RC6

New releases and announcements from George and the staff.
Post Reply
george moromisato
Developer
Developer
Posts: 2997
Joined: Thu Jul 24, 2003 9:53 pm
Contact:
Contact george moromisato

http://neurohack.com/downloads/Trans10RC6.zip

Almost entirely bugfixes. I don't envision adding any more features before 1.0. There is one crash bug out there that I may hold up the release for, but other than that, I think this is good to go.

As always, let me know what you think.

Change list is here:

http://neurohack.com/transcendence/VersionHistory.html
Top
User avatar
Blitz
Militia Commander
Militia Commander
Posts: 342
Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:29 am

W00t..yaay..Back to transcendence then
Top
Branden
Anarchist
Anarchist
Posts: 19
Joined: Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:53 pm
Location: Centauri Commandship, Eridani System

Awesome. Too bad I haven't finished playing rc5 through yet. Oh well. ;]

Kinda dislike the new text though... Its all rounded, and ugly imo.
Last edited by Branden on Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:07 am, edited 1 time in total.
Top
User avatar
Aury
Fleet Admiral
Fleet Admiral
Posts: 5421
Joined: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:10 am
Location: Somewhere in the Frontier on a Hycrotan station, working on new ships.

:D neat!
(shpOrder gPlayership 'barrelRoll)
(plySetGenome gPlayer (list 'Varalyn 'nonBinary))
Homelab Servers: Xeon Silver 4110, 16GB | Via Quadcore C4650, 16GB | Athlon 200GE, 8GB | i7 7800X, 32GB | Threadripper 1950X, 32GB | Atom x5 8350, 4GB | Opteron 8174, 16GB | Xeon E5 2620 v3, 8GB | 2x Xeon Silver 4116, 96GB, 2x 1080ti | i7 8700, 32GB, 6500XT
Workstations & Render machines: Threadripper 3990X, 128GB, 6900XT | Threadripper 2990WX, 32GB, 1080ti | Xeon Platinum 8173M, 48GB, 1070ti | R9 3900X, 16GB, Vega64 | 2x E5 2430L v2, 24GB, 970 | R7 3700X, 32GB, A6000
Gaming Systems: R9 5950X, 32GB, 6700XT
Office Systems: Xeon 5318Y, 256GB, A4000
Misc Systems: R5 3500U, 20GB | R5 2400G, 16GB | i5 7640X, 16GB, Vega56 | E5 2620, 8GB, R5 260 | P4 1.8ghz, 0.75GB, Voodoo 5 5500 | Athlon 64 x2 4400+, 1.5GB, FX 5800 Ultra | Pentium D 3.2ghz, 4GB, 7600gt | Celeron g460, 8GB, 730gt | 2x Athlon FX 74, 8GB, 8800gts 512 | FX 9590, 16GB, R9 295x2 | E350, 8GB | Phenom X4 2.6ghz, 16GB, 8800gt | random core2 duo/atom/i5/i7 laptops
Top
User avatar
Xephyr
Militia Captain
Militia Captain
Posts: 857
Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:52 am
Location: Orion Arm, Milky Way
Contact:
Contact Xephyr

Ugh, this new text might take a little getting used to.
Project Renegade (Beta) : "The Poor Man's Corporate Command!"
Real programmers count from 0. And sometimes I do, too.
Top
User avatar
Aury
Fleet Admiral
Fleet Admiral
Posts: 5421
Joined: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:10 am
Location: Somewhere in the Frontier on a Hycrotan station, working on new ships.

I havn't had a chance to actually check it out; any screens of the new font?
(shpOrder gPlayership 'barrelRoll)
(plySetGenome gPlayer (list 'Varalyn 'nonBinary))
Homelab Servers: Xeon Silver 4110, 16GB | Via Quadcore C4650, 16GB | Athlon 200GE, 8GB | i7 7800X, 32GB | Threadripper 1950X, 32GB | Atom x5 8350, 4GB | Opteron 8174, 16GB | Xeon E5 2620 v3, 8GB | 2x Xeon Silver 4116, 96GB, 2x 1080ti | i7 8700, 32GB, 6500XT
Workstations & Render machines: Threadripper 3990X, 128GB, 6900XT | Threadripper 2990WX, 32GB, 1080ti | Xeon Platinum 8173M, 48GB, 1070ti | R9 3900X, 16GB, Vega64 | 2x E5 2430L v2, 24GB, 970 | R7 3700X, 32GB, A6000
Gaming Systems: R9 5950X, 32GB, 6700XT
Office Systems: Xeon 5318Y, 256GB, A4000
Misc Systems: R5 3500U, 20GB | R5 2400G, 16GB | i5 7640X, 16GB, Vega56 | E5 2620, 8GB, R5 260 | P4 1.8ghz, 0.75GB, Voodoo 5 5500 | Athlon 64 x2 4400+, 1.5GB, FX 5800 Ultra | Pentium D 3.2ghz, 4GB, 7600gt | Celeron g460, 8GB, 730gt | 2x Athlon FX 74, 8GB, 8800gts 512 | FX 9590, 16GB, R9 295x2 | E350, 8GB | Phenom X4 2.6ghz, 16GB, 8800gt | random core2 duo/atom/i5/i7 laptops
Top
User avatar
Psycholis
Militia Commander
Militia Commander
Posts: 298
Joined: Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:23 pm
Location: Missouri

