Texas_Fett

Well, you could start up a multiplayer game, let it sit as you build up the infrastructure and fleets of both sides, do your research, etc., and then switch it to a single player game to up the difficulty. And to provide some of those epic space battles we've been wanting so badly. WHOOT!! I'm a Major! Does anybody still have that .gif showing the ranks and the post prequirements for each? I tried to find it in the "SOCL at 2000 posts" thread, but it was gone.

Yeah, that's it alright. And you're right; it all appears just fine in RebEd and in-game. However, trying to change the text can be problematic, as ResHack won't let you edit anything, nor compile the script. The only solution I've found is to replace the entry in ResHack with a new/blank one. I've noticed that this happens every time I A) Make a change to the encyclopedia text in RebEd or B) load a new card. Which means that unless you're content with the card description (and all it's associated spelling errors and bad grammar), you are forced to edit everything in ResHack by loading a new entry. Now I just have to get Rebellion to look at the Dll's on my HD for the Encyclopedia info in-game rather than defaulting to the CD-Rom. As for what the numbers mean, I'm going to have to e-mail you, I guess. It's all Greek to me...

{bowing} Thank you, thank you! I'm here 'til Thursday! Don't forget to tip your waitresses! Try the veal!

Okay, so we have lists and sites of 'official' names for Star Destroyers and Mon Cal cruisers; we have lists of 'unofficial' names people have used during the course of a game...but what about 'official' names for ships other than Star Destroyers and Mon Cals? Is there a site or list that covers these, compiled in a manner that doesn't involve scrolling through the list at CUSWE? Here's what I have so far (gleaned from the ship descriptions for Star Destroyers and Mon Cals in Adam Overholtzer's Complete Guides, and/or force-listings for the Battle of Endor found in the TFN forums {link to follow}): Imperial (non-Victory, Imperator, Executor, Allegiance, Soverign, or Eclipse class) Astin (CR90) Dargon (Dreadnaught) Daring(Strike Cruiser) Ebolo (Strike Cruiser) Implacable (Nebulon-B) Indomitable (Strike Cruiser) Laantis (Nebulon-B) Perfect (CR90) Scylla (Strike Cruiser) Serpent (Strike Cruiser) Shadow (Nebulon-B) Rebel (Non-Mon Calamari or Star Destroyer) Evanrue (Nebulon-B) Inamo (Nebulon-B) Redemption (Nebulon-B) Rehz'nor (Nebulon-B) Valiance (Nebulon-B) Whitehawk (Nebulon-B) Flurry (Escort Carrier) Prowler (Escort Carrier) Harrier (Dreadnaught) Peregrine (Dreadnaught) Celestial (Med. Trans) Limnate (Med. Trans) Luminous (Med. Trans) Sarsuma (Med. Trans) Steadfast (Bulk Trans ?) Tuima (Med. Trans) Chandi (Cor. Gunship) Eridain (CR90) Masanya (CR90) Pushti (CR90) Saki (CR90) Tantive IV (CR(90) Urjani (Bulk Cruiser) I'll be looking at the aforementioned CUSWE list and adding to the above, but I thought someone else might already have something similar.

