Supreme Cmdr

quote: Originally posted by Urza: And you, Trescott, are an a**hole. That's all I'm going to say.[ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: Urza ] He no longer has access to the site. And am only leaving his post up as an example for others see the kind of crap I have to put up with. Yet when I go off the deep end, people wonder why - and still give me that the customer is always right horse shit.

quote: Originally posted by SmileyMan: Looking forward to that VTOL landing ability. I've been trying to land by switching my engines off...... The version you have does support it. VTOL tries to keep you off the ground (thats the whole point), but FTOL doesn't. So, you can go down to a few feet off the ground in FTOL mode, let set your throttle to 0. The craft will drop to the ground under gravity. Once it touches the terrain, it will switch to TAXI mode. The only change in this patch is that you can do this in VTOL mode by defeating its ground avoidance.

Some issues I stopped researching due to lack of information - or - inaccurate information provided. In other words : wild goose chase. Roberto: quote: Some misson zones contain naval bases which are on land, and so when you zoom in to them, they appear to be sinking in to the ground. Ive seen this so far on 2 planets, and been able to jot down the location of one on earth. TER/EAR - Misson zone 205 (earth246) - nbase02 Hope that location helps. I checked it twice to be sure it wasnt just a glitch. That mzone does not contain any naval bases. At all. PTE2PTEDEFS.INI line 638 reveals zero scenes in that mzone. Mindglow: quote: SC, You'll probably not need me to describe this one, it's quite apparent. In this sector, Zilon, most of the craft are INSIDE the planet, also my shuttle went to land on the planet and it too went inside the planet This is the RC9 version of the program. And yes, the saved games from before were deleted. (Machine verified, my games were gone after I updated. No virus scanner on the system) The excerpt above was based on an email report. Here is my reply. Chris The file you sent was deleted because you did not follow the instructions for sending saved games. Please check the appropriate topic in the announcements section of the forum There are NO bases on Zilon. It is a completely desolate desert planet. In the future, please send in accurate information. Check PTE2PTEDEFS.INI line 5749 to see just what I posted above. There are NO mzones on that planet. These are just some of things that really piss me off. [ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ]

1.0.02 is final and will be released later tonite. I have a game running for the past 7hrs and 28mins non-stop on three win98SE, win2K, winXP machines (yes, I'm invincible ) and with zero problems. I have uploaded the final VCF Short of any fatal problem, this will probably be the last patch until next year.

quote: Originally posted by Soback: I just tried some of the Instant action MI scenarios. Specifically the search and rescue ones. Oh my god they are good. I couldn't last more than 10 minutes at a time but I had 2 hours of fun. I specifically like getting to the corner of some building, crouching down and using my sniper gun to shoot at incoming marines and vehicles. Yeah, I love those too. Man, just think: I had to script AND test them. I must've tweaked those fp scenarios until my fingers bled. Once I beef up the NPC situation awareness (see entry at the bottom of the VCF), it will get more challenging. One tip: don't go jetpacking around with SAMs or rocket silos around. You'll just die in a hail of glorious sparks

And most SOS ships are booby trapped to self-destruct. You want to watch for that.

manual p31

quote: Originally posted by Epsilon 5: Can syseng #3 use that vulcan cannon I found in a museum? Yeah, if you give him enough Vacpaks to sniff first.

quote: Originally posted by Paddy Gregory: You mean you didn't RTFM? LOL!!!

quote: Originally posted by Unknown_Enemy: BTW may be one of the admin could move this thread to the newbee forum ? uhm, why? Its fine in here

quote: Originally posted by Paddy Gregory: 2 points:HF = Health Factor surely? Couldn't find ASL either. AGL (Above Ground Level) is in there though (somewhere). No. Its Hunger Factor LF = Life Factor (health)

Thanks for the info!!

quote: Originally posted by Mr_Paris: Hi AllAnyone know where the RC12 patch is located, i cant seem to find it anywhere , the file link takes me to file planet RC9.... Mr_Paris I don't generally release RC patches to the public. The only reason I released RC9 is because it contained fixes for fatal crashes.

quote: Originally posted by Wody: Hello,Another thing which has been well known by BC players is, don't overclock your system. It will crash BC. I'm not kidding. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag I think that used to be the case with BC3K due to the Voodoo Glide engine. I haven't noticed any adverse problems with overclocked systems yet. Overclocked video cards are a different matter entirely however.

quote: Originally posted by IrishArmy: I seem to be crashing fairly often. Unfortunately I can't seem to pin down any common steps I am doing when it crashes - it just crashes to the desktop without error or warning. I realize this isn't enough reliable information to really do anything with, so I will list my system specs and if there are some known issues with my configuration, I would appreciate the information. You might want to read the online FAQ, uninstall, re-install, patch up to the 1.0.02 RC9 and report back.

*sigh*

quote: Originally posted by Tyrn: At one point I had a shuttle with AE x 2 in it and I was still on the bridge. The SC put a quick end to such silliness by warning the AI he'd replace them with clothes dryers if they didn't behave. LOL!! I remember that one.

quote: Originally posted by Commander Phantom: I bought a sniper rifle and am just wondering how can I put it on my character (Commander). You can't. Whatever gave you the idea that you could? I know for a fact thats not in the manual.

Yup

quote: Originally posted by Tac: I (or heavens forbid, I get Shirley! ) then it'd be my ass on the frying pan. And mind you, I like my ass un-fried. ROTFLMAO!!!!

Admins, please don't go messing with the fleet DB yet until it finished and I give the word. In fact, I've deleted the entire undesignated alliance and have started creating the new trees. I'm waiting for Justin to finish with the other modifications so that I can finish the new alliances. You can still login and take a look, but don't change ANYTHING!!!

quote: Originally posted by StarShadow: Maybe there is too much going on in the galaxy for XP to handle? Rubbish. I run the game on win2K and winXP for extended periods - as do others. If you're having this problem, its your system. Fix it. Start from scratch and quit spamming the board.

Justin has fixed the mass email bug. Also, the DB is being revised so that new alliances can be created (like fleets, wings etc). This will make it easier to create corporations (alliances) of varying race and caste denominations.

quote: Originally posted by Tyrn: My favorite example was when we discovered that intruders were taking hostages and storing them in the cubby holes in the shuttles. Derek's basic response was "I never said they could do that! Give them an inch and they'll take the whole ship!" hehe, I remember that one. Funny as hell. I think we've had some of the best laughs with intruders. My favorite is when we discovered an entire reactor inside a shuttle....that couldn't launch. The general theme was, "....uhm, how the hell did they lug an ENTIRE reactor from the cargo bay to the shuttle bay?!?" Man, that was funny as all hell. I still burst out laughing when I think about that furor. And the funnier thing is that, they still do it - since there is no limitation on what they can steal.

quote: Originally posted by [PCA]Pheonix: Agreed, XP1 will be kewl!why is it EVERYONE is naming EVERYTHING XP nowerdays! Dunno. For me its Xtended Play. For MS its Xperience. For AMD its....uhm, I don't even think they have a clue what their XP is for. Of the three, I think mine has more merit.