Twilight

posted on July 31st, 2005, 9:05 am

borg shields discussion goes here

posted on July 31st, 2005, 9:07 am

I'm not going to bother defending myself this place is a lost cause

however here is the storyline:

http://s12.invisionfree.com/A3C/index.php?showtopic=62

and here is a small sample pack:

http://s12.invisionfree.com/A3C/index.php?showtopic=61

The website has errors so you may not be able to download the pack.

posted on July 31st, 2005, 9:17 am

Last edited by DOCa Cola on July 31st, 2005, 9:20 am, edited 1 time in total.

thanks for posting.

anyway, there is one point little confusing in the storyline

Two weeks ago a large fleet of Borg ships jumped though time and the federation no longer existed. The USS Premonition had temporal shields and was unaffected by this attack from the borg and was able to follow then back in time...

so in which time period does the mod actually play? to which time the borg have travelled back? so basicly the borg try to what they have done in "first contact" but this time with a large fleet?

I'm not going to bother defending myself this place is a lost cause

i have nothing against promoting other mod projects here in the forums, it's just the way you started to promote it :lol:

posted on July 31st, 2005, 9:21 am

This mod plays though several time periods including ENT, TOS, TNG and nemisis eras as well as the year 2383 in the campigns yet the order is not yet decided the instant action mode will play through all the eras.

posted on July 31st, 2005, 9:28 am

so how many ships will be featured in instant action? so you can build a tos constitution class along with a sovereign class in instant action? there will be a singleplayer campain, how will it look and how will it be done? - as far as i know no mod team has ever getting a full featured single player campain to work due to the c++ compiled executables used to script the campain missions.

posted on July 31st, 2005, 9:40 am

Last edited by AdmarilRyan on July 31st, 2005, 9:40 am, edited 1 time in total.

There are ways to edit the current missions to act now we want them to. We have a plan which allows players to upgrade some old ships though the instant action levels but I am not saying more than that here I will add a features section on our website a bit later.

posted on July 31st, 2005, 9:52 am

There are ways to edit the current missions to act now we want them to.

yes, there are ways to do that, but these ways do not allow a very customized campain, or am i wrong?

I am not saying more than that here I will add a features section on our website a bit later.

a hint for you before promoting your mod on other forums - make sure you already have that feature list running and you should know what your mod features to answer questions :naugthy:

posted on July 31st, 2005, 10:00 am

yes well ur lovely weather isn't it

posted on July 31st, 2005, 10:07 am

Hang on I've just got new orders to post this:

Doca said this

so how many ships will be featured in instant action? so you can build a tos constitution class along with a sovereign class in instant action? there will be a singleplayer campain, how will it look and how will it be done? - as far as i know no mod team has ever getting a full featured single player campain to work due to the c++ compiled executables used to script the campain missions.

Jolt said this:

Thanks Doca, well, let's see...

1) Ships featured will vary depending on the race. Obviously as the featured race, the Federation will have the most, possibly exceeding 30 designs (tbc). Depending on the frequency of the race depends on how many ships. As the next cheifest enemy, the Klingons will probabaly have about 20 etc etc.

Even though the Borg are the most promenant enemy, they will use assimilation etc. to get older ships to try and stop the Premonition in its tracks, or more precisely, hold it up while they do their job of destroying the Federation.

2) In theory, you can build a TOS Constitution and a Sovereign, but lord not at the same time. Using a new and tested refit system, allowing older ships to be used again and again until they are decomissioned for their resources or if they are destroyed in battle. Refitting your shsips will be key to winning the game...or is that in getting to a higher technological state first?

The idea is, anybody who still has a TOS Constitution by the time someone has a Sovereign hasn't got a good understanding of the techtree order and we suggest they look at it again...after they're butt whipped.

3) Ofcourse the C++ means missions themselves can't be altered at whole, a face lift can be done making the missions seem like new. Changing the maps and the enmy but keeping the key names and entries allows you to make a similar but different game. For example, the Premonition can be relabelled as the Enterprise, although this will bring up the common problem of when it is destroyed it will say Enterprise...just don't let it get destroyed!

Other missions will be done as best as possible. Obviously some can't be changed that much, but with enough editing, it can be done, and I have faith that it can be.

4) The Premonition will go back to varying states of the Federation (or even pre) by finding the Borg and using the current Federation fleet to destroy them (technological problems explained later). As mentioned above, the Premonition will go to various stages of the Federation and the further in time it gets, the more ships will be available along with the technology (same applicable to IA).

Going back to the technological problem. The Premonition will share tis tech with the other Federation ships at the time that can use it. Now, as the timeline will be repaired, they won't have had the tech meaning that the future won't be obscure by having transphasic doo dar what nots in the 23rd century...

Additionally, they'll be little conflict at first with the Borg, as the Premonition and that age of Federation ships will be fighting assimilated hordes.

Any information you would like to know about gameplay or strategies etc, please ask.

Now, using the above, paste that and put it on FO.

Cpt Ryan

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posted on July 31st, 2005, 10:38 am

Last edited by Cpt Ryan on July 31st, 2005, 10:40 am, edited 1 time in total.

thats a bit of a mouthfull

problem with a storyline that complex is : can it be done well enough? (in terms of being bug free) little nit picks shouldn't detract from the quality of the mod, but from hearing the complexity of the storyline you can't help but feel there are gonna be some quite big bugs in there, that are really gonna spoil it.

but i shall watch with much interest, and hope all goes well for ya