Npc Spawning?

posted on February 4th, 2004, 10:17 pm

Hey Optec!

I can't find an answer to this question on anything previous, so I'll just ask it..

How do the NPC races spawn? Are they already on a map when it is made or do they spawn randomly on a pre-made map at the beginning of a game? What about a random map in the future(I assume they would spawn randomly)?

I think the random spawning would be alot better because it would have an element of surprise.

Thanks

posted on February 4th, 2004, 10:24 pm

well you can make them by using the map maker and also from what i here there will be random events like a npc will come on and will start attacking some one ect

posted on February 5th, 2004, 5:39 am

we are a bit busy with the npc races at the moment
but in beta3 they will be fixed from map to map. it's not sure if the map events get it into beta3 (at least a few on test maps i think).
in the future i hope to get the np races randomly selected, but this isn't that easy, but i think it could be possible

posted on February 5th, 2004, 11:52 pm

Are you guys planning on a system to randomly place the neutral stations too?

guys, if you can do these things plus the random map, this would make FO one of the best games I've played, hands down.

I personally love Warcraft 3 and they couldn't even give me a random map generator!


I also want to shout out a word of encouragement to the Fleet Ops team. What you guys are doing is nothing less than top-of-the-line work.

PLEASE DON'T STOP! This can be one of the best games I have ever played and I know you guys can do it!

Thanks for you dedication to a great game.

posted on February 5th, 2004, 11:55 pm

Are you guys planning on a system to randomly place the neutral stations too?

guys, if you can do these things plus the random map, this would make FO one of the best games I've played, hands down.

I personally love Warcraft 3 and they couldn't even give me a random map generator!


I also want to shout out a word of encouragement to the Fleet Ops team. What you guys are doing is nothing less than top-of-the-line work.

PLEASE DON'T STOP! This can be one of the best games I have ever played and I know you guys can do it!

Thanks for you dedication to a great game.

well said and i totaly agree with you 100%

[Zeich]

posted on February 6th, 2004, 12:31 am

Last edited by Zeich on February 6th, 2004, 12:32 am, edited 1 time in total.

I have to agree, Star Trek Fleet Ops has to be one of the best games out there. Better than Warcraft 3. I love to see randomly placed npc stations and ships

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 1:27 pm

Does anyone know will the random map generator and observer option be fully operational in beta3?

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 2:15 pm

we are working on that observer thing. random map will be disabled

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 9:14 pm

Hope you can get the Observor thing running. I want to watch AIs fight each other.

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 10:49 pm

one of my friends asked me to say this "are you sure that the armada 2 engine can handle all of these modifications you are making .it could end up with the game not working at all"


i think the opposite to my friend ^_^ he thinks you are making it to complicated but i thing you are doing an EXELLENT job please could you reply so i can give him your answer miracale modders and laugh at him to say that you will be succesful in making the best star trek game mod EVER

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 10:58 pm

Not the best Star Trek mod ever... The best ST game ever.

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 11:29 pm

Dude, its not been modded enough to be a seperate game yet... for that all remnets of a2 need to be removed and it needs to say based on the ARMADA 2 engine.

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 11:39 pm

Yeah... I guess. I still think it's good enough, with enough changes. They replaced half the stuff that could be replaced, and the other 10% was too good to be removed.

posted on March 3rd, 2004, 12:18 am

Great, I hardly can wait the Beta3, and now i wish to see the final release of Fleet Ops. if it should be declared as seperate game. Like Optec likes to say: Time will tell (or something like that).

posted on March 3rd, 2004, 12:22 pm

Long Live Fleet Ops!!!!