Lone_Utwig

Star Control 2, Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and 3, TIE fighter, Knights of the Old Republic, Age of Wonders 2, Unreal Tournament, Ascendancy, Diablo 1.

My questions: 1) How does StarDock support modding of the game? Various competitions? Events? All seems very silent right now. 2) What are the plans for the current SCO? New expansions? What shall we expect? 3) I would love to see Ur-Quan (SC2) converted into SCO engine with some additions and tweaks both from Fred and Paul and Stardock. What do you think about it? Don`t get me wrong. I love SCO but I cannot sever me from Utwig, Kzer-Za and Admiral Zex. I would love to

Great! Please, keep us in the loop re any interesting SC developments.

Hey, is there anything happening in the Starcontrol Realm? It seems to be kinda quiet for more than a month... 1) How is Earth Rising Syndicate? 2) What about ports to consoles? 3) What about Star Control Origins 2? 4) Any info on the ghost of the precursors? Or Mask Effect? 5) How are Fred and Paul doing? 6) Any DLCs for Galciv3 with a name - villains of Star Control etc. etc. etc.

Bump...

Brad, Paul and Fred, is there a forum (yeah, not discord, not facebook) now where we can all post questions to you, discuss current and future developments etc.? (and be sure that you check it out once every 2-3 days or so)? Shall we use this platform or something else?

Great news. I hope both parties will learn something from it. The best thing to learn is (IMO) that nothing can replace direct communication and all shall strive to restore it whenever possible. Anyways, Brad, I hope that you will see this message. Go for PS4|PS5 (:)), XBOX or what not, go for the consoles, phones, pads etc. SuperMelee will have a rebirth (esp. if 4 players will be able to play against each other). And if you go for the consoles, please, make sure that SCO is

Hey, any Summer updates, esp. considering the settlement!

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="5" id="3747054"] Looking like first week of May. [/quote] Understood. Plz. post some pix or something :)

Hi there. Any updates on the status of @Return of the Lexites?@

Damn, this is serious. I think that in such case you shall ask help of other developers (besides general public) and show them how destructive this path is. That besides Stardock they can be next. I do not think that this issue is obvious to them. As for the general public - most people think (like I did) that this endangers only SCO and no other game. I think that you, lawyers and PR people shall really think about some form of campaign to EXPLAIN. The

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="14" id="3746123"] Quoting Lone_Utwig, reply 12 Do you plans any games similar to SC? You have a gamer engine now, lots of experience so you can have something 100% your own (do not get me wrong with that remark) w/o any dicks trying to own you. We already 100% own S

I got your point guys. Anyways, keep adding staff to SCO. Paid or free, in any form. Just maintain the quality and think out of the box (like text to speech thingy with some tweaks for voiceovers).

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="11" id="3746102"] Court cases can take many, many years to sort out. Right now, the case is in the "discovery" phase. We haven't even finished depositions yet. Then, the parties will file for summary judgments on various causes of action (these lawsuits are made up of many different elements). Most of what people talk about online about the case actually is not part of the case. The part that affects Star Control: O

Ok, we do not have to call it Director`s cut or something. It is just an idea, an umbrella term for a more fleshed out, expanded, user friendly game. My main points are: 1) New content shall come our regularly. Esp. if it pertains to lore. Some things are low hanging fruits so to say and can be easily implemented (I still think that adding fuel tanks etc. is a good idea that can be easily implemented, just add some variety on top of plain vanilla modules even though it is not lore rel

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="7" id="3745903"] So e good ideas there. But I’m not sure how you would sell it. Not really practical to create a new game scu and it would make for a pretty odd DLC. How much would people pay for it? [/quote] Ask people. Just be honest. Simply say that because of courts it is a bit risky to invest now but subject to so and so you can make it happen. Setup a fund on your main page and see. I can easily pay 20-30$ fo

[quote who="SchismNavigator" reply="4" id="3745894"] One of the topics that has come up on the discord is that we should focus on the lore. Certainly internally we have discussed some paths in regards to expanding existing aliens as opposed to introducing new aliens. [/quote] Look, it makes no sense to introduce aliens for the sake of introducing new aliens. More lore and new items are the easiest things to do in my opinion. Ask your writers, creative team to

Damn, that might mean years of delay. So I guess one shall focus on small expansions for SCO to keep the interest in the franchise and keep the cash flow coming. Not a bad idea after all. Esp. if you can move to consoles and phones/ipads type of thing. Paid (even though I hate it) ship sets for melee to invest in story expansion to SCO. Any ideas re Villans of SC for GalcivIII? What about a port of SCO to other platforms? PS4? IOS?

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="7" id="3745767"] Right now we are focused on finishing part 2 of earth rising. [/quote] Brad, can we get a bit more than that? Anything behind the scenes? Future plans, current status?

Guys, I think it makes sense to spend some time discussing a possible patch/expansion to SCO that I would call a Director`s Cut (DC). I think that it might even be sold rather than a free expansion|patch. So here are some ideas from me: 1) Make exploration more interesting. I have visited EVERY star and planet (save for Gas Giants) that are currently available in SCO. It is a bit boring to get the same modules every time after exploration of Ruins, Wrecks etc. So the ide

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Any updates on SCO and/or SCO2 developments? How is the TFB court battle going? (gag order)? I am a bit disappointed to see no modding activity for SCO (start some form of competition?). What about SCO for PS4 (my kids wanna play it on PS4). How are things with earth rising part 2? etc. etc. etc.

Yeah, hence their claims are a bit strange... Brad can you inform us of the court developments? (if you can disclose them). Is there still a chance for a settlement/solution?

Oh, I have just found the following. I am not sure that it can be used in legal proceedings but here it is: From the 1998 IRC chat with Toys for Bob (Fwiffo is both Fred Ford and <a title="Paul Reiche III" h

I think another expansion is a must. Develop a lore a bit more, add some additional features (Quasi Space, Below Space (even if these are just additional @layers@ of the main hyperspace (sector) map) etc.), more assets across the whole board (stars, planet types and planet visuals (where are the ringed planets????, comets??, black holes), ruins, stations, ships, modules, aliens, critters, even mineral types), tweak the tools a bit. You can still start your work on the sequel in the meantime:)