Skynxnex

I wish I had artistic talent.

And I agree with that, no problem. I just wanted to point out that I think a lot of people went to see the movie with a lot of pre-conceived notions about how it would be and they were disappointed. I admit I was one of those people. I do though see SW for what it is, and thats supposed to be a fantasy sci-fi universe which for the most part has always been geared toward a younger audience. Some of that is generalizing of course. SW is a basic good vs. evil story. It has the 'everyone lives happily ever after' end at RoTJ. Thats really all that George was doing. One of the things some people might not like about the prequels though is that the bad guys win. I know some people were put off by that but to me it was refreshing to see a change in who won and who lost so to speak. Anyway, Hayden didnt act well at all and yes he should have done better. I think though a large part of that is Lucas' fault but thats my opinion.

Fair enough, I was just saying though that smaller goals might be better to implement first. Your the one doing the work not me so its up to you. Anyway, much like the others have said I think that a dynamic campaign would be great. Smarter wingmen who dont go flying into your field of fire or fly into you would be nice too. 'Intelligent' enemies who dont 'cheat' would also be cool. Granted I am not sure how to implement that in the game but I dont like how in some games the AI seems to cheat.

I just want to point out that Stellar you should set your goals here a little bit smaller and less grandiose. Coding and writing a program, especially one that you are just learning can be challenging. I think that if your setting yourself up here for failure by trying to be too grand and large so to speak. You might find that as you code you cant enable something the way you want it to work and then might get frustrated. Anyway, I think just for beginning that you should try to script/code something for basic flying and shooting. From there then work on trying to integrate AI into it and see if your opponents can attack. As this continues maybe try adding new models and so on. The point I am trying to make is that when you start a project its often best to make your goals smaller and more attainable so you wont get discouraged. Thats all I was trying to say basically.

I hate double posting, but this is an entirely different post than my preceding one. Is Hayden a bad actor? Probably so. Can George Lucas direct worth a damn? Probably not. However, that does not detract from the fact that a lot of kids who were at the movie, RoTS absolutely loved it. It doesnt take a genius to see what age demographic George was marketing this to. Especially more so in Ep1 and Ep2. What is sad though is that George does not try to make his movies a little more mature and get rid of the cutesy crap that he has been putting in his movies since RoTJ. I just want to highlight that criticizing certain parts of the movie for being 'stupid' depends on perspective. For a 13 yr old kid watching the movie the NOOOO scene was great. For me, 23 yr old, it was bad. I am not disputing the 'bad'ness of the scene but rather the fact that how you and I view the scene differs from how the little kids viewed it. I personally didnt like the parts with Artoo spraying oil and being a bad-ass. I thought it was corny and lame. However, alot of little kids who saw the movie were laughing and thinking it was 'cool'. So it all depends on perspective.

Take a second, get a valium. Where did I say we shouldnt have an expectation for acting? Hmm where? And keep in mind what we are talking about here, Star Wars. This isnt Gone With the Wind or a Broadway theatrical production. These movies have more or less always been geared to little kids. The point I am trying to make is that one shouldnt go to a movie with unrealistic expectations when the audience that its geared to is not of your age demographic. For instance, would you take a child, say about 5 yrs old to see an Opera? Probably not, most children at that age are NOT interested in something like an Opera. The opera is geared towards a different audience. Sheesh, I wish people would read my posts all the way through and try to understand the context of what I am talking about instead of looking at just one point and harping on it.