still playing rc4... are my rc4 ready mods going to be affected? it's just copy pasting station things anyway..
Top
dogeddie
Miner
Miner
Posts: 25
Joined: Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:56 pm

I look forward to trying it out! Has the issue w/ the Wolfen been ironed out that you guys told me about?
Top
User avatar
Blitz
Militia Commander
Militia Commander
Posts: 342
Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:29 am

dogeddie wrote:I look forward to trying it out! Has the issue w/ the Wolfen been ironed out that you guys told me about?
Yes, the dual laser cannon now takes only 3 MW again. So, you shoulnd't have any problems...
Top
dogeddie
Miner
Miner
Posts: 25
Joined: Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:56 pm

So is the Wolfen a better beginner ship? Thanks
Top
User avatar
Blitz
Militia Commander
Militia Commander
Posts: 342
Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:29 am

dogeddie wrote:So is the Wolfen a better beginner ship? Thanks
Actually, what the best beginner ship depends on your playstyle. I suggested the sapphire because it is the best of both worlds - i.e. it can't maneuver as fast as a Wolfen but is much better than the freighter. It can't carry as much cargo or as many devices as a freighter but much more than a Wolfen.
The idea is that once you know how you want to play, you can either move to a specialized ship or you can stick to the sapphire if you like it best.

Wolfen:
Can possibly be hard to control for a newbie and the lack on cargo space means you need to pick your loot carefully. It's an extremely good ship once you get the hang of it and many people seem to like it best. It's good for a beginner who usually just runs through the game without trying to do everything. The learning curve might be a little steep though.

Freighter:
Slow, and the gameplay is correspondingly slow too. Emphasis is on farming each system for money and trade routes so that you can get the best equipment possible. Can't kill as fast as a Wolfen in the hands of a good player but is certainly good for a very defensive player. It's best for a beginner who generally tries to be as thorough as possible in this sort of game.

If you don't know how you'd like to play, then just pick the sapphire. If you find yourself wishing for more cargo space, switch to the freighter. If you want a faster ship, switch to the Wolfen.
Top
User avatar
Wurmish
Militia Lieutenant
Militia Lieutenant
Posts: 174
Joined: Mon May 11, 2009 2:26 am
Location: A tesseract

Sometimes I find myself wishing the sapphire was just a tiny bit faster, since .02 doesn't feel like that much of a difference over the freighter, but I'm just idly wishing for a Wolfen with better cargo and device capacity probably.

RC6 looks lovely so far.
My first mod, mostly done, still balance testing.
http://xelerus.de/index.php?s=mod&id=789
Top
User avatar
Blitz
Militia Commander
Militia Commander
Posts: 342
Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:29 am

Wurmish wrote:Sometimes I find myself wishing the sapphire was just a tiny bit faster, since .02 doesn't feel like that much of a difference over the freighter, but I'm just idly wishing for a Wolfen with better cargo and device capacity probably.
Go make a wolfen mod with the extra cargo and device space and then kill all.. simple as that :D
Top
User avatar
PKodon
Militia Lieutenant
Militia Lieutenant
Posts: 127
Joined: Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:03 pm
Location: "Minocs. I've got a baaad feeling about this.... This is no cave!"

Hmm, I don't think the new font looks as crisp and sharp as the old font did. It's larger, but thinner, which may make it more difficult to read, for some people.

Also, being taller, I wonder how many dock screens this will affect, and is this part of the reason the Northwinds Equipment mod's weapons show up in station/ship inventories with part of their description overwriting the nest item's title?
"Don't ask ..., I don't wanna know, and I don't wanna care!" - PK
Meet us on IRC --> Image
"... the hornet battlepod is the closest we have ingame to flying into battle in a wheelbarrow
with a bathtub nailed upside down to the top of it to provide armor." - The Shrike
Top
User avatar
Atarlost
Fleet Admiral
Fleet Admiral
Posts: 2391
Joined: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:02 am

Part of that may be that I'm wordy. Some of the shields have allways overflowed. Anything that reduces the amount of text I can squeeze into a given space is bad though when you're so limited and have the game engine sticking stats of indeterminate length after the description.

But I'm here about something else. George broke onFireWeapon for builtin configurations. http://wiki.neurohack.com/transcendence/trac/ticket/290
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Announcements”