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Originally posted by Joe Burnette:
**You just haven't been keeping up with the delta_V plug-in. The basic layout of the galaxy is done (500+ systems) the major governments (30+) are in place, approximately half of the spobs are in place, 50+ ships and 100 outfits are in. The plug has become a CR rather than an expansion so there is a whole new storyline (new at least compared to EV ) and some outlines of various mission sets.

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What happened to this plug-in? Is there any place I can download it?

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Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
**What happened to this plug-in? Is there any place I can download it?
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It is still in development, but at a rate best measured in geological time. No place to download at present, but if it ever gets as far as a beta level, there probably will be.

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Joe Burnette

"I find that humans can be divided into only two meaningful categories: Decent Humans and Sonsofbitches; both types appear to be evenly distributed
among all shapes, colors, sizes, and nationalities." -- Keith Laumer

I was just thinking, the different governments should all have different types of weapon technologys. Like one would have heavy particle weapons (neutron and beta-particle), another would have EM radiation (lasers), another would be small particle (tachyons or nutrenos(sp)), another would have progectiles (chainguns, railguns), and yet another would be masters off guided ordinance (missles, torpedos). I can't think of any other weapon types right now, but tell me what you think.

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Confucius say: "Man who stand on toilet, is high on pot."

If my limited physics knowledge serves me, I don't believe neutrinos can hurt anything. They have no mass, and about a million of them go through our bodies every second. Just for the sake of realism though. Its fine for a techno-babble weapon :D.

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Originally posted by Servack:
**I was just thinking, the different governments should all have different types of weapon technologys. Like one would have heavy particle weapons (neutron and beta-particle), another would have EM radiation (lasers), another would be small particle (tachyons or nutrenos(sp)), another would have progectiles (chainguns, railguns), and yet another would be masters off guided ordinance (missles, torpedos). I can't think of any other weapon types right now, but tell me what you think.
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Well, there are some sub-categories. Rockets, mines, and space bombs are unguided weapons, perhaps these are also used by the projectile gang. You can also categorize the particle/energy weapons by whether they fire a burst or beam: some govts may specialize in beams, others may use the burst mode.

You could also characterize goverments by the type of defensive measures they use. Some may have massively shielded/armored ships while others depend on speed to avoid attacks. This would also affect the type of upgrades available from each government. The "invulnerability" govt would have shield and/or armor upgrades, the "agility" govt would have speed/maneuverability upgrapdes. And of course for EVO the different levels of ECM/ECCM would allow further categories. You could even make a govt that doesn't have any particular strength in any area of technology, but their ships always travel in groups, so nobody ever fights one but a fleet.

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Joe Burnette

"I find that humans can be divided into only two meaningful categories: Decent Humans and Sonsofbitches; both types appear to be evenly distributed
among all shapes, colors, sizes, and nationalities." -- Keith Laumer

I think that I need to make a better webboard for this plug.....back in a few.The minimal postings are good for norm, but this we need to check out for in totality,every post where everyone can see it's totality.back in a bit!!

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A prince of peace,
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Here is IS
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(This message has been edited by Flash Nyghtstryk (edited 06-17-2000).)

If you checked, there is a webboard at (url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/octoberfost")http://www.geocities.com/octoberfost(/url) which we are using. And a sign up lace at (url="http://"http://www.oxy-soft.com")www.oxy-soft.com(/url).

The Fost board doesn't seem to have much posts on it...I signed up at the form at (url="http://"http://www.oxy-soft.com")www.oxy-soft.com(/url). I'd like to know my assigned IDs so I can get started right away on my section of the galaxy.

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Originally posted by Dave Lesovoy:
**I'd like to know my assigned IDs so I can get started right away on my section of the galaxy.
**

I think if you wait until someone assigns them to you, you'll be waiting all month. How's this:

R stands for the remainder. This is just the division of the number of resources by seven rounded to devide evenly.

Spobs: 200 per person
0-199, 200-399, 400-599, 600-799, 800-999, 1000-1199, 1200-1399
R=100

Systs: 142 per person
0-141, 142-283, 284-425, 426-567, 568-709, 710-851, 852-993
R=6

ShipClasses: 9 per person
0-8, 9- 17, 18-26, 27-35, 26-44, 45-53, 54-63
R=1

StellarClasses: 9 per person
0-8, 9- 17, 18-26, 27-35, 26-44, 45-53, 54-63
R=1

WeaponsTypes: 9 per person
0-8, 9- 17, 18-26, 27-35, 36-44, 45-53, 54-63
R=1

Outfit Types: 18 per person
0-17, 18-35, 36-53, 54-71, 72-89, 90-107, 108-125
R=2

Dudes: 18 per person
0-17, 18-35, 36-53, 54-71, 72-89, 90-107, 108-125
R=2

Governments: 18 per person
0-17, 18-35, 36-53, 54-71, 72-89, 90-107, 108-125
R=2

Missions: 64 per person
0-63, 64-127, 128-191, 192-255, 256-319, 320-383, 384-447
R=64

Bits: 64 per person
0-63, 64-127, 128-191, 192-255, 256-319, 320-383, 384-447
R=64

Gargo types: 9 per person
0-8, 9- 17, 18-26, 27-35, 26-44, 45-53, 54-63
R=1

Pers: 64 per person
0-63, 64-127, 128-191, 192-255, 256-319, 320-383, 384-447
R=64

Disasters: 18 per person
0-17, 18-35, 36-53, 54-71, 72-89, 90-107, 108-125
R=2

Fleets: 18 per person
0-17, 18-35, 36-53, 54-71, 72-89, 90-107, 108-125
R=2

Movies: 18 per person
0-17, 18-35, 36-53, 54-71, 72-89, 90-107, 108-125
R=2

Why don't you, Dave, take the first slot (0-199, 0-17, 0-63, etc) I'll take the second slot (I've decided to make a full portion of the galaxy) and people just pick up ID numbers as they come. If people need more resources, they can try to get them from other people or ask the organizers to let them have some of the remainder resources.

Bubbles

PS. Outfits seem to be in a little bit short supply, maybe there should be a bunch of universal outfits (like the map, escape pod, etc) that everyone can use. Perhaps 16 outfits per person? Does that sound reasonable? Same with ships, perhaps...

(This message has been edited by Bubbles (edited 06-17-2000).)

Sounds good. No one use those 1st or 2nd slots, or it would really make it difficult puting things together.

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Originally posted by Bubbles:
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Why don't you, Dave, take the first slot (0-199, 0-17, 0-63, etc) I'll take the second slot (I've decided to make a full portion of the galaxy) and people just pick up ID numbers as they come. If people need more resources, they can try to get them from other people or ask the organizers to let them have some of the remainder resources.
**

Reserve a slot for me, too.

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Originally posted by Bubbles:
PS. Outfits seem to be in a little bit short supply, maybe there should be a bunch of universal outfits (like the map, escape pod, etc) that everyone can use. Perhaps 16 outfits per person? Does that sound reasonable? Same with ships, perhaps...
(This message has been edited by Bubbles (edited 06-17-2000).)

Yep. I think we should reserve a whole slot for the Independents and their common items/ships used galaxy-wide. (How about calling them the LoAE? The Legacy of Ancient Earth? ;))

-- Cinga

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Originally posted by Joe Burnette:
**Well, there are some sub-categories. Rockets, mines, and space bombs are unguided weapons, perhaps these are also used by the projectile gang. You can also categorize the particle/energy weapons by whether they fire a burst or beam: some govts may specialize in beams, others may use the burst mode.

You could also characterize goverments by the type of defensive measures they use. Some may have massively shielded/armored ships while others depend on speed to avoid attacks. This would also affect the type of upgrades available from each government. The "invulnerability" govt would have shield and/or armor upgrades, the "agility" govt would have speed/maneuverability upgrapdes. And of course for EVO the different levels of ECM/ECCM would allow further categories. You could even make a govt that doesn't have any particular strength in any area of technology, but their ships always travel in groups, so nobody ever fights one but a fleet.
**

My race is most likely going to be the heavy-industrial socialist government with well-armored ships using somewhat low-tech projectile weapons (gatlings for primaries, heavy railguns for unguided secondary, slow dumb-homing cruise missiles for long-range).

They're not going to have fighters as we know them (neither do the Igadzra, BTW). The cannonship will be the smallest ship they have (which is comparable to a Pirate Arada... the railgun kicks serious butt, but it's ammo is limited (like the twin dispies of the P. Arada), while the gatlings are rather weak in comparison to other race's primaries. Furthermore, there's going to be two types of cargo ships (necessary for an industrial race), a missileboat, and a cruiser.

Their heraldic colors are red and beige (see my cannonship...). I haven't decided on their name yet, but I'll come up with it soon.

Does anyone object?

-- Cinga

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Oh, everyone, remember to add 128 to each of those numbers to get the IDs.

With spins, such as weapons, make sure you grab a copy of EV Formula Calc and make sure that your weapon index number has the right spin, to aviod confusion. Lets see, 3 people doing a whole section, now we need 4 more. And some people to create graphics for the graphically unskilled. My graphic skills are being used alot at the moment, so I will only be doing graphics for myself. Sorry =P. Can't help anyone.

(This message has been edited by Dave Lesovoy (edited 06-17-2000).)

Hey yo,

Depending on when the plug dev will start, and when I can start, I'd love to help out. I can do graphics, sounds, programming, writing, missions, the works. Save a spot for me, if you can. PEACE YO!

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~Kwanza~

"Quoted the Kwanza Man...nevermore"

It not going to work. If someon gave me a dollar every time someone tried something like this i would a trillion air right now. ?? :frown:

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I actually just signed up to help on a section, but if noone else will step up, I'll head up a whole section.

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Confucius say: "Man who stand on toilet, is high on pot."

I've got dibs on the super-intelligant race. Their ships are partly metal, and partly organic. Something like regenerative organic armor or something. They will be democrats, and they want to kick the commey- er I mean socialist's äss. Well, the plot for the player will be a bit more complex than that.

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I signed up t0 help someone who's doing a section of galaxy. Anyone need any help? (not graphic-related?) If so e-mail me with your plan, outline, ideas, etc.

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Originally posted by Dave Lesovoy:
**I've got dibs on the super-intelligant race. Their ships are partly metal, and partly organic. Something like regenerative organic armor or something. They will be democrats, and they want to kick the commey- er I mean socialist's äss.:D Well, the plot for the player will be a bit more complex than that.
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They're super-intelligent and they wage war over political differences? Think again. Any super-intelligent species is supposed to be pacifist. Apart from that, you'll have to watch out very carefully not to disrupt the game balance with super-shïps or super-wëäps.

-- Cinga

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Well, signed up. I claim the primative opressive wild rage warrior race of crazy xenophobic ass munches. "Arvadians" from my shipyard. PEACE YO!
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~Kwanza~

"Quoted the Kwanza Man...nevermore"