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OH MY GOD

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Things have changed alot in the last... 7 months I think. Yes I have come back, whether for a short or long time is unclear at the moment. anyway, I can't connect to anything. I fly to a planet and it says no connection. So I posted here.

EDIT: DAMMIT! Still have to pay for world. That means a short staying time for me then.
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Post by JasonX »

i agree i agree
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Icemant90 wrote: DAMMIT! Still have to pay for world. That means a short staying time for me then.
yep and thats not likely to change ice :)
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7 months? No way, it can't have been that long.
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welcome back

Icemant90 wrote:EDIT: DAMMIT! Still have to pay for world. That means a short staying time for me then.
lol, so, unless you have a world you wont hang around and play the game learning all the new stuff? :P
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THEY KILLED KENNY YOU BASTARDS

(Ps if bastards isn't allowed just mod this :roll: )

Hello and goodbye -Says Arklari as he disappears back into mist

One day I will be reborn and the Zyric Republic will live again!

I'm mainly waiting for Mit to add terraforming ( i heard a passing comment from him on the fourms before I think...)

As I understand it Terraforming is a way to earn an island/world in game please *flog me if i', wrong
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Terraforming is the process of re-shaping land dynamically - isn't it?
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guess it depends on how you use it.

i've often heard of Terraforming in space games being converting an inhospitible planet into a hospitable one by converting water/ice, carbon and other minerals into oxygen, etc to create an atmosphere that can sustain life.

if you've ever seen the movie Total Recall an example of terraforming would be towards the end of the movie where the alien machine split the ice into hydrogen and oxygen which allowed people to breath outside the domes. the machine itself being a Terraformer.
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zaroba wrote:guess it depends on how you use it.

i've often heard of Terraforming in space games being converting an inhospitible planet into a hospitable one by converting water/ice, carbon and other minerals into oxygen, etc to create an atmosphere that can sustain life.

if you've ever seen the movie Total Recall an example of terraforming would be towards the end of the movie where the alien machine split the ice into hydrogen and oxygen which allowed people to breath outside the domes. the machine itself being a Terraformer.
Either way, Ark is wrong, whatever the hell he was going on about..

*me cracks open ye ole Flogmaster 3000 - muhahah!

Edit: Google says to zaroba: bing!
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I think he meant that if you amass enough money you should be able to (research and) buy terraforming equipment to make your own world.
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I think that eventually your galactic credits will get converted into sheckles inside your world's treasury - that way you need to keep playing to keep your world running.

Eventual tho, methinks.
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Mmmmmmmmm.......... This can be nice....

Much like in Gunbound, a kinda free, yet "Pay to Cheat" game.... even as the players who actually pay money may gain an advantage in the game, the best weapons and armour are reserved for genuine players with their own virtual cash. That means they work their socks off in the game to gain the best stuff.

Although in this game we do not "Pay to Cheat", but more like "Pay to have the honour of hosting an unlimited planet", I think the motivation of getting one of those for free is tremendous. They must get ... A LOT of galactic credits should be allowed to buy something like a "Terraforming Machine" ... and go to a random 'unoccupied planet' in Star System Tau-X. They may then terraform the place, and also buy a deployable ... Space Dock (errrrrrrrrr. I should be beaten with a banana for this.... but what's those round things in the centre of the planet called?) and start 'owning' a world.

Of course, if this the person must be willing to host a server if this planet is going to be a proper economic public planet. This "Terraformer" prize, or the ability to host a fulll planet should not be awarded easily.

I was also thinking that if the person is not willing to host a dedicated server for this planet, then it could be a registered planet, but only goes online if the client goes online. The planet will become the private "home" of the individual who 'owns' it. Because it is a private planet, access is denied (Great excuse for being "offline", isn't it?) to the general public (perhaps by a very arrogant atmosphere or planetary keep-annoying-trespassers-out systems.) To make more sense of this, even if the owner is online, he/she must 'invite' others to enter the planet to allow them to enter. COOL.

This planet can be decorated the way the owner wants, and make it look nice. make it a racing world or fighting world or whatever.
I can see a future where players will go "Hey, dude. wanna see my place?"

To get one of these, you must be one of the most experienced and best players around. after all, where are you gonna get your Galactic credits from?


P.S. OOPSS. I just remembered Mit saying something about giving out prizes, perhaps real-cash or free worlds for really good players. well, interpret the above as one way to implement it into the game itself..
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It's worth the money, but you need hosting, reliable hosting, and ones who don't catch viruses.. ZAR!. Oh well, it's free :P

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lol, i usually have a seperate pc for world hosting.
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