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Author Topic: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)  (Read 130349 times)

forsaken1111

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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #180 on: April 03, 2010, 10:23:19 pm »

In my current game I'm fairly wealthy so I've designed a cheap little minimally-armed sensor bouy which I've taken to building in a dispersed pattern around my empire's borders. It has enough firepower to deter pirates and long range sensors let me see other empire's ships at quite a distance.
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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #181 on: April 04, 2010, 01:13:39 am »

wait, is the update out?
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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #182 on: April 04, 2010, 01:17:17 am »

not yet, why? Their estimate was Monday.
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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #183 on: April 04, 2010, 10:59:21 pm »

Anyone have any notable battles/moments/discovery? I'm curios, I, myself, currently don't remember anything notable in my games. :(
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Unknown to most but the insane and the mystics, Tarran is actually Earth itself, as Earth is sentient like that planet in Avatar. Originally Earth used names such as Terra on the internet, but to protect it's identity it changed letters, now becoming the Tarran you know today.
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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #184 on: April 04, 2010, 11:09:28 pm »

In my current game I'm fairly wealthy so I've designed a cheap little minimally-armed sensor bouy which I've taken to building in a dispersed pattern around my empire's borders. It has enough firepower to deter pirates and long range sensors let me see other empire's ships at quite a distance.

well, every time i make a new design, the AI erases it or pushes it down with a new design. I want most of the ships to be designed by AI, but a few I want to make myself and I dont want the AI to ignore them.

What can I do?
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Tarran

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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #185 on: April 04, 2010, 11:20:46 pm »

Set it to suggest, just don't expect the AI not to ask multiple times as soon as you get a new technology. :P



Also, bug, even when I say no to a suggestion to stop a war it ends it anyway, what the hell?
« Last Edit: April 04, 2010, 11:47:04 pm by Tarran »
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Unknown to most but the insane and the mystics, Tarran is actually Earth itself, as Earth is sentient like that planet in Avatar. Originally Earth used names such as Terra on the internet, but to protect it's identity it changed letters, now becoming the Tarran you know today.
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Tarran has the "Tarran Bug", a bug which causes the affected character to repeatedly hit teammates while dual-wielding instead of whatever the hell he is shooting at.

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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #186 on: April 05, 2010, 01:25:42 am »

ship design does not have a suggest mode. just off or on.
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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #187 on: April 05, 2010, 01:44:33 am »

Hm, Well I guess the AI did a decent enough job for me not to care. :P

Sorry, cant help. :(
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Unknown to most but the insane and the mystics, Tarran is actually Earth itself, as Earth is sentient like that planet in Avatar. Originally Earth used names such as Terra on the internet, but to protect it's identity it changed letters, now becoming the Tarran you know today.
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Tarran has the "Tarran Bug", a bug which causes the affected character to repeatedly hit teammates while dual-wielding instead of whatever the hell he is shooting at.

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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #188 on: April 05, 2010, 12:15:11 pm »

I disliked controls more than anything - i just wanted to press RMB on something and choose what to do with it, not searching for exact ship then for his target etc, so i automated them.
Then i found myself setting more and more features to auto, when all was automated i watched how game plays itself for some time - quite average screensaver actually, so i uninstalled it eventually. Maybe I'll give it another try someday.
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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #189 on: April 05, 2010, 04:48:33 pm »

Dunno if I have posted this already, but I'm waiting for their next patch.
The game is broken for me, it pisses me off all the crashes and fatal errors, also resupplying a fleet shouldn't be such a pain in the *** IMO.

The game is nice, but fixes are needed.
I'm having fun with DF2010, but some bugs are breaking it for me right now, unfortunately  :(
But I shouldn't even be playing, I got exams in some days anyway..
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The bug on DF is a bridge that I built, and dwarves don't 'detect' it or whatever, not leaving nor entering the fortress (it's the only way in), giving me a lot of headache trying to fix this, no access outside, and a lot of homeless, hungry, thirsty and idle/buggy dwarves..
« Last Edit: April 05, 2010, 05:04:23 pm by Gabeux »
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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #190 on: April 05, 2010, 06:03:39 pm »

DW v1.0.3 announced. List of fixes posted, they look GREAT! Addressing some of the most annoying features for me right now, including ship design and fleet control. I never had problems with crashes, but that is a main focus of this update also.

check it out:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2427666

BTW, these guys at Matrix are wonderful, they really do get to work fast.
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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #191 on: April 05, 2010, 06:39:14 pm »

Woot! :D
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Unknown to most but the insane and the mystics, Tarran is actually Earth itself, as Earth is sentient like that planet in Avatar. Originally Earth used names such as Terra on the internet, but to protect it's identity it changed letters, now becoming the Tarran you know today.
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Tarran has the "Tarran Bug", a bug which causes the affected character to repeatedly hit teammates while dual-wielding instead of whatever the hell he is shooting at.

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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #192 on: April 05, 2010, 07:05:07 pm »

The upcoming ability to retrofit large numbers of ships from the ships screen will cause me to smile for several days.
Even in my sleep.
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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #193 on: April 05, 2010, 09:52:26 pm »

The upcoming ability to retrofit large numbers of ships from the ships screen will cause me to smile for several days.
Even in my sleep.

I agree.
Also, being able to upgrade your ships [design screen] without having to rename them, and being able to retrofit your own-designed ships would be a nice addition (that should be already in the game, IMO)
At least I've never been able to retrofit my own designs, only AI-created ones.

I think this patch will make the game 100% for me :]
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Re: Distant Worlds (4x RTS)
« Reply #194 on: April 05, 2010, 09:56:36 pm »

Honestly every Matrix game i have ever seen has sucked pretty hardcore, but DW if support keeps up will be the first to bring a smile to my face.
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