Birth of the Federation II

[kasper]

Posted by SonOfMogh:
I a way must admit I'd prefer him to have stuck with empire symbols instead of actual pictures of starships, it could look a little armada like, which may take away from the 'high up military commander' feel of botf.

I agree with you. I prefer that feeling instead of a RTS 'in space'. Maybe the creators are forgotting who are those who play the game? Maybe not, anyways, if that is the final configuration, I hope it is moddable so we can always return to the original 'thing'

 

[Huntingdon]

Posted by Matt4511:

Does anyone know if there is a master list of all classes that will be included, at least for the Federation?

There was, but it got moved to a 'finalised' forum that's inaccessible to people. Unfortunately I missed the end of it so I can't update...

 

[Titus Andronicus]

All I do know is that, supposedly, EVERY ship ever seen in Starfleet will be in the game.

 

[Huntingdon]

^Not the case by a long shot any more.

 

[Titus Andronicus]

Posted by Huntingdon:
^Not the case by a long shot any more.

Really? That's too bad. I've been looking at their forums and I've been impressed by their work. The mod-friendly features will make replayability automatic.

Is there anything else you can tell us about the game?

 

[Huntingdon]

Not really - a lot of discussion happens in the forum, and then one particular person comes in and ignores it all and says 'I designed this bit because I liked it. Can't be bothered to read the stuff you put weeks into'. One particular person, mind.

The additional resources of deuterium and officers should make the game more challenging, as will the refit and buold schedules.

You'll be able to build freighters too and trade in a much more creative fashion. Intelligence will also be more in depth, with your espionage and sabotage departments working more closely - so you can focus espionage on one particular area - military, science etc - and then sabotage whatever your espionage comes up with.

 

[Titus Andronicus]

That does all sound really good...this game should provide me with plenty of enjoyment while back in college!

One more question: will there still be an option for a canon map? I'd love to play a game on one of those.

 

[Huntingdon]

There won't be initially - but I'd lay odds that it's one of the first things people will mod in. The game is designed to accept custom stuff like that.

You may debate the definition of a 'canon' map though.

 

[Titus Andronicus]

Posted by Huntingdon:
There won't be initially - but I'd lay odds that it's one of the first things people will mod in. The game is designed to accept custom stuff like that.

You may debate the definition of a 'canon' map though.

Interesting....as for 'canon' maps, you've got a good point there!

 

[firehawk12]

Posted by kasper:

Posted by firehawk12:
Weird question here... why not just mod something like MoO3?

As Deuterostome has mentioned, MOO3 was awful. It was like a fiasco. There are some attempts to mod MOO2 into different franchises, I know for sure the fairly good attempt to mod it to Babylon 5 universe. To do it for Star Trek shouldn't be that difficult. That includes mods for the technology, the races, the faces, etc (Not the ships because they are 'stored' differently). See this page for more detail.

There are clones of MOO2 and MOO1 that are being created with modding in mind from scratch. Kudos and good luck to them.

MOO3 was decent I think. A big change, sure, but expanded the galactic management part of the game.

Anyhow, what are these MOO2 clones you speak of?

 

[jigalypuff]

Posted by Huntingdon:
Not really - a lot of discussion happens in the forum, and then one particular person comes in and ignores it all and says 'I designed this bit because I liked it. Can't be bothered to read the stuff you put weeks into'. One particular person, mind.

i get the strangest feeling this refers to me
there will be a canon map option as well as random ones.
The shiplists will be openended so you can add as many as you want, the connie (tos) will be an auto upgrade to the refit, the finalized shiplists are on the site so go take a look.

 

[Huntingdon]

^LOL. No - not you at all.

 

[Matt4511]

Posted by jigalypuff:
the finalized shiplists are on the site so go take a look.

Where? Finding anything specific on the site is essentially impossible, could you post the finalized shiplist here?

 

[Titus Andronicus]

^Hmmm..that would be nice...I can't find it either.

 

[Red Shirt Ensign]

Can we create a sticky on this since its the only trek game going? I would like to see in the sticky the link to the site (to lazy to read through 153 replies on the thread!!) good thread though for the gaming forum that is...!!


This game will be really fun when it comes out!

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

^I really hope this game lives up to the hype. When Armada II came out, there was so much anticipation, and then we discovered how much it sucked. I really hope this isn't like that.

 

[jigalypuff]

Posted by Titus Andronicus:
^Hmmm..that would be nice...I can't find it either.

tech tree plus all the fed ships
http://www.trekmania.net/temp_files/tech_tree.htm

 

[Titus Andronicus]

Posted by jigalypuff:

Posted by Titus Andronicus:
^Hmmm..that would be nice...I can't find it either.

tech tree plus all the fed ships
http://www.trekmania.net/temp_files/tech_tree.htm

Very good....I like what I'm looking at!

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

Posted by jigalypuff:

Posted by Titus Andronicus:
^Hmmm..that would be nice...I can't find it either.

tech tree plus all the fed ships
http://www.trekmania.net/temp_files/tech_tree.htm

Dude, this is awesome!

 

[Ronald Held]

IS there any demo yet?