Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations

I have a little surprise for you all. Tommorow we will release a Preview Release of the upcoming Fleet Operations 3.0.

Now, whats a Preview Release?
We threw everything half-done out what isn't either stable or is now still in progress, tested it and put in a package :) So basicly you could also call it Fleet Operations 2.9 Beta or something. :)

Why a Preview Release, why didn't you wait until everything is done?
We want all the new features and races tested so that v3 will be bug free and rock-stable (though as far as we now they run fine in the PR).

What are the difference between the PR and the upcoming final release?
Unlike v3 final, the PR does NOT include:

• Borg
  The Borg are not included in this Version. We are still working on a
  full scale redo with many new features for the final Version 3.0
  release.
• Noxter
  The Noxter are not included in this Version. There were some severe
  bugs within the Beta 2 Noxter. The Noxter will of course come back
  after a rework in a future version of Fleet Operations!
• Special effects
  Several special weapons effects, map objects and damage effects are
  still placeholders and will be replaced and advanced for the final
  Version 3.0 release
• Starship and Station models
  Many Federation Units got already replaced to fit the new Version 3.0
  graphic look. You will still find some old models along with the
  new ones in this preview.
• Non Player Races
  The Tholians along with a few other NP forces are ready to be fought
  against. Prepare for them in Version 3.0
• User Interface Elements
  Several improvements to the UI will be released in Version 3.0
• Voice Sets
  Some unit sound sets for the Dominion are not yet done. Another voice
  set contest is planned before release of final v3.0. Check
  for news on how to participate and maybe your voice
  will be heard by all Fleet Operations players after the final version
  is released.
• Dominion Music

Oh **** yeah :D

Im happy n'all about this release, but seriously u release it exactly at the time I have finals in school. It must be conspiracy against me or something :D
Well I guess I wont do so well in those exams after all ;) :D

Are u excited?

Cry WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

holy **** finally.....

shake it...yeah yeah...shake it...

BUT BORG   :cry:  I will give them a horrible revenge when they come back!!! hahaha :D  

Great stuff FO team  :D  Thx!!!

cool
 

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Pretty cool guys, pretty cool.

an early birthday present for me? you shouldn't have, but i'll eat it up anyway, nice, cant wait to open pandora's box :D  

i have a message to Admiral Ryan if he ever comes back


PWNED!!!

Cant wait shame bout the borg but still cant wait some classic Ds9 battles await  

I fight in the name of the Dominion empire ;) And B!G clan of course :P

WHOOT!!! BOO YA! thanks guys this rocks, also thanks to Eufnoc who was kind enough to IM me and tell me to check.  

np, i imed a load of people and told them

Good stuff :D :thumbsup:

Can't wait till it's out! (even a day, yes) Are the AI problems fixed? Or will that be a wait-till-3.0?

the AI is working and should be a worthy opponent  :shifty:  

yea thanks eufnoc :)

sweet...

nice one :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D

fuckety **** **** ******* YEAH!

That's what I call timing! :)

I got my new comp on Tuesday... (that somehow reminds me of Generations :lol:).

I was afraid that the new graphics would be to challenging for my old PC.
But now, everything is set and ready to test the Preview Version! :D

haha! good for you!

Oh, now I think we forgot to ask something:

What size will the download be?
I hope we won't get any problems with server slowdowns... ;)

150mb

Outstanding! cant wait for this!  :D
 

For some people it's the 17th already. :borg: Can we get the download yet ;)  
*snickers and goes and gets coffee*

Optec i offer some space on my Box.net to host DLs, if you whant.  

How about we do a bit torrent release?
Its an idea I thought about a long time ago after b2 came out. I would be willing to seed it for sure.

Yeah thats a great idea. I would seed it too  ^_^

So when today is it going to be released? :D

I would seed it...but I don't understand how to manage this... 0o

Torrent release would be good!

aye!

150MB?
wow

Fleet Operations
Version Beta 2
Size: 94.0 MB

Fleet Operations Patch
Version Beta 2 Patch 2 (2.03)
Size: 1,129 kb

Fleet Operations Mutimedia Pack
Version 1
Size: 26.2 MB

Fleet Operations
Full Version: V3
Size: #??MB   more then 150 MB?

it is likely that the final will be bigger as the multimedia pack will be integrated this time. the PR doesn't include a multimedia pack, but the beta 2 pack is fully compatible.

DOCa Cola

So on which torrent site can we bring the mod up?

I'm interested to see how performance is going to be.
I got an x1800xt last week and for fun I started up fleet ops in 1600x1200 with 6xAA and 16xAF (though I wonder what AF is doing for the game anyway) and it had a hard time!

