High scores

[Watch TV, Do Nothing]

Only unmodified games can get posted to the high scores as of now.

[erik dela cruz]

Still unable to register......waaaaaahhhhh!!!!!

[shanejfilomena]

I think i saw something about the High Score not taking Extension games : If so and I blew myself up to see if it registered : then playing my Miner is not worth much. But it is fine with me , I beat the ICS in a freighter , I can do it again anytime

If the High Score only takes standard games: that , I think , could make the Mod Exchange " iffy " ( unless Mod players just play because it is transcendence , like we do, then it's fine ) or
a Mod High Score with approved Mods ( Adventures, Tinkers, Dynamic Systems ; Black Market Mod )/ Playerships ( Stock Ships Playable, or other approved ships )that do not give the player more power then a Wolfen but maybe more missions ( Mission Framework ) , extra mining options ( Ore to Ingots, Commerce Mods like the Universal Savings Bank ) .

I DO NOT suggest that " all Mods " should be Ok to go into a Mod High Score or it would get flooded with God / Omni Mod stuff ( even I still keep the Star trek and Battlestar Galactica stuff in my folders, and the Vipers + the Phasers are enough to make Oracus scream )

[Watch TV, Do Nothing]

George, I had another recurrence. This time it crashed on docking with the St. Katharine's Star arcology after some serious backtracking. It was interesting because there was no crash message; the grey crash window came up but there was no text in it.


03/26/2012 19:19:28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
03/26/2012 19:19:28 Start logging session
03/26/2012 19:19:29 Transcendence 1.08b
03/26/2012 19:19:57 Loaded game file version: 1000802
03/26/2012 22:11:22 Exception in cnvDrawImage; arg = (5 60 (1110023 165 0 415 330))
03/26/2012 22:11:22
03/26/2012 22:11:22
03/26/2012 22:11:24 End logging session

Another no-reactor game; on the cusp of passing Point Juno.

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WATCH TV, DO NOTHING

Adventure	Domina & Oracus I: The Stars of the Pilgrim
Black Market rank	Sindikat member
Commonwealth Fleet rank	Privateer
Commonwealth militia rank	Colonel
Domina relationship	Canon
Fate	Self-destructed in the St. Katharine's Star System (not really, I made a copy of the savefile and self-destructed to get the bones dump0
Genome	Human female
Korolov rank	Legend
Money (credits)	442,479
Money (rin)	17,521
Score	142,907
Ship class	EI500-class freighter
Time played	6 hours and 48 minutes
Version	1.08b

ACHIEVEMENTS & REGRETS

Allowed Rama to meet his destiny	
Became Defender of the Huari	
Became Legendary Hero of the Arena	
Cleared the Charon system for Korolov Shipping	
Liberated Raisu station	
Lost Volkov	
Rescued Mr. Katami from the Black Market	

COMBAT

Enemy ships destroyed	1307
Enemy stations destroyed	178
Friendly ships destroyed	35
Friendly stations destroyed	4

COMMERCE

Profit on arms	176,353
Profit on goods and materials	360,503
Profit on illegal items	131,208
Profit on luxury goods	34,872
Profit on medical supplies	84,244

CONDUCTS

Game resurrections	1

ENEMY SHIPS DESTROYED

Xenophobe worldship	1
Dragon Slaver	1
Ventari destroyer	3
The Slicer	1
Ranx dreadnought	2
Tripoli-class destroyer	4
Polar-class freighter	2
Kobol gunship	3
Luminous drone	9
Xenophobe defender	3
Earth Slaver	5
Zoanthrope behemoth	2
Sandstorm-class gunship	40
Dwarg master	10
Urak destroyer	3
Centurion-class heavy gunship	7
pirate ship Kronosaurus	1
Manticore-class heavy gunship	2
Atonement-class heavy gunship	8
Wolfen-class gunship	3
Charon frigate	8
Steel slaver	16
Ranx gunship	21
Barbary-class gunship	15
Sung transport	6
Xenophobe fighter	2
Drake-class missileship	11
Repentant-class gunship	23
T55-class armed transport	1
Ferian miner	1
Heliotrope destroyer	1
Meth enforcer	13
Marauder raid platform	3
Ronin/C-class gunship	3
200A defender auton	1
Viking II-class gunship	77
Zoanthrope raider	80
Wind slaver	184
Heliotrope gunship	16
Revelations-class missileship	6
Sapphire-class yacht	1
heavy IAV	3
Plague-class gunship	15
Sotho-class gunship	4
EI500-class freighter	1
Hammerhead II-class gunship	37
Arco Vaughn	1
Ronin/B-class gunship	4
Urak sentinel	24
T31-class armed transport	7
Corsair II-class gunship	55
Oromo-class gunship	7
EI100-class freighter	12
Viking-class gunship	89
Borer II-class gunship	38
Ronin/A-class gunship	3
Earthzone-class armed shuttle	12
Zulu II-class gunship	18
Himal interceptor	3
medium IAV	1
Zulu-class gunship	21
Hornet-class battlepod	101
Hammerhead-class gunship	17
light IAV	3
Borer-class gunship	39
Corsair-class gunship	141
Tenhove-class sentinel	13
Centauri raider	39

ENEMY STATIONS DESTROYED

Kobol Warlords camp	1
Ranx fortress	1
Ares outpost	4
Penitent sanctum	4
Ranx outpost	1
Rogue Fleet cache	2
Ventari colony	1
Dwarg fortress	3
outlaw pteracnium mine	6
Sung citadel	4
Sung fortress	8
Heliotrope colony	2
Marauder stronghold	3
outlaw duranium mine	6
Penitent shrine	9
Death Drug Cartel outpost	3
Marauder compound	1
Marauder outpost	2
outlaw ceralloy mine	7
Sapiens compound	2
Sung slave camp	7
Urak fortress	1
Anarchist settlement	2
Charon Pirates stronghold	12
Fortress of the Charon Pirates	1
Heliotrope outpost	4
outlaw haven	5
outlaw palladium mine	2
Sapiens camp	3
Urak mine	2
Abbasid outpost	2
Centauri Warlords stronghold	1
Charon Pirates outpost	4
Himal refuge	1
outlaw base	2
outlaw camp	5
outlaw titanium mine	14
Urak outpost	3
Anarchist camp	3
Centauri Warlords camp	6
Charon Pirates cache	5
Anarchist gathering	11
Arco Vaughn's container habitat	1
Dwarg colony	11

EXPLORATION

Systems visited	24
Never reached Point Juno	
Never reached Heretic	
Never reached the Galactic Core	

FINAL EQUIPMENT

enhanced Akan 600 turret [+90%]	
enhanced Rasiermesser launcher [+30%]	
enhanced superconducting shield generator [+150%]	
2 enhanced segments of P450 Hexphase armor [+Thermo]	
enhanced segment of transuranic armor [+50%]	
segment of transuranic armor	
enhanced tritium propulsion upgrade [+Enhanced]	
Heisenmachines quantum CPU	
ICX missile defense turret	
patcher arm	
smuggler's cargo hold	
solar panel array	

FINAL ITEMS

17 S3 Medusa missiles	
80 Gotha-400 seekers	
enhanced Qianlong archcannon [+40%]	
heavy armor repair kit	
13 tritium injectors	
6 98R high-flux MAGs	
6 gems of contrition	
74 Gotha-10 missiles	
ion blaster	
ion flame cannon	
portable autodoc	
Red Strelka ammunition box	
2 kiloton cannons	
25 Luminous 5care algorithms	
3 CDM archives	
67 pteracnium fuel rods	
7 gems of despair	
Ares Campaign Ribbon	
tritium cannon	
2 barrels of meteorsteel dust	
5 longzhu spheres	
7 Scramble1.5 algorithm cubes	
Commonwealth Medal of Honor	
death cube	
ShieldEfficiency v1.2.5 algorithm cube	
TeV 9 blaster	
13 light armor repair kits	
3 ShieldPower v3.1.8 algorithm cubes	
4 barrels of monopole dust	
Commonwealth Medal of Distinction	
ShieldPower v1.0 algorithm cube	
vial of thioseptal	
2 Commonwealth military identification chips	
2 particle source upgrades	
2084 Akan 30 cannon shell cartridges	
9 helium³ reactor assemblies	
military map ROM	
4 barrels of repairing nanos	
5 black market identification chips	
6 system map ROMs	
2 small armor patches	
4 barrels of armor repair paste	
78 helium³ fuel rods	

