Viper2000

See thats what im talking about. Thanks ill try that. [ 10-06-2002, 08:01 PM: Message edited by: Viper2000 ]

Is that all you ppl do is hide. Maybe you could tell me where this topic is or what to do about it if you know. So that this topic can be closed and done with sooner. [ 10-06-2002, 06:37 PM: Message edited by: Viper2000 ]

I know this is a tech support question, but for some reason I couldnt post there. Anyway iv seen this question come up before but i cant find the post for it so here it is, Since my little invasion/failure iv been doing planet assualts and iv noticed somthing odd, whenever I transport down into the middle of an enemy base I never get attacked. Iv done this on two diffrent planets and the bases I attacked where TER/RAI or somthing. I tell my marines to SAD and they attack the moving SAMs and thats all. Like I said iv seen this topic before I just can't find it. [ 10-07-2002, 11:10 AM: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ]

Better?

It was in paragraph form when it was in my word processor. I Guess when I pasted it here they got mseed up. Sorry

Well im back and I have one last story from my invasion. Thats right its over, did I win? No and it wasnt even the way I planned on going out. Heres how it went, I was finally able to make it out of SOL and move on to Alpha Centauri with my fleet of about 7 or 8 ships and mine which was still beat up from the bloody battles in SOL. I made it as far as Tramis before I was so badly beaten that I had to turn back and head for SOL. I thought I had taken over a starbase in the Earth region so I set course and headed back. A mistake I will soon regret. Anyway I made it outta the system with about 2 ships and showed up at Pluto. Feeling pretty safe now I waited for my HJ engines to recharge and take me to Earth. After completeing some repair work the HJ engines engaged and about halfway to the Earth jump gate the the Klaxon sounded and some enemys came into the system. Not paying to much attion I went on and was almost there when I got a message that there was a radiation leak on one of the decks. Not being so new to these I went in and fixed the problem and sent parts of the crew to the medibay for treatment. When I came back to the viewer I saw the Earth jumpgate off in the distance, we arrived and went through. We came out on the other side and I was just about to set course for Galcom right as the klaxon sounded. Then I relized somthing was not right. It appeared that galcom had been retaken and was sending enemy vessels my way. I thought I could take em and jumped into orbit around Earth, why? Well for one I was angry that Galcom was under enemy control again and two I thought that if I took it back before they got their defense up id be alright. The fight started and missles where exchanged, lasers fired and systems damaged just like any other battle. Well about 5-8 minutes in I noticed that there was a very large amount of enemy ships in the area then I noticed they where all targetting me because what was left of my fleet had been destroyed. Being very heavly damaged and my AE looking pretty bad himself It looked to me like it was time to pay good old radomized Earth a visit once again for repairs, but before I could establish planet fall a missle was very neatly placed on my CC and took out my engines. I figured it didnt matter id just force land on the surface. I made planet fall and was quiet surprised at how empty it looked now as compared to my previous visit then relized I was falling very fast and noticed my hull was at about 16% which could not withstand crash at that speed. Paniced now I tried despretly to get a shuttle or fighter out of the launch bay and to my surprise it was still up along with a shuttle but the shuttle was empty and I had to send a marine to it. It was hell waiting for that marine to get to the shuttle our rate of desent had dropped but we where still falling to fast to keep from exploding on impact. Finnally the launch light had come on for the shuttle and I went to launch it and found out that launch control had no power. A fatal and stupid mistake on my part. I went into the power setting, gave power back to launch control, and went back to the viewer to launch the shuttle. I knew I was too late but I tried it anyway, then it happened, just as the shuttle was leaving, my CC hit the ground and from the view of its destruction I saw the shuttle explode as well as my beloved CC and then it was over. 40 ppl and one strong CC gone in less then a second. Am I upset? No not really I had more fun doing this then I ever have playing any other video game. I went out knowing that I whould fail and some where along the line I got too cocky and I thought I was gonna make it. Well now me and all of my crew have a mangled metal grave on the surface of a, thanks to me, desert planet and the fleet is scattered all of the universe. My only hope is that the Gammulan empire will carry on before me and finish what I started hopfully along the way stopping by Earth to pay me and my crew a visit. I mean hopfully one day there will be Anothor Viper with the guts to take on the universe,you never know [ 09-24-2002, 08:57 PM: Message edited by: Viper2000 ]

My computer is really screwed up(probly the terrans way of strikeing back at me:P) and I wont be able to play for awhile. The second im done fixing it ill get back to the invasion.

