A Couple more Trek Computer games previews

[odoital]

Dominion Wars:
http://dominionwars.gamingfiles.com/Interview.htm
http://www.gamespy.com/previews/april01/ds9/

Bridge Commander:
http://talk.trekweb.com/articles/200...985607172.html

Armada II:
http://www.stomped.com/published/jcal985929275_1_1.html
http://www.dailyradar.com/features/g...ge_2563_1.html

[Dan Gurden]

Ooooo. Some details on some of the new ships... I'll keep looking at this page for help with Spacedock conversions...



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Dan.

"A couple of thoughts from a random mind!"

[StyroFoam Man]

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[Hirogen Alpha]

Well, I hat to disagree with you StyroFoam Man, but Armada worked fine (minus a couple of crashes during the end ofmissions ) on my computer, and it sure as heck ain't top notch. A friend of mine with a computer that's shot to he** tried it out on his computer and it worked. The graphics were a little out of wack, but hey, it worked.

Also, Star Trek Away Team just came out. Already played the demo, interesting. The official site is www.stawayteam.com

Oh and StyroFoam Man. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to get on your nerves. I think Armada's a #%&*^ sometimes, to.

Oh and Dan, get to work on those Dominion Wars Conversions. I'm planning to have a giant fleet in an upcoming campaign,thanks.

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[StyroFoam Man]

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[carnnage]

what ever you do avoid ST "away team" find the demo don't waste your money...and bridge commander well "shake shake shake magic 8-ball" sources say no way....just my two cents

[SIR SIG]

Birth of the Federation is always a bit of fun if you like stategy games.

I have just recently found myself playing it again after a 6mth+ lapse!

And boy I'm having fun again!

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'...The Borg have stopped at deck 10...'
'...Deflector Control, no vital systems...'

Not a vital system! What the heck do you think stops the ship going 'poof' every time it goes to warp?

- ST:First Contact; Lt Hawk

[wolfe]

can't get it working..pity
as easy as it is to modify the game you can't recognise mine with the original.
such as adding the enterprise d with phaser cannon.
making the borg the way the borg should be..
and adding dominion forces to the game whoo,hoo...
the only gripe I have found is networking...crashes alot and I had to improve the ai theirs didn't do so great even on hard...

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[StyroFoam Man]

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[Dan Gurden]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by StyroFoam Man:
Birth Of The Federation is fun. Love that hard-to beat Borg Cube. Build LOTS of cargo-ships and set them to RAM. Good bye!


(Now I have to go find my copy. Its in a box somewhere....)</font>

So THATS the way to deal with the Borg cubes? Problem I had is that the only time the borg ever showed up, I ended up with 4 Borg Cubes attacking at once... Which made it a little more difficult...

The only thing I would have adjusted if I could
I would have increased the number of species to work and interact with... As well as adjusting the AI to suit cultural standards... How many times do the Klingons run away from a fight? Especially over Qo'Nos?

I would have liked to adjust the ships as well, perhaps changing the ship in use as it increased...

Such as Oberth to Nova
Constellation to Intrepid
Miranda to Sabre or Steamrunner
Ambassador to Galaxy
Add Excelsior to Akira...
Add the Constitution class somehow... It is the Birth of the Federation...

And keep the Defiants Pulse Phasers...

Dont get me wrong I love the game a still play it regularly, but there were grips that just made it a Strategic Sim but not quite a perfect 'Star Trek' to me...

But then, thats why we roleplay... To make our perfect game...



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[StyroFoam Man]

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[SIR SIG]

There's certainly cheats and alot of trainers/editors about.

The Borg aren't usually a problem.

I tend to send a fleet of 10+ Galaxy's and some other support ships upto another 10 perhaps. And only loose 5-6 ships at most; and they always take out the Oberth first

Although one game I had 5 cubes turn up progressively across 10 or so rounds. My fleets just couldn't respond in time and was lossing to many planets.

Thats when I stopped playing... until now.

I've got a kickass game running now!

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'...The Borg have stopped at deck 10...'
'...Deflector Control, no vital systems...'

Not a vital system! What the heck do you think stops the ship going 'poof' every time it goes to warp?

- ST:First Contact; Lt Hawk