X-Verse Fleet Fest I

Technojerk36 · Post by **Technojerk36** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 08:13

The video that most of us have been waiting for in all it's HD glory:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE24LJfOv9o

Aro · Post by **Aro** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 08:41

Well, the news is good and bad.

It works. Copied the wrong relations code. Can't set no-collisions with the director, or at least can't find how, but can call the script to do so.

So far:
xff.setup.xml
Will turn on no collisions and I've left the equipment additions in the file.
xff.director.fightmaker.xml
Copy and paste fleets to duke it out.

http://xup.rsyd.com/xff_scripts.zip

TJ, how many engine tunings do you normally add? Put in 100 for now.

Edit: Hopefully my next match lasts longer than this test... 3:30. Oooh, will increase spawn distance.
Edit2: lol well that did help.

Technojerk36 · Post by **Technojerk36** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 09:03

Not sure as the option I use is 'Supertune' but I normally get my speed up to 2000m/s

Spychotic · Post by **Spychotic** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 10:59

Well, there was a surprising number of Wasps flying round in that one!

And it was interesting seeing the Yokos work in my game; they didn't do a mind-blowingly good job of killing things but they were clearly much harder to hit than the average frigate. Good damage sponges!

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 12:19

TJ.

Would you kindly explain why, in that match, my Panther has no shields.

EDIT:

@AV
Yes, I did prove myself I would lose. Law of Sod. I have the greatest chance of winning. I've told everyone. Therefore, I lose. I knew it.

@Cpt. J
After I'd established that was the major factor I did start new matches and won most of them too.

Oh, and silly me, looked at video and thought 'Panther has no sheilds!? How does I proovze it!

' By downloading the save file duh... which has a Panther... with no shields.

Shame on you TJ!

Now the law of Sod has failed, and I will win.

Spychotic · Post by **Spychotic** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 13:08

I was wondering why its shields weren't recharging...

Spike

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 13:22

Commander EJ glanced over his controls.
'Ok, we attack from above, take out there Panther, then aid the Spitfyres. We're home for tea, ok?'
'Yes sir' agreed the crew.
The majestic Panther glided above the battle, drifting, then made a beeline for its enemy sister below. The side turrets fired and the main cannons swung round to take aim, when everything shook.
'What the argnu was that!?'
'I think something hit us sir! 80% hull integrity, and falling'
'We're the chelt did our shields go!? Wait, this screen here... the shields aren't even plugged in!? What is this?!'
'Erm... sir..' piped in a younger crew member holding up a hairdryer. 'Erm... I may have forgotten to plug them back in.... sorry...?'

Gavrushka · Post by **Gavrushka** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 13:28

EJ is having a thoroughly bad day...

I assume the match is to be re-run yes?

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 13:38

EmperorJon wrote:TJ.

Would you kindly explain why, in that match, my Panther has no shields.

How on earth did a Panther with no shields survive until the closing moments of the battle?

Spychotic · Post by **Spychotic** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 13:39

It'll have to be. Though in this case, having shields wouldn't have made a difference; that Panther was one of the last ships standing, was horribly outnumbered and wouldn't have stood a chance even with shields.

... I laughed as I typed that. What a mistake to make!

I'd say re-run, unless EJ says he's happy with the result.

Spike

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 13:42

If you watch or read my little narration (

) you'll see how it doesn't actually get involved in any of the fighting until it flies down towards it's enemy sister.

EDIT:

For maximum realism I loaded the downloaded save.

Installed 4gj of shields on the Panther.

The battle went in a similar fashion, however my Panther lasted long enough to kill AV's. Then the Odysseus swatted it.

The Spitfyres managed to get rid of the enemy fighters, and it came down to the Odysseus with ~20% shields against ~8 Spitfyres.

1 of the fighters circled behind the Odysseus and distracted it's PSGs, and then once the shields were down and the hull was falling rapidly, 2 of the pilots noticed their commander was dead and screamed 'Kamikaze!' smashing at over 400m/s into the Odysseus and letting the winner be me, with 4 Spitfyres. Even though I'm 'dead'.

So now I've cleared that up, let's wait for the re-run and watch the exact opposite happen.

Alex Vanderbilt · Post by **Alex Vanderbilt** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 14:05

What a pity. So, now my LCSS has to fight for real to win the battle.

AV

Olterin · Post by **Olterin** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 14:08

Hmm... EJ, have that crewman clean the hangars on your Panther (if he's still somehow alive, that is - if not, find his DNA, clone him, then have him do that job) for the next six months

... Looking forward to a rerun of the match.

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 14:13

Nah, they won't be cleaning anything.

They're a decent bunch.

As for the hairdryer operator...

'Airlock activated'

@AV

Are you suggesting you tried to bribe an official!?

Technojerk36 · Post by **Technojerk36** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 14:17

Whoa. I forgot the shields!?!

Sorry

Right. Time for a redo. At least it provided some entertainment

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 14:22

That's an understatement.

'It's hard to understate my satisfaction...'

Cpt.Jericho · Post by **Cpt.Jericho** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 14:24

I made a similar mistake once during testing: added 4 1MJ shields to my Panthers - when they blew after a few seconds I began to wonder why and saw my mistake.

Well, things like these happen and on the other hand: We get stuff to talk and laugh about.

Technojerk36 · Post by **Technojerk36** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 14:30

Well, adding the shields certainly changed the outcome. Congrats EJ on your victory

Although, it was quite a close match so don't go rubbing it in AV's face.

Gavrushka · Post by **Gavrushka** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 14:31

Ouch... That's a difficult one to swallow...

EmperorJon · Post by **EmperorJon** » Thu, 17. Jun 10, 14:33

How close? I did 4 runs and got 2:2 and some of them were very close. As in... boom there goes the Oddy with one Spitfyre left.

I want to know how close...

*gears up for fighting Kalu*

*gulp*

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