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does anyone have the starmap of this game? a link would do, thx in advance

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Review said:

Gameplay
You start on the moon base where you can build new ships, equipment and clone dead members of your crew. It is also the only place where you can save and load.

isn't this a bit wrong? as far as I know U can save and load almost anywhere anytime by pressing ctrl+s for save and ctrl+L for load, as long as U're not in battle mode.

umm need a bit help at sabik mining colony, I've pressed the switch in order but the door won't open no matter what, I've used the strange key too

[_r.u.s.s.]

Originally Posted by flameg0d

Review said:

Gameplay
You start on the moon base where you can build new ships, equipment and clone dead members of your crew. It is also the only place where you can save and load.

isn't this a bit wrong? as far as I know U can save and load almost anywhere anytime by pressing ctrl+s for save and ctrl+L for load, as long as U're not in battle mode.

allright, changed that
thanks!

dunno about the mining colony bug, didn't play this game. do you mean "o" by the special key?

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Originally Posted by Guest

Raw Materials:
When you pick up raw materials, never take everything that is available since that will dramatically reduce the chances of the resource renewing itself next time you enter the system. You can also make use of a bug in the game to get unlimited amounts of any resource. Approach a planet so that it appears in your scanner (but do NOT orbit it) and tell your engineer to dump cargo. Then load up instead! Since the game doesn’t realize that you have taken the resources, you can repeat this process as many times as you like (e.g. to get 100+ New Elements, not that you’ll ever need that many…) This also works for planets protected by fleets! If you decide to make use of this bug, bribing is also no longer an issue. Pay 300? Why not! Just stop by Venus to pick up however much you need.
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I personally not recommend this, as it can make the game hanged up either in the dos prompt or dosbox, well it's a bug wof a hastily shipped game, what else,

@ _r.u.s.s.
yup sorry I miss spot it on the review
and there's still many shortkeys like alt+Q for quitting the game even in space
alt+S and alt+M for toggle on-off sound and music (I usually turn it off to hear my favourite musics on winamp) and many more, just experiment them

well judging by the silent state of this forum, guess not many players playing this game either (one of my most favourite old game tho)
I'll check every now and then but not occasionally on this forum, see ya all.

hi guys

im stuck on sabik prime using the "door spiker" ive tried every door and cant get it to work ? theres a heaps of switchs here but i dont know the order can anyone help ?

[allthumbs]

I can't seem to shoot the guns in combat. I bought a laser (also tried a cannon) and went into space. My ship does not shoot in auto mode, or by pressing space bar in manual mode. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

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Originally Posted by guest

hi guys

im stuck on sabik prime using the "door spiker" ive tried every door and cant get it to work ? theres a heaps of switchs here but i dont know the order can anyone help ?

actually I'm stuck there too,all I know U have to turn the switches all around thw place into a certain sencence then the elevator would go further down to the launch facilitu, the doorspike is the key to the launching chamber, now the problem is I haven't found out yet what is the right sentence, statred with green light, ended with awakening, if anyone know the phrase please share with us

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Originally Posted by allthumbs

I can't seem to shoot the guns in combat. I bought a laser (also tried a cannon) and went into space. My ship does not shoot in auto mode, or by pressing space bar in manual mode. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

have U put the weapon into the ship in shipyard?
if U have done that then perhaps the weapon is damaged by the enemy attack, just get out of enemy range (about 50 range) and disengange then get back to battle if U wanted to the weapon would be available again the same with engines, the bad thing if your engine blown up is your speed decreases to 2 then U'll be unable to disengange
(my favourite weap for spaceship is missiles coz it has the longest range and the upgraded missiles are homing, so just run around the map and the enemy chasing in 10-17 distance destroyed, well it did takes time tho

I am conflicted on continuing playing this game.It has a interesting premise but there are some problems with the controls. The game seems more of a RPG than adventure game but it was in the adventure section. So far the game has been all RPG and combat . Would someone answer a few questions for me?

First the autopilot does not stop for me when it goes where I tell it

Even if you stop in the right star system it is easy to miss all the planets. Are there any charts in the game? Are there commands that help with this?

When you beam down and I could not fire the weapons when I aimed at the creature. Once again the controls are awkard here.

Does anyone have any advice?

Originally Posted by guest

I am conflicted on continuing playing this game.It has a interesting premise but there are some problems with the controls. The game seems more of a RPG than adventure game but it was in the adventure section. So far the game has been all RPG and combat . Would someone answer a few questions for me?

First the autopilot does not stop for me when it goes where I tell it

Even if you stop in the right star system it is easy to miss all the planets. Are there any charts in the game? Are there commands that help with this?

When you beam down and I could not fire the weapons when I aimed at the creature. Once again the controls are awkard here.

Does anyone have any advice?

Each of the four characters has a variety of skill potentials that can change only two ways:
If your whole crew dies the game will automatically replace them all with clones with completely different stats.
Or if one of the characters dies, you can re-clone them yourself. These determine how well they perform certain tasks eg. William's nagagation skill must be 90 or more to attain a speed 6 with a hull size 1 ship. He will then also be more likely to enter the star system of your choosing rather than make stupid mistakes. I recommend re-cloning all of the characters until they reach their full potential. You can even clone them while they are alive and it will simply replace them.

Here is a link for the manual in PDF which includes a map.
http://www.hotud.org/component/conte...e/39-rpg/20519

Finally, when you aim at an enemy the number shows the percentage of damage potential this shot will inflict. If it says 0 then you're out of range or there is something obstructing your way. Generally, unless you re-clone William, Nelson and Osai; Katya is the only decent shooter of the four. Nelson's not too bad, but you really can't rely on them at long ranges.

I'm sorry if I've rambled on and on, but I truly loved this game as a child.

Now the reason I'm on this forum is that I'm looking to download the awesome music from this game and can't find it anywhere. If nothing eventuates, I may have to record it all myself and convert it. If anyone can help me, please don't hesitate.