Couple of gameplay questions, one bug.
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:55 am
Gameplay questions:
I found (through sheer luck) a couple of artifacts not terribly far from home, an escape pod and a database. Neither has any apparent "value." I cannot do anything with them and the sell value is zero. Are they supposed to have value, or are these quest items for a quest I have not started?
Second - do encounters scale with your ship? I am on the Tafel mission, trudged up there, and promptly got stomped by a lone Tafel ship. After spending some time upgrading my ship's gear, all I can find now are large fleets of Tafel (there had to be at least fifteen ships, I did not stop to count before hitting the hyperspace button) and pirate groups of four ships. Might just be random bad luck, but I have not found a one-ship encounter since (Class 4 engines, Class 4 armor, Class 3 shield, Class 2 laser/missiles). I did enjoy the "oh, s%&t!" moment when I was surrounded by a mass of enemy warships.
Bug:
The program has been crashing upon entering orbit of a planet. Upon installation I can get a perfectly normal play session. After exiting the program and restarting, gameplay will proceed normally until I attempt to enter orbit of any planet. A reinstallation cures the problem for the next execution of the game. As the reinstall is fast and does not overwrite my savegames, this is merely an inconvenience, but certainly should not be happening.
Compliment:
The opening theme music is fantastic. I heard it start and thought, "Did I just hear...I *did!*" Nice work all around, the game really does feel like Starflight.
I found (through sheer luck) a couple of artifacts not terribly far from home, an escape pod and a database. Neither has any apparent "value." I cannot do anything with them and the sell value is zero. Are they supposed to have value, or are these quest items for a quest I have not started?
Second - do encounters scale with your ship? I am on the Tafel mission, trudged up there, and promptly got stomped by a lone Tafel ship. After spending some time upgrading my ship's gear, all I can find now are large fleets of Tafel (there had to be at least fifteen ships, I did not stop to count before hitting the hyperspace button) and pirate groups of four ships. Might just be random bad luck, but I have not found a one-ship encounter since (Class 4 engines, Class 4 armor, Class 3 shield, Class 2 laser/missiles). I did enjoy the "oh, s%&t!" moment when I was surrounded by a mass of enemy warships.
Bug:
The program has been crashing upon entering orbit of a planet. Upon installation I can get a perfectly normal play session. After exiting the program and restarting, gameplay will proceed normally until I attempt to enter orbit of any planet. A reinstallation cures the problem for the next execution of the game. As the reinstall is fast and does not overwrite my savegames, this is merely an inconvenience, but certainly should not be happening.
Compliment:
The opening theme music is fantastic. I heard it start and thought, "Did I just hear...I *did!*" Nice work all around, the game really does feel like Starflight.