Really? O well iv never tried it in a cruiser but then again I whouldnt take one on an invasion either.

You should have been more stealthy and went in alone cloaked. Then attacked the station and once its destroyed or crippled bring in the fleet. I myself very rarly did this I was into the whole all out attack thing too. Iv lost a total of about 60-70 ships becasue of that. So for now on im going to try a more stealy approch. Still looked cool though. [ 08-21-2002, 12:10 AM: Message edited by: Viper2000 ]

Well there fleet was only about 8 ships but when I took out like 5 of em there was still 8. I had 20 ships.

Well im stuck in SOL. As I had planed the enemy is being pretty ruthless and has crippled my once proud fleet. As for my ship its holding its own. I thought thered be less terrans in the area after taking out galcom but boy was I wrong. I had two Firestorm flying aganist me at once, but i managed to beat em and continue. I was in pluto when a massive fleet of enemy vessles jumped in and because most of my ships where still in the Earth region I had to retreat. Well they followed me and it was one bloody battle. I lost about 9 of my ships and sustained modarte damage to my CC. None of my pilots died but there ships where pretty beat up and are grounded till repaired. Im just keeping everyone updated.

You guys won't belive this! I had a shuttle come down and tow me off the surface of earth and then I set its course for a nearby system with a base in it. Well anyway along the way there wasnt much more then 2 enemy ships in the area but I guess they called for back-up because before I managed to make it to the jump gate the klaxon sounded and there were 6 to 7 red dots on my radar and three of em where at the jump gate waiting. First I thought about fighting it out but then id relized that whould be suicide due to the fact that I had only two missles and no pta system or main gun. With shields alittle bit over 30% and my hull/armor at 45% I neared the jump gate expecting the worst trying despertly to get the cloak system back on-line. Seeing as that system whould be done minutes after dropping out of hyper space(which it whould only take seconds for my destruction)and the ships that where waiting on me where way out of my league, I started thinking about evacuating the ship. What I saw next suprised yet relived me. On my rader where about 4 more dots and when I clicked on em they where insurgents and where attacking the terran forces therefor making it possible for me to make an escape. I made it out with out any damage thanks to those guys. Well anyway iv docked with a friendly station and am almost done with most of the repairs. The station did not have enough personnal to fill all the gaps but iv got a pretty good amount as of right now. The station is also very limited in space craft so im gonna have to head back farther in order to get a good number of ships. As far as Cruis.Ins question goes, I plan on taking whats left of sol(stations,planets,etc...)and then ill decide on continuing on the the next system or not. So far its been really hard and systems seem to be failing more often due to the fact that they are not fully repaired anymore but at 70-80% all the time. Im gonna try and keep going until im destroyed or the universe is mine. As if right now me getting destroyed seems more to reality then me taking over a universe infested with hostile ships and I only with about 20, but ill keep you guys posted up till the bitter end.

Well as of right now my comms are back up and iv managed to find one of my shuttles that I had land on the moon before the battle and I have given it orders to tow me off this rock and back to a friendly station. The shuttle has not yet arrived but what iv got from the probe theres only like 2 ships in the area so it shouldnt be a problem. My situation is pretty much the same as before I just managed to get the reactor to stop leaking and get my crew back on track. Launch control is still down as well as many other systems. However my hopes are high that within the next few hours ill be back to the invasion with a new armada and a newly repaired Storm carrier.

