RedAlert!!!

CMDR Sheehy · Feb 23, 2015

Ah memories - "Set condition one throughout the ship..."

antodena · Feb 23, 2015

Loskene said:
I'd like to see an alert klaxon when you deploy hardpoints in the Anaconda at least, since it is a large multi-crew ship and everyone belowdecks (in zero-G, remember) would very much want to know when the ship is about to start flipping end to end and being shot at.
This would be nice too, for comms chatter when we have NPC crew:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8e3JVFRIEk

^^This. Kudos to you Loskene.

BrewerGeorge · Feb 23, 2015

anthonycsheehy said:
Ah memories - "Set condition one throughout the ship..."

"Up and forward on the starboard side, down and aft on the port."

Loskene · Feb 23, 2015

anthonycsheehy said:
Ah memories - "Set condition one throughout the ship..."

I think condition one/two/three is more appropriate for Elite than red/yellow/green alert. Star Trek generally assumes a state of peace before hostility, Elite and BSG assume the opposite. I'd like if the alerts had a function, like setting your ship to a combat or defensive configuration like the guys with voice attack macros. That's the only way they'd make sense on single-crew ships.

Condition three: Navigation shields up (2 pips to sys, 4 eng), hardpoints retracted, non-essential systems online. (Starport travel)
Condition two: Combat shields up (4 sys, 2 eng), hardpoints retracted, non-essential systems (except FSD) offline. (Hostile encounter you wish to retreat from)
Condition one: Shields up, hardpoints deployed, pips to preferred combat profile, non-essential systems offline. (Hostile encounter you intend to fight)

Galafrey · Feb 23, 2015

Don't forget brown alert!

Loskene · Feb 23, 2015

Galafrey said:
Don't forget brown alert!

That's why you always fill your cargo hold with TP before a long exploration mission.

777Driver · Feb 23, 2015

This is why I enjoy voice attack so much, I have as much fun programming the ships computer as I do playing the game.

My Anaconda has a battle profile, I can steer the ship by voice (including combat maneuvers) And issue Red Alert & Yellow alert commands, even have an emergency jump command, the ship dumps chaff and heat, diverts power to shileds and charges the FSD.

Very Geeky

but lot's of fun..

Vid is jerky due to the recording software

[video=youtube;BKUxemMRu-I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKUxemMRu-I&feature=youtu.be[/video]

SiriusSeven · Feb 23, 2015

Brakespear said:
Only if we have to change a light bulb.

Funny enough, I have a Hue lightbulb in my office, and I set it to a deep orange when I play so as to match the color of the HUD. Would love a Hue app / plugin that changed the light to reflect what's going on outside (e.g., type / color of star, getting darker when turning away from the star etc.)