Distant Worlds: Return of the Shakturi

[Erik Rutins]

What's this?

[elmo3]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

What's this?

Looks like me the last time I went to the dentist.

[adecoy95]

omg clusters!!!! my favorite map type!!!

the gravity well looks pretty sweet, i take it there are different levels of the well for a higher radius?

im going to try and put them in a huge circle all around my empire, see what happens [:D]

[hondo1375]

Zardoz?

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

What's this?

[ASHBERY76]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

What's this?

Shodan looks kinda like a peacefull race with that blue finish,hmmm.

[adecoy95]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

mom?

[Evil Steve]

any chance of a 50 star galaxy? resource slider?

i'm still excited [X(]

[Hawawaa]

More pictures YES! Possible release next week, hope it happens! More setting! HECK YA! Last picture... I DON'T KNOW! 

[Shark7]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

What's this?

Not sure what it is, but the answer to everything is...42. [:D]

[Shark7]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

A skirmish with my new CVL in today's latest test game.

Erik, in these pictures I am noticing that there are class types, IE FFL - (Corvette) and CVL- (Light Carrier). Is this an in game thing or just a personal naming thing?

[corbon]

Shark7

Check out the ship type. It is a Destroyer, so almost certainly this is just Erik's personal naming system.
I do the same sort of system myself - DDs, CLs, CAs, BBs etc.

[adecoy95]

now that we can mod up to 23 or so different ship sets for use between the races, will the existing races get new models? or is that just for the benefit of the modders?

[csebal]

Any chance we get a real map size slider, that is.. MAP SIZE, as opposed to MAP DENSITY?

I really would like some huge games, but the fact that even the simpliest engines can cross 1/3 of the galaxy kinda takes my enthusiasm away. I would not mind if the map could be scaled 10 times this big, with systems being much farther apart, forcing you to take tankers with you early game even to reach some neighboring systems.

[Kadrush]

Questions:
 
1-How lost fighters/bombers are going to be replaced?
2-Will we be able to place passenger modules on a military ship and direct, a bit, migration (do our own state controlled migration)?

[Carewolf]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

What's this?

System Shock 2, is that you??

I've missed you!

[J HG T]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

What's this?

"Cease your pestering, insect. Accept the coming of your new lord."

Interesting. Interesting indeed.
Can't wait to play!

[Montesano]

Just booted this game up again last night to play another map, looks like I should hold off a bit and wait for this expansion. 

[Fideach]

What it made me think of too!

[Grotius]

I notice that pirates and monsters can both be set to "none" now. Maybe that was already in a recent patch? I haven't played in a few months. Anyway, that's good news, if it's true.

On pirates: any change in the way they acquire tech? I dimly recall that they always have the same tech our small ships have. Has that changed?

That pic makes me think of Shodan as well.

[jalapen0]

ORIGINAL: csebal

Any chance we get a real map size slider, that is.. MAP SIZE, as opposed to MAP DENSITY?

I really would like some huge games, but the fact that even the simpliest engines can cross 1/3 of the galaxy kinda takes my enthusiasm away. I would not mind if the map could be scaled 10 times this big, with systems being much farther apart, forcing you to take tankers with you early game even to reach some neighboring systems.

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