I have recently started a new plugin-unnamed-and not guaranteed to be out anytime soon due to my time schedule. I had a few ideas for some missions though. Using the EVO engine it is possible to do all these. But I would like opinions on how well they have worked in the past and the general ideas.
1. Recieve a set of missions where you colonize a planet..then add the outfit...then the bar..then the space port, or something of that sort. And throughout the game the more missions you do the more the planet's parts become available, and eventually the planet is the best one around and it is named after you, its station is named after your ship.
2. when you dominate a planet, and number of missions become available at that planet to act as a maintenance thing. You need to get this for the planet. you need to do this for the planet. and so forth.
3. If you buy a Taxi, the mission computer is loaded with high paying customers to drive them to the inner areas. If you buy a battletaxi(or something along those lines) you are given the choice between the inner areas and the outer areas, but you are attacked when you enter the outer rings or something like that.
Tell me what you think, tear the idea apart if you feel like it, but if you do so please add in things that you would consider a good idea. Thankyou in advance
Matrix

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I think that these ideas are VERY original (though the Paaren Station missions sort of resemble your first idea, you're taking it several leaps further). I think the taxi missions and planet dominance missions are quite intriquing to say the least. The best advice I can give you now about these mission ideas is to go for it and don't turn back. If you like your idea originaly, but for some reason don't like it as much several weeks later once you're already hip deep in your plug, stick with your original idea, you not liking the idea as much is just a sign that you're being very critical of your work (we writers are very similar in this respect). Don't worry if you're being self critical, just keep going on with your plug project, and see it through to the end. Odds are that if you put a decent amount of thought, originality, TLC, and dedication into developing your plug, the fans will like it.

Cheers,
~Jedibrass

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(This message has been edited by JediBrass (edited 03-25-2001).)

Go for it! The thing EVO needs right now is original plug-in development! Good luck!

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Yeah, do it! They are very, very good ideas.

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Ok, thanks for the encouragement, but for now my biggest problem is graphics, I have mechanisto, but that is very limited in shaders and such, I have strata but I need at least OS 8.5 I have 8.0 I should be getting a new computer soon though now that OSX is out. I also have an assortment of the free downloadable graphics. I also have some Star Trek ones that I will use for jokes in the plug-in but until I have made some progress on the whole situation, I will not be promising anything soon.
Thanks again
Matrix

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Originally posted by Matrix:
**Ok, thanks for the encouragement, but for now my biggest problem is graphics, I have mechanisto, but that is very limited in shaders and such, I have strata but I need at least OS 8.5 I have 8.0 I should be getting a new computer soon though now that OSX is out. I also have an assortment of the free downloadable graphics. I also have some Star Trek ones that I will use for jokes in the plug-in but until I have made some progress on the whole situation, I will not be promising anything soon.
Thanks again
Matrix

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Go on and upgrade to 8.5 then go to 8.5.1 then to a more stable 8.6. DON'T use OS X till they've had time to work out all the bugs that beta testing didn't catch (beleive me, beta doesn't cath them all). I mean, 8.1 was much more stable than 8.0 and 8.5.1 was FAR more stable than 8.5. I'm not sure about the OS 9.x series though. But I tell you, do the system upgrades b/c Strata 3D is worth upgrading your OS as well as upgrading QuickTime and QuickDraw 3D. I upgraded and all the time my computer spent upgrading my system (think . . . 8.1 to 8.5 then 8.5 to 8.5.1 then 8.5.1 to 8.6 . . . a lot of time spent upgrading believe me) has quite worth it for Strata 3D kicks ass and is (IMO) 100x easier to use and > 100x powerful than Mechanisto.

Cheers,
~Jedibrass

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If you buy OS X, you get 9.1 as well as a developer cd. You may want to wait on getting OS X until the next masters are made (presumably with a DVD player and some bug fixes) but I would get 9.1 anyways. It runs well on my old computer (performa 6360), and uses about as much ram as 8 did with VM on. If you have a "new world" computer (iMac, coloured tower, iBook, g3 or g4 powerbook) it will use more ram but is still (probably) better than getting 8.6.

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Let me just say this: Do not underestimate Mechanisto. With some Photshop-made texture and bump maps, you can get some very realistic ships made.
BTW, your ideas are great. Very original.

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Umm I need help on one last thing. My "critical eyes", hehe, finds something wrong with each of these but I would like other developer opinions on what you think.
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Thanks

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I like one, except without the danger level.

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