Grate idea guys!!!

As far as I know, u cant use AA and AF in A2, and the biggest resolution is around 1200:800. :S

We don't need any torrent site :P

A2 does not support AA directly, but if you enable it in your graphic driver it should run in A2, too. At least it works for me  ;)  

IT'S OUT get it here: http://www.st-galaxy.de/cms/index.php?show...area=1&categ=35 (http://www.st-galaxy.de/cms/index.php?showfile=1&fid=124&p=downloads&area=1&categ=35)

remember u can use the Multimedia Pack with it.

waaahooo! 600kb/s 4 mins 2 download

Congratulations!

Absolutely fantastic modification exceeding my expectations

+ well balanced
+ smooth gameplay
+ good ai (though only played 1 game so far..)
+ excellent effects and other graphics
+++ smooth and well balanced !1111111111111!!!

i never lost faith guys  :omg:


Regards
Adam C
 

The torrent is down due to problems with the tracker, and due to seeding issues (ie being that if it was released initialy as a torrent we could have a couple seeds pre seeded before release to the FO/A2 community)

Incredible guys, the dominion have worked out just aswell as all of the others although i tend to spend to much time admiring the scenery :P. Question - has this been tried out on multiplayer by anyone, i know that beta 2 tended to suffer out of sync errors with me and i wonder if this is still a problem. I will try it out in a couple of weeks after my exams finish.

In edition - i play at 1600x1200 on a x800 xt so 1200x800 isnt max res and i doubt AF does anything as you dont really look at textures at low angles, AA may help a bit

good to see a preiview, played for a bit, but gonna wait till I can play on a machine with more than 700mhz

Thats a good idea :D




Ive played multiplayer several times already, it never went out of sync ^^

thats good news, was thinking of having a competition on this next lan, altough i have ten times more armada experience than other players ^^

in edition i must congratulate the team on making it crash properly, its nice not to have to b*tch slap foaric the h*ll down when that happens :P

dont know what that guy just said... so er... your sigs to big, you've just raped this page  :P  

The sig violates the forum rules ;):

http://forum.fleetops.net/index.php?showtopic=1998 (http://forum.fleetops.net/index.php?showtopic=1998)

500x200 is the limit.

Which resolutions can we expect to be supported in the final release?
Two PCs and two problems: I don't know why but I can't play it with 1280x1024 px and 1280x960 px though both are default resolutions.

But however:
It's fantastic! :thumbsup:  :thumbsup:  :thumbsup:
And I DO love it!
Don't know what to tell you more. Go on like that!  

I can't wait to see the final release! :hungry:  

Put in a new one - it's pushing it a little at 600 but it should be ok as it is only 54 odd high.

TheSeer - I was able to fire up 1280x960 and i think it is a supported resolution by both fleetops and armada ii. On the other hand armada 2 only supports 4:3 aspect ratios therefore 1280x1024 is an unavailable resolution and whilst i am not entirely sure about this but i believe fleetops is most likely limited by this armada 2 limit.

Strange enough, I'm running it at 1280x1024, so it's definitely supported.

yep me too.

Strange enough.. I just thought this could be a software-problem but it seems to be something different.
Thanks @ you all. I'll keep trying..  :ph34r:  

Are you guys running it at 1280x1024 using nvidia cards? I have a x800 xt and it could be something to do with armada 2s interaction with the drivers.

yep 1280x1024 using an NVIDIA 6800 series. (this was my default option on FO i.e. it started the game on this without me changing anything).

nVidia and a DDC monitor.

yeah mines an ati card so that *might* be what is happening

I can confirm that...

Just installed FO 3 PR on another computer with an ATI gfx card and the resolution was suddenly limited to 1280x960 (which is "not nice" on a 1280x1024 TFT display ;)).

Does anyone know if there is a registry entry or a configuration file where we could override that?

I could persuade most other games to run at the appropriate resolution by tweaking either the registry, the config file or the command line parameters.

Edit:

It might be that I found the file to change... ARMADA.PRF has information about the gfx card and resolution. I'm going to test it within the next 15 minutes and report back.

Edit2:

Changing the data in that file does not help, not even if you write protect the file afterwards. I hope someone else finds a "resolution solution". ;)

by the way to change the resolution go into graphics setting ingame and change the display mode resolution

Hi im just wondering if the proper fleet ops 3 will be moddable (eg able 2 add new ships) or not

i would realy like 2 play my own ships in it but in the pr they just come up a blank (small completly see through) things

I think i have tried modding this engine more than most people here and i can see when it comes to this latest addition the system has really been changed, i dont know if you can exchange files between them.