One more hoorah...

DarthVeda · March 31, 2002, 05:28

I've started a "Blitzmachen" secret project. Hope to have it done by the end of the week.

The only clue you get is that the scenario will be for MGE and deals with a theme I've tackled before...

winterfritz · March 31, 2002, 07:21

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a "Blitzmachen" secret project

What does that mean?

our_man · March 31, 2002, 09:11

Operation Barbarossa?

BeBro · March 31, 2002, 09:23

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Originally posted by winterfritz
What does that mean?

Good question

techumseh · March 31, 2002, 13:23

Blitzmachen is German for "I'm going to make a scenario very fast."

WarVoid · March 31, 2002, 14:01

Hmmm, another Japanese scenario? What was that other one? Kyokujitsu?

Soundwave · March 31, 2002, 15:42

Well Blitz = lighting, or fast

so what does machen mean??

I've seen a german city named that... but i dont know what it means

hmmmmmm....

Exile · March 31, 2002, 16:39

"Quickly made."

BeBro · April 1, 2002, 12:40

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Originally posted by Soundwave
Well Blitz = lighting, or fast

so what does machen mean??

I've seen a german city named that... but i dont know what it means

hmmmmmm....

machen=make

Btw, everytime I think "you could do this scenario quite fast, it´s no big work" I end up with the thought "Oh, while your make the scenario, you could also try this, or implement that..." - so I need always longer

Henrik · April 1, 2002, 13:11

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Originally posted by BeBro
Btw, everytime I think "you could do this scenario quite fast, it´s no big work" I end up with the thought "Oh, while your make the scenario, you could also try this, or implement that..." - so I need always longer

This is very true, indeed

winterfritz · April 1, 2002, 19:41

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Originally posted by BeBro
Btw, everytime I think "you could do this scenario quite fast, it´s no big work" I end up with the thought "Oh, while your make the scenario, you could also try this, or implement that..." - so I need always longer

Tell me about it

A 'blitzmachen' scenario I started a week ago continues to drag on with no end in sight...

DarthVeda · April 3, 2002, 00:27

Ok, as of now, I stand at about 50-60% of completion.

I just finished the Giga map this afternoon and completed most of the graphics work tonight, along with the technologies and improvements work in the rules.txt.

Here's your clue for now:

Case · April 3, 2002, 01:48

Is it the attack of the killer bees?

More seriously, is that poison gas? Are you working on a scenario about the Japanese fighting in China?

DarthVeda · April 3, 2002, 02:16

WRONG!

ravagon · April 3, 2002, 02:35

Is that actually a (completed) unit icon?

Zooming in makes it look a little ... odd.

DarthVeda · April 3, 2002, 02:44

yes. But clever enough that only a true grognard would get it...

The ANZAC · April 3, 2002, 10:09

Well, it sorta looks like Cuba

DarthVeda · April 3, 2002, 11:38

another unit, another clue...

klesh · April 3, 2002, 13:21

Hmmm, that last one looks like a piece of mountain terrain with some kind of filter over it? Some kind of border blocker unit that resides over mountain terrains perhaps?

-FMK.

DarthVeda · April 3, 2002, 15:47

Rules.txt is 90% done now... just a few tweaks left and one or more technologies to think about. Then all that's left is plopping some cities and units down and writing up a single events file.

I'm intending this scenario to be multiplayer since it's counterpart is singleplayer.

Here's another clue:

WarVoid · April 3, 2002, 22:57

They kinda look like cloaked starships....

Ok, ok, I watch too much B5...

ravagon · April 4, 2002, 00:17

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Originally posted by WarVoid
Ok, ok, I watch too much B5...

Boo! Hiss!

They never had cloaked starships in B5

(Unless you count the Vorlon fleet but then they cloaked, well, the whole fleet ... )

Maybe my geography is devolving but I thought the second one looked a little like North America minus certain Southern states ...

DarthVeda · April 4, 2002, 01:18

And here's the dead give-away!

klesh · April 4, 2002, 01:23

-FMK.

Case · April 4, 2002, 02:30

Ah, Wing Commander

Are you including Mark Hamil?

MagyarCrusader · April 4, 2002, 02:32

Planet of the Apes?

DarthVeda · April 5, 2002, 02:39

I might just have this one done by Saturday afternoon, folks.

I'm in the midst of unit balancing at the moment. and I have to hunt down a tech tree bug.

DarthVeda · April 5, 2002, 15:48

Here's a quick screenshot, with a Kilrathi fleet sortying in the home system:

WarVoid · April 5, 2002, 16:28

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Originally posted by ravagon

Boo! Hiss!

They never had cloaked starships in B5

(Unless you count the Vorlon fleet but then they cloaked, well, the whole fleet ... )

Well, B5, Star Wars, Star Trek TOS, TNG, DS9, VGR, Space: A&B, Earth 2, FarScape and a wide array of other tv shows that rot my brain away.

I was right! Cloaked starships! Where's my prize?

BTW, you gonna include the Firrekans(sp?), DV?

And you should have a Mark Hamil unit just so we can have fun nuking him.

DarthVeda · April 5, 2002, 18:30

Due to the limitations of the map engine, I could only squeeze in the Vega sector and half of the Sol and Kilrah sectors (Firekka is in the Epsilon sector).

Depending on the demand, I might even write a couple of events file for the single player to smartten up the AI a bit.