Badgerius

The more recruits Prime gets the happier I am. I just hate to see Gamma Wing's numbers dwindling.

I have no objections to you using it, as it is for all of prime fleet, but shouldn't we wait until the recruitment page of primefleet.com is up? We should be moving towards a central prime fleet site with sections for the wings, rather than separate wing pages, don't you think? Also, you'll probably have trouble linking to it, but you're welcome to try.

If you wish to be a member of Gamma Wing, and your current Wing Commander has no objections, I don't see that it would be a problem. You would certainly make Papi very happy.

Damn. Papi, you've got an empty squadron. I'm going to give it a week. If, at that time, we've no new recruits, I'll shut down 2nd squadron until we get new blood. If I do that, you'll serve in 1st squadron, but I will give you back 2nd squadron command when we've got members to put into it. Any ideas for recruiting? Post 'em here.

Congrats on the new Job, Demolition, I'm sure we'll work well together. Yes, Cmdr. Williams has left us to take a fleet staff position. Cmdr Maddox will be taking command of Genesis station as my 2nd in command. This leaves us with 2 staff, 2 in 1st squadron, and 2 in 2nd squadron. If we lose one more cmdr, I will be forced to collapse 2nd squadron and transfer its members to the 1st. Cmdr. Maddox: Your first assignment as station commander is to recruit us some more members. We'll be taking members into 1st and 2nd squadron on an alternating basis until they each have 6 cmdrs. At that time, I will consider opening up another staff position or starting a new squadron. If you feel it would be useful, you can use the recruiting poster I created awhile back: recruiting poster If you need anything else, let me know. Also, I've got the information on the fleet web page, so we can start moving on that. Keep working on those bios! Yeah, 200 Posts! [ 08-16-2001: Message edited by: Badgerius ]

Cmdr Jason: Welcome to Gamma Wing. You are assigned to 2nd squadron. Cmdr Cloud (aka Papi) is your Squadron Commander. He'll get you settled in, and handle ship assignments, sigs, etc. Welcome aboard! Cmdr Demolition: Epsilon Wing is in dire need of commanders. I can currently only offer you a position as a member of 2nd squadron. If you'd like a higher position, I'd advise sticking with Epsilon.

Thanks Card is in the process of being tossed. It'll be replaced by the time BCM is released.

Ok, I've read the docs and I know that the voodoo 3 card has glitches because it doesn't support the DirectX 8.0 API. Now, are there any enterprising souls with these cards who might have some tips as how to minimize these glitches, short of a new card? (I'll have one before BCM ships) I'm experiencing: Funky facet mirror glitch on planet texture when close to a planet. Parts of the ship don't line up exactly on external view. Odd texture problems when in 1st person on the ground. Now before the SC jumps down my throat, let me make myself clear. I'm NOT looking for official support here. If someone else with the same problem has an tweak or trick, I'd like to know, that's all.

Or for those whose computers are NEVER off, how about: The Earth to Mars Marathon! No hyperspace, normal engines only. Take about a week, probably. You'd just walk in every couple of hours and tweak your course. First shuttle from Earth base to Mars base wins!

Sounds good. Thanks for filling me in.

We'll miss him, but, no objections here. Congrats.

Fine, no message board. I can understand that. Although I'd like a place where we can post privately. Something for the future, perhaps. I agree on the template idea. That's what I was driving at when I was talking about look-and-feel. Jaguar, I missed the meeting so I don't know what was decided. Are you in charge of this project? If so, I'm sorry if I stepped on your toes.

Ok, we've got three people working on the main page background. I think a competition/voting is in order here. But... What about the rest of the page? Have we got a division of labour, here? I assume that Wing commanders will be responsible for their own wing areas, so that's not a problem. By my estimation, we need the following done, minimum: Overall look and feel. backgrounds Prime board. Recruitment page with application form. Wing Areas. I can do the recruitment page, or the board. Can our site handle PHP and databases? If so, I know a good, free web board we can use. In any case, the look and feel must be done before we go any farther than the background. Thomas, we should perhaps set up a thread to display, and vote on, the background and look-and-feel proposals that come in. Or maybe you've got some other plan. Either way, we should get organized so we don't end up with 326 background images and no web page

Err... Yes, Mars. That's what I meant. Sorry, my son cut a molar last night. Not a lot of sleep going on around here.

Looks like we have the same ideas, Jaguar. My email is on my profile, [email protected] I disagree that the main page should have a earth-centric theme. Prime isn't just about Earth. I think that if Gamma has a moon background, Alpha and Beta should have Earth, with Delta and Epsilon having Mars. For the main page, I'm thinking something more general, like this: Prime Fleet Image I look forward to seeing what ideas you've got, Jaguar. [ 08-13-2001: Message edited by: Badgerius ]

Sounds like there were some issues. Did the meeting actually take place, or is it going to be re-scheduled?

LOL! Sounds good. Your first officer is a droid? *shakes head* I'll stick to my exec if you don't mind. She puts a little more emotion into her work. Due to popular demand, I've put the work-in-progress background image up for all to see: work-in-progress

Ack! No! Sorry. Cmdr. Jason Cloud (aka Papi) is the commander of 2nd squadron and one of Gamma's most active commanders. He will remain in command until he's dead or I find someone better (ok, it's a cheesy quote). Many, Many apologies. Ah, I see my mistake. The fleet DB doesn't list screen names. Anyone else who has been inadvertantly sent to the reserves, but has posted in the last six months, consider the transfer null. Post here to confirm it. [ 08-10-2001: Message edited by: Badgerius ]

I agree that comparing the engines is laughable, but the elite series is are the only games that have even come close to the open-endedness of the BC series. Interesting about "easier to escape any attackers." I assumed that a ship in pursuit of you would follow you across regions. Since a planet is a region, wouldn't a pursuing ship follow you planetside? I'll have to try that.

LOL. I thought about that, but I haven't found a good moon image yet. Big News: Prime's getting its own web page (finally), so it's time we finallized our act. I'm working on a background image for our section of the site, which I will post here, for all to see, before submitting it. So, I'd like to: 1. Finalize ship assignments 2. Start getting preliminary bio's (and maybe some pics) for the site. 3. Finalize the logo 4. Do some slight re-organization of squadrons 1: Looks like our favoured ships are: The Garid The BC Mk1 Firestorm What I'd like to do is have each squadron possess at least the same type of ship. So each squadron will have assigned to it 1 carrier-class ship, and the rest super-cruiser or cruiser class. Ideally, I'd like each squadron to have a Mk1 and several Garids, but if a commander wishes to have a different class of ship, I will not stand in his way. This is only a game, after all. I am going to stand firm on the 1 carrier per squadron. Squadron commanders can take that ship for themselves, or assign it to a member of the squadron. Each squadron will act as a unit, similar in function (in theory, who knows how it'll work in-game) to a Carrier Battle Group in the US Navy. That doesn't mean you'll always be escorting the carrier, but you will act as a unit. 2: I know not everybody likes doing bios, so I'll limit the information I want from you. I'd like: Cmdr's full name, ship, place of birth, and age. Optional information includes: career history, eye colour, hair colour, name's of ship officers, and...(wait for it) a pic. Anything else you want to throw in is good, as well. 3: I'll look for a moon pic to add to the logo. Once that's done, I'll post it to my new web-space (which hopefully allows linking) and get it approved. 4: I'd like to create a new squadron: The Reserve Squadron. Any commanders who stay AWOL for extended periods will be re-assigned to this squadron to make room for more active members. I am assigning the following commanders to the Reserve Squadron: Cmdr. Ace Gamma. Cmdr. Kirk Stroiker. Cmdr. Bolo. Cmdr. Catchre. If you object to being assigned to this squadron, post here, and I'll change it. That is all. Any flames these changes have produced may now commence [ 08-10-2001: Message edited by: Badgerius ]

Looks like 10am PST Saturday isn't going to be good for me. I'll post my ideas here for the record, and I'll abide by any decisions made at the meeting. If someone could email me the conversation log at [email protected] I'd appreciate it. My ideas: 1. Private Board which only Prime can read (great for tactics, assignments, intel, and so forth) 2. Web space for each wing with bio's ship assignments, crests, screenshots, etc. 3. Prime fleet news. 4. Internal position postings 5. Galactic map showing Wing patrol assignments (possibly in passworded area) 6. Recruitment page. I'm working on a background (or introduction) image for Gamma Wing, I'll post the link as soon as it's ready. Feel free to assign me to any part of the web development. I'm happy to do my share.

I'm in! I've been thinking about Gamma Wing Webspace, and this'll be perfect. I'm good for this weekend, I think. Let me know when. Either chat format works for me.

Cmdr. Sev Badgerius, Reporting in. Looks like Gamma is ready for action. Wow, looks like we've got a few more active members than I thought. Excellent. Any commanders belonging to Gamma Wing who do not have squadron assignments, please post in the Gamma Wing News Thread, and I'll assign you. Thomas, this might not be the exact right place, but I was thinking that perhaps a Command Staff thread is in order, where all members can view, but mainly where command staff (Wing commanders and up) can discuss strategy, tactics, personnel, logistix, etc. What do you think?

Thank God. Now I can visit my sister without taking my car over the ferry. 'Course, they'll probably expect me to pay for the skytrain now...

New version of the logo is up. See previous html link