cschoch

I'm crying at this very moment...Because I'm laughing so hard!!! I love the people on this board...I really do!

I've recieved nothing but the best in regards to tech support...And I just wanted to say thanks! Give it up for the hardest working man in gaming! Thanks SC! And thanks to all those that support BCM. You've all been a great help. [ 11-24-2001: Message edited by: schoch1 ]

Captains log: My ship the GCV Stargazer (A science vessle) was cataloging atmospheric anomolies recently discovered on Uranus. Suddenly, we noticed warping in from hyperspace, a small fleet of terran raiders. The stargazer is armed, however very lightly. There was no way I was going to outgun the raiders. With the lives of my crew at stake, I had two options to consider. I could try and plow through the raiders' blockade risking them following me or I could try and shake them by attemping a daring move to skim the atmosphere of Uranus, betting the raiders would be too cowardice to follow, but I'd be running the risk of being pulled into the giant planet. I chose the latter, and of course I was pulled into the planets gravity well and we had to establish planetfall. The Stargazer was getting rocked big time by the violent weather conditions of the planet's atmosphere. Everything on the ship was being either shorted out or destroyed. I tried two times, unsuccessfully to break free of the planets iron grip. Finally when I thought all was lost I gave the vtol system a final try. The system sputtered to life and gave me just enough power to break free of what would have been a violent death on an extremely hostile planet. When we reached space, my ship was in pieces, but she gave me just enough power to get back to Genesis Station orbiting the moon. I once heard that science was a boring field of study when compared to the life of a solgier. Whoever said that, can kiss my bunsen burner. Captain Frank Bishop out... [ 11-24-2001: Message edited by: schoch1 ]

Whoa!

I have experienced the same thing...I sometimes cannot find my marines or my mining drone in tacops if either are placed outside of a mission zone. It can sometimes be quite difficult to extract a drone with my shuttle going in realitively "blind." I'm glad I was not the only one experiencing this problem...Although I must say that I experience this in training missions as well as roam and campaign mode, not just training missions. [ 11-24-2001: Message edited by: schoch1 ]

I believe you will have to use the C key during certain campaign missions. I could be wrong, but I think I remember using it a while back playing BC3000AD. Would definately be awesome to contact other ships though! [ 11-24-2001: Message edited by: schoch1 ]

You're Awesome!

Ok, 2 clueless newbie questions: 1) Can you deploy Spcae Marines in Space? 2) I have a science vessle, the Star Gazer and I noticed that there was no Research officer on board. SC, can you make it possible to have a RO onboard? Wouldn't they be right at home on a science vessle? Thanks!

I guess the old fashioned way is how I'll do it. Thanks for the reponse.

Ok, SC I am really having a hell of a time trying to place units via the shuttle. I can not land atv's using the "deploy vehicle" command for the waypoints. I can do it manually, like if my AE goes in the shuttle I can use the deploy vehicle command, but this gets time consuming when trying to deploy more than one ATV. I can teleport troops no problem, but like I said, I can't use the shuttle's deploy ability. Can you plese give me some tips as to what I may be doing wrong? Man, I think I'm doing everything correctly. I have crew inside the ATV, I assign waypoints for the ATV. I would think everything should work fine. I give the shuttle the order to deploy vehicle as one of it's way points, but the shuttle just does not want to deploy. I'd really appreciate it. Oh, one other question...Can you assign waypoints for marines. Like assign them to teams? I know you could in 3000AD, but I'm having difficulties doing it now (It's a different game, I know). I know your busy, thanks for your help. Oh, and I swear, I've read the manual like 3 times. [ 11-22-2001: Message edited by: schoch1 ] [ 11-22-2001: Message edited by: schoch1 ]

SC, I Love U

BTW I'll be gone most of the day, I'll get back to you later on all this. Thanks for your help though.

Just patched, Does not work...

SC, I just downloadd the patch, and the file size is 2.33 instead of 2.38. Will that make a difference? MY OS is 98 Second edition

Ok, I'll do it now.

The game runs fine pre patch. Post patch is a no go for me. The game just will not start up. I get to the part where it asks for the code, I ignore it and press continue and nothing happens. The game will not load. I uninstalled, reinstalled and the game works. I applied the patch once more and I had the same problem. Post patch I cannot even get the CD to quick load, not even by going through "My Computer". If I put the disk in the CD rom drive I get the same response, nothing. I can play the game without the patch, I guess I'll just have to wait for the next one...hmmm. System specs: P3 866MHz 256meg RAM GeForce 2 DDR 32meg Detonator 21.83 DirectX 8.1 Window Media 7.1

SC, I do not know if this makes any difference, but when I go into "my computer" and double click on the D drive, I dont even get the quickload window anymore...I'm dead in the water right now.

Negative...I click continue and...Nothing happens. Argh...Whatever. Can't play.

Ok, how do I play the game now? It's asking for an unlock code?

I wish it was that easy...I've read this manual through and through. I am following the instructions implicidly...It don't work (for me anyway). Anyone else have a clue?

Anyone else having difficulty deploying ATV's and troops with the shuttles in Tacops? Am I the only one who can not figure this out?

Here is a pretty dumb question...Why can I not deploy my ATV's and troops plantside via a shuttle?! I know I'm doing everything right, the shuttle just doesn't want to comply. I set the first way point as "proceed to next", then the second one I have "deploy vehicle" chosen. I have a marine in the ATV, so I don't think I'm forgetting anything. Now get this, when my AE goes in the shuttle, I have no problem doing it manually...What could I be doing wrong? (Please do not delete this post. Mind the thread title...Clueless newbie questions. I'm not even a newbie. Anyway, thanks)

No, I have the same problem...Not all of the mission zones pop up. Ya know, the little yellow boxes...They appear to be flashing too fast. Half of the planet does not have them and the other half are flashing too fast to even click on. [ 11-21-2001: Message edited by: schoch1 ]

Kewl

Yeah, SC he is right. When you choose an un-supported campaign, the game either freezes or kicks you out to windows...Just wanted you to know.