Oh, well why didn't you say so? A reference to an obscure German comedy. Of course. I assumed it was something along those lines, but it's good to finally read the explanation. Umlauts would be a cool function to have on a keyboard, especially with words like "uber" working their way into the American vernacular. However, trying to figure out when I should use 'ue', 'oe' or 'ae' every time would give me a headache. They should just assign "ALT+U" for 'u' with an umlaut, etc. So I kinda guessed which rank title you're gunning for, huh? I can do a killer Steve Irwin. Yoda is another good one for me. And much to my wife's delight, I can do a rather convincing "Ted". Well, it's not like I make her address me as "Texas_Fett", you know. In fact, when she learned what my username was for this board, her reaction was more . I'm sure it has it's uses. Lord knows I'd be completely reliant upon a trasnlator like that if I was trying to post in German. I'm just saying that your English is excellent. Okay, I got that the whole Fosters thing originated with Zoot, but as for him 'passing' Fosters cans (what, like kidney stones?) and users finding themselves in odd places... I'll just have to read up on the thread. I didn't say he wasn't funny at all, just that he's not a gutbuster with all of his lines. Bender is quite funny, as is Fry. "Sluuurrrmmm..." It's like when that guy replaces Robin Williams' character behind the microphone in "Good Morning, Vietnam". I get that a lot. I though I posted my age in the "ID part of this society" thread, though. It must've been the "6-year Army Reserve Veteran, Husband and father of 2" that threw you off, right? Oh, we have the ESRB rating system for games, music and such, but usually whenever something is rated '18+' it usually means there's some pretty severe...{ahem}...'Adult' situations going on. As for Doom...yeah, I don't let my son watch some of the games I play. Of course, he WILL be introduced to Rebellion, Dungeons & Dragons, Diplomacy, et al in due course of time.

So what you're basically saying is that Rebellion's AI can adapt to changes in characters, but struggles when dealt new ship types? As per my own experimentation (here) with ship slots, I can see some of the initial difficulty the AI has in distinguishing between ship-types and its apparent disregard for their cost or usefulness. I agree with Mask; all we need is to put it to music. How 'bout the scarecrow's song from "The Wizard of Oz"? If we only had the Sourcecode We could while away the hours, with new features, new colors, new events to behold my head no more I'm scratchin' 'cause Lucas'd reward all of our actions If we only had the sourcecode We'd unravel every riddle For every past t-rouble That caused us grief and woe With the things we'd be a-makin' Pod-racers we'd be racin' If we only had the sourcecode Oh, I could tell you why They kept the game from being more We could think of things they'd never thunk before And then we'd sit and think of more The game would not be just 'a nothin' With no respect from all the 'guffins Who snicker at its style GL we deserve it For all the support we always given If we only had... If we only had the sourcecode

You could always try burning your whole Rebellion download to a CD and then uninstall/re-install. That might work. Otherwise, it sounds like you may have downloaded a 'hacked' version, in which case you're screwed.

Now, what "Buffalo" means (aside from the large bison that roam the American West and the city in upstate New York) is anyone's guess, but it's my bet that the Mask-meister has been planning his new title for awhile now. Up for a few suggestions? Rebed Guru Sultan of Supremacy (single-player only) Script-Monkey Model Man Uber-Jedi Interactive "Noob" FAQ RebEd Rescue Ranger Ha! I could go on all day. You know, your posts take on a whole new dimension when you read them and imagine an "Ah-nold"-type accent. 1) 2) Robin Williams!! Man, replace some of C-3P0's dialogue with his and the game'd be a screamer! As for the rest, she's not too big a Brad Pitt fan, but if I put in Keanu Reeves, Brendan Fraser, and Ben Affleck she'd be happy. That is, until a "Keanu Reeves was killed" message came across during the game. Then I'd be in trouble. It just goes to show that you don't rely on Google as much as you'd make us think you do. Ew, like the "Foster's Bitter"? That's some nasty stuff, there. No, I'll drink regular Fosters, but the other stuff...no thank you. Shiner Bock is a rather sweet beer. It's difficult to find outside of Texas, though. I was in Louisiana and they tried to pass it off as an 'import'. And after all that you still can't dance, huh? Geez, that's criminal! Although, Zoidberg isn't really all that funny in the English version either... It's darn near censorship, in my book. Good thing I'm 27 then, huh? Seriously though, that's good to know, so that I don't let my 3-year-old stay in the room. But age restrictions on German movies? Man, that's gotta be some bad stuff.

