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Fri Sep 12, 2003 9:11 pm by Whasp Commander

RSP, right. I have to remember that.

And my loadout was: Lvl6 molecular shield, one Vengeance MK II, one Magma Hammer Mk II, one Debilitator, and one Catapult missile launcher. As stated earlier, I plan "To quest to find a better, not sucky(tm) loadout."

Actually, I was pretty much ignored until I went up against Stikfas. Sure, I got a few glancing blows (which took out my shield). Then it was just a matter of staying perpendicular to Justinian, then wearing down Stikfas.
Something funny is that I forgot to load up on shield bats/bots, so I entered with only 13 each. I ran out of shield batteries quite quickly.

Anyway, it was a fun time. Fun fun.

Hrmm... for tourney ideas? How about a cash limit? Say you only give out 100k, and the players have a couple hours to go around and buy a ship/loadouts.

And I concur about the Alaska jumpgate being one of the best NPC-free spots. You can post 'sentinels' at the entrance for the money fee, and to make sure nobody gets in without paying. :-)

wait a minute... 100 000k entry fee? $100 000 000?

Edit: Oh, and for modding a system to be NPC-free, that would mean editing .ini's, and I'm not sure many people want to do that.

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Why make your own mistakes when someone else has already made them for you?
-Learn from the skeletons floating in the piranha pool: NO SWIMMING!

Edited by - Whasp Commander on 12-09-2003 22:34:30

Fri Sep 12, 2003 11:42 pm by malystryx

amen brother

BEWARE PETTY HUMAN, FOR YOU ARE CHEWY AND GOOD WITH KETCHUP!!!

leader of the dom kavosh dragons

Fri Sep 12, 2003 11:42 pm by malystryx

oh yah like my new sig?

BEWARE PETTY HUMAN, FOR YOU ARE CHEWY AND GOOD WITH KETCHUP!!!

leader of the dom kavosh dragons

Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:52 am by Justinian

Brow turned off the Nomads for a FFA in the Gamma Unknown...I didn't realize it was that difficult.

Sat Sep 13, 2003 7:48 pm by Lazy_Boy

Hmmm I wonder if one of our more experienced and non evil modders could make a serverside only mod to transform the minefield surronding the Alaska jump gate in NY into a duelling arena?

I'll look into it and keep everybody posted.

Grabbing the side handle firmly and pushing.

Lazy Boy
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I'm missing parts...

Sat Sep 13, 2003 9:31 pm by DocFuglyMark

It would have to be both server and clientside otherwise you have lag cah cah. No Browclopsia has enough problems with the modders we don't want, no point asking for trouble, turning the nomads off in one of the unknowns is easier, because it doesn't add anything it actually subtracts something.
Or they could turn on the gates to the Alaska system, but turn off all the npcs there, if thats possible?

Sun Sep 14, 2003 3:03 am by Lazy_Boy

Good point Doc. Let me clarify what I meant:

When I said modders I meant the knowledgeable people that did rebalanced mods, new systems, new ships etc. Not the script kiddies that download the hard work of others and infest unmodded servers.

As for the dueling arena, I was thinking of removing the mine field altogether or making it similar to the mine field in Omega-5 (you know like a donut) with a small clear entrance. There are no NPC in the minefield now so I don’t think it would be an issue. Then again, I have no idea of how to do something like this or what’s involved or even if it’s doable at all. I’ve seen some servers with server side only mod that did not impact performance, that’s why I think it’s possible. If we can make that arena it would have to be a permanent server side mod that doesn’t affect performance.

There’s a good guy I know who’ll be able to give me that information but he’s off for the weekend. As I said I’ll keep everybody posted and I'm sure Meiyo will not put anything on the server that wouldn't make sense.

Lazy Boy
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Sun Sep 14, 2003 5:38 am by Whasp Commander

Well, turning off the nomads in the unknown systems shouldn't be too hard - all you have to do is remove the nomad patrols. (I forget which .ini it is)
I guess that NPC generation is server-side, so it shouldn't be much of a trouble.

I suppose you could make any system NPC free.

Changing the minefield, however, would require both the client and server to have the mod.

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Why make your own mistakes when someone else has already made them for you?
-Learn from the skeletons floating in the piranha pool: NO SWIMMING!

Sun Sep 14, 2003 10:55 pm by DocFuglyMark

One system could be set aside as an "Arena" system, the Gamma Unknown system has been the system of choice because the planets don't sell anything, it only has 1 jump point, and it really is a cool system to fly around in.

Tue Sep 16, 2003 1:06 am by Justinian

Congrats to Psawhn for winning the Rabbit Chase - both legs. Guess Malystryx was too chicken to defend his title. Too bad! j/k Malys - I am sure that "you had something come up, your cat died, your long lost Aunt Mathilda popped in for a visit and you couldn't get free" - or some other such nonsense.

Next event is WEDNESDAY NIGHT - I will post it here tomorrow...I think.

Later gator!

Tue Sep 16, 2003 11:32 pm by malystryx

hey is she and i wasnt chicken, i couldnt make it (term paper)

BEWARE PETTY HUMAN, FOR YOU ARE CHEWY AND GOOD WITH KETCHUP!!!

leader of the dom kavosh dragons

Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:30 am by DocFuglyMark

Ah ha, I new it!

Wed Sep 17, 2003 2:40 am by FooGoo

what part did you know ?

Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:37 am by Justinian

Sorry - real life interrupts - I can't host anything on Wed Night. Gonna be Sunday after next before I can host again...

BUT! I am going big on it. Capture the flag for a BOATLOAD of Credits and Prizes. Visit the Browclopsia Forum to read all about it.

Wed Sep 17, 2003 5:24 pm by DocFuglyMark

I knew that Mal was a she, I thought it was unlikely that a guy would choose a female character name, but I couldn't get her to admit it.
It's not important, I just wanted make sure I act like a gentleman in front of a lady, I'm a bit old fashioned that way.

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