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[codezero]

oh yeah ok. That works fine on mine. I suppose it's your graphics card.

[wallish]

Has anyone else encountered a

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tunnel that when entered and exited causes the entire world to change

?

Yes, yes I did. But I thought it was a feature.  The surface was pretty average, some trees but mostly flat land with mountains.  I killed a few things (including another away team!) then went into the tunnel.  Oxygen was getting low so I left the tunnel (took maybe three steps).  Now it was one of those crater worlds where there's mountains EVERYWHERE. Then magma started to pop up and I had to make a crazy run to my ship (almost got cut off).

Like I said, seemed like a feature.

[Neonivek]

Dang I am behind in versions if you can travel to Da *Spoiler*... Though Perhaps Ill wait until that 1 becomes a 2

[magellan]

Hehe. Can't say i blame ya.

Though i would like to say: 48 hours and counting without a bug report!

Wich has of course 3 possible explanations

[a1s]

Though i would like to say: 48 hours and counting without a bug report!

here you go:
in 16d, I came into the space station to basically die there, however I was faced with this optimistic message of denial:

naturally when I exited, I still died from my life support failing (though I was actually expecting to become the station's cook  )

[magellan]

Ah yes.... thats what i get for doing the same thing (like paying for stuff) in 4 different ways ....
Thanks for pointing it out!

[Neonivek]

Holy cow your still doing dedicated work on this project?

Well that certainly defies the standard of this forum.

[magellan]

Well, if someone points out a bug i am going to fix it of course!
And there are still a lot of things that could be improved.
The leaps are getting smaller (Last big one was 1.4 to 1.5: Shiptypes) which dampens motivation a bit, but there seem to be some folks out there who enjoy this thing, and that is highly motivating!

[Neonivek]

I have a suggestion for the distant future: Since you have robot cities and things like that (which oddly cannot be salvaged for parts but that isn't the suggestion)

How about if some planets could host cloaking devices or forcefields for planets you have yet to discover/explore that you can shut off?

I got a lot more suggestions but I need to play 1.6

[magellan]

My ideas for the "next big step" go a bit in that direction.

...
That and procedural plot. 

[Sowelu]

That and procedural plot. 

I was about to post suggesting that. 

I'd say worry about making a non procedural one first though.  Gearhead's plots weren't much fun, because they were more 'procedural' than they were 'plot'.  Make sure the player can actually get into it!

(also, remember that plots in a highly lethal game can be really annoying)

[Neonivek]

Oddly I was just gang attacked... and no I don't mean 3 vs 1

I mean THE POPULATION OF THE ENTIRE PLANET ATTACKED ME!!! (Not a complaint)

Interesting and I agree it is a lot more interested (though the lack of actual interactment with alien species aggrivates it) it just means for a while the start of the game is going to be tougher

One thing I was very happy to see was aliens wearing armor (though oddly I couldn't take it said armor)

One thing I find odd is how powerful Melee weapons are. Why are Combat knifes dealing more damage then Guess Pistols? Is it that they use different math?

[Candlejack]

My main issue is the chunkiness of the interface. Scanning doesn't seem to take anytime, so it should auto scan all planets when you enter a solar system and allow you to just scroll through them along with some menus to make everything prettier. You should also land from the scan screen.

[a1s]

first of all, no, scanning takes one turn and (more importantly) one unit of fuel.

Bug time!
I was just attacked by an opponent I couldn't see. which is cool, if not for the fact that I had level 3 sensors, and was attacked by laser, which has range 2!

[magellan]

... did you attack a grey/blackish centipede on eden? In that case: 

The reasoning for the closecombat weapons damage is twofold:
1) The critter needs to be next to you (and can bite you)
2) they are ineffective against walls

Also the armor of critters would be an exosceleton or a chitin shell... what would you do with that? Hmmm... you know robots could drop metal resources i guess... honestly the thought hasn't occured to me. thx neonivek!

As for the "procedural plot" i was thinking very rudimentary:
Have a handfull possible scenarios of where those terribly advanced aliens went and have a handfull of planets with clues as to what it is and 1 where there is the solution (with possible consequences for the colonization of the sector) and a reward that pushes you over the winning conditions.

Edit to add: If your pilot screws up scanning can take even more than 1 unit of fuel. Oh... and scanning several times reveals more, but scanned mapdata is pays less than data you got with getting your boots dirty, so there is a decision to make here. Landing from scanning screen, yeah, that wouldn't hurt i guess.

a1s: You mean on a planet or spacecombat? The range of shipweapons shown is optimum range. Max would be optimum x3 ... hey! another thing we can make a little prettier without much hassle!