Taking control over a ship

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 10:19 am

Is it possible to chose a single ship from your fleet and playing with her like in legacy/bridge commander.. it doesn't need to be complex like in these games.. just for fun, after all 3d view is available already it just need to follow an enemy ship, to control maneuvering and firing with keyboard and that's it.. it isn't easy as it sounds, is it? 

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 10:39 am

well it would be fun, i really liked that feature in earth2160, but i doubt that the good old armada2 engine can do this

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 1:07 pm

No, it's not possible. Someone found a bit of code, for a similar feature that MadDoc were considering, but it never got further than that, so there is no other code for it. It is impossible.

Besides, flying thes hips themselves is what you have Legacy for. Or SFC. Or Bridge Commander. Or StarFleet Academy. Or Klingon Academy. Let's not forget what the Armada game/engine is about.

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 3:00 pm

i had the same idea and implemented some basic code to control a ship by keyboard. it is actually possible to implement this, including manual target selection and fire control. but i didn't want to invest more time into that as it would take a lot of time to make this work properly which is better spend on the important todos...

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 3:26 pm

cool, maybe you can implement this when you're really bored

in v5 or v6

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 3:27 pm

Is it possible to switch from one engine to another while still in-game?

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 3:38 pm

Ooh, I stand corrected (said the man in the orthopaedic shoes). But I sense that basically, if it was implemented, what you would have would be Legacy, only less g... more bad.

Is it possible to switch between engines? Yeah. All you need is 2 CD/DVD drives, and enough processor power to run Armada and Bridge Commander at the same time, then Alt-Tab between them.

Of course, what you're doing in one will have no link on the other, hehe.

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 3:50 pm

if implemented, it would be possible so that you could switch between the default (strategic) and manual command mode. but as previously mentioned, it wouldn't make much sense to implement such a mode. it could be something for a singleplayer campain where you temporarily have one hero ship under your command, but nothing useful for the skirmish modes.

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 4:44 pm

Nah you dont need 2 CD drives just one. Actually you don't even need any if you know what you are doing

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 5:11 pm

try pressing caps lock, when selected on a ship, it is close to what you are looking for, but it is more like the interface on STds9: Dominion wars. ugh *shivers*

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 5:56 pm

try pressing caps lock, when selected on a ship, it is close to what you are looking for, but it is more like the interface on STds9: Dominion wars. ugh *shivers*

yes.. i played armada 1 and 2 for 10 years, i know of this but thanks.
and knowing controling a ship is possible is also good news..
just know that because of what you have done with armada i want to study programing and make a living out of it, you inspire me, thanks again.

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 6:01 pm

Sorry, now I sound like an idiot because I didn't read your whole post.

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 6:20 pm

Is it possible to chose a single ship from your fleet and playing with her like in legacy/bridge commander.. it doesn't need to be complex like in these games.. just for fun, after all 3d view is available already it just need to follow an enemy ship, to control maneuvering and firing with keyboard and that's it.. it isn't easy as it sounds, is it? 

we shouldnt lose sight of the fact that this is an RTs not an RPG. Even earth 2160 which developed its engine from scratch could not include both aspects.

Im curious as to what you expect from this game - an all in 1?

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 6:30 pm

Im curious as to what you expect from this game - an all in 1?

lol, that would be cool.

posted on April 23rd, 2009, 6:32 pm

Im curious as to what you expect from this game - an all in 1?

yes.. no... just many cool ideas i had for along time and wanted to share.. because i love this game (as you all here i'm sure) and i want it to develop if possible.