RobertoSilva

Hello! I need a little information about BCM mode of play. I'm able to play BC (2.09) without enemies (only few "game entities" attack my BC) thanks to an SC advice about turning "Autogen off" in the main script; I like to play the exploration/trade side of the game ... more than the military side. Maybe you are thinking that it is really boring ... but, as for the Civil Flight Simulator, it is my fantasy that create an enjoyable universe; in a civil flight simulator one day I'm a corporate pilot, another day I'm an Airliner pilot etc ... So I like to travel in the remote regions of the space, docking at some Starstation in order to trade, flying my ICs or SHs over the cities and the landscapes of the planets, making some ground exploration with my ATVs etc ... now you have the picture. I'd like to know if BCM will give me the same degree of freedom (anyway I have already ordered it) ... I'm not asking now how to do this ... I want only know if this possibility (exploration and trading with only few enemy encounters) will be present in BCM. Don't misunderstand me ... I like to play wargames ... I have all the Independence War serie titles ... some X-WING games, some Wing Commander games, and some WWII games ( the great COMBAT MISSION and others); but I want that BCM could appeal my classic Science-Fiction exploration side. Thanks in advance Roberto [ 08-30-2001: Message edited by: Roberto Silva ]

Hello! Reading the manual I can't understand the level of micro management required by the crew. Is it a commander task to make off-duty the crew in order to rest or it is an automatic task of the game itself? Will have my officers an automatic rest every specific period of time or I have to order them to rest by myself? I have tried, just to learn the game, ordering off-duty at all interceptors pilots, but the game itself recalled all of them on-station to the interceptors in a very short period of time ... so I'm confused ... I'd like to have an half of my pilot resting when the other half are on-station. Thanks in advance Roberto

Hello! Few days ago I posted some questions and I received many answers. Today I have tried adding a response to one of these answers so I chose "ADD A REPLY WITH QUOTES" using the icons at the top of the message I was interested in. But, after composing the message and after pressing ADD REPLY, I found my response at the end of the thread ... not in the correct position following the original message. What is the correct method in order to reply at a specific message? Thanks in advance

Hello! Few days ago I posted some questions and I received many answers. Today I have tried adding a response to one of these answers so I chose "ADD A REPLY WITH QUOTES" using the icons at the top of the message I was interested in. But, after composing the message and after pressing ADD REPLY, I found my response at the end of the thread ... not in the correct position following the original message. What is the correct method in order to reply at a specific message? Thanks in advance

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Hello! I installed the game (version 2.09) only a couple of days ago ... so I'm really a beginner; I have printed all the documents (the manual and all the appendix) and I have read the manual a couple of time entirely just to start (I like a lot to read games manuals ... many times I read again them also for games that I know perfectly!). I have tried the game few times ... and, for what I saw, I love it! This game is really deep, massive and very complex ... but it is the game that I have always dreamed about ... very rewarding for the serious players; I have already preordered BATTLECRUISER MILLENIUM. Now I hope you can help me with 3 little problems ... please forgive me if you think they are really a "stupid" ones: 1) I have modified the image called "BCBRIDGE.PCX in order to delete the 3 guys floating in the upper part of the image; using the window search function I see that exists only 1 image called BCBRIDGE .PCX (of course) and looking at it with a painter program I could see my modified one. But in the game I see again the original one ... how it is possible? I have tried to start a new game but it doesn't work. 2)I'd like to try all the ships (BC, SHUTTLES, INTERCEPTORS, ATVS) systems and computers, all the space and planetary explorations without have to deal with the enemies ... to be honest I would have the game without enemies at all ... I prefer the exploration and trading side. A couple of times (the first orbiting the Earth and the second orbiting the planet Varan), in the meantime I was figuring how the systems and computers work, I was attacked by enemies ... and they almost destroyed my BC; many other times they attacked me during the flight. So I have created a new script (named BC3K0500.SCR) starting from the original one for the FREE FLIGHT and modifying it ... more precisely duplicating the included script GLOB_AG.SCR with another name ... in order to remove all enemy and aggressive attackers; in any region now there are lines containing only "HAZARD" commands; have also specified 0,0 at the end of every line describing the "CAST" attributes. It works ... but when I flight in the SIRIUS/LYRIUS zone many ships attack me every time ... and in the script that region contains only unexplored hazards. So my question is simple ... IS THERE A WAY TO PLAY WITHOUT ENEMIES? Or I have to modify also the alliances? 3) I have tried also a couple of cheats ... so now my crew have 100% of AI level and I have the all the artifacts at the very beginning. When I resume the game, my research officer told me that she is analyzing them ... but after 2 hours of game time they are white again ... not green ... so I can't use them. The manual states that the research officer needs about 30 to 60 minutes in order to complete its research ... how much I have to wait? Thanks in advance Roberto