Game Guides Archive
Thread: Space Expansion
TonmaCR86
Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:57 pm
#14
RogueCloudwalker wrote:
There will probably be a starship engineer or something like that to craft ships. Also, it looks and plays like the X-Wing games. There is a video on SWG Stratics called the Celebration 2 video. It shows the SE and its playable.
Yeah, that was when SWG was still in Beta. I can't imagine what they have changed since then. It looked a little... stiff, for lack of a better word. I expected the physics to be more like the RS series (I haven't played the TF/X-wing series). But, like I said, there's a whole lot that they could've changed, that was back in thebeta stages of SWG.
ChibiCatman
Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:11 pm
#15
RogueCloudwalker wrote:
TonmaCR86 wrote:
RogueCloudwalker wrote:
There will probably be a starship engineer or something like that to craft ships. Also, it looks and plays like the X-Wing games. There is a video on SWG Stratics called the Celebration 2 video. It shows the SE and its playable.
Yeah, that was when SWG was still in Beta. I can't imagine what they have changed since then. It looked a little... stiff, for lack of a better word. I expected the physics to be more like the RS series (I haven't played the TF/X-wing series). But, like I said, there's a whole lot that they could've changed, that was back in thebeta stages of SWG.
Agreed. I once asked Thunderheart about the Space Expansion and he said it will be revealed soon enough. As for it being released this year, don't get your hopes up about that!
its most likely gonna be released this year. they probably have it well underway and are just holding it in til a month before its release date
RogueCloudwalker
Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:16 pm
#16
They have to let us beta test that thing! With all the time we are working on Publish 6, you know that the SE is going to have to be beta tested.
ChibiCatman
Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:20 pm
#17
RogueCloudwalker wrote:
They have to let us beta test that thing! With all the time we are working on Publish 6, you know that the SE is going to have to be beta tested.
the people on test center will probably be asked first...
RogueCloudwalker
Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:24 pm
#18
It would befantastic if they copied over the Kettemoor Galaxy for a chance on Test Center for that. But since the SE will have to be an expansion, it will come on discs, which means that it will be a seperate thing altogether and have to be tested most likely. They wouldn't just add the whole SE to Test Center.
ChibiCatman
Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:26 pm
#19
RogueCloudwalker wrote:
It would befantastic if they copied over the Kettemoor Galaxy for a chance on Test Center for that. But since the SE will have to be an expansion, it will come on discs, which means that it will be a seperate thing altogether and have to be tested most likely. They wouldn't just add the whole SE to Test Center.
a select few on there might be asked first, then they'll do the sign ups on the main page; at least thats what i hope, being a vetern beta tester
RogueCloudwalker
Sun Feb 01, 2004 11:32 pm
#20
ChibiCatman wrote:
RogueCloudwalker wrote:
It would befantastic if they copied over the Kettemoor Galaxy for a chance on Test Center for that. But since the SE will have to be an expansion, it will come on discs, which means that it will be a seperate thing altogether and have to be tested most likely. They wouldn't just add the whole SE to Test Center.
a select few on there might be asked first, then they'll do the sign ups on the main page; at least thats what i hope, being a vetern beta tester
I figure they won't just ask the Test Center people, but also ask certain people here on the boards as well for the first part of the test. Then they will go to Beta 2 and 3 all the while asking more people to join. At least, thats how they did it the first time.
AeRann_MZadi
Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:46 am
#21
When Galaxies was released last year, the devs indicated a quarter 1 release for the Space Expansion. Since we haven't heard anything more about it, does anyone think we're still getting it this year at all. Not even EB is giving a long shot guess.
RogueCloudwalker
Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:51 am
#22
Unless the devs started the beta in a month or two I don't think we have a chance of seeing it this year at all. But a few people believe that they will try to release it to coincide with other releases such as WOW. I think the devs will hold on to it until then.
Maverick315
Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:08 am
#23
I know its a bit early, but why don't we all post our space expansion ideas here.
Personally I would love to see many different, fully customisable ships. It would be great if we were able to walk around on the ships in flight, and if the flight actually took some time. In order for this to happen though, the planetary transports would also have to take time, and we should also walk around on them as well. This way, a really good pilot could take much less time getting somewhere than the transport, or vice versa.
I would also love to see huge spaceports where docked ships are persistantly shown (like in ANH, the way there are many different docking spaces and you have to walk to your ship). This would provide a huge element of realism to the game that I think is currently lacking.
Crazyguy111
Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:59 am
#24
First: I thank you for this thread.
I really like the walk around your ship (on the ground AND in space) idea. It'd be very fun to put your ship in neutral and get upand let somebody else take a turn at flying.Personaly I'd LOVE to be able to have a crew (guildies,pilots,buddies, random people you hire and of course NPCs)on a few of the bigger ships.My ultimate goal as far as this goes is to have a guild owned dreadnaught. (like that will ever happen 
) Which brings me to my next question; How big are the ships we will allowed to buy? (one seater? NNNNNNOOOOOOoooo!!)
) Which brings me to my next question; How big are the ships we will allowed to buy? (one seater? NNNNNNOOOOOOoooo!!) My main issues are about what is mentioned above (size, crew, and multi-owned ships) and of course the amount of freedom we will have when flying in space.The devscall this a space layer and that makes me wonder if it will be a flight version of what we have on the ground? (go anywhere anytime, not including travel) and will there be space stations we can dock with?
Minor issues that will never even be considered unless they are already planed: Can we have our own space outpost(s)? WIll we be able to dock with other ships? What restrictions will be implimented? What will the interface be like? What views will we have? What will the controls be like? Can we chat while flying?
Those are main questions and unless a dev checks this post I doubt they will ever be answered 
Message Edited by Crazyguy111 on 07-28-2004 05:02 PM
ZDim
Mon Feb 02, 2004 2:57 am
#25
Tie Advanced for space combat $1,000,000.00
Pilot Suit with skill mods$100,000.00
Crate of Jawa Beer for the nerves$10,000.00
Being able to call in air support for base raids.........priceless!!
kamireborn
Mon Feb 02, 2004 3:32 am
#26
smoke grenade to mark target $20
training to hit the target with same grenade $1000
class on map reading $1500
Having the pilot accidentaly holding the map upside down anyway.....Priceless
plus the $2000 insurance after cloning though heheh