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I think the best use of this topic would be for what alien races you guys would want to create in your mods. :)

[quote who="HenriHakl" reply="8" id="3637710"] One suggestion: in system exploration mode I think the planets would benefit from an exaggerated atmosphere (to go along with their exaggerated surface features). Now I don't mean a wacky atmosphere, just a unrealistically large one relative to the size of the planet. The reason is that it would look kickass to have atmospheric effects (e.g. clouds, storms, aurora) clearly visible while in space - and secondly the oversized atmosphere wo

To answer your question, each race will have a theme that you will hear when you are flying through their region of space. When you are in generic space you will hear the hyperspace theme and the few variant versions we are doing for it. In fact you will hear the theme before you see or meet the aliens on your Starmap. Every race is also having a unique music theme played during their dialog.

The May 2016 Vault update is available now. https://www.starcontrol.com/vault

I think it's safe to say that our aliens have been inspired by a lot of sci-fi out there, but they are definitely not clones.

So I'll chime in here on what to expect. We are planning on releasing mod tools to you guys for the game. However those tools are going to be released in subsequent patches after release. Right now our focus is on creating the game for you guys, and while our tools will work there is some work that needs to be put into them to make them more non-developer accessible. We are still building systems in the game that has to integrate with those tools. It doesn't make sense to release the

Probably not the May content. But i'll see if I can find something to share. ;)

[quote who="cuorebrave" reply="8" id="3636976"] You know, it kinda makes me wish I didn't get involved in the Founder's Program, because we'll KNOW all the aliens and mysteries before we meet them in-game. [/quote] So this is actually something we talk about in the office. You guys are the biggest fans, and you will appreciate the experience more than others. But is it worth it at the expense of the whole game. Ideally we want to give you guys targ

[quote who="cuorebrave" reply="8" id="3636976"] What about THIS guy!? Look at all those teeth! Who's HE compare to in the new game?! Reduced 54% Original 640 x 813 [/quote] What you don't like the box artist's representation of a Ur-Quan?

I don't know how to break it to you all.... the feedback regarding the guy means we hit him right smack perfect for what we want him for. :)

[quote who="SavageMind1" reply="8" id="3636074"] The point of these forums is to give feedback on subjects, not flame anyone because they don't agree with the general consensus. [/quote] This is absolutely right on the mark.

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="2" id="3635990"] with this game to warrant that $99 investment? [/quote] The answer regardless of an individual's participation would be yes, as everyone who paid the $99 for the founder's is going to be getting all the DLC for free. We are planning for many years of DLC.

[quote who="Lone_Utwig" reply="6" id="3635743"] Surprise us and update it with new stuff [e digicons]:)[/e] [/quote] We do have to spend time building the game too, not just showing it off. :P

The vault is back online with all the goodies.

Looking into it personally. I'll update again when it's fixed.

We were doing some network maintenance this morning. It should return shortly.

[quote who="cuorebrave" reply="18" id="3635266"] Again, I bring up CIV 6 from YESTERDAY. The world despises a game they've never seen played because of the "new, cartoony graphics". [/quote] This is the real question. Is it the world or just a vocal minority, and/or people who are afraid of change? To stay on the Civ 6 topic. I think they are doing a lot of things right in that image. It's a lot less noisy compared to the old terrain. You can clearly see landmarks,

First let me say yes, the artwork for those aliens is nice. But would any of those images fit in Star Control? Absolutely not. They lack character, are not fun, and are not whimsical, and do not bring out any strong emotions. I'm going to be very critical here for a moment, so I am by no means saying any of the games mentioned are bad titles. But would you recognize the difference between any of those aliens and the aliens in Star Drive? Masters of Orion? Rebel Galaxy? or an

The short answer is yes it is one of the areas we are focusing on. From a Game Design perspective when you look at what the areas of the game that player is going to be doing most often, you want to make sure that those areas are fun and enjoyable. One of the very repetitious parts that everyone did (and then stopped as soon as they didn't need to anymore because it was tedious) was search the galaxy for planets that had resources and mine them from the surfac

[quote who="cuorebrave" reply="56" id="3634455"] What game in history has ever allowed their players to cut out the "fluff" that takes up the bulk of people's time? It reminds me of a request I heard for WoW raid dungeons to get rid of all the trash mobs... What would that even look like? 3 boss fights in 3 adjoining rooms, alone in a castle? [/quote] WoW actually tried that with the Ardent Tournament raid back during the Wrath of the Lich King

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="52" id="3634395"] Will we be able to edit the campaign to strip out many of the filler worlds? I would play a "just-the-good-stuff" mod. [/quote] But it's all good stuff. [e digicons]X([/e]

The April 2016 Vault update is available now. https://www.starcontrol.com/vault

One of the tools that we are working on is a random galaxy generator for you guys. This tool is the same one we are using to build our galaxies internally for Star Control. One of the challenges that comes with building the galaxy is distances between stars and the mechanics involved in travelling between them. While people will be able to hand author their own galaxies there are some constants that we are going to keep under control and not let people mod, otherwise it throws the game's

April Update.... an update will come in the future. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

[quote who="Dill_rat" reply="27" id="3632988"] hat's cool; I'm a completionist type of gamer, but if you make it clear by having a huge scope then players like me won't get drawn in to the impossible task. [/quote] and what is that number or amount of time to complete for you? :)