I admit the NOOOO scene was a little..off. However, when I look at it from a more realistic perspective, you need to keep in mind he did all of that for Padme. He turned to the darkside to save her etc and in the end he ended up killing her. The shock of it alone was what finally in my view brought Vader over to the darkside and only later on would Luke rekindle any good in him. As for the acting...I think the reason it was 'corny' is that too many people were expecting something that wouldnt happen. For instance I know some people were cringing and shaking their heads when Padme and Anakin kept talking about how much they love one another, keep in mind though that in real life when people love each other or someone is trying to show their feelings for someone else, we dont have Hollywood writers to create perfect lines that you usually hear in a movie. I have heard some of my friends say what was to me some of the lamest stuff I have ever heard, but supposedly girls like that. It show they (the guy) is being honest. Truth of the matter is, most of us cant act. The way we 'act' in real life is very different than if you put it on camera. For instance the way I act people think it was goofy or something, yet no one ever tells me those criticisms. I guess the point I am making is that one shouldnt go to a Star Wars movie or any movie and have expectations way out to the stars about how the acting is going to go. For instance when Anakin got mad at Obi Wan on Mustafar when Padme collapsed...have any of you seen someone get very pissed off before? Many people get mad in different ways. Some people get very explosive and get loud and yell etc. I am one of the kinds of people where when I get mad, the only clue is my facial expression and the tone of my voice. I dont yell and I wont curse. What I will do is talk very slowly and the tone of my voice clearly gives it away. Not to mention my face looks pissed off. The point I am trying to make is that depending on the situation we all act differently. There is no one 'mold' that could have been done to fit everyone's perspective on how Anakin 'should' have acted in a certain way.

All my friends who saw this movie say its great. I have to admit though, if I go see it more than likely it will only be for Katie Holmes *begins drooling* But anyway, I heard that Bale did a good job playing Bruce Wayne.

But it would be more..enjoyable

Fully interactive 3D model cards printed from RebEd...

Thats a good song, I like Robert Miles' songs.

Rammstein - Zwitter

Hahaha. Its hard tracking down those leaders.

Ok my one post was silly, as for in-game reasons Boba at the time they made Rebellion probably wasnt considered a major enough character. Or, maybe the development team simply forgot? I noticed they made characters like Bane Nothos who I have never heard about before and stuck him in the game.

I have heard of these movies, but havent watched them in a long long time. I think the last time I saw them I was 10 or something.

His ship broke down and he didnt make it to the try-outs so Lucas told him no he couldnt be in the game.

Paul Oakenfold - Ascension

Exactly. Like I said, what exactly is 'fair' in a fight.

Burned in the sun..hahahahaha. An accurate way to sum up my feelings on that too.

Typically I tend to have one massive shipyard planet per sector. The mandatory two gencores to protect the planet is standard. But I scrap everything else and just have shipyards on the planet.

I hate to say it but the definition of a 'fair fight' is somewhat elusive. Technically speaking anyone who is going to fight someone else, be it an army or a one on one, the people involved engage in something called 'maneuvering' where the participants of said fight try to get what is called the 'high ground' or in other words the best position available. Positioning in a fight can mean everything. Also, what is available? Some people believe that using your environment in a fight is ok, others dont. Really the definition of fair is hard to define. Is it fair for smaller armies to fight larger armies and win? What about training and discipline etc.?

Ah ok, thanks for the reply. Shame, I was hoping to speed up the delivery time of buildings, ah well. Thanks again.

OK, I feel bad for posting this topic but I honestly dont know the answer to this question. First of all, is there any way at all to decrease the time it takes to say for instance send a building to another planet? I know how to mod my ships in RebEd so that they wont spend forever in hyperspace but I was wondering if anyone knew how to do it for the buildings. Example: Say I build a building on Coruscant but I want to send it to a planet in another sector, is there a way to decrease the time in hyperspace my building takes to arrive at the next place? Second question: Someone mentioned it before, but I forgot how it goes. Someone before said there was a way to get the AI to go into the Outer Rim. They changed the importance or something of the sectors. Something like that anyway. Is there a way for me to do this in RebEd and if so...how? Thank you to anyone who can help answer these newbie questions for me.

Hehehe. Ah yes "commence primary ignition" and bye bye world. Alas the first time I used the Death Star it was against a Core world..baaaaad idea.

Actually this story has me tempted to play Rebellion game, except of course heavily modify RebEd so my battles will be a little more grand and so on.