FRIENDLY SHIPS DESTROYED

Kate Morgental	1
Molotok bounty hunter	1
Ferian miner	5
Salvager Nomad	3
Zoanthrope raider	11
T31-class armed transport	4
AutoSentinel®	1
Zulu-class gunship	9

FRIENDLY STATIONS DESTROYED

Ferian colony	4

ITEMS INSTALLED

Qianlong archcannon	
carbide carapace	
light ithalium armor	
P450 Hexphase armor	
Rasiermesser launcher	
transuranic armor	
Dragon armor	
Dwarg holochroal armor	
light orthosteel armor	
Akan 600 turret	
light Omsk armor	
Dwarg catoptric armor	
Heisenmachines quantum CPU	
light blast plate	
superconducting shield generator	
ICX missile defense turret	
MAG launcher	
patcher arm	
PK25 Morning Star cannon	
quad titanium barricade	
R1 deflector	
smuggler's cargo hold	
Tevlar-composite armor	
NAMI missile launcher	
omnidirectional laser cannon	
solar panel array	
Solon shield generator	
tritium propulsion upgrade	
cannon accelerator	
DM1500 disposable missile rack	
heavy recoilless cannon	
heavy titanium armor	
class I deflector	
laser collimator	

MISSIONS & ACTIVITIES

Agricultural colonies defended	1
Commonwealth habitat missions	1
Commonwealth militia missions	6
CSC missions	0
Korolov escort missions	8
Money earned on missions	10,700
Slaves freed	35
Slaves offered to Domina	28
Value of supplies donated to Commonwealth Fleet	17,124

WEAPONS FIRED

Gotha-400 seeker	332
Gotha-10 missile	808
Rasiermesser launcher	1,140
XM900 Lucifer missile	19
Akan 600 turret	7,238
ZG24 cluster MAG	99
800F hexagene MAG	13
600 hexagene MAG	23
KM500 Stiletto missile	513
MAG launcher	135
PK25 Morning Star cannon	12,393
XM300 Reaper missile	95
KM110 Starburst missile	72
KM120 Brute missile	14
NAMI missile launcher	1,147
omnidirectional laser cannon	1,363
DM1500 disposable missile rack	16
KM100 Longbow missile	434
laser cannon	882

also lol 1,140 shots from the Rasiermesser launcher and that's before even hitting Point Juno. I had to use the PK25 until I started seeing Ares; I couldn't find an Akan 600 until I hit Dvalin. Protip- the PK25 is not very effective against Ventari or Kobol.

Also I'm pretty sure that I used almost every Helium-3 fuel rod generated in-game that wasn't in a friendly ship or destroyed in explosions.

[CFG]

Some idea for handling highscores for games with custom extension:

(as an alternative to submitting them to xelerus)

The scores submitted could be grouped by extension UNIDs used:
The would be a group for each set auf extensions used. So I you submit a highscore for you game you get the list for all highscores which use the same extensions.

I think this would also be a good idea for xelerus to make different highscores comparable.

[Ttech]

Some idea for handling highscores for games with custom extension:

(as an alternative to submitting them to xelerus)

The scores submitted could be grouped by extension UNIDs used:
The would be a group for each set auf extensions used. So I you submit a highscore for you game you get the list for all highscores which use the same extensions.

I think this would also be a good idea for xelerus to make different highscores comparable.

The problem with that is sometimes people dozens of mods and some mods modify the game more then other mods, and some are official and some are not official. I know from experience there are some mods that simply change things like remove nav beacons and do not adversely affect gameplay.

Major mods need to be identified and ideally adventure extensions would be labeled differently in a high score table.

