I have developed a new game edit (not a ripoff or clone of another edit) that will be available for sysOps of reputable servers. I may bang the edit on RiverCity on January 24th depending on my schedule.

The game is not the typical edit as there are two concepts that I have never seen in an edit. This is not to say that somewhere/sometime these concepts have not been used, but I haven't seen them. There are too many edits out that I have not seen, and TW has been running a long time so a truly unique edit concept may no longer exist.

The edit is designed as a high (15k to 20k) turn game and could be used in a higher turns/unlim most likely but that would defeat one of the main concepts. I have included planet information within the game, and plan on doing the same for the ships as soon as I code the script I use (similar to Rev's t-edit revealer, but mine is a kludge for edit creation only).

So, if you run a reputable server and have players that might want a unique edit that requires the use of a different strategy, let me know. I would request that the .twa not be given out until I can tweak any issues/suggestions that your players may have. I know that by providing the planet / ship information that comes only in T-edit will allow it to be ripped off easily, but this is something I am not worrying about. The edit is created for the TW players to enjoy and providing the information allows players to come into an edit they have never seen with decent information.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

do we get a hint of the new strategies we might use or new concepts?

Hit me up on ICQ. I should be around for a while today.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

Finished the script for a game's internal documentation and the example below shows how the planet and ship information is displayed for the player. Planet info is from the cj commands and ship from the cc commands - regardless of their ANSI game setting.

The script I use is a variation of the proGameInfo script, but it does not work as seamlessly as Rev's and for that reason it will probably be released more for use by someone who wants to create game edits and not add information to the games already on their server. I don't think I grab some information that Rev does also.

... and no, I didn't name the pod after Zip.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

The edit has been provided to two servers and has been being tested by one for a few days. If the game is deemed to be something that their players might like, the game may be available soon.

I find it rather amusing that one sysOp has accused me on his website of ripping of his edit without ever seeing this one. I do plan on posting the game information either Thursday or Friday and then it will be up to the players to determine if I did rip off an edit to call as my own "original".

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

Can't wait to see the edit Prom! The community knows whats real and whats not. Hope to see much more from yah in the future.

Did he publicly post that? Because that's an accusation, not just smack.

http://www.classictw.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=21446

Classic thread leading to his forums...

What a load of crock...

Although the edit information is posted already, and hopefully the information below will be easier to read. Also below is what I thought while creating the edit (neither a right way or wrong way to do it, but my notes).

Concept: Create a balanced high turn game that has the following:
1) Two CEO ships that are the best ships. Blue CEO ship slightly better
2) Two secondary ships that can still take out a CEO ship, but not as
effective either on attack/defensive or TPW/holds
3) Third tier of ships, cheaper, but still somewhat dangerous in the
first stage of the game.
4) Freighter/colts blue has more holds and lower tpw than reds and
also costs less. Red colt more figs and better defensive odds.
5) Create a blue fleet that has better return on TPW/holds than
the red fleet and a lower cost.
6) Limit turns to 15k to make the game last a bit, and give ptorps
a fear factor.
7) Main planets should be able to handle two moths before ore depleted
Cit times are very short to L4 and L5
9) Planet production of product: Different ratios to restrict
10) Port regen at max
11) MBBS combat penalty to reduce flipping of player alignment
12) ISP on
13) Rob/Steal percent 50% / 80%
14) Include CEO/Fed/IG/Guardian info in ship headers in game
15) Include Planet information (cit build time, max colos and product
in planet header in game). Use ANSI color and lines.
16) Terra cols set to max regen, 1.25M to start - colo denial is in
effect.
17) Guardian ship and explore ships common for reds and blues.
18) Gtorps and dets expensive relative to normal costs.
19) Ptorps, limpets, and armids expensive.


End Results: CEO's should be the better hunter/killers due to ships, but not
absolutely necessary. Blue ships provide better return on TPW, cost,
and should encourage mixed corp. Planet defenses sufficient for defensive,
but ore can be mothed down - stacking/unstacking of planets should be
necessary.


alien race: Drakonians
Name file created for the aliens.
-------------------------------------

The alien race could be disabled and I think the turns could be lower after reviewing the edit.

  =========================================================================================================
                            Server:  Game Info Only   Extern:  Midnight Central
  =========================================================================================================
                   Game: W       Edit: BattleStar: The Legacy Continues       No Truce
  =========================================================================================================
  Turns Per Day: 15,000            Sectors: 20,000       Ports: 14,000
  Initial Fighters: 2,500          Credits: 75,000       Holds: 75 
  Inactive Player Deletion: 255 days.
  Max Planets / Sector    : 4
  Max Corp Members        : 4
  Clear Busts Every       : 1 Days
  Port Regeneration Rate  : 200% / Day
  Interactive Sub-Prompts : Yes
  Turn Accumulation Days  : 2
  Display Stardock?       :Yes
  Photon Wave Duration    : 1 seconds
  Ship Delay Mode         : None
  Max Command/Cycle       : 50
  Radiation lifetime      : 1 days
  Rob Factor (% Std)      : 50%
  Steal Factor (% Std)    : 80%
  Max Terra Colonists     : 10,000,000
  Combat Penalty Mode     : MBBS
  Max Port Production     : 65530
  Rob/Steal Delay         : No 
  Fighter Lock Decay      : 1440 Min
  Death Delay             : Yes
  Multiple Photon Fire    : No 
  Show Who's Online       : Yes
  FedSpace Photons        : No 
  Minimum Login Time      : None
  Daily Game Time         : Unlimited
  =========================================================================================================
  -=-= Ships =-=-        General Ship   Alien Ship
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: *** Zip Pod ***           TPW: 1    Fed: No     Cost: 55,000      Figs:  100           Shld: 50
  Attack Wave: 10      Off: 1.5   Def: 2.0  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 15         xPort: 1   IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Gemini                    TPW: 3    Fed: No     Cost: 49,300      Figs:  3,000         Shld: 400
  Attack Wave: 1,500   Off: 1.0   Def: 1.3  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 80         xPort: 5   IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Raptor                    TPW: 1    Fed: No     Cost: 28,500      Figs:  3,000         Shld: 100
  Attack Wave: 1,000   Off: 2.0   Def: 2.5  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 50         xPort: 5   IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Celestra                  TPW: 2    Fed: No     Cost: 100,800     Figs:  5,000         Shld: 400
  Attack Wave: 2,500   Off: 1.3   Def: 1.4  Ptorps: 10  Holds: 60         xPort: 2   IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Valkyrie                  TPW: 4    Fed: No     Cost: 88,500      Figs:  10,000        Shld: 750
  Attack Wave: 2,500   Off: 1.6   Def: 1.6  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 90         xPort: 8   IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Cylon Raider              TPW: 2    Fed: No     Cost: 560,000     Figs:  35,000        Shld: 1,500
  Attack Wave: 10,000  Off: 2.0   Def: 1.5  Ptorps: 3   Holds: 125        xPort: 10  IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Colonial Mover            TPW: 2    Fed: Yes    Cost: 122,000     Figs:  2,000         Shld: 2,000
  Attack Wave: 500     Off: 1.0   Def: 2.0  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 255        xPort: 10  IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Cylon Freighter           TPW: 3    Fed: No     Cost: 239,000     Figs:  3,000         Shld: 10,000
  Attack Wave: 1,500   Off: 1.1   Def: 3.2  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 225        xPort: 15  IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Colonial Viper Mark VII   TPW: 1    Fed: Yes    Cost: 1,175,000   Figs:  50,000        Shld: 16,000
  Attack Wave: 10,000  Off: 2.5   Def: 2.0  Ptorps: 2   Holds: 125        xPort: 10  IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Cylon Heavy Raider        TPW: 3    Fed: No     Cost: 6,250,000   Figs:  125,000       Shld: 10,000
  Attack Wave: 20,000  Off: 2.5   Def: 1.8  Ptorps: 5   Holds: 150        xPort: 15  IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Colonial Viper            TPW: 1    Fed: Yes    Cost: 355,000     Figs:  35,000        Shld: 10,000
  Attack Wave: 2,000   Off: 2.0   Def: 1.8  Ptorps: 1   Holds: 125        xPort: 5   IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Cylon BaseStar            TPW: 2    Fed: No     Cost: 25,500,000  Figs:  150,000       Shld: 16,000
  Attack Wave: 25,000  Off: 3.0   Def: 1.8  Ptorps: 5   Holds: 200        xPort: 50  IG: Yes   gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Colonial Destroyer        TPW: 3    Fed: Yes    Cost: 4,025,000   Figs:  125,000       Shld: 10,000
  Attack Wave: 20,000  Off: 2.5   Def: 1.8  Ptorps: 5   Holds: 200        xPort: 50  IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Star Explorer             TPW: 2    Fed: No     Cost: 265,500     Figs:  5,000         Shld: 10,000
  Attack Wave: 1,250   Off: 1.5   Def: 4.5  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 125        xPort: 25  IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Star Defender             TPW: 20   Fed: No     Cost: 905,000     Figs:  165,000       Shld: 16,000
  Attack Wave: 15,000  Off: 1.2   Def: 3.0  Ptorps: 0   Holds: 50         xPort: 20  IG: No    gBonus: Yes
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Colonial BattleStar       TPW: 1    Fed: Yes    Cost: 7,550,000   Figs:  150,000       Shld: 16,000
  Attack Wave: 25,000  Off: 3.0   Def: 1.8  Ptorps: 5   Holds: 255        xPort: 40  IG: Yes   gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  Ship: Cylon Gunship             TPW: 2    Fed: No     Cost: 1,735,000   Figs:  50,000        Shld: 10,000
  Attack Wave: 10,000  Off: 2.5   Def: 2.0  Ptorps: 5   Holds: 125        xPort: 40  IG: No    gBonus: No
  =========================================================================================================
  -=-= Planets =-=-
  =========================================================================================================
  Planet: Caprica                                                    Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:   100,000 (1:1)     Organics:   100,000 (2:1)       Equipment:    30,000 (2:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  0    -Days L-2  0    -Days L-3  1    -Days L-4  1    -Days L-5  1    -Days L-6  2     
  =========================================================================================================
  Planet: New Caprica                                                Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:   125,000 (5:1)     Organics:    25,000 (10:1)       Equipment:    25,000 (10:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  1    -Days L-2  1    -Days L-3  2    -Days L-4  2    -Days L-5  2    -Days L-6  1     
  =========================================================================================================
  Planet: Kobol                                                      Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:    75,000 (1:1)     Organics:   100,000 (2:1)       Equipment:    75,000 (5:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  0    -Days L-2  0    -Days L-3  1    -Days L-4  1    -Days L-5  1    -Days L-6  2     
  =========================================================================================================
  Planet: Sagittaron                                                 Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:    50,000 (2:1)     Organics:    75,000 (5:1)       Equipment:    40,000 (1:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  2    -Days L-2  5    -Days L-3  5    -Days L-4  8    -Days L-5  5    -Days L-6  12    
  =========================================================================================================
  Planet: Aquaria                                                    Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:    50,000 (1:1)     Organics:    50,000 (1:1)       Equipment:    50,000 (1:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  0    -Days L-2  0    -Days L-3  0    -Days L-4  1    -Days L-5  1    -Days L-6  1     
  =========================================================================================================
  Planet: Aerelon                                                    Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:   150,000 (1:1)     Organics:   100,000 (2:1)       Equipment:    25,000 (1:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  0    -Days L-2  0    -Days L-3  1    -Days L-4  1    -Days L-5  2    -Days L-6  3     
  =========================================================================================================
  Planet: Tauron                                                     Cit Level: Planetary Interdictor  
  Collies: Fuel:   100,000 (1:1)     Organics:    75,000 (3:1)       Equipment:   150,000 (3:1)
  Cit Time:   L-1  0    -Days L-2  0    -Days L-3  1    -Days L-4  1    -Days L-5  2    -Days L-6  2     
  =========================================================================================================
  =========================================================================================================
                                         proGameInfo by Promethius
  =========================================================================================================

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

Intersting concept for sure...one recommendation to start is change photon duration to 2 seconds in order to balance things a bit more for players with slower pings due to type of connection (DSL, cable, dialup etc) and also the distance from game site to the player (those playing close to server site will def have an advantage in pings whereas someone from either coast connecting to the other coast will definitely almost almost always miss with a 1 second foton...esp if used in combination with many timed scripts aready available).