Um, 'copy and paste' doesn't work for you either, Jahled? Dang...we may have to, like, take up a collection for you or something. Or establish a Non-profit organization to fund raise for "Jahled's Kids". "Yes folks, now is your chance to help poor, deprived Jahled and his children to have an internet connection that's up to specs for the 1990's. It doesn't matter whether or not he has kids...what matters is that he cannot click hyperlinks. HYPERLINKS, ladies and gentlemen. So for a small donation of $10, $20, $50 or $100 (or in Euros, if you'd prefer. Why the bloody HELL did they ever decide to scrap the pound?) you could possibly receive an e-mail or PM from Jahled, personally thanking you for enabling him to resuscitate and/or replace his antiquated PC with one containing a processor manufactured in the last five years, enabling him to continue his quest of maintaining a repository of porn to rival Bill Clinton's. Your help is most important, ladies and gentlemen. Operators are standing by; please make your checks out to: Texas_Fett, 1335 Broadway, San Antonio, Texas, 78238. I'll make sure the monies go to where they're most needed". (That's not my real address, btw) Yeah, I started 'collecting' 'em all too...then I realized how much money I was flushing down the crapper. {sigh}

Ah, tough guy, eh? Very well. Ve haf vays of makingk you talk, yes? What's really impressive is that a student in Costa Rica can dig this kind of information up, while legions of fanboys in the US can't...

You know, dancing can be a great stress reliever. (Of course, so is Rebellion. Now if I can just convince my wife...) You spent a lot of time coming up with that, didn't you? Yeah, bitter beers don't do it for me, either. Maybe the problem is that you're only drinking the German stuff. Hmm...I may have to send you some Shiner Bock. Well, kind of. I was thinking more alongs the lines of daquiri's, pina coladas or wine coolers. But you get the idea. Geez, I can only imagine! Futurama in badly dubbed, out-of-synch German... I'll have to keep an eye out for that. It would be great fun at parties.

Man, where'd you dig THAT up, Trej?!? You're right though; it DOES all fit. And what's more, it appears to be Jar-Jar less. I may actually have to go see this one of my own free will.

{sigh}...we're gonna have to bring you up to speed on American pop-culture, I can see. Yes, but did you manage to pack your tongue back into your mouth? {smacks forehead} Mask, Mask, Mask...whatever am I going to do with you? Here you are, living in the Mecca of the beer-brewing world (well, outside of Ireland), and you don't even drink it? At least it's vodka and whiskey you're drinkin'...I'd really have to hurt you if you were chuggin' chick drinks. Undertalented? The got the title completely wrong! I mean, that's either 'creativly massaging the title' or an indicator that they are functionally illiterate. Steven Segal sounds like a tough guy? Is that possible? Maybe I should, like, get the english versions with the German subtitles. That way I can compare.

It's about damn time! I was very happy that RotK won Best Picture and PJ won Best Director. Then again, I was just happy that Mystic River didn't. Could've done without the Best Actor award going to Sean Penn, though, as well as the Best Supporting Actor award going to Tim Robbins. Those two are the biggest celebrity idiots this country has ever had the misfortune of producing, IMHO. But I digress. I'm one of those who feels that the awards this year were more a reflection on the accomplishments of the whole trilogy, and not Return of the King alone. Don't get me wrong; I loved the movie. I've read the books every other year since I was twelve. I just think that you really can't give out awards to the individual movies in the Trilogy, since they're all parts of one story. But justice was served, and the fantasy/sci-fi community has been vindicated.

Okay, here's a few sites that talk about the deleted scenes: http://www.zuul.co.uk/swunknown/DeletedScenes/DSep6.htm http://www.starwarsjunkies.com/ep6deleted1.htm http://galactic-voyage.com/Return%20of%20the%20Jedi%20Cut%20Scenes.htm http://massassi.yavin4.com/sw/m6lost1.htm http://massassi.yavin4.com/sw/m6lost2.htm (I used the throttling picture for my “Empire – Retire Character” pic in Rebellion.) Someday...someday these scenes will be ours!

Yeah...what he said.

Hold up there, Mask! Read that again...he doesn't appear in ONE of the three movies, that being ANH. So if he's not in one of 'em, why put his grill on the movie packaging? I'll have to find the site that has a couple of pictures from it. I ran across it a few weeks ago...

