Guest lethallarry Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 I've spent many hours trying to play the game thus far, though admittedly a significant chunk of that time has been spent rebooting my computer every time the game locks up my system, roughly about once an hour. It's still a vast improvement over the original battlecruiser game I'd downloaded off the net years ago... that one caused so many faults with it's frequent crashes that I had to reinstall windows... three times. At any rate, the problem is that I can't seem to find any debris fields. I keep hearing people say that it's a great place to pick up some goodies, but I've never seen one, don't know what they look like, and have no idea how to even find one. I suspected that perhaps they'd show up on the tactical map, but I've seen nothing that I could identify as such a field. And yes, yes, I did the manditory, required search of posts on this subject, and found nothing that could help in locating them - I must be missing something obvious, because it seems as if it's just assumed that everybody knows how to find them... damned if I know what I've missed. I realize the first answer most people will think of saying is "Just explore around", but unfortunately, I have precious little game time available to me (I run my own company, and have a 4-month-old son; I have way too many responsibilities now, unfortunately), so what with my time limitations, combined with the appalling frequency that the game locks up my computer, I'm lucky if I can manage about 1/2 an hour of actually playing time per day - I'd really prefer not to have to spent that little time available to hunt around for something that I don't even know how to find. A couple of other questions: I'm flying along, an enemy ship or some station or whatnot targeted in the cvd, and suddenly, it says no target. I check, the target's still there (hasn't left the map), so I re-target it... and it disappears again and again. It seems to happen to me most in the majoris system, though I haven't been able to explore much, so I don't know if there are other target-failure areas. Any idea why? ALso: often, when I access the nav computer to set a new destination, when I first click on where I want to go, some other system name shows up as the destination, i.e. clicking on the Xylan system, and having it suddenly say that Earth or some other place is now the destination. I just have to click on it a few times to get it to finally say the name of the place I'm actually clicking on. Not a big deal, just annoying. What's a little more annoying is when I have to go through the whole process twice; I get it to say that where I want to go is my new target, and when I leave the nav computer, it says there's no waypoints set, so I have to go and do it all over again. Happens just about every time - when I want to go somewhere, I have to set the destination twice. And one more question: Sometimes, when I'm in need of repairs, or about to do upgrades, I land on a planet and let my engineers do their work, while I set the mining drones to work nearby the landing site. However, every now and then a shuttle comes back damaged, for no apparent reason, sometimes with its marine pilot injured as well. All they'd done was fly out of the ship, land, deploy the drone, and come back. What's worse is that sometimes I can't repair the damage... it says that the shuttle's hull armor is at 99%, and even if I have everything I need to fix it, when I put even one engineer on the repair, it says it will be done in one minute (or less), and nothign changes. The same happens for a number of systems on the shuttles... and I usually end up with 3 or 4 damaged systems on each shuttle that I can't fix. My OC's were also getting damaged in the same way, until I figured out to just leave them behind to avoid being damaged by... well... nothing, apparently. Also, when I have the engineers working on a repair, sometimes when I go back to the logistics screen, it says that the repair has been suspended, though I'd assigned a number of engineers to the job. I'm not sure if the work actually stops when this happens, or not. Any help? Topic Changed [ 07-03-2003, 08:44 AM: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 There are no debris fields in BCM or BCM Gold Damage isn't caused by nothing. If there is damage, it was caused by something e.g. the shuttle flying too close to the ground, colliding occassionally etc. This has already been extensively discussed here. Don't put dumb crew in command of ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lethallarry Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 ...and what of the irreparable damage? The targeting malfunctions? The mysterious cancellations of my repairs? And, most of all, the frequent crashes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggressor27 Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by lethallarry: ...(1) and what of the irreparable damage? (2) The targeting malfunctions? (3) The mysterious cancellations of my repairs? (4) And, most of all, the frequent crashes? (1) Not suyre about that, but if you lack (or run out of) the neccessary supplies required to repair anything on your ship, your engineers can't really continue workign on your ship. (2) EMD, EMD, EMD. You enemies have it too. From Super Carrier to Fighter, they have it. (3) See #1 (4) Defrag. Stop running a million programs in the background. Don't Alt-Tab everytime you see a PM from MSN or Yahoo peek through the program. Update your video and audio drivers. [ 07-02-2003, 09:18 PM: Message edited by: aggressor27 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lethallarry Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by lethallarry: ...(1) and what of the irreparable damage? (2) The targeting malfunctions? (3) The mysterious cancellations of my repairs? (4) And, most of all, the frequent crashes? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Not suyre about that, but if you lack (or run out of) the neccessary supplies required to repair anything on your ship, your engineers can't really continue workign on your ship. (2) EMD, EMD, EMD. You enemies have it too. From Super Carrier to Fighter, they have it. (3) See #1 (4) Defrag. Stop running a million programs in the background. Don't Alt-Tab everytime you see a PM from MSN or Yahoo peek through the program. Update your video and audio drivers. _________________________________________________ 1: - had tons of spare parts, had 2 of everything needed to fix a shuttle. That wasn't the issue, as in the repair menu, it stated that it needed zero of each item, meaning no parts were needed for the repair. Other, more heavily damaged systems, were repairable, but the ones that got stuck at 99% couldn't be fixed, not even at a station. 2: - There were no enemies present during most of these occurences. It often happened, for example, when I was trying to approach Majoris station, a neutral unit... just me, the station, and the ODS. Target lock kept failing, and there weren't even any indications of a nearby claoked ship. 3: - again, it wasn't for lack of parts... even when I'm onvoard a station and having them do the repairs, the repair gets started and then, sometimes for no apparent reason, gets put on SUSPENDED status... 4: - I defrag twice a week, I don't use any messaging progarms at all, I don't use alt-tab since that disaterous time when I tried it - once - and my game disappeared, I run next to nothing for background programs, and my drivers are all up to date. I've gotten a copy of directx 9 somewhere... that should be more than enough for this, I'd think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lethallarry Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 Oh, by the way, thanks for the help.... I've been frustrated lately and I've been forgetting my manners... sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInSpace Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by lethallarry: ...and what of the irreparable damage? The targeting malfunctions? The mysterious cancellations of my repairs? And, most of all, the frequent crashes? Hmmm, Sounds like Resnig's MO. Are you sure he's not being a miscreant? Kick him outa the airlock and see if the problem persists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lethallarry Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 Why's everybody got it in for him??? My copy of Resnig appears to be well behaved... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kschang Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by lethallarry: 1: - had tons of spare parts, had 2 of everything needed to fix a shuttle. That wasn't the issue, as in the repair menu, it stated that it needed zero of each item, meaning no parts were needed for the repair. Other, more heavily damaged systems, were repairable, but the ones that got stuck at 99% couldn't be fixed, not even at a station. I wouldn't worry about 99% vs 100% repairs. Only when things get damaged to like 89% will you see noticeably degraded functionality (I think). Still, I have had no problem fixing everything up to 100%. quote: 2: - There were no enemies present during most of these occurences. It often happened, for example, when I was trying to approach Majoris station, a neutral unit... just me, the station, and the ODS. Target lock kept failing, and there weren't even any indications of a nearby claoked ship. Just because your officers don't see any cloaked ships doesn't mean they don't exist. Also, they could have "flickered" the cloak, causing you to lose lock, or engaged EMD. quote: 3: - again, it wasn't for lack of parts... even when I'm onvoard a station and having them do the repairs, the repair gets started and then, sometimes for no apparent reason, gets put on SUSPENDED status... This is WAD, AFAIK. The station's repair crew is separate from your ship's engineers, and priority you assigned for one disables the one you assign for the other. I.e. every time you dock/undock, reassign all the repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lethallarry Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 As for the presence or absence of a cloaked ship, there were no flickers in my screens, which as far as I know, indicate the presence of one, nor did my tac officer say her usual "There's something out there". As for the engineers, yes, I know that when I have a repair underway and dock at a station, the repair is suspended until I order the station's engineers to take it up, and vice versa when I depart from a station; I know I have to order my own engineers to take up the repairs after I leave a station without completing the repairs. What I'm talking about is sitting there in space, using my own team to make repairs, and suddenly they stop, or likewise on a station; I'm docked, I order repairs, and while I'm flipping through some of the other screens, I notice sometimes that the Launch tab in the Tactical screen shows that the ships I'm repairing have their repairs suspended... even though I'd only minutes before ordered the repair. While I'm trading supplies, I have to keep going back to check on those repairs to make sure they're still at it. I reiterate - this is NOT due to docking or undocking from a station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lethallarry Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 p.s.; what's WAD mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixef Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 quote: ALso: often, when I access the nav computer to set a new destination, when I first click on where I want to go, some other system name shows up as the destination, i.e. clicking on the Xylan system, and having it suddenly say that Earth or some other place is now the destination. I just have to click on it a few times to get it to finally say the name of the place I'm actually clicking on. Not a big deal, just annoying. What's a little more annoying is when I have to go through the whole process twice; I get it to say that where I want to go is my new target, and when I leave the nav computer, it says there's no waypoints set, so I have to go and do it all over again. Happens just about every time - when I want to go somewhere, I have to set the destination twice. I think this has to do with the AI of your navigation officer. Higher AI means she will plot more correct waypoints - you don't have to click on your destination (in the nav. computer) more than "once", and she will be able to plot a course to that destination (you will have a waypoint). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreadx Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 As for the repairs. I've experienced that when the estimated repair time is less then 1 minute the system-engineer will work exactly 0 minutes on that system (no repair). Don't know if this still holds up after installing the patch though. And don't worry about the 99%. The system is just as good and it adds character to your ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 quote:Originally posted by lethallarry: ...and what of the irreparable damage? The targeting malfunctions? The mysterious cancellations of my repairs? And, most of all, the frequent crashes? If you create a topic about one thing - which has already been covered - and then add several unrelated questions in the same post, what do you expect? Further and what of the irreparable damage? : Read the forum The targeting malfunctions? : Rubbish. Read the manual The mysterious cancellations of my repairs? : Rubbish. read the manual And, most of all, the frequent crashes : Read the tech support forum quote:Originally posted by lethallarry: As for the presence or absence of a cloaked ship, there were no flickers in my screens, which as far as I know, indicate the presence of one, nor did my tac officer say her usual "There's something out there". Read the crew section of the appendix and you'll see the conditions under which she will or won't say anything. In fact, unless you've actually spent time with the manual or appendix, DO NOT POST AGAIN. And just to make sure we're clear on this, if you post again, something that is already covered, your posting rights WILL be revoked. There are rules around here. FOLLOW THEM OR LEAVE Yes, its THAT simple. *topic moved* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted July 3, 2003 Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 * post deleted * you've been banned You sure picked the wrong day, fool. Bye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 After this twit, lethallarry, insulted everyone on the board (with name calling, profanity etc etc) and which the mods alerted me to and which got the post deleted and him being banned, here is the email he sent to CAT. I mean, is this fool fer real? quote: Just thought his lordship might wanna see what his actions cause other people to think about him... not that he particularly cares what others think, anyway... anyhow, here's the addy of just one of the reviews I'm posting, which I'm putting on all of the boards I go to. I doubt this will result in anything, but if I can cause just one person to avoid buying a game from The Supreme *******, them I'll be satisfied. http://www.moo3.at/board//index.php?act=ST...st=0entry5029 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalshion Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 The twit (Can I call him twit to?) posted that same review on 4 boards I frequent and the mods deleted the reviews.. saying that they will not allow such reviews on the board, nor will they allow one of there members to insult a developer I hate people who post false reviews all because they act like fools and get banned on a board *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggressor27 Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 Alrighty, before I start off, I'm completely new to the Space Sim genre altogether (I may have posted that earlier. I can't remember, and I'm too lazy to search). Anywho, before I went back and forth to the PX, undecided on whether or not to get this game, I'd read reviews about it. The reviews were either "This game sucks" or "This game has resurrected my interest in Space Simulators. It's beauty is astonishing...". There was no grey area for this game. Reviews were either harsh or complimenting. As a newb, I wonder- Nine times out of ten, I always read some review that spends more time trashing Derek Smart and less time reviewing the friggin' game. And 100% percent of the time I read about some conspiracy Mr. Smart was involved in. What's got these sorry puds so pissed that every time 3000AD is involved in anything, the reviewer has to go off on a friggin' tangent and whine like a democrat at a peace rally. Did Mr. Smart encode the details of The JFK Conspiracy into the game, subliminally informing us that the government did whacked the poor prez? Or is he secretly raising an undead army of Gestapo to further his ploy for world domination? Something has to have these Susans pissed, I'm just curious what it is. As far as lethargy goes, getting butt hurt over a friggin' game is ludicrous, you know, like the rapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kschang Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 Uh, Aggressor... You ought to fix that sig of yours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggressor27 Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Kasey Chang: Uh, Aggressor... You ought to fix that sig of yours... My apologies, does alcohol offend you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 quote:Originally posted by aggressor27: Somethign has to have these Susans pissed, I'm just curious what it is. As far as lethargy goes, getting butt hurt over a friggin' game is ludicrous, you know, like the rapper. Its quite simple really. Most of these misfits are not used to people giving them back a taste of their own medicine. And it righteously ticks them off when the pain giving is coming from a developer who has absolutely NO FEAR of engaging anti-social misfits. These Susans really, truly hate it. To the extent that, even when I'm wrong, their actions alone just makes me look that much better. It never fails. And most are really, truly to dumb to realize that, good, bad or ugly, I still win. And speaking of misfits, here is our man's latest email to CAT. Just imagine what he posted and which got him banned. I don't even want to post it because it is 10x more offensive than this and quite a few people saw it before it was pulled. quote: From: "Larry Walsh" [email protected] To: [email protected] Bcc: Subject: Re: Topic Moved: Debris Fields Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 02:14:03 +0000 How's it feel, being the asslicker of the biggest ******* on earth? Toady. I'm putting your addy on ignore now. Bye bye. quote:Originally posted by aggressor27: quote:Originally posted by Kasey Chang: Uh, Aggressor... You ought to fix that sig of yours... My apologies, does alcohol offend you? uhm, can't you see that your sig is broken? Or are you that drunk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggressor27 Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 Haha, with my Associate's in Phsycology still a ways over the horizon, I can still tell you this guy's a coward. He is easily frustrated over the internet, throws insults over the net, and never knows when he's down, over the net. Classic symptoms of a true coward. Now, should his email address accidentally slip... [EDIT] Crap, when/how did that happen? Maybe I am drunk. Where can I find that original link about putting it back on there right. I looked through every forum and can't remember where it is. And not really sure what to put in the search fieldd. Thanks by the way, andsorry for being a smart-ass, Kasey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegee_101 Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 If he bought the game, why didn't he register? Somehow I doubt he bought the game. Sounds like he got a rip or something to me. The game is not that buggy, it rarely freezes on my system, and when it does, its because Windows 2000 is having gay feelings. I hate people like that. EDIT: *Grins at aggressor* You dirty scoundrel. EDIT(Again): I don't know why, but I'm laughing my silly little ass of right now. I'm sorry SC, but this is just soooooo funny, so many people hate you and come up with little "conspiracies" you're apparently involved in. Man, I don't know what you did that started this, but I'll tell you what, I respect you. You're probably one of the most hated men on the internet (Next to Berners-Lee and the W3C for all the spam they apparently send out. http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html#Spam ) I seriously respect that sir. What I respect even more is how resilient you are as well. Through all of this you just push them away, hit the magic ban button, and continue what you always do. I think you've reached idol status with me sir. Hmmm, now to start an earwax statue in my closet of you. (Joke) [ 07-03-2003, 11:03 PM: Message edited by: Cmdr. WeeGee ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Lindsey Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 quote:aggressor27 [EDIT] Crap, when/how did that happen? Maybe I am drunk. Where can I find that original link about putting it back on there right. I looked through every forum and can't remember where it is.Ummmm, here? At the top, smack dab in the middle. Or this thread where the previous link takes you? That sounds harsh and condescending I know but really I'm grinning. I've pulled a Resnig myself a time or two. Edit in: Turns out this is the thread I was looking for. I was gonna answer the question about what was it? (I'm on the edit page now and can't quote) Irrevocable repairs. Here goes. I had a condition where repairs kept getting suspended. Not only would repairs get suspended but you couldn't order anyone to go anywhere without babysitting them. They wouldn't follow orders and just did whatever they felt like. I even posted a thread in Area 51. I watched and watched that game like a hawk. I couldn't figure it out. It was driving me nuts. Finally I started watching Perscan. The few marines that were in good enough health to be wandering around (searching) walked into the transporter room and got irradiated. In Area 51 one of the other guys kept saying radiation but I wasn't showing any. I finally repaired enough things so I could fly (navigate through space) to a friendly star station. I docked and voila I had radiation on board. I cleaned it up and everything was well. There are several points to this. 1) Read EVERY thread. Hints are like bird droppings. THey can show up anywhere. I had already mentioned to someone else in another thread up in General Issues (Repairs Suspended thread) to dock at a friendly and see if they see something you don't. 2) Don't trust this game to babysit you. It won't. Roam is not pass/fail. Do I blame Derek for the game not reporting radiation when I had radiation? I want to but I can't. That ship was beat to hell and back. Maybe so many systems were down that the systems COULDN'T find the radiation. Now I know that the conditions of everyone acting wierd and/or repairs suspended could possibly mean radiation somewhere in your ship that you haven't found. 3) It's a friggin' game (stolen from Derek) [ 07-04-2003, 01:04 AM: Message edited by: Cmdr Chavik ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInSpace Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 To the tune of the show Cops, Bad boy, bad boy. Whatcha gunna do when Derek comes for you......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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