FS Backstory and Game Design

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FS Backstory and Game Design

Postby LeperColony » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:53 am

How many EFS players know/care about the Fading Suns universe? Should canon adherence be much of a goal in the clone's design, or is the idea rather to end up with a space strategy setting divorced from any particular universe?

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Postby cy387_lk » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:57 pm

Some care, but have no time even to check the forums...
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Postby lordmoore » Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:20 pm

I care. :)
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Postby Kosh2 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:46 pm

I care too!
BTW there was a long time since I have seen cy387_lk or lordmoore here. Welcome back guys :D

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Postby LeperColony » Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:42 pm

I didn't mean to imply that there was anything wrong with not caring either.

Rather, I meant that, in designing EFS clones and alternative patches (like Hyperion and Nova), is the focus more on simply making a space strategy game, or is there a real effort to inject an FS feel to it?

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Postby Kosh2 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:29 pm

LeperColony wrote:Rather, I meant that, in designing EFS clones and alternative patches (like Hyperion and Nova), is the focus more on simply making a space strategy game, or is there a real effort to inject an FS feel to it?

There are 4 EFS mods (Hyperion, Nova, Subversion and Reality, but only the first two are currently available)
Mods Hyperion, Nova and Subversion are focused in making a better strategy game (better balanced units and so that) .
The other mod (Reality) is focused in a more FS look

Reality And Subversion websites are off-line. But I have downloads in a zip file in some place, I could send you if you like (BTW those webs are in web.archive.org)

Some years ago (in 2003-2004 I think) I did a comparative among the four mods in my Spanish language web page, sorry I don't have time to translate into English but perhaps online translator could work

http://kosh.coolfreepages.com/fs/EFSmods.htm

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Postby LeperColony » Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:06 pm

Thanks Kosh, I'll take a look at your site. I'd appreciate it if you sent me the files too. My email address is the same as my username, but at gmail.com.

I'm especially interested in Reality, as I'd like a game with more of an FS feel.

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Postby Kosh2 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:15 pm

LeperColony wrote:Thanks Kosh, I'll take a look at your site. I'd appreciate it if you sent me the files too. My email address is the same as my username, but at gmail.com.

I'm especially interested in Reality, as I'd like a game with more of an FS feel.

I uploaded Subversion mod to mediafire some time ago and AFAIK link still works
http://www.mediafire.com/?mhmsyzvsv8m

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Postby Kosh2 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:31 pm

Oh! I said that Reality mod website is archived in web.archive.org
But I didn't post the link:
http://web.archive.org/web/200503062252 ... eality.htm
the mod was last updated in 2002 and page went offline in 2005
It's a more FS look & feel than EFS vaniila: knights instead of officers, brother battle units, vorox legions

The same for Subversion mod, that it's nova based
last updated in 2004 or 2005, went offline in 2006


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