FreeOrion

Nope ERROR Server : /Users/jbjerk/Desktop/FreeOrion.app/Contents/Resources/default/specials.txt:1208:12: Parse error. Expected Condition here: Owns And [ ^ Same with the parallel "Contains And" I know that it does not work. It was a proposal for the programmers to add Empire to the UniverseObjectTy...

This works but triggers for each ship: scope = And [ Ship ContainedBy Contains Source OwnedBy AnyEmpire ] (no activation needed) To make it work correctly Empire has to be added as UniverseObjectType. It should look like this: scope = And [ Empire Owns AND [ Ship ContainedBy Contains Source ] ] or s...

I followed the call of eleazar in the "Making Space Monsters Cooler" topic and made up a new potential space monster: The Asteroid Snail. The Asteroid Snails are spawned only in systems with Asteroids and do not move. They have a very low attack value, but use the "SH_CAMOUFLAGE_ASTEROID" hull which...

Since you cannot build a colony on an Asteroid Belt, removing any resource gathering from Outposts makes Asteroid Mining, and the improved version, completely worthless techs. Yes, if that were to happen, that tech would simply be removed. I think asteroid mining is very flavorful and beloved by lo...

maelstrom512 wrote:I have another question that should be considered:

Do planets, stars, big ships, etc. cast "shadows" in scanning coverage? Perhaps depending on the tech?

This would allow for even low tech ships to create an ambush.

That would be a hide and seek scenario.


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There is no concept how to accomplish 2. in these posts so far ( I think?). So are there any ideas? that's what most of my posts were about. Big heavy things have multiple slots associated with them. Or is there something I'm missing? Multiple Slots was point 1. , but I just noticed that you (marha...

Graphically, if we do (as i hope) build 3D models of the weaponry, and place them on the 3D hull models, it would be rather cool to have weaponry that's much bigger than the weapons you can build at the start. The dramatic impact of a death star with lots of little weapons isn't nearly as dramatic ...

Is there a reason we need to have parts be larger than one slot? If there were always one slot per part, there'd be no need to rotate or concern about which several covered sides a parts falls on... There is no point in having a grid system then, since it just boils down to putting parts in easily,...

A grid system for ship design like this is nice in that in supports a variety of levels of design complexity. For example, the location within the grid of a part could be irrelivant (to keep things simple) or it could determine how the part functions (facing), or how vulnerable the part is. - Weapo...

Regarding ship design: I support the idea of making a difference between interior slots/space and exterior slots/space for components, because in other games you always cut the interesting funky equipment in favor of more weapons. Of course also some non-weapon equipment should take exterior slots (...