Jacen_Fel

6? You must have modded...you can't get six guys all researching the same thing without a modded game. Anyhow if it failed with six then you know for sure one is a traitor that is ruining the combined mission for all.

Kali... muahaha... three of us play it actively and the list continues to grow .

Too bad msn doesn't work on my comp . Anyhow I am also active... I can proudly say I have been part of at least one multiplayer game every day for 4 days now, planning to keep that streak going . Anyhow I don't have msn but my AIM is SWJ06 and my icq is 69184983. I play over Kali, though I also have Hamachi setup, just haven't tested it yet...

Yea, its at the point you better backup your original encase you ever lose it or it breaks because that 2nd copy is hard to find nowdays .

I think Griffin's formula is the closest thing we have to an understanding of how research works currently . Seems logical enough too

Found some more info on Research... this is from a random strategy guide on another site: "Research is another critical function in the game. Research happens automatically in each field (facilities, starships and ground troops) as long as you have one of each type of construction facility located somewhere. However, this process is very slow and completely random until you get R&D-capable people to work." So you have to have at least one of the facilities somewhere... that explains why I never got troop research in my test games, lol.

I took him off once, ran him through a blockade when i was about to lose the planet . Not one of my finest moments .

If your Imperial then your favorite fighter is probably a dead rebel one . Tie Defenders own... if you ever get far enough to own them in research .

Ok, tried it with the rebels also... interesting results: REBEL TECHS W/OUT Research(on EZ, Small Galaxy) Turn 275 Nebulon-B Frigate Research FINISHES After that I didn't get a single tech until the Empire finished me off in turn 1562... as I wasn't doing anything but running speed on fastest... anyhow apparently even as the rebels you need research. I can only conclude my opponent that supposedly waited until he got Sullustans without researching in our game didn't in-fact wait but researched... or else there is something else that factors into research(such as having shipyards/barracks producing units perhaps?) Dunno, anyone else's insights would be nice...

Yea me too... I tried assassinating Leia 20 times once when I had a fleet over the planet she was on, and with her hurt and she never died... needless to say I am still convinced they can't die...hmm so the Empire only gets 2 and the rebels get five.. joy. Does Chewie really talk? lol

UPDATE: Good news guys I can now skip briefings and keep my sanity, apparently on Windows 2000 its a LEFT click directly on the droid to skip the briefing so yea .

I just had a disaster in my multiplayer game last night... and it was one of those energy ones... quite annoying .

Maybe give them fake numbers after there name so it looks like your not renaming them and if someone reads the numbers they'll think you have more ships than you actually have .

What qualifies as a "main character" that can't be killed? Is it the ones your side is guranteed to start with each game?

Wait, when they fail it speeds your research up too?? EDIT: Did some testing of my own.. sucks to be the Empire and not research on smallest galaxy on easy without research your first research tech is: Turn 375 Tie Bomber Research FINISHES Turn 535 Advanced Training Facility Research FINISHES Then nothing else till 800 something at least... I died at that point since I had it on fastest running without doing anything. I tried against on larger galaxy on hardest and got to turn 453 without receiving any tech before an error crashed the game. So apparently the bigger the galaxy(or harder the difficulty) the longer it takes to get research with or without people working hard for it. I plan to run this test with the Rebels next...

Try using RedEd... it can do stuff like that apparently... I've never messed with it but lots of others here have. I mostly just play others scenarios

yea, for Kali try searching for it and downloading it... its free also... though u need to contact myself or someone else on aim/msn ( I use aim) to setup a game on there... or even hamachi for that matter.

Ideally you want equal mines and refineries... you can check how many total of each you have under the Overview option selected by clicking on your "helper" droid guy.

You got aim? Contact me at SWJ06 You can play on Kali, Hamachi... and various other ways and the speed goes whatever players set it at.(Whatever the lowest setting is of the two). I haven't played alot of diff people online before... only 3-4 or so so I'm somewhat newbish

I can't remember offhand...but basically it makes things more stable and fixes some stuff... I did read text for it somewhere but I can't remember where offhand. Bottom line get it, it helps the game and you need it to play other people online .

Just wondering what ya'll think on this. Is it better to just get your new ships/vechiles and stuff over time or to have characters slaving away trying to research'em first. Anyone got a chart that says when you get certain techs over time without research? Or anyone know exactly how many turns early you get stuff after a successful research. (Like Construction research success makes you get your next construction research 20 turns early or whatever the case may be).

I've amazingly never had a natural disaster happen in a multiplayer game so far... course I haven't gotten thousands of turns in either.

Skipping it worked fine for me on Windows 98 unfortunately I have Windows 2000 setup now since my reformat a few days ago and I have tried esc... right click and such and still can't skip that damn msg. Oh btw... you get it even if you play on expert of single player and if you play on multiplayer so until I can fix it I have to warn everyone about the five minute wait at the start for it to end while playing me .

Just curious what sort of bad circumstances people have had happen in the same game. In one multiplayer game I started with -6 maintenance (as Empire mind you!) and furthermore had Darth Vader captured while on a Diplomacy mission by an enemy infiltrators(by itself!) granted it took him ten tries apparently... but still Vader captured by an infiltrator? Gimmie a break... I also managed to lose an Imperial and Victory class Star Destroyer to Sabotage missions while they were over Coruscant... still not sure how that was pulled off since it was well guarded, ah well. So anyone else got worse/similiar stories?

Welcome from another "new" old member that recently found this site and signed up at it .