And here I thought you were upset that I compared you to Charlie Korsmo. BTW, you did know that "the Pelvis" was a nickname for Elvis Presley, right? Down, boy! Trust me, Mask...you CAN be taught. My first date with my future wife was when she taught me to Two-Step, and now she swears I'm a better dancer once I have a minimum of two beers in my system. That has got to be one of the worst excuses for a translated movie title I have ever seen. Of course, hearing Clint Eastwood's lines dubbed in German would be a hoot, too.

The 'Jedi vs. Sith' one seems silly for the OT, especially since Yoda isn't even in one of the three movies. 'The Final Conflict' one looks a bit bland. 'The Imperial Collection' at least ties in the subject of the opening scene from each movie: that being an Imperial Star Destroyer. And, as Trej noted, it does bear a striking resemblance to the packaging for Rebellion... Speaking of deleted scenes, there's always the Luke/Biggs ones from ANH, the Darth Vader throttling Jerjerrod and being threatened by the Royal Guardsmen on his way to the Emperor's throne room after he was told to remain on the Executor, and the 'sandstorm' scene after Han is rescued.

Correction on the Ropers. It occurred to me after I left work yesterday that I must have been smokin' something. Ropers are a brand of cowgirl boots. The tight jeans that go along with the Ropers are a brand called Rockies. Man, I've gotta get more sleep...

Ah, yes! I remember that episode. Gotta love the Bundy's. Oh, and btw: I'd never intentionally insult anybody here, least of all those I consider close acquaintences. Sorry if I confused ya, buddy. No offense intended. Jeans...TIGHT fitting, cowgirl-cut jeans. Well, they're also a type of women's cowboy-boot, but they're a brand of jeans common here in Texas. See, that's what I thought, too. However, "Two-Steppin'" (a.k.a., "Belt-Buckle Polishin'", from the proximity in which you dance with your partner) is simplicity in itself to begin with, and it is my personal experience that the more adult beverages you consume, the better "Two-Stepper" you become. Well, to a point. How 'bout this: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6304698798.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Um, yeah...that's what I was referring to. The Texas Shoreline... Of course, if you count Mexico (may as well, given our porous border), then I can see your point. Huh? I was referring to...{ahem}...mi, mi, mi... "The Stars at Night, Are Big and Bright, DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS!! Ever see the movie, "Can't Hardly Wait"? I just pictured you being like Charlie Korsmo's character from the movie. "I can't feel my legs...I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS!!!" Ooooh, YEAH!! I DID marry one, after all. Texas women are a whole different breed, let me tell you. They like to hunt, fish, be outdoors, they look fantastic in a pair of Ropers, love a good time, and are just waitin' for a cowboy to come up and introduce themselves on the dancefloor with a little "Belt-buckle polishin'". You'll have to come on down here and see for yourself sometime. Although, we WILL have to teach you to 'Two-Step'...those 'Pulp Fiction' dance moves won't quite cut it around here. Pleading ignorance won't save you now, Mask. Besides, wouldn't "the Ugly" at the end of it have tipped you off?

Ah, the 'Holy Grail' of Rebellion gaming...if only GL would deem us worthy enough to peruse it for a bit... Ain't that the way it always is? You think the problem has this massive, complicated solution, only to find out it's embarassingly simple. Or are you just braggin'?

Aw, MAN! Them's fightin' words there, TK!

You are forgetting one major fact there, brother, and that is: EVERYTHING is bigger and better in Texas! Don't make me sing 'the song'. Interesting cultural reference, there. I wasn't even aware that students in Germany HAD proms. So tell me...at this dance, was there a live band? And if so, were there many tubas involved? (Not to beat a dead horse, but... ) Ah. I guess that answers my question above. BIG trees, BIG lakes, nice lookin' women...but a tad too close to Arkansas, if you catch my meaning. You mock Clint Eastwood!?! For that, you must die! So it's unanimous, then?