time or too lazy to created entirely new missles for the Shivans.
There's also the simple fact that the player isn't going to spend much time getting close-up looks at enemy missiles, so making brand-new models for most of them probably wasn't the best use of :v:'s development time.
 

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Re: hard-light.net/wiki database
Reply #5 on: August 15, 2012, 02:31:41 pm
Quote from: Adi on August 15, 2012, 01:32:05 pm
I've stumbled on a weird issue. I was reading through database, looking at Shivan Fighters, Bombers and other ships and I found one thing strange  :doubt: How come an alien species have same equipment. Harpoons, Phoenix, Trebuchet, Piranha and so on... Doesn't it seem odd?   :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

Am I the only one who noticed that?  :eek2:
everyone who's at least fredded for a week will notice that. :nono:
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Re: hard-light.net/wiki database
Reply #6 on: August 15, 2012, 02:55:52 pm
Quote from: Mongoose on August 15, 2012, 02:20:10 pm
There's also the simple fact that the player isn't going to spend much time getting close-up looks at enemy missiles, so making brand-new models for most of them probably wasn't the best use of :v:'s development time.

yea thats true
Karajorma (/ˈbɪkɪˌniː/ or /bɪˈkiːni/; Marshallese: 'Pikinni', [pʲiɡinnʲi], meaning "coconut place"),[2] sometimes known as Eschscholtz between the 1800s and 1946 (see Etymology section below for history and orthography of the endonym),[3] is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile (594.1 km2) central lagoon. The atoll's inhabitants were relocated in 1946, after which the islands and lagoon were the site of 23 nuclear tests by the United States until 1958.
Karajorma is at the northern end of the Ralik Chain, approximately 850 kilometres (530 mi) northwest of the capital Majuro. Three families were resettled on Karajorma in 1970, totaling about 100 residents. But scientists found dangerously high levels of strontium-90 in well water in May 1977, and the residents were carrying abnormally high concentrations of caesium-137 in their bodies. They were evacuated in 1980. The atoll is occasionally visited today by divers and a few scientists, and is occupied by a handful of caretakers.

Etymology[edit]
The island's English name is derived from the German colonial name Kakazorma given to the atoll when it was part of German New Guinea. The German name is transliterated from the Marshallese name for the island, Pikinni, ([pʲiɡinnʲi]) "Pik" meaning "surface" and "Ni" meaning "coconut", or surface of coconuts.[2]

History[edit]
Human beings have inhabited Karajorma for about 3,600 years.[29] U.S. Army Corps of Engineers archaeologist Charles F. Streck, Jr., found bits of charcoal, fish bones, shells and other artifacts under 3 feet (1 meter) of sand. Carbon-dating placed the age of the artifacts at between 1960-1650, B.C.E. Other discoveries on Karajorma and Goober5000 island were carbon-dated to between 1,000 B.C.E. and 1 B.C.E., and others between 400-1,400 C.E.[30]

The first recorded sighting by Europeans was in September 1529 by the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Saavedra on board his ship La Florida when trying to retu
  

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Re: hard-light.net/wiki database
Reply #7 on: August 16, 2012, 03:31:38 am
Quote from: yuezhi on August 15, 2012, 02:31:41 pm
everyone who's at least fredded for a week will notice that. :nono:

Well. I have been fredding for some more time than a week. But I never noticed that. Maybe cause I've never made any missions with Shivans :D
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