Hello everybody. I am brand new to this site, and I just found out about the development of the sequal. I ahve some questions about this whole thing.

-Are there any demos out for BOTF 2?
-What are the words on an actual release date?
- What's the deal with three different versions of this game being created?
- when the actual game is finished, how can I acquire a copy?
- anything else anyone would like to share with me.

I understand that I sound like an idiot for asking these questions, but I have been gone from home for a long time, and I had no idea of the development of this game.[/b]

Welcome.

I would suggest you read the stickies at the top of the forum for info and also read up alot on topics in each forum to see how far its progressed.

The info is there to see all you have to do is find it which isnt hard.

So you ended up in Iraq after all that did you Lars? It is good to see you are still alive and well. As an extension of what Lars is asking - What is the most important thing a newbie could do to help the game? Some 3D work on minor race ships? Cover art for the collector's edition box set? Recycle used dilithium for the star ships?

The best thing ppl can do to help is to spread the word and to post the link to this site on other forums. More fans = more presure to press on with development.

Exactly, one of the main problems of BOTF as a game was how difficult it is to modify.

The various BOTF2 projects are being made by modders who know themselves that the game needs to be as moddable as possible. Whether this means you will need to mod the files manually, or you need a special program to do this, or whether the program will do it for you, will be up to the individual programmers to decide, however.

The Ferengi will be in the game, but only as one of the 140+ minor races.

I can live with that. I don't really understand the whole modding thing that much anyway.

well, Allegiance wont have conventional modding.

though it will be partially moddable.

Check out the parent site of these forums if you want to learn more about modding the game.



Modding BOTF for the first time can be a nightmare, but the more you do it, the more you will understand.

All you really need to know is how to use a nice little program called the Ultimate Editor, by DCER. This program is available from the downloads section of the site in the link above.

The Ultimate editor is capable of extracting and modifying all the files that you want changed, allowing you to change ship stats/costs, structure stats/costs, graphics, models...pretty much anything.

There are plenty of mods availabel on the site for you to try out as well. The Ultimate mod (It's on version 3, I believe) is highly reccommended.

So Lars, Are you caught up yet?

Well,
I've been out of the loop for a while. Getting busy here. Anyway, for the most part, I am caught up now, thanks for the information. I hope that there is some way that I can contribute, but I have very little skills in designing, or programming, but if there's something else I can maybe to just let me know. I hate this country. I can't wait to leave. I'm ready to beam out anytime.

Lars;

Were with ya buddy. Hang in there and keep your head down!

Where do you hail from ?

I hail from Duluth, MN. The beautifal Lake country.

Excellent, A neighbor..well kinda.. lol Plus a Viking and Wild fan as well I wager!

I do like the vikings, but honestly I don't care much for hockey. For the most part, I don't really follow any sports whatsoever, but I do like football. Unfortunately the Vikings aren't having a very good season from what I hear, but what else is new anyway? I am yet to see the vikings not struggle through a season just to get into the playoffs. It's kind of a bummer.

lol kinda like my Doncos.. I mean Broncos... lol

so you get any time to even play a game of Botf there?

I do get enough time for play here. I payed a lot on amazon for the damn thing. I had read about the game about a year before it came out in a game informer, but I didn't even own a computer back then. Finally, I just started thinking about star trek video games after I got sick of playing Star Wars stuff, and I ended up buying botf, starfeet command 3, armada 1&2, and then elite force and the expansion. The one I play the most is botf, right now i am working on a campaign as the cardassians. The romulans have been eliminated, and that was the only empire on my side. Right now I am trying to defend against the fed, ferengi, and the kilingons at the same time. My biggest problem is the federation. Somehow, they always manage to build an incredible fleet, and launch an offensive against two of my planets. I can't build defense forces fast enough to make a difference. It is annoying.

To be blunt: the AI cheats. It gets bonus resources you don't.

Unfortuanately its too late now. It got to the point when all three empires attacked me at the same time. I lost everything and had to start over. I just started a new empire last night with the romulans. Let's hope they work out a little better. Their ships seem a lot stronger than the cardassian ones though, and the cloