[Knight Templar]

to the big font..


ever try ICQ Lite?

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
to the big font..

You, sir, are trying to confuse me.

I shall give ICQ Lite a try, if I must... standby...

[EDIt] See? Even the ICQ download page had pop-up and "do you want to set your homepage to Insert Generic Adserver.com?". Bah... you realise I'm only doing this cos I'm a big softy at heart, KT

[Solatar]

For that modern campaign idea, you can use the Unification War stuff as a base, the Unification War takes place in 2317, so it isn't as far ahead, and you are already started a little back. I would gladly help out as I was going to do this alsol but my team wouldn't have it.

[diamondgeezer]

Well, if this ever comes to anything I'll certainly investigate the UW stuff. Cheers Hades mate.

[EDIT] OK, I'm ICQed up. Number is 1775543063

[BlackDove]

Well I'm glad to see one topic is not off topic.....oh wait....DAMN!

[Knight Templar]

Keeping OTness in mind, the number didn't work when searched..


oh yeah, what do you guys think of the camp?

[LtNarol]

For the record, unlike DG, I like the general idea; implementation might be tough but if you can pull it off, go for it.  I would suggest remodeling the Lucifer a bit, change up its hull enough so that it looks like like a more advanced derivitive (sp?) of the original.  Other than that, COOL!

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
Keeping OTness in mind, the number didn't work when searched...

Oh yes, my bad. Too many sevens, Mr Mozart. Try 175543063

And as for nuclear's idea, I just feel it lacks enough of a gimmick. Are you sure that setting the entire thing in a nebula would be a good idea? Or would it take the edge off the 'wow' factor the nebula inspires? At he end of the day, what would it have that really makes it stand out from all the other half-finished projects out there?

[LtNarol]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Oh yes, my bad. Too many sevens, Mr Mozart. Try 175543063

And as for nuclear's idea, I just feel it lacks enough of a gimmick. Are you sure that setting the entire thing in a nebula would be a good idea? Or would it take the edge off the 'wow' factor the nebula inspires? At he end of the day, what would it have that really makes it stand out from all the other half-finished projects out there?

What you fail to see is that nebulas if used properly can deeper involve players.  Not all ideas have to be off-the-wall original in order to be good, what he's proposing has been attempted before but I have yet to see it well done; Derelict comes close but the mass of errors and bugs in that campaign detract from the overall quality.

Don't shunt the ideas of others so quickly; give helpful advice or shut your trap.

[diamondgeezer]

Originally posted by LtNarol
What you fail to see is that nebulas if used properly can deeper involve players.

Fair enough. It's your opinion vs mine. Who's is right?

Not all ideas have to be off-the-wall original in order to be good, what he's proposing has been attempted before but I have yet to see it well done

Again, it's a free world.

Don't shunt the ideas of others so quickly; give helpful advice or shut your trap.

Oh deary me... I spies *****ing, and we're only on the second page... look, the dude asked for opinions and I gave mine. Just because it probably wasn't what he wanted to hear doesn't mean you get to shout at me. Same goes for advice - in this case my advice is to throw some more twists in to the pot...

Narol mate, you really need to learn to relax. You get in to this routine far too often.

[LtNarol]

Fair enough, your opinions are yours and no one can argue otherwise, but "it sucks, get lost" isnt constructive criticsm.

[diamondgeezer]

OK... so how about "I think it needs a little something more to really make sure it gets noticed"? Is that a fair comment?

[Nuclear1]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer


And as for nuclear's idea, I just feel it lacks enough of a gimmick. Are you sure that setting the entire thing in a nebula would be a good idea? Or would it take the edge off the 'wow' factor the nebula inspires? At he end of the day, what would it have that really makes it stand out from all the other half-finished projects out there?

Heavy character development--You can expect to see and hear characters like the Marines from Aliens, a specific Vice Admiral for the vessel, and several others.

Not all of its going to be in the nebula. A good deal of the final missions will be in open space, so you won't be in the nebula for the entire campaign.

If possible, the ********* will scare the heckells out of you (no, aldo, NOT your Nightmares ). I hope that if done properly with the right effects and the right messages, I could create a nice lil' scary atmosphere.

[diamondgeezer]

Persistent characters and heavily atmospheric missions? Now we're talking the same language, my pedigree chum... That's exactly the sort of thing I aim for when I'm writing. Stick to those ideals and you'll be on the right track, says I.

How was that, Narol?

[aldo_14]

http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/reciprocity/newwar.htm

The little spec I wrote up a few months ago for a very far future project...bascially a whole freeware game only using the FS engine and not_much_else.  Although I never intended in even starting it until late next year.