I don't see why everybody doesnt do it go on an invasion i mean. I used playmod to get C&C becasue I was getting bored. Id suggest bringing as many ships and supplies as possible BELIVE ME! O and also have a shuttle on stand by not to for from you incase u get disabled and belive me u will. Anyway good luck and yes mines are good. I use em everytime I go to battle. [ 08-17-2002, 01:55 AM: Message edited by: Viper2000 ]

You won't get far alone unless you be stealthy but I whouldnt know Iv never done it. But either way good luck. [ 08-17-2002, 01:09 AM: Message edited by: Viper2000 ]

Lol yeah well we'll see. Ill send you a postcard from whats left of obsidia when I take it over and finish my invasion:). That is if I manage to make it that far the AI has been pretty ruthless and as of right now im not looking forward to passing by our terran friends waiting for me up in orbit. I hope my tow shuttle doesnt get destroyed or ill be right back where I started

Thanks for all the advice guys.Well anyway I managed to land semi-safly on the surface of Earth at the exspense of all my friendly ships in orbit. I lanched a probe just as I went down and I can still access it from where I am, but when I go to the area in which I took a station over I can't access its shuttles or anything else. Probly because my comms are down and I do not have Fleet C&C. Luckily I have the materails needed to get launch control and comms back so I should be ok once that is done. Although I did make a really rough landing on the surface(I forgot just how big a StormCarrier was!) my ship is still pretty much intact. Out of my 40 some odd personal I have about 30 of em in the medibay and the others are working hard to get my CC off the ground. I was wondering if it was possible to raid and get materails from the destroyed outposts on Earth. Its kinda creepy sitting there knowing that everything on that planet is dead and ur the cause. Almost makes me feel bad....almost. Unless I can access the station I took over im gonna have to wait till my launch control comes back up before I can leave and then Ill have to head back to a friendly station for repairs,restocking,crew and to get a new armada of ships to continue my invasion but until that time I must stay on the surface and wait for my two engineers to fix my comms and launch control. Its gonna take 45 minutes per system, but thats not nearly as long as its gonna take to repair everything at a station. I was looking over my damage and not any one of my systems is at or above 60% operating status and most of them arnt even working(launch control,comms,navitron,etc...). O and I tried to take the advice of somebody in here and that was to HJ out of the system well I tried that. First I got one of my decreped escorts in a tow and targeted a jump gate for an escape but when I tried to jump nothing happend then I checked and my HJ status and it was stuck at 60?? So that made that impossible. Well after my HJ failure I targetted Earth and was about to establish planetfall when all of the suddon the ship I was towing exploded and about three missles went stright smack into the side of my badly cripped Storm carrier, thus changing my alert status from red to evac and cause the reactor to start leaking, but theres noway im gonna bail on my ship in a terran infested area so I ignored it and limped on toward Earth and as was said they did not pursue very far because my escorts where keeping em busy. I belive the last escort was destroy just as I made planet fall on that, now thanks to me, lonley uninhabited hunk of rock known as Earth. My plans are pretty simple fix her up and get her out and I should be able to get back on track in a matter of hours. Sorry if I seem alittle self endored in this but thats only becasue I AM! I will discuss fleets and talk more to ppl when I get back to a friendly station and have time to relax. In the mean time you have my thanks for the help I really appreicate all the advice and support iv got on this. And of course once again thanks SC for making such a kick a** game and for supporting it. I don't know many other game devlopers who ever even visit there forums let alone respond in them. O and for those of u who are getting bored with this game like I was, which probly is noone. I whould suggest doing this. It really is one hell of an experiance. So far this has proven that no other petty race can stop the Gammulans. And as Iv said before GAMMULANS WILL RULE THE UNIVERSE!!! On my game at least.

Victory!! Iv taken galcom and randomized Earth. Although it wasnt easy.Iv lost alot of my systems and Its getting very difficult to keep back those enemy ships without a pta system and my launch control is dead. I can't bring in or scramble my fighters and the 6 ships in my fleet are not helping much as if right now because they seem to be disabled and whats this? O lookie several Terran heavy carriers and one super carrier have just jumped in and are heading right for me. Looks like the end for me and my fleet. Well I saved just as the Supar carrier fired its first rain of missles on my ship and several other hostile ships targeted me. Wheres the HSD when ya need it? Iv got 25% shields, No lanuch capablity, dead PTA system, and only a crew of 40 and those are the ups! What whould u do in my postion? From my point of view im dead unless I run. I plan on retreating to earth and landing there. Although that whould be my new home for awhile considering jacs dead and I have only 2 system engineers. I have yet to fully asse the damages for pretty obvious reasons. But, id appreciate any advice at this point.

