Supreme Cmdr

So, I suppose the RC9 patch puts a damper on the get-rich-in-Earth schemes, eh?

ROTFLMAO!!! Damn, this thread is funny!!

quote: Originally posted by Steve Conley: If it was a fair world, -I- could send intruders onto enemy ships! :-D Steve LOL!!! So true

3. Go to some of the sub-regions in Uranus or Jupiter region. or just find a spot on the planet and land there. Put the ship in HALT mode, activate the A/P and leave it there. [ 12-07-2001: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ]

quote: Originally posted by Gallion: This happens when the EMD system is activated; either by the player or the target. Not a bug IMO, just one of those undocumented features Tac TTFN There's nothing undocumented about it. You have an EMD. So do they. Thats what the EMD indicator in the CVD/VID mode is for. You can always tell when they're jamming too.

If you're moving faster than the missile....well then.

quote: Originally posted by EAGLE: Yes use "S" (STT Single Target Tracking) key that will remove all targets from radar and keep only target you are locked on. and turrets will concentrate only on that target. Why do turrets even attack missiles. those things have 5k armor no chance of killing them. would be nice if they were removed from PTA targeting. turrets are weak as they are, and have them spread their attantion over useless targets seams like a waist of what little fire power they provide. [ 12-07-2001: Message edited by: EAGLE ] Only station turrets have the ability to fire at missiles effectively. Guess why that is.

quote: Originally posted by Oban: GryphonThanks good info, but I have one question, have you ever noticed a turret unable to fire in all of its 180 degree arc because of the structure of your ship? Cheers That won't happen. If it doesn't fire, it means that either the target is out of the firing arc, the turret has insufficient power, or the target acquisition array is already populated by other targets, which then starves that particular turret of any targeting info. Also the turrets won't fire unless they have a very high probability of hitting the target. The more targets in the array, the more processing that is required. Typically each turret can process up to 16 targets simultaneously and in real-time. As for the firing arc you mention, have you not seen how turrets work? I don't think you have or you won't be asking these questions. How do you think they can track and firing at a target constantly e.g. from left to right, as long as the target is still acquired and all the above params are fullfilled. Turrets are not on ships for glitz. I painstakingly, hand crafted each vector into each and every ship, using BCS. It wasn't easy and its not my idea of fun.

I fixed your sig for you Erik

OK, 1.0.02 RC9 is uploaded now. WARNING All RC5 or higher saved games are backward compatible but WILL be deleted by this update in order to safeguard against folks still using v1.0.01 saved games. If you wish to keep your RC5 or higher saved games, backup all the files in the SAVE folder. Apply the patch. Then copy the backed up files back to the SAVE folder.

quote: Originally posted by Gryphon: Hm, better get your drones nice and full before upgrading to the latest RC boyz LOL!!!! And I have even more tweaks and holes to plug. Next on my list are these two holes 1. Being able to use the Tacops zoom-to to view a region where you have ships in. Later, unless you have a probe there, this will no longer work. 2. Shuttle towing. Later, the shuttle speed will depend on the mass of the object its towing. Have it tow a Stormcarrier, and you'll be there a week trying to leave the region.

quote: Originally posted by Badgerius: Positioned at a waypoint? I don't follow you.I dock at a base 30 degrees south and 60 degrees west, and when I come out of the base I'm at 0N 0W. Several Thousand kilometers away. In a different planetary region. Different Time Zone. Different Terrain. If the terrain on the equator at 0W happens to be ocean, I'm going to get wet. If I land my CC next to the base, transfer to the shuttle and dock at the base. I'm going to have to go to space and back to get back to the CC. If I am positioned at a waypoint, then it is the waypoint of the Planet, not the base. When you have concrete information for me to investigate, be sure to post it. But since you're probably just adlibing this (as per your previous post), quit spamming the thread with something you're not certain off, until you get home from work.

Yeah, I pulled the patch temporarily. Will post when I re-upload it.

quote: Originally posted by Thermidor: UPDATE: I installed the unofficial 1.0.02 RC7 and it didn't help. I guess I should be posting this in the Troubleshooting forum.. I hope not. Can't you READ? RC7 did NOT have that new support units filter. It showed up in RC8

quote: Originally posted by Count_Sessine: Because 22.80 works for me, and 23.11 don't. Go figure. uhm, read what I wrote again. You said were going to 21.83. If 22.80 works for you, why would you go to 21.83?

quote: Originally posted by Badgerius: This is just an annoyance, as long as you've docked in a shuttle. If you're in an OC and this occurs (Note: I haven't tested it in an OC. I'm at work now. Could someone give it a try?) you could easily end up in the middle of an ocean, which would make it a game ending bug. I know that in BC3K you would leave a starbase at the same point you docked at it, so I'm guessing this is incorrect functionality. Its not a bug. You will be positioned at a waypoint around the object you docked with. You're not going to be back at the same spot you were when you docked - and you are certainly not going to end up in an ocean. Where the heck did you get that idea from?

1.0.02 RC9 is out. Check the downloads page.

quote: Originally posted by Joel Schultz: If one of the the 1.0.02 RC patches erased the saved games some time back, will the final 1.0.02 erase the saved games from the final 1.0.01 patch? But of course.

quote: Originally posted by Soback: Not if they have Trans-matrix cloaking device. Which in fact some of them do. heh

Anything to do with modding the game and/or screwing up your data files, goes in GBS. Edit any of those INI files, and you'll regret it. I suppose you didn't notice the number at the very top of the assets.ini file, huh?

The calculation for NPC and your ships are the same. The 4 average systems on the NPC are displayed only as a cue for you, since those are primary systems. In fact, you have a better advantage than an NPC because you have more systems in most cases. The shield, armor and overall integrity are not related to each other in any shape or form. They are all independent. That algorithm has not been changed since the first BC title. Why? Because it works. It is accurate. Thats how I designed and developed it to work. I'm not changing it. Period. If I continue to see senseless posts in this thread, I'm going to close it.

LOL!!! That sounds like a corporation trying to sell stuff. ...shades of BCO cross my mind as I smile quietly, purposefully and....*smack* (wakeup!!)

quote: Originally posted by Steve Schacher: I can be, if you want me to... No, wait... That would be the sycophantic behavior that outsiders and detractors claim goes on over here. LOL!! The point I was making is that I was addressing him, not you.

You will be banned from the forum effective 12 midnight tonite if you do not comply with the registration requirements. As I said in this thread. NO EXCEPTIONS. And I also said to provide as much info as possible. There is NOTHING in that reg DB that could be used for any purposes other than what it is intended for. And in fact, apart from your real name, you can skip the personal info (address, tel no etc) part because those fields are NOT mandatory. In fact, your posting priviledges are hereby revoked. And if you don't comply by the due time, your profile will be deleted and you will no longer have access to the board (which is now closed to the public, unless you are registered). That is all [ 12-07-2001: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ]

quote: I believed this to be worth reporting, as I don't remember ever having read about anything similar being reported. Indeed. But you've screwed up by not securing the saved game and sending it over. If you've restored your AE, you solved the problem. When the AE dies, the game should end. And the fact that it didn't, is probably why your shuttle (the primary asset since the AE is in it) was not fully rendered. quote: Since not everyone is experiencing this, I'm guessing that the crashes are my hardware. (maybe the sound burst thing too)However, I've read at least one other person complain BCM made his computer unstable and that it wouldn't let any other programs run after exiting. (He was whining) I think SC responded to him. I can't remember where I read it, and I can't seem to find it using search. I'll look some more tomorrow if requested. That was all related to using invalid saved games