Telemachus

quote:Originally posted by XOR: Dont the same things apply from the BCM appendix that apply to BCMG??? I mean index, not appendix.

I'm curious, does anyone know if there is an index for BCMG out there anywhere? And if there isn't, I'd like to ask the SCs permission to start compiling one. And on the subject of indexes, does anyone know if there will be one for BCG?

Too bad, it would have been really cool to see them in use.

In messing around with BCStudio in wireframe mode, I noticed that the Battlecruiser Mk I and Mk II have what appears to be landing struts recessed into the hull. I've not seen these in use at any point in the game, although I've spent only a very small ammount of time in Mk Is and Mk IIs. Are these actually used?

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: quote:Originally posted by Telemachus: Wait a minuit, if they were space marines, how was it that one of them left the craft? He probably was the only one that wasn't a Space Force Marine. I've just tried deploying SF marines manually, from a shuttle, on a planet. 7 out of 8 tries, I was able to deploy a single SF marine; my machine crashed right as I deployed the marine on the 8th try. I haven't tried combinations of marines & SF marines yet, although I'll give it a shot if you'd like. Is this something that has been fixed in a recent patch? I've not updated as of yet, have to buy some more CDs.

quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: Are you sure you are not trying to deploy Space Force Marines on the planet? They won't leave the craft. Also all troops you want to deploy should be in the same away team. I thought I was using marines 10-20. I'm using a Firestorm, and must have hit the down arrow by accident; if I selected 30-40, I guess that would explain it. Thanks for the info. Wait a minuit, if they were space marines, how was it that one of them left the craft? Love the game.

I've been playing BCMG for only a few days now, but have made excellent progress sofar; however, there is one thing I am still stuck on: deploying away teams on a planet from a shuttle craft. Once my shuttle is landed, I select all the marines from crew control, and assign them to the away team; I then go into the away team submenu, select all the marines assigned to the away team, and deploy them using Deploy - SC 1 Team (or whatever it was). Only 1 marine is deployed. What am I doing wrong?

I guess that would make figuring out how to play the game kind of difficult, ayia?

I just read the review. While there is no excuse for the lack of patience and thoroughness shown in respect to the authors review of the game, let alone the comments made about Mr. Smart himself, I think we should not lose sight of context here; In trying to see things from his perspective of what is, and what is not, a good game, it's not that hard to understand why some of what was written was written. In comparison to games out there now, the Battlecruiser series really stand out in alot of ways; and since there isn't really anything similar yet, it's inevitable that reviewers are going to judge members of the aforementioned based on the games that are out there now. It's inevitable that reviewers are going to compare members of the aforementioned to games that are out there now. Remember back when DOOM came out? How kick-ass it looked? It was because it was being compared to other games of that era. The quality was relative. There is no cosmic force that defines something as being "good" or "bad". The author in question no doubt reviews, and has reviewed, many games. When viewed from the perspective of a reviewer used to games tailored for the five-second attention span, as most these days seem to be, it's not hard to see why this game has percipitated such an influx of negative reviews.