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Offline Akalabeth Angel

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Eterium (another new space sim?)
on: June 03, 2013, 06:44:26 pm
 

Offline Suongadon

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Re: Eterium (another new space sim?)
Reply #1 on: June 03, 2013, 07:24:04 pm
Is the in-game/demo music anywhere near as oh-****-no as the trailer's? Cause... damn.
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Re: Eterium (another new space sim?)
Reply #2 on: June 03, 2013, 07:28:46 pm
Quote from: Suongadon on June 03, 2013, 07:24:04 pm
Is the in-game/demo music anywhere near as oh-****-no as the trailer's? Cause... damn.

You thought it too, huh? I would think you would choose one of your prime tracks for a trailer, so that doesn't bode well... I hate the noise when the ships jump in too.
 

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Re: Eterium (another new space sim?)
Reply #3 on: June 03, 2013, 08:42:49 pm
Quote from: Lorric on June 03, 2013, 07:28:46 pm
Quote from: Suongadon on June 03, 2013, 07:24:04 pm
Is the in-game/demo music anywhere near as oh-****-no as the trailer's? Cause... damn.

You thought it too, huh? I would think you would choose one of your prime tracks for a trailer, so that doesn't bode well... I hate the noise when the ships jump in too.
I think that may be the most annoying "ship jumping in" sound effect I have ever heard. In fact, that whole trailer seems to be overall lacking in the audio department. I know it's "pre-alpha", but still...
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Offline Akalabeth Angel

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Re: Eterium (another new space sim?)
Reply #4 on: June 04, 2013, 12:46:44 am
Quote from: Lorric on June 03, 2013, 07:28:46 pm
Quote from: Suongadon on June 03, 2013, 07:24:04 pm
Is the in-game/demo music anywhere near as oh-****-no as the trailer's? Cause... damn.

You thought it too, huh? I would think you would choose one of your prime tracks for a trailer, so that doesn't bode well... I hate the noise when the ships jump in too.

Yeah I dunno what that was about. The sound made me frown big time too.
 

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Re: Eterium (another new space sim?)
Reply #5 on: June 04, 2013, 02:36:38 am
Only two people working on it though, is it an entirely new engine? Cos for a few seconds at the start I felt like I was in an FSO mod.
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Re: Eterium (another new space sim?)
Reply #6 on: June 04, 2013, 02:56:07 am
Getting WCS vibes from it. And not in the good way. This could be nice if it had shown something that FSO doesn't have. But as it stands, meh.
 

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Re: Eterium (another new space sim?)
Reply #7 on: June 04, 2013, 03:33:40 am
Quote from: Fury on June 04, 2013, 02:56:07 am
Getting WCS vibes from it. And not in the good way. This could be nice if it had shown something that FSO doesn't have. But as it stands, meh.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. Ship design/implementation is a little simplistic for my tastes. Their website says that they had spec mapping, but removed for everything bar the big, intrusive (always on?) 3d cockpits. Plus the cartoon characters... I get that that's an artistic decision, but it's not one I'd've made.

Maybe I'm spoiled by FSO, but this doesn't really appeal to me, I've got to admit. Good to see more space sins of any flavour though.
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Re: Eterium (another new space sim?)
Reply #8 on: June 04, 2013, 04:57:07 pm
Quote from: Suongadon on June 03, 2013, 07:24:04 pm
Is the in-game/demo music anywhere near as oh-****-no as the trailer's? Cause... damn.
Call me crazy but I kinda like it lol Anywayz, the game seems decent but I can't tell if I'll like it or not...
 

Offline Suongadon

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Re: Eterium (another new space sim?)
Reply #9 on: June 04, 2013, 05:27:27 pm
Quote from: Fury on June 04, 2013, 02:56:07 am
Getting WCS vibes from it. And not in the good way. This could be nice if it had shown something that FSO doesn't have. But as it stands, meh.

I dl'd the demo on a whim and it's not a vibe, it is WCS. Same mouse controls (that I-really-hated-it default setup), briefing render looked straight out of that mod and the mission was the same 'fly these waypoints with your wingman using autopilot to traverse between them after launching from the carrier (hell, I think the camera angle on the autopilot sequence is the same, even, though they're short, rather than 20s pan-shots), astoundingly, enemy fighters will be present at each waypoint'. Flight and combat is the same, etc etc. Speeds and distances aren't whatver-the-WCS-team did to fake them... but that's the only real difference I noticed.

Dunno about the sound effects, b/c the trailer-music was still there so I was like 'hael no, mute, itunes go'

Edit: **** line-editing. 'It is WCS' intended in the same manner as 'Manshooter A is Manshooter B', even though different engine/code/effects/whatever.
« Last Edit: June 04, 2013, 05:59:13 pm by Suongadon »
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Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: Eterium (another new space sim?)
Reply #10 on: June 04, 2013, 05:39:42 pm
So they're charging for use of FSO autopilot flyby code etc? A quick look to see if they use a vp format should.suffice to prove it.
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
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-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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Offline Suongadon

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Re: Eterium (another new space sim?)
Reply #11 on: June 04, 2013, 05:48:16 pm
Quote from: Dekker on June 04, 2013, 05:39:42 pm
So they're charging for use of FSO autopilot flyby code etc? A quick look to see if they use a vp format should.suffice to prove it.

Wat?


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