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Psychological warfare, maybe. Ship-by-ship comparison: At some point between WC2 and WC3, there is a big divergence in the quality of each side's starfighters. In WC1, on average Terran fighters had better speed and weapons, Kilrathi fighters had better armor and maneuverability. In WC2...

Take a quick look at the WC1, 2, 3 manuals. There is a crazy jump in the nature of published ship statistics between WC2 and WC3. Although nobody can really say that the published data are 'wrong' there is clearly some variation between published information and in-game information. For one...

According to the ships database in the CIC, at least one variant of the Nephilim-conflict Excaliburs was really, really fast. Max. Cruise velocity of 650kps, although max afterburner speed stayed at 1300. https://www.wcnews.com/encyclopedia/showrecord.php?id=1307 The S*S ships with the...

This is for a Nephilim-conflict Excalibur? I do like the wing extensions for the tachyon gun mount, since that kind of mounting makes the autotracking guns feature more believable. I'm not as sure about the large body extensions from the wing root/fuselage up to the nose, though. They make...

I'm pretty sure I saw some of the Grathas launching torps. (Yes, specifically in this mission. I haven't seen that happen anywhere else just yet).

Isn't that model used as the basis for the Rapier II variants in Arena? If so, we actually know a lot about this fighter - and that it's actually just the Rapier II, not a new "Rapier III" despite the difference in visual style. (Like how the Tiger's Claw looks different in SWC than it does in...

That worked - those are some beautiful starfields! Thanks!

These are uncannily evocative of the texture of those WC1 scaling bitmaps. That's some nice work!

Guess I'm a little late to the party. I read through Star*Soldier very quickly a few months ago, but not in much detail. Was in a hurry at the time. It's a remarkable bit of work, though - it's great to see that there are still developers out there who really understand the soul of the...

probably not - and I haven't done so much in the way of other gaming for a while. I've played Homeworld 2 on it, got an error message regarding Direct X support. I looked for newer drivers at the time but there weren't any. Maybe there are newer drivers now, I should have a look. Homeworld 2...

I get a black screen streaked with random-looking shreds of color. Sound seems to work, but that's about it. System specs: IBM T41 Thinkpad (approx 4 years old) Intel 1.59 GHz, 1 GB memory ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 a little dated, and certainly not optimized for gaming. It's good enough for...

Looks like Star*Soldier pulls the Jutland-class carriers out of the WC Bible and into canon? Star*Soldier p. 58: "Ghosts of the Vacuum - From Ghorah Khar to Vukar Tag the Jutland class carriers took the fight to the Kilrathi. We tour the last surviving example, the ex-TCS Philippine Sea, to...

Charging Mass Driver. Yes, my flying style is about as sophisticated as a blunt instrument. My favorite utterly broken gun: Dust Cannon. My fantasy pick would have been the turret guns from WC2, if I had the opportunity to mount them as primary weapons on a fighter. Decent damage...

Hm. Speaking of laptops, I can't get OpenGL mode to work on my laptop at all. Is this more likely to be a software/driver problem, or a hardware limitation? I haven't had a desktop computer for about 6 years now. Wasn't it mentioned that Ep.5 is crowded enough such that OpenGL mode might...

One way I've managed to prevent a few (2) casualties is to tell my wingmen to form on my wing and stay there during the first strike ("Torpedo Delivery" against the escorts). That usually means I come home with at least my wing of 3 Sabres intact, although that also usually means I don't meet...

Unless you come up with a Grand Unified Theory of Wing Commander physics that explains how all the game's made-up-technology-that-hasn't-been-invented works, from phase shields to magic power plants to mass drivers that get their ammunition from nowhere, you will never have the answers you seek.

I'd have to give my vote for "worst" to the Piranha, due to lack of endurance. Not enough gun capacitor to take down anything heavier than a Moray unless you adjust the power settings, and while the Stormfire is excellent, it's a limited resource. That said, when I say "worst" I certainly...

I think we can all agree to drive each other insane over it, Eder :)

By the way - if you don't know *why* nobody is jumping on board your mod project, the answer should be evident from everyone's replies. You're not doing anything to even begin preparing a mod. Everything you're talking about, makes more sense to talk about once you have models to tweak and...

Sigh. Vicky (or whatever your name is), it's clear now that you're a stats fiend. Not a modder, not a programmer, not an artist - just a stats fiend who's bothered to the gills that not all the numbers from an old (yes! it's old!) game don't fit well with your spatial sensibilities. Well...