Adalla

You guys have an IRC channel or somewhere you guy schat in real time by any chance?

Oh, and I am actually thinking of returning UC and getting either UCAWA or UCSE. Should I get UC SE? That's teh latest one right? Would I be able to play UC online, since UCAWA is the on supported the most online, does UCSE allow you to play on UC, UCG and UCAWA MP games? Thanx, Adalla

quote:Nah, he's not hooked. That can't be diagnosed till he pulls up a dead thread. Oh it'll happen. I just havn't gotten around to it yet quote:We just have several of us with good upload speeds and spare machines, and one very powerful permanent server with a very powerful upload speed (2.4Mbit/s), I'll see if I can get UC installed on that as well (at the moment that just has UCAWA on it for the fleet season). Yeah, looks like I'm always a step behind. I didn't know about UC at all when I picked up BCG. I didn't realize UC was in the same series (it was on the back cover of BCG). When I got home, I saw the forums and noticed BCG and UC tech support were not offereed anymore. And I was like great! lol. Then I went out and got UC, and thought UC was supported here, to find out only UC "GOLD" and SP and AWA were... So, in other words, I would appreciate if I could get a change to play SOME UC before I go out and get UCAWA sometime. Is UCAWA or US SP more recent? Also, do MP events occur regularly or on demand? Lastly, what do I do to get started? thanx Adalla

lol, thanx for the welcome guys. Yeah, I'm kindo hooked. I'll be more hooked when I start understanding things and stop asking questions as if I'm a freshman taking a Ph.D level physics on particle physics. quote:A fleet member has to have his sig written a certain way as per that fleet's regulations.If you wanted to go for a Pilot's Career and joined a fleet, your best bet would be to ask the Fleet Commander how you should word your sig.Well, does that mean out of the 30 or so sigs I've read so far, NONE have chosen to be a pilot? Also, if someone does choose to be a pilot, would he be able to dock at a Commander's CC? I.E would you be able to have a group of players, including a commander, some fighter piltos, shuttle pilots, etc. Or is it one player per craft? So if ur commanding a carrier, it's just you and 100 NPCs, if ur a pilot, it's just u and ur fighter and ur on your own or with a squadron of NPCs or MP, but not part of a carrier? Lastly, do you need a server for MP? Could you not host an IPX game? Like give ur IP to some folk and set up MP with your computer being the host? Thanx Adalla

Roger. I was trying to figure out if there is a site out there that actually uses military ranks in-game. I guess this site doesn' either

Also forgot, had a couple questions. Is UC supported in MP on this site? or does it have to be UC Gold, UC SE or UCAWA? I really don't want to spend any more money, I already spent 50 bucks in 3 days on BCG and UC. Also, if someone could explain how MP works in general. Do you have say a fleet attack another, and people follow commands from their superior officers (as denoted in rank on this forum) fleet commanders giving order to CC commanders and CC commanders giving order to fighter pilots?

I thought planetfall only occured at or below 50 clicks/km/miles (whatever those units are lol). But I'll tryit next time. Btw, I bought UC So could someone guide me on how to get involved in some multiplayer action? Multiplayer training (if it exists here) woudl be great Thanx Adalla

I havn't tried the planetary missions yet. I did try to achieve planetfall for Earth, Jupiter and one of Jupiter's moons, but every time I ended up giving up because it took so long to get there But I'll try an actual planetary mission where you start off on the planet next time. I'll let you know how my system handles it. Yes, it's 2 years old, and nowadays you get laptops that rival desktop's in gaming performance, but the MR9700 handles Homeworld 2, Flight Sim 2004, Rome Total War, and other graphic intensive games (though sometimes I need to trade detail for fps). One thing I noticed, everybody seems to be a commander of a ship around here. I realize that's the core of the BC series, but what about fighter pilots? How would it work if you choose to go for a pilot career, is your rank still commander? Can you dock on somebody else's ship?

Hi Elipse, nice to meet you. Yeah, I had never heard of the Battlecruiser series until I saw it while browsing for new games at the store, so I found out after I bought BGM that there was UC and UCAWA out there. Looks like I'll be making another trip to the store sometime. Is UC a lot better than BGM? I played the demo today, and it looked nice. I havn't played BGM enough to notice all the differences. What attracted me to this particular forum was the community aspect. This series has a lot of potential for community development. The freedom of gameplay, the open-universe, they all help make a MP environment very attractive. But I have an idea of how things could be to be really awesome, and I don't know if what I have in my mind is what exists here. The idea of players forming groups and teams, more experienced players obviously assuming leadership roles and teaching new players. And forging relationships over time with your fellow teammates and commanders, and even those people who end up being your "enemies". It just all sound really good and has a lot of potential. I'm here to find out if that's what this place is about. So far, it seems that way. Though I get the idea that there has been a lot of inactivity. Most of the forums have few posts within the last 30 days, some don't have posts within the last year. That's always a bit of a turn-off for newbies, but I've been admin of online communities for years, and I know how it is, and I know the value of members who stick around even during the inactive/tough times. Anyways, enough rambling. I'll check out info on the fleets. Also, the manual mentions to check descriptions of races and castes online, I'm assuming it's somewhere on this website. Could you link me anyways in case I don't find it? Thanx, glad to be aboard, sirs P.S. How does promotion work around here? Do you start off as a fighter pilot and move up? I read somewhere that you go through the Academy training and you can take command of a ship right away. Just curious. Adolla

Thanx for the welcome. Yeah, it'll take some time to learn it. I downloaded the UC demo, and it does seem to have a bit nicer graphics, though some commands have changed, and I was like the ONE thing I managed to learn, the one KEY, and now it doesn't work lol Anyways, can you tell me about the fleets and the MP that goes on here?

I just came across BMG at a store while looking for Homeworld, and was immediately fascinated by the scope of what the developper's of this game are trying to do. It was the first time I bought a game before reading reviews, and once I got home, I read them and they were were not the best reviews, but I also found out that the fans of this series are different from every other gamer. They are not in it for the pretty graphics or shooting sprees, but actually enjoy the complexity, difficulty and freedom and appreciate what the game developper's are trying to do. Well, I fall among this group of fans. I realized very soon that BMG has its flaws, it crashes, no in-game tutorials, some really flawed flight physics. But, I see that the developpers are trying to always improve and I admire what they are trying to accomplish. In any case, I'm here. I still don't know how things work around here, and I was hoping for some guidance. There seem to be several groups and organizations (the fleets) that seem to be part of an online multiplayer environment. I would like to join at some point once I get the hang of things (which looks like it's going to take a long while, long hours of reading, testing and experimenting). Looking forward to meeting you all, Adalla

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