I did it! I made it to the sol system! Why is this important you ask? Well I had to fight my way there because im Gammulan and im taking over the UNIVERSE!!! I started out from Gamma2 and made way way throuh too the SOL regain with about 20 ships and my Storm Carrier. Along the way I had a whole lota problems including damage to several of my systems for no reason. But as if right now im in pretty bad shape having to flee several systems and having to be towed countleess other times. My mighty 20 ship fleet is now about 4 crippled tin cans floating around and alot of my crew are dead including resnig but who cares about him( I cant clone becasue my cloning modules down). Out of the 116 ppl my ship held i now have like 47 and most of my fighters and shuttles are gone. Luckly I took over a space station not to far from my current location and I plan on docking there for repairs and for some R&R for my crew. I am amazed at the way this game works. I mean at one time I crased landed on a planet and was there for hours before I was able to leave due to repairs that needed to be done and mine fuel that was needed. I like the feeling of commanding a huge severly battle beaten Storm Carrier with a tired crew who have worked hard and are probly bitter and just want to go home. Its been awhile since my CCs been at 100% operating status and most of the time all of my systems are damaged. There have been times when Iv gone into battle with 50% shields, almost no weapons, multiple malfuctioning systems, and no radar and still come out winning. So far iv not been destroyed only disabled. One time I was disabled and lost my commslink and my tow shuttle luckly I had jac on board and it got the computer back up so I was able to get a tow. My target now? Well that whould be Earth I have a random with its name on it. Anyway this is most deffintly one of the best games iv ever played and thanks SC for making it.

Iv been cippled and taken heavy damage like 10 times now and I can still maintain my systems at 100%(after all the repairs of course). Taking over a universe is hard work and I might have to turn back because my fleet of 20 ships is now like 4 ships and my crew is pretty badly beaten and hungry. Im low on officers too because my cloning module is down along with sevral other systems. O and what was that about hackers? I didnt know there were hackers if there are but, who knows with the Ai this games got I whouldnt doubt it if the game started thinking for itself and made its own way of taken out your CC.

ITS NOT THE PLAYMOD! Well I was looking in my cargo under spare parts and I had a reactor upgrade that I never installed and sure enough when I installed it it fixed it. Iv also noticed that itll do it with shield upgrades as well. SC is this somthing normal or is this a problem on my end? Im sure a large reactor is not a good thing to leave lying in the cargo bay and can be considered volital materaial. [ 08-13-2002, 06:30 PM: Message edited by: Viper2000 ]

Ahh well I should be able to hold out with this CC till i rule the universe then ill blow it up or somthing

Iv sold all my artifacts and im still having troble. I guess it doesnt matter I mean the bridge has been damaged alot before and as if right now its not hurting anything so im gonna just leave it and continue unless someone knows how to fix it.

Well thanks everybody but I think baloogan has it. I did use the playmod to get some things the crews ai upgrade was one of em and all artifacts was the other. Im going to try and stop the problem im having by ejecting or selling all of the artifacts I have and see if that fixes it if not then ill just start a new game. O and for some reason or anothor the artifacts arent working right. When artifacts are done being studied and are ready for use do I have to install them? I know I don't have to install the cyborg or the orb but do I have to install the shield and the reactor because I can't and just recently I lost my NAV artifact which was working for awhile but then it was just gone. That playmod has some odd effects on my game and im sorry I ever used it. I should have listened to SCs warnings and all of the users in the forums who told me not to.

Well I just checked it and iv got nothing but the bare essetials in my cargo and if you say the artifacts don't do it then im stumped. Is it possible that there is some sorta glitch or bug that could be causeing this or am I just overlooking something?