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by Orz
Sun Jan 27, 2008 4:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You guys are still here? Really?
Replies: 24
Views: 10849

Re: You guys are still here? Really?

Yog S'loth wrote:God bless ya. Glaciers, continental drift, and the Free Orion team. I'm still cheering for ya, four years later.
Just curious, but have you tried the latest release of FreeOrion?

And don't forget the return of Haley's comet. :wink:
by Orz
Sun Jan 27, 2008 3:57 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: My First Post(TM) and First Ever 3D Model
Replies: 14
Views: 7096

Re: My First Post(TM) and First Ever 3D Model

IMHO, FreeOrion should not be a clone of MOO/MOO2. Rather, it should be a fresh implementation along the lines of MOO and MOO2. As such, new models should be incorporated into the space fleet. freeOrion is anything but a clone! FreeOrion, an open-source game inspired by Master of Orion, is a turn-b...
by Orz
Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:46 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: My First Post(TM) and First Ever 3D Model
Replies: 14
Views: 7096

Re: My First Post(TM) and First Ever 3D Model

Ah. Another Wings 3D enthusist. Like the avatar? All of it was made in Wings 3D and rendered in Bryce. Fully UV mapped no less and painted with GIMP. I was thinking of doing the very same thing as you have already done. Programs: Wings 3D - latest version for modeling (Free) GIMP - for painting the ...
by Orz
Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:19 pm
Forum: Other Game Design
Topic: AI behaviors
Replies: 33
Views: 6442

Re: AI behaviors

As far as AI go, all of the suggestions are fine and dandy. In 0.3.1R6, the AIs simply died of stupidity. When I discovered their home worlds, the world was dead. The space fleet with the lone colony ship wandered aimlessly. As a start, how about enough of an AI to at least survive on their home wor...
by Orz
Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:15 pm
Forum: Other Game Design
Topic: AI behaviors
Replies: 33
Views: 6442

Re: AI behaviors

there was (as it seems) a difference between AI and human controlles empires, because often you get a GNN newsflash that says smth like "the elerian empire has surrendered to the silicoids". so it looks like AI surrenders to AI but not to human players. even if you test it for fun, to bom...
by Orz
Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:24 pm
Forum: Strategy Games
Topic: MOO on linux
Replies: 12
Views: 8806

Re: MOO on linux

MOO2 runs fine under a QEMU virtual machine with Windows 98 as the guest OS.