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Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-21 01:19pm
by Arthur_Tuxedo
I put up a new game of SE V and wanted to see if anyone was interested. Link is here:
http://pbw.spaceempires.net/game/fireandice
The setup is you have two "team leaders" on opposite sides of the map who can recruit team members, but about half the players are "neutrals" who are not on either team, but can make or break any alliances they choose. Since the two warring teams will need to negotiate (or force) their way through neutral space to get at each other, a lot of diplomacy and intrigue will be involved.
Mod is the DJAS mod, v49+, description of which is here:
DJAS mod is built from the Balance Mod (what isn''t?), but completely overhauls the weapons, vehicle sizes, and armor / shields.
Weapons, armor, and shields have quasi-infinite tech trees with 100 levels, but with 2 research Breakthrough techs that usher in powerful new weapons and defenses. The breakthrough techs are expensive, though, so a player must be careful when to research them. Too early and one will be left wide open to an early rush. Too late and you will be facing an opponent with hyper-advanced tech.
A starting player has access to all ship sizes right away, and they all get bigger together. Bigger is not necessarily better, but you will need big, small, and medium ships to win. Every vehicle type is countered by another, and there is no one size that will carry a player to victory by itself.
There are a host of other features in this mod, such as sensor arrays, capital cities for homeworlds, a new take on mines, and a variety of customized mounts.
DJAS now has WORKING AI, so go kick some computer behind!
DJAS now also has racial weapons and armor that progress through all three tech trees, so get your mold on!
Versions labeled 49+ will be savegame compatible with version 49. If a new version is still labeled 49+, you can update without breaking your savegame.
See this thread for ongoing discussion:
http://www.spaceempires.net/ftopict-7880.html
Join up if interested!
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-22 11:23pm
by Master_Baerne
Color me interested.
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-23 03:35am
by GuppyShark
It has been a long time - how is the stability these days?
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-23 03:49am
by Nephtys
Wow, that takes me back. Remember our most epic of all games, that first Star Trek game of SE4?
Why, it's like an STGOD that WORKED and ENDED.
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-23 04:58am
by atg
I have a copy from some steam bundle but have never actually played it. How easy would it be for a complete noob to join in? What is the play like, etc?
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-23 11:56am
by Arthur_Tuxedo
GuppyShark wrote:It has been a long time - how is the stability these days?
It's pretty good these days. The main problem is dramatic inflation of file size and processing time as the game scales up, but that's more of a problem for me as the host than the players, unless said players are on 56k connections.
atg wrote:I have a copy from some steam bundle but have never actually played it. How easy would it be for a complete noob to join in? What is the play like, etc?
SE V isn't so easy to pick up, and the interface in particular is notorious as one of the worst ever made, but if you team up with another player you can learn pretty quick, and it's one of the most interesting and involving games once you get the hang of it.
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-23 04:35pm
by Arthur_Tuxedo
Whoever is interested should join up as soon as possible. More players attracts people's interest and begets yet more, especially over the weekend when more people have free time to peruse the game list.
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-25 03:58pm
by Narkis
Damned college, I'd love to play in this. Maybe you could start another game in the summer? Like late June/early July summer? Eh, eh?
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-25 05:16pm
by Spoonist
Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:Whoever is interested should join up as soon as possible. More players attracts people's interest and begets yet more, especially over the weekend when more people have free time to peruse the game list.
Played some SE III a looong time ago. I would be interested in joining up and be killed by more experienced guys. But where do one get an affordable copy? All I could find was like €20 and no direct download.
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-25 05:25pm
by Enforcer Talen
I loved SE3; played it full time in high school. How does SEV count on the awesome scale?
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-25 05:57pm
by Narkis
Spoonist wrote:Arthur_Tuxedo wrote:Whoever is interested should join up as soon as possible. More players attracts people's interest and begets yet more, especially over the weekend when more people have free time to peruse the game list.
Played some SE III a looong time ago. I would be interested in joining up and be killed by more experienced guys. But where do one get an affordable copy? All I could find was like €20 and no direct download.
Steam has it for €15, or €20 for a SE IV and V pack.
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-26 04:02pm
by Arthur_Tuxedo
Enforcer Talen wrote:I loved SE3; played it full time in high school. How does SEV count on the awesome scale?
Depends on who you ask. I think it's the best of the series once you learn to navigate the horrid UI, while other people consider it an abortion and blight on the Malfador name and stick to SE IV (which actually has more problems overall IMO).
I extended the join deadline until a week from today to give interested people a chance to join up.
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-26 04:39pm
by Uraniun235
I remember the biggest thing I hated about the change from 3 to 4 was that they got rid of the right-click menu.
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-28 08:42am
by GuppyShark
Reinstalled, patched, registered on the new PBEM site, joined game.
I see there's now a ton of SE5 shipsets, are they proper 3D shipsets? Are there any recommendations ie 'extended shipsets' like in SEIV?
Re: Anyone fancy a game of Space Empires V?
Posted: 2010-04-28 09:20am
by GuppyShark
Ghetto edit:
I have just used a stock one for now, I like the new racial choices. Ready to upload once approved.