That took me by surprise, so I loaded up FFE to see. You can use the autopilot for combat. Why you'd want to escapes me, though
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Oh yes, but it's quite jerky, even with the sensitivity turned right down in Windows. (Is it just that the Asp is highly manouverable?) I've had a few good hits from extremely close-quarters, as the enemy's turning to fly away, but it's usually been down to luck.
I think I just need to practice...or perhaps work myself up to a much bigger ship than the Asp, where I can load up with 60 or 70 Shield Generators and a Hull Auto-Repair System and a couple of turret-mounted Plasma Accelerators...then I won't worry about getting into a skirmish
That took me by surprise, so I loaded up FFE to see. You can use the autopilot for combat. Why you'd want to escapes me, though
Hmm, maybe it's a GLFFE thing then.
I found that the autopilot was useless for combat.
Why you'd want to is if you played the game as a pure strategy rather than a combat sim. That's what i remember doing for my first playthrough of frontier all those years ago.
Sorry, it was GLFFE that I loaded
It may well depend on the agility of your ship. Perhaps Frontier didn't take that into account.
Videos in D3D-FFE?
Hi all,
I have just started to get hooked on First Encounters again after a couple of years of not playing the game. Mainly because the great looking D3D version that is now available now. I just wondered if anyone had any luck getting the videos to play in this version, or in GLFFE? If not, would it be possible make the game display static images in place of the old videos? If that is possible I'd love to give it a go! It would feel a bit more like Frontier (Elite 2) which I liked better anyway. If anyone has any thoughts, suggestions, etc.. I'd like to hear them!
Cheers
Capt Zap
Hi all,
I have just started to get hooked on First Encounters again after a couple of years of not playing the game. Mainly because the great looking D3D version that is now available now. I just wondered if anyone had any luck getting the videos to play in this version, or in GLFFE? If not, would it be possible make the game display static images in place of the old videos? If that is possible I'd love to give it a go! It would feel a bit more like Frontier (Elite 2) which I liked better anyway. If anyone has any thoughts, suggestions, etc.. I'd like to hear them!
Cheers
Capt Zap
Welcome to the forums, Captain! Glad you're getting into FFE D3D; it's a great bit of work
As far as the bulletin board videos are concerned, no-one has got them working with FFE D3D or GLFFE. At first I was disappointed with this as I always had them running in the original FFE. But now I'm of the opinion, with FFE D3D anyway, the game has gone beyond those grainy, lo-res videos. I think they would actually spoil the game's look now
Static images would be a good idea though, as they could be as hi-res as you want them. I'm not sure this side of things is a priority with the Russian guys developing FFE D3D; they seem to be focussing on the planets and ships right now.
As far as the bulletin board videos are concerned, no-one has got them working with FFE D3D or GLFFE. At first I was disappointed with this as I always had them running in the original FFE. But now I'm of the opinion, with FFE D3D anyway, the game has gone beyond those grainy, lo-res videos. I think they would actually spoil the game's look now
Static images would be a good idea though, as they could be as hi-res as you want them. I'm not sure this side of things is a priority with the Russian guys developing FFE D3D; they seem to be focussing on the planets and ships right now.
Yes the Russian guys have done a first class job. I wouldn't want them to stop what they are working on for the sake of the vids. And they would look terribly out of place now. But is it just the higher resolution that is stopping them from displaying? If that is all then it shouldn't be too difficult to get higher resolution images to show. Or is that just too simple.
Capt Zap
Capt Zap
Oh, I thought it was just me getting those "Please insert CD Rom" messages instead of the graphics and videos.
It's a great game, this D3D version, but I'm still finding it bloomin' tough. Had many attempts at a certain "Renovation" mission, plus deliver a passenger to Thompson's Planet, but keep getting wasted by a bunch of pirates. Even with 40 or 50 shields on my ship they cut through me in seconds, before I've even fired a shot!!
It's a great game, this D3D version, but I'm still finding it bloomin' tough. Had many attempts at a certain "Renovation" mission, plus deliver a passenger to Thompson's Planet, but keep getting wasted by a bunch of pirates. Even with 40 or 50 shields on my ship they cut through me in seconds, before I've even fired a shot!!
What ship are you in?
What ships do the pirates have?
You often get the odd pirate in a big ship with some nasty laser, that can 2- or 3-shot you even with some shields.
The only way to change the spawn ships once you're in the system is to reload to a save before you entered the system and jump there again.
What ships do the pirates have?
You often get the odd pirate in a big ship with some nasty laser, that can 2- or 3-shot you even with some shields.
The only way to change the spawn ships once you're in the system is to reload to a save before you entered the system and jump there again.
That's because we aren't dealing with spawns here.
All the ships in the system are physical entities and actually intercept the player using their thrusters.
The 'teleportation' phenomenon is simply engine's way around the consecutive frames beeing too far apart with stardreamer on.
-DraQ, who still can't get over the awesomeness of Frontier.
Perhaps we're just misunderstanding.
"Spawning" refers to the computer generating game objects, in this case other ships. When you hyperspace to a new system, the computer spawns all the ships for the galaxy. As i see it, that's a "spawn". A "Respawn" could be forced by entering the galaxy afresh.
Yes.
I was just stressing that once you enter the system the ships no longer spawn there.
Had a quick play last night, but without the mouse...I just wanted to see what it was that's repeatedly destroying me as I approach Thompson's Planet. At first a Viper MkII appeared. Managed a few hits on me, but when I stopped my engines and thrusters completely he seemed to suddenly be unable to hit me, and I was able to get him. Strange. A bit later an "X-Class" or "X-Wing" something attacked me, (not seen one of those before), and he too was hardly able to hit me while I was simply drifting along through open space.
I thought that might be the answer...I thought that enemies could easily hit a moving target that's constantly changing direction, but not a stationary one. So when FIVE enemies all appeared at once I stayed put. One crashed into me, the rest disposed of me within a couple more seconds. Didn't spot what any of them were. Is it normal that the radar mapper sometimes doesn't report what the targetted ship is?
I thought that might be the answer...I thought that enemies could easily hit a moving target that's constantly changing direction, but not a stationary one. So when FIVE enemies all appeared at once I stayed put. One crashed into me, the rest disposed of me within a couple more seconds. Didn't spot what any of them were. Is it normal that the radar mapper sometimes doesn't report what the targetted ship is?
Is it normal that the radar mapper sometimes doesn't report what the targetted ship is?
Aaarh! Thargoids! Run!
Are you joking? Surely the Thargoids don't appear this early in the game? Or is it not that they appear after a certain amount of time, but appear in certain places quite early on? I'm currently in June 3251, so haven't really been playing it that long.
I wouldn't run. Especially in space. I'd fly
Both the mapper's and enemies' behaviour doesn't seem normal.
We need some brand new word here.
One could argue that moving through space is not flying any more than swimming underwater is.I wouldn't run. Especially in space. I'd fly
We need some brand new word here.