madfox

Erk... been sleeping. So, before you guys get any smart ideas, just to say, count me in.

You guys are fools! All of you! Dont you see?? The true purpose of the solar reactor is... ...to heat up water for the officer's showers.

We depend on mining, I guess. If only the server could save our stats... *cries*

A pleasure to make your aquaitance as well, Commander.

Commander, please... Dont you have any bigger game to hunt? Im just a simple and honest hard working man trying to make his living on this harsh galaxy.

Now, no need to get excited, Commander... As you so well put, we are "unorganized" and thus, not worth too much atention. Now, I cant speak for the rest of the ship captains that run a "free enterprise" like I do, but I would rather keep all atentions away from me.

*Notices the ICV in front of the ship name* Great, wanting us to do your dirty work? You know you have mercenaries you can hire...

*frustrated* Gaaah! I deleted the damn save game... *grumbles* Ok, if this happens I will save it for you.

I have another odd problem. After deploying my mining drones and leaving them to work on a planet/moon, later on when I come back to pick them up, sometimes one of them is missing. It simply isnt there. Its not upside down, it wasnt destroyed, its simply not there. I checked the TacOps computer and I couldnt see the missing drone. The radar didnt acuse anything either. And on my Tactical Computer it said both drones were working perfectly and they were even filling up over time. Any sugestion to what might have happened?

...I was just asking what was the purpose you wanted to give to each ship...

...You're right, the Starcruiser's turrets have a stronger punch, but still, it doesnt give a distinctive characteristic. Not one I can see anyway. What did you have in mind when you made each of those cruisers?

I showed this game to a friend of mine, and besides drooling all over the keyboard he asked me something before looking at the ship stats... and I think he has a point. The Sunflash is a heavely armored ship, the Starwarrior is very fast, the Questar is heavely armed, and then we have.... The Solnar and the Starcruiser. Why is the Starcruiser even there? All it does the Solnar does better. What is the Starcruiser's main advantage?

Well, as pirates I meant raiders. My view of a raider is something that hit and runs, relying more on speed, situation and a bit of luck. But then again, views change. Bah, who cares. The game is cool and im going to play it.

One thing though... as pirate vessels, shouldnt heavy cruisers be faster than Super Cruisers?

Ack, sorry. I run a P4 at 2000Ghz, 1Gb Ram, ATI Radeon 9600Pro 256Mb. Those are the basic specs, really sorry, but im a mechanic, not a computer wiz... and I cant work with the sig either. Mesa ignorant. But I guess my problem is not having the 2.00.04 patch. Anyways, im going to crawl back into my hole now... *cough*

I have the 2.0 patch. Are you refering to the new beta multiplayer patches ?

I like the StarWarrior. Just look at it. Its beautiful. Its great as a pirate vessel.

I do have the exact same problem too.

Great... an oportunity to become an intergalactic Jack Sparrow. Im in. Out of curiosity, if I had to chose between the Starcruiser and the Sunflash, what would you pick?

But would be safe to assume that the turrets will fire somewhat in the general direction they are facing? I dont mean they only fire in that direction or they have a narrow arc... I just want to know if they will fire "somewhere that way". Im sorry if im being persistent or annoying, but I feel like I was given a random targeting computer and my WO says to me: "We can shoot, but we have no idea of what direction we will be shooting at". Im new to this game, I have been doing a lot of research on the forums and its hard to get a concise answer. UC is a massive game, its easy to get lost on all of its depth, so, any help would be deeply apreciated and I thank you for all the help already given to me on this thread.

Hmmmm... Is there any easier way to identify the arcs? Sure, im lazy, but I would like to know how to place my ship, if for example, im surrounded by two ships. Of course it might be easier to just blast them with main guns, but I want to see those turrets slicing through enemy ships.

Is it possible to find what are the firing arc of each turret? The BCStudio is great to show the turret positions (and it displays the Warmonger has having 6 turrets, not 4, weird) but it would be nice if we could see the firing arcs.