[onyhow]

I just got a crash when I tried to access Tao Tie system (2 system from Point Juno)...which is weird since it can be accessed before but after I skipped Point Juno using the jumpdrive, nearly got myself killed by the Gian (although managed to kill it), loot Ion Deflector, 2 Demo cannon, a Positron cannon and some other stuff from various places, retreat to Elysium to heal damage, then I went to Eta Ceti to access Tao Tai, and when I gate out of Eta Ceti, the game stopped respond completely, forcing me to end the thing...

Seriously George, don't make the game count you as died if you crashed...

[CFG]

change things like remove nav beacons

For that thing we should just make a poll "Do you like to dock with nav beacons?" and if 75% of all Transcendence players say no that mods should be merged into vanilla . They are a plain nuisance to me. Anyways they are beacons. What they are good for other then decoration and mark some waypoints. They are not stations, they are not ships, the are not asteroids and definitely no nice place to be

Anyways... I didnt think about mods like these that really do not affect gameplay. We would probably need to identify those which really dont, like the "non-dockable navbeacons", SiaFu's station graphics ... others ... and simply ignore them.

If there are new mods the players using them would risk to get into another high score list till the community decides whether these mods are evil, good or just decorative. Lists of highscores could also be merged if mods are found not to affect gameplay.

I must admit: I rarely get a chance to play with any mods since I often fall asleep for a few versions and need to try them out in vanilla games first

[CFG]

I just got a crash when I tried to access Tao Tie system

onyhow if theres already a ticket on trac matching your issue, attach you savegame to it and provide a most detailed description of how the crash happend. Including entries in "Debug.log".

Id also want my two highscore entries for ticket 811 and tickt 806 back

[Xephyr]

Number nine, eh? That won't do.

[Ttech]

change things like remove nav beacons

For that thing we should just make a poll "Do you like to dock with nav beacons?" and if 75% of all Transcendence players say no that mods should be merged into vanilla . They are a plain nuisance to me. Anyways they are beacons. What they are good for other then decoration and mark some waypoints. They are not stations, they are not ships, the are not asteroids and definitely no nice place to be

Anyways... I didnt think about mods like these that really do not affect gameplay. We would probably need to identify those which really dont, like the "non-dockable navbeacons", SiaFu's station graphics ... others ... and simply ignore them.

If there are new mods the players using them would risk to get into another high score list till the community decides whether these mods are evil, good or just decorative. Lists of highscores could also be merged if mods are found not to affect gameplay.

I must admit: I rarely get a chance to play with any mods since I often fall asleep for a few versions and need to try them out in vanilla games first

I believe George is doing a relational database so handling this information should be easy enough with the json being sent - it can be added and moved very dynamically.

[durbanator]

If anyone is interested, here is the high score table. It will be automatically updated as people register new scores.

http://transcendence.hierosteel.com/highscores

hey guys this link does not open. is there any other/new link to view the high scores?

[george moromisato]

If anyone is interested, here is the high score table. It will be automatically updated as people register new scores.

http://transcendence.hierosteel.com/highscores

hey guys this link does not open. is there any other/new link to view the high scores?

Sorry, got moved:

http://multiverse.kronosaur.com/games.hexm

[durbanator]

is there any sort of bonus to your score if you leave through the heretic gate, ie not dying or running out of fuel or radiation or blown up or arrested or being liquefied ringer experiments or by angry teraton fabricators or by any other way that i might have missed?
i noticed starstrike has a nice high score of 2.5 million some change, but he self destructed in eridani..
come to think of it, none of these scores seem to have their players finishing the game..
is there a permadeath highscore chart? could it be easy to implement?
im currently sitting on around 200k and i havent reached point juno just yet so theres still a bit of shooting and looting to do, i havent died yet or even used my first life insurance either and i am gunning for the top spot.

also, i think it would be cool if you could have a mention of the prev version's top scorer in the vanilla game in the starting of the next version, as in the top scorer of 1.07 should have his high score and ending stats mentioned somewhere on the starting page of trans 1.08. i think it would serve as an incentive to get more people to upload their high scores.

[FourFire]

I start games offline so often that I probably will never get a score on the scoreboard let alone compete for a top 20 place.

Otherwise I vote for mods being classfied and officiated with possibly adjusted scores for different mods if that is not too much work (the mod authors could change it and it would be approved by George).