Space Clouds

Weekly Dev Meeting – 4th November

Bloggy

Jey

No real changes on my side, still working on the global event controller stuff. It’s progressing pretty well. Lots of internal changes in the code, but nothing that players can really see xD.

Pixel

More snazzy base visages: http://forum.starsonata.com/viewtopic.php?p=747470#p747470.

Col Legno

I fixed some bugs including one in which you couldn’t transfer higher tech base bound gear to lower tech ships. I also changed the SM 21/22 commod dynamics from being a palace like base to a commodity that can be put onto any user base to make the SM commod spawn. Put in a fix for current palace issues that needs some testing, but then should be good to go for patching.

Blue Dwarf

Coursework done! Hopefully will get some time to work more on the item viewer over the next week.

MicroCapacitor

Tracking down and removing galaxies using the neurokey system and replacing them with the auto unlocking system on their wormholes.

Theodore

Began working on creating superitem versions of common tweaks as per on the suggestion system!

Player questions!

What race would you be from Star Control?

Jeff: I’d be the Shotfixti.
Jeff: So I could get the 1000 Shotfixti maidens or whatever that was.
Jey: Orz !
Blue Dwarf: Isn’t there special also the fact that they could commit suicide?
Jeff: Yeah, but they get 1000 Shotfixti maidens before that.
Blue Dwarf: Also you hope.
Jeff: That was a plotline, there was like one old Shotfixti that was the last guy and then they like found a bunch of women him, then he repopulated the whole race by himself.
Blue Dwarf: Pretty sure that counts as incest.
Jeff: Nah.
Pixel: You sick.
Blue Dwarf: Um… I don’t know what race I’d be. I quite like Pkunk, just flying around shooting in all directions and shouting insults at your enemy.
Pixel: Ur-Quan Kzer-Za
Pixel: totally not iq’bana
Pixel: Syreen.
Pixel: Oh sorry, got a bit carried away with this.

How did you find Star Sonata?

Jey: I… don’t remember…. too long ago ><
Theodore: Found it on one of the list of mmo websites.
Blue Dwarf: The 3d Monochrome Tint advert back in late 2007 on http://freewebarcade.com while playing silly flash games.
Jeff: http://goproblems.com
Pixel: I wanted to build bases in a MMO environment where I knew they would function while I’m not online, and then I found SS.
Ryan: I was slacking off on schoolwork and stumbled onto it from who knows where.
MicroCapacitor: I found it randomly on a computer downstairs and played it with a friend.
Precursor: I was searching for a sci fi mmo and found SS in early 2003, back when Adum / Jeff / Kilroth and Mhammett still played off and on lol
Precursor: Or was in 20002. I don’t remember now

How did you come up with the Ur’qa and subspace alien languages?

Jeff: You’d have to ask Calypso about that.
Blue Dwarf: I kind of know about that anyway.
Jeff: I think Adum made the original, some of the original, ur items just kinda randomly, but maybe I’m wrong.
Blue Dwarf: Pretty much yeah, from what I know he he sorta came up with stuff and then Calypso just like added stuff and then made that translation document.

Blue Dwarf: For the Aveksaka, Calypso looked and picked a real language to use to base the language on, he found a translator and we started translating and concatenating words together. The language he chose was Sanskrit.

Before that though, we need some more questions as we’re running low on the good ones! So please ask away.

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