USEFUL: Borg

posted on June 17th, 2010, 12:57 pm

Hi everyone,

since i play FO, i wonder why there is no error message and sound, when playing the borg and not having enough collective connections to build a certain ship.

Could this be included or are those collective connections not a ressource in literal meaning?

Currently FO 3.1.2 installed (of course  )

Greetings and Thx for any answer!

posted on June 17th, 2010, 4:13 pm

Hmm...

  Welcome!  Your name looks good in Green

I don't play Borg often but I could sweat there was SOME kind of error message ... isn't there?  It might not be the corrects words but SOMEthing happens when you don't have enough.

  Were you suggesting that there be a new sound-file for collective connections?  I think there isn't one because CC are unique to Flops and Optec doesn't sound like the Borg .

[Tyler]

posted on June 17th, 2010, 4:18 pm

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From my previous experience, selecting a ship when you don't have enough CC's gets no sound except a button click. I don't think it even has text popup.

I'm not sure what sort of sound could fit them... except maybe some sort of 1 second error sound.

posted on June 17th, 2010, 5:08 pm

nope, they're correct, there is no text pop, and only a generic mouse click, when you try to select something the borg cannot build with current resources. (I think older versions of FO did have a sounder, but it's not there or not working currently)

posted on June 17th, 2010, 9:40 pm

Would be nice to hear something like "Insufficient Collective Connections" or what not

[Johnny Archer]

posted on June 17th, 2010, 10:00 pm

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Hi,

@Dom: Yeah, that is exactly what i was proposing; it was a bit difficult for me to start playing the borg in FO, being used to the stock A2 ressource system (of course, had i read your guide, i am certain i would have had less difficulties). So i think of something just like the error messages and sound you get when there isn't enough dilithium and or tritanium to build a specific ship and/or station...
(the latter reminds me a little bit of the old awful ms office assistant, this paperclip thingie, knocking on the screen when you have been passive for some time; now i am glad, ms had this paperclick thing knocking on heaven's door )

posted on June 17th, 2010, 10:15 pm

  Welcome!  Your name looks good in Green

Thx, Boogz, i have the whole four seasons of ST:ENT standing on my shelf right above the pc. So, i guess, i qualify as a REALLY big fan. And Captain Archer was and is my favorite character of all times. Except he was a little wuss, when it came to beating the hell out of the bad guys, not to mention the Xindi
But my guess is, we have to thank Doca for the colours of the profile names

  Were you suggesting that there be a new sound-file for collective connections?  I think there isn't one because CC are unique to Flops and Optec doesn't sound like the Borg .

Not a new soundfile, of course, exactly the same as with dilithium and tritanium would be awesome enough.
Like the thread title says, just something i thought to be really useful, imho...

posted on June 17th, 2010, 10:16 pm

I'm sure the devs haven't left stuff out like that - just will take some time I bet

posted on June 17th, 2010, 10:20 pm

@ archer the paperclip was called clippit, he was funny. annoying but funny. i used links the cat instead.

and dont tell people around here you like enterprise, they will eat you alive  :lol: a lot of people hated enterprise, i liked it though.

if you think archer was a wuss you should watch TNG with picard, he negotiated EVERYTHING.

posted on June 17th, 2010, 10:26 pm

He negotiated because he could. Would you argue with a battleship that could destroy entire fleets of most minor race's vessels by itself? He's no stranger to getting his hands dirty (as the movies show), he simply prefers the more civilised approach first. I'd like to see any other captain beat the Sheliak so soundly.

But that's off-topic... probably best to keep the captain comparisons to the Picard vs Kirk threads.

posted on June 17th, 2010, 10:31 pm

i loved that picard used his brain first, its why he was such a good captain.

i was just saying that if he thought archer was a wuss for not simply killing anyone on sight then he would think picard had no man bits.

posted on June 17th, 2010, 10:33 pm

Ah, I thought you were calling him one. I've seen people claim it before.

posted on June 17th, 2010, 10:34 pm

picard wasnt a wuss, he was brave, but he didnt solve things by headbutting them.

posted on June 17th, 2010, 11:08 pm

right, i will add an error message

posted on June 18th, 2010, 8:27 am

right, i will add an error message

Perfect, thx!