<t> Oh-so-agreed about the community. Some features of the game are sorely lacking, or are missing from the 5.0 version even though they were in the 4.0 version (getting the bearing when requesting info from CIC being the big one), and whenever the lack thereof is mentioned the fanboys descend like ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>* <B><s>[b]</s>Space Dust.<e>[/b]</e></B> No really, not just the 1-pixel "space snow" in this game that is very hard to see, I mean the space dust that actually helps you <I><s>[i]</s>see where you're going<e>[/i]</e></I>.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Yeah, space dust is ...

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Unfortunately, this game really looks like ass and sounds like ass (or at least the engines do). So I was wondering, are there any graphic mods available? Some fancy planet textures? As for the sound, are all the files readily available to be ...

I think F11 is a convenience feature for the player -- the planets are background glitz only, so if a planet is making it hard to see you can just move it out of the way.&nbsp; I never use it.

Sadly, nope; the ships are limited to a top speed of around 2.0 KM/s.&nbsp; This is one of the handwaves the game makes, which also bugs me (in light of such things as Frontier: First Encounters and such, which also have true Newtonian combat).

<t> As mentioned in the post above, the game simply won't run unless you have a graphics card, to the best of my knowledge. Granted, I'm not one of the developers so I have no idea whether it's possible to coax it to work on an integrated graphics chipset or not, but the easy solution (not ...

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<B><s>[b]</s><U><s>[u]</s>THE NIKE TORPEDO: KNOW THY ENEMY<e>[/u]</e></U><e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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<r> From Thadaeus Tween's Tech Notes:<br/>
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return = cross_section * effectiveness * ( 1 - range / limit )<br/>
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Where:<br/>
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<I><s>[i]</s>return<e>[/i]</e></I> is the brightness you appear on their sensors (chance of detection?)<br/>
<I><s>[i]</s>cross_section<e>[/i]</e></I ...

<t> It's extremely difficult to break away from a missile lock.&nbsp; Even if the missile fails to hit you directly, there stands a good chance that the missile will explode due to proximity once it detects a miss.<br/>
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There's also the fact that missiles will automatically reacquire on you ...

<t> If you're still having trouble, remember that you can only transfer to a DESRON, incidentally, not to a CRURON or to a carrier group.&nbsp; For instance, you won't be able to transfer to a destroyer or frigate in the Archon's formation: you have to transfer to a frigate or destroyer in a ...

<r> The problem is right here:<br/>
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Card name: Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller<br/>
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Starshatter: The Gathering Storm absolutely requires a 3D accelerator card. You should be able to pick a basic one up for $50-$100, get a fairly good one for $150, or go a ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Avimimus<br/>
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Pah. The Original Starshatter didn't have what I would call game balance (appologies to the Dev).<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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If you got the idea that I'm a Starshatter developer, sorry about that. I <I><s>[i]</s>wish<e>[/i]</e></I> I could ...

<t> Judging by number of replies on a single low-traffic web forum is a pretty bad way to measure how many people bought a game.&nbsp; Even though the game is primarily distributed through the internet, you have to imagine that only roughly 5% of people ever even bother checking the forums, and of ...

You modders may believe it's functioning as designed, but game developers (such as myself) know there's such a thing called "game balance" that has to be upheld.

Yes, support for Starshatter is totally lacking. I don't know if there's a reason for it or whether the developer simply gave up on it after finally hitting version 5.0.1 after so many years of work. I'd like to believe that development will resume at some point, however.

<t> If non-technical tricks are also allowed:<br/>
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If a missile is incoming and you launch a decoy, you need to *cancel* your afterburner, not try to hit the afterburners to put distance between you and the decoy. Allow your momentum to carry you outside of the splash. A decoy is slightly ...

<t> The problem is that the patch puts a new executable in your directory, so you'll have to edit your Starshatter shortcut on the desktop from "...\Starshatter-TheGatheringStorm.exe" to "...\Stars.exe".&nbsp; No mention of this is made in the patch documentation or the Starshatter website, which ...

Try transferring to the ship itself. AFAIK, you can only transfer to a squadron for a fighter. For capships, you need to choose a specific ship to take over.

Again, take it with a pinch of salt -- it's been a while since I've played.

<t> Are you trying to transfer directly to one of the assets (i.e, clicking the ship's name itself), or are you trying to select the group and transfer directly to the group?&nbsp; Only the former works, to my knowledge, but then again I haven't been playing lately (I have to reinstall my Saitek X45 ...

<t> The requirements on the boxed version mention that a 3D accelerator card is "required", but that compatibility with the OpenGL shader model 2.0 is only "recommended".<br/>
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Also note that while SS:TGS is fairly modern, you don't actually need a massive video card unless you're running it ...