Darkling

Yeah as UC players, we see that all the time... hehe

No, you can use the AWA book.

The biggest problem with reviewers is that the BIG dollars never get a bad rap, and the indies are the ones that get trashed, let's face it, these guys don't care so much if a small indie who doesn't spend a dime with them gets their ass handed to them because they figure, they're not likely to get any cash out of them anyway. I remember the reviews for freelancer, the game was in development for what? 10 years, I don't remember but with the kind of cash MS was throwing at it, I though we would see something 100X Bigger and better than UC. What did we get, a basic shooter that covered a very TINY universe. It was pretty much all over in a matter of a couple of months. The AI sucked, the replayability was crap, hell Privateer, which came out 20 years prior had more features and a better AI!!!! Where were the scorching reviews, the flame wars, the demands for Gates Head on a plate?

quote:Originally posted by Wolferz: Have you folks started to get that "Beating your head against a wall" feeling yet? Big problem with EVE is that it requires your entire life to play, and lately I haven't had time, so I setup my character to trains something for like 45 days or something like that and suspended my account for a bit.

quote:Originally posted by rapilot: I don't see how opened source stuff could be better. So many more man hours of engineering time is available in propriety stuff like Windows. If security is an issue, why not just get software to surf invisibility which fools the internet that you are not anonymous. With all the innovative security software out there, someone has got to have patched the lack of security rules in Windows. Well Padawan, the reason that Open Source is more secure is in the way that it's designed. I will admit though that the new version of windows goes a LONG way towards creating the same type of secure atmosphere that you have in Macs and Linux. Basically there are thousands upon thousands of viruses and spyware that affects Windows PC's and virtually NONE that affects Macs, Linux and Unix. Keep in mind that about a third of all servers out there are Linux, so it's not because there aren't enough machines running it. It's because of the fundamental design of the system. A good "For Instance" is the fact that Quickbooks MUST be run in a user session that has Power User enabled. Yes, if you're great with Windows, you can lock down the rest of the system so that the person you granted "Power User" status to, can't screw things up "too" royally, but the real question is, why does windows design their software this way? Where many applications (Such as Games) have to be run not just in Power User mode, but in FULL Administrative Mode? In case you're not aware, Administrative Mode, which is the way that the vast majority of people run their Windows Sessions, leaves your system Wide Open for attack. Linux, Macs and Unix don't run this way. Sure you have a "Root" account, but it's never used except for the initial setup. Additional accounts that are created are given basic access, then each time that person wants to do something outside of the basic access realm, the system prompts you for the root password. This is the main reason Windows computers are so easy to compromise, all you have to do as a Hacker, is create something that "Acts" as if it's the user doing it, and you sail through most security setups - Until they have a "Definition" for your malicious program. Keep in mind that my client was not only having to deal with paying exorbitant prices for these proprietary setups, but also money for things like Anti-Virus, and Anti-spyware programs. In addition, programs like Xandros, already come with Word Processing, Spreadsheet and presentation programs, where with Windows, you have to pay hundreds extra for all that. So she decided that moving forward, instead of buying more and more of the "Problem" systems, she would switch to a more secured OS that runs everything she needs to run. Why pay more, especially for something that just causes headaches.

NICE!!!!

Sounds about right ... Spend it all before it burns a hole in your pocket!

Yeah Linux gets about 1/3rd of the Server Market share but their desktop market share is actually a bit lower than Macs, however, now that Linux is getting much easier to use, Desktop market share has been growing faster than Macs.

Problem with Macs is that their cost of entry is even higher than PC's. When we were looking at upgrading my client, the subject of Macs came up, but here's how it went. For all her PC's to be upgraded to Linux, we decided to convert an existing File Server to the Linux Server, tying it into the windows Active Directory to keep Authentication and Mailboxes for everyone the same. In addition, converting all the desktops, could all be done from the Xandros Server, once that was setup. So the only cost was software, about $2000.00 total or $100.00 per desktop. If we would have wanted to upgrade everything to Vista, we would have needed more hardware and memory PLUS the OS, so now we were looking at around $600.00 per desktop ($12,000.00). Finally, for us to move to Macs, we were looking at about the same Hardware costs of going to Vista (with Mac Mini's) but not as much horsepower and an extra $1000.00 for the Mac Server software. Of course if we actually wanted comparable hardware to what was being replaced, then we would instead go with about $1000.00 per station. From what I understand Disney saved over $100,000.00 in licensing when they moved to Linux, I guess those kind of savings can't be matched by macs.

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Yeah, what the hell, we sold out. The money wasn't bad either;Well now that you've sold out, and have some cash, maybe I can come over there and work for you professionally testing your games.

One of my customers got tired of the incessant Virus /Spyware wars and figured, "OK, I'll upgrade to Vista, but wanted to try it out first, so she ordered one from Dell with 2 Gigs of RAM and a 3Ghz processor, (Basically a machine that had double of everything in the office). She said it was incredibly slow, considering how much better of a machine it was than the XP machines she already had, and she definitely wasn't impressed. After reading a paper on how Disney moved most of their design staff over to Linux, running Photoshop on Crossover Office, She called me in to evaluate Xandros Linux (A version of Linux that's compatible with NTFS & Active Directory) and Scalix (an Exchange Replacement). After evaluating these, she decided to go with a Linux setup and for the past 6 months, hasn't had to worry about Spyware, Viruses or a host of other issues. In addition, she's able to set the security where she needs it to be, without needing to disable certain features, because "that's just how it works" with Windows. Overall, MS should be very afraid that many more will follow their example.

I know what that feels like, same thing happened to me about 4 months ago, except that I lost closer to a quarter Billion.

quote:Originally posted by Cmdr Chavik: quote: (There's a fitness center!?!?!) Yup, and a galley and a library. Go to http://members.aol.com/clind10107/bcmdecks.zip for some old (and possibly completely obsolete) deck pics of an mk3. These are the only ones in existence. The deck pics were scrapped when the ability to choose any ship was implemented. Too many to do. I downloaded this file, but it says it's invalid. I've tried Winzip and a couple of other unzipping utilities and all say the same thing "Invalid File". Does anyone still have this?

I remember a while back I was going deep into Gammulan Territory, basically going very slowly, taking over every station as I passed through each system, figuring that I'd take over every single station on my way to the Gammulan Homeworld. Well, I guess they had enough of that, so they sent in a MASSIVE fleet to get me. I figured I'd outsmart them and so when I saw them all as I probed the next system I was jumping into I figured, OK, I'll cloak before I jump into that mess. Arrogant me, proceeded as planned, only to find when I got the the Jump Gate, there was a Cloaked StormCarrier waiting for me! As soon as I headed for the gate (Before I cloaked) He started ripping into me, so I immediately cloaked. Didn't do much good though, because since I was in a Firestorm, I couldn't exactly move on a dime, so as I was turning this massive hulk away from his firing arcs, he ended up hitting my cloaking device, and shut the dammed thing down! At this point, I was like Holy crap, so I launched all eight of my fighters and luckily they tore him into shreds, before he could do much more damage, but just then, this whole armada of about 7 or 8 Carriers and their support craft jumped into the system, and of course, I was screwed. The only thing on my side was that they all jumped in out of firing Range, but they were all closing fast, luckily since they were different sized ships, they were coming at me at different speeds and so I decided to run towards them, (which also happened to be towards the Station, since they had jumped in behind me) instead of away from them. I figured, I'll take out as many as I can before my HJ engines recharged, and just MAYBE my engineers could get that cloak back on line. As I was making my way towards them, I ordered my fighters to concentrate on them one at a time, and we took out the first 2 pretty quickly, however, they began launching fighters and that's when all hell broke loose! I started taking on so much damage that I just knew I wouldn't be able to get out of there, but just then my HJ finished recharging and I took off. I went to give my fighters orders to RTB, but all but Shadow was dead. Somehow, he kept his Zenstar from going up like the rest of his mates. By the time I got back to the station, over half the crew was suffering from Radiation Poisoning, 5 Marines died when the Troop Quarters Decompressed and several Medics and flight engineers were hurt when both Personel Quarters 1 & 2 took heavy damage. My AE was down to 25%LF and most of the Senior staff were not much better off, since the Bridge took heavy damage as well. I had to move everyone to the shuttles since both primary and secondary life support systems were down. I don't know how we survived that encounter, I had to leave the ship inside the station for a few hours just to get both life support systems, the solar panels, the Bridge, the nuclear reactor and the crews quarters repaired, just so I could rest my engineers enough to be able to finish up the repairs, which took another several hours to complete. Not to mention all the crew and equipment I had to replace. But hey, this is why we play, because there's no other game on earth that will give us these kinds of experiences.

When are these sites all going to go Divx, I mean come on, faster, better quality video, what gives?

Well you can tell GameTap, that they AIN'T gettin a Dime from me until this game is in the lineup!!!!

Hey I have that gamepad.. BTW, do you have a Profile for that Gamepad to use it in the UC series? Back to the topic, those overhead Cockpit shots are AMAZING, Absolutely love it, reminds me of the rush I felt when playing Wing Commander. I had actually canceled my GameTap subscription, but will be renewing it SPECIFICALLY for these games. Let me know when it goes live!

It's been a while since I've gone in ROAM mode, and I guess I'm just remembering things incorrectly. Too many Instant Action Scenarios!!

I gotcha, I could have sworn that Fleet commander was the rank required in Battlecruiser Millenium, I guess things have changed for UC, and I didn't notice until now.. hehe.

cool, I can't wait

Would it be possible to allow UCSE & UCCE to play together on MP?

Well, OK, I'm back on the bridge, all my officers are present and accounted for, all systems are at full power, and I STILL don't have Fleet Command & Control???

My TO might have been off duty, I'll wait for him to rest up and try again. Thanks!!!

I know it says non tech support, but there's no other place to post this. While playing in ROAM mode, When I took over a station, I ended up going over 25K XP, and got Fleet Commander Status. If I look in the ACM window it says I have Fleet Commander Status, but when I click on "Command" it doesn't give me the Fleet Command Option, and if I switch over to TACOPS, I don't get it there either. The only thing I can think of is that at the time I got promoted my COMMS officer wasn't on duty, (he was taking a nap) and the first time I tried clicking on Fleet Command in Tacops, it told me my Comms officer wasn't on duty. However, even after I got him on duty, I still don't have fleet command?? Is there something I'm missing?

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Check GNN for more info later today. quote:Product Info: Native DirectX 9 graphics engine with support for shader spec 2.0 (e.g. geForce FX, Radeon 9600/9700/9800/X800) and with fallbacks for shader spec 1.3-1.4 (geForce4 Ti, 4200 GO, Radeon 8500, 9000). WooHoo!!, Fallback shaders, I can play it on my laptop, YES!!!