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Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
Remaking something in Vega Strike is a great way to show the world how much you hate it.
Privateer was not based on Space Rogue.
Privateer was not based on Space Rogue.
meisdavidp
All your belief cannot absolve your sin.
Is Gemini Gold that bad?
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
Gemini Gold is a great idea, but is probably ultimately an impossible goal -- specifically because of the limitations inherent in Vega Strike.
criticalmass
Vice Admiral
I remember Space Rogue form the C64 days, but never played through it completely - the Newtonian physics in flight didn't appeal to me as a kid, and the revenge-driven story was a bit complicated for me at the time. But it had some neat ideas, like the manual passage through the hyperspace tunnels, which caused your ship to lose armor each time you scraped the walls (which was actually boring after a while, but I liked the concept). It also had a great rating systems and lots of ways to make money.. Well, maybe I should climb up into the attic right now and check if it's still around.
BTW: Anybody still got the paper model fighter that came with the box?
BTW: Anybody still got the paper model fighter that came with the box?
meisdavidp
All your belief cannot absolve your sin.
Loaf, thanks for clearing that up.... dumb question time: are the any other engines either being made or actively edited that lend themselves better to the privateer style of gameplay? I know that both prophecy/secret ops and FS2 sure as hell wouldn't work for it.
Quarto
Unknown Enemy
It's something I've thought about many times, actually - I'm quite convinced that a Privateer-style mod could be made with relative ease for Prophecy. It wouldn't be a full-blown Privateer game, the options for outfitting your ship and such would certainly be quite limited (so we'd really be talking something halfway between Privateer and Strike Commander), but it could be done.meisdavidp said:
...Of course, "could" doesn't mean "will" - I at least have no intention of doing it
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meisdavidp
All your belief cannot absolve your sin.
that would be one intense mother to program wouldn't it...Quarto said:
I'd heard a lot of complaints about the combat in freelancer being very unrealistic. Seems like it'd be two steps forward and at least one step back.Shaggy said:
Lt.Death100
Spaceman
Not only that but there's no joystick support which really just ruins the game for me.meisdavidp said:
ChrisReid
Super Soaker Collector / Administrator
That's a horrible way to make that point.
The problem with Freelancer's flight model wasn't just that it required a mouse and didn't allow joystick flight. It was Diablo-ification of the space combat genre, down to popping shield 'potions' when you take too much damage. I did quite like the high speed transit corridors. That would be a good way to handle autopilot in a massively multiplayer space game.
The problem with Freelancer's flight model wasn't just that it required a mouse and didn't allow joystick flight. It was Diablo-ification of the space combat genre, down to popping shield 'potions' when you take too much damage. I did quite like the high speed transit corridors. That would be a good way to handle autopilot in a massively multiplayer space game.
Lt.Death100
Spaceman
For me immersion is everything. Not having a joystick just makes me realize that I'm playing the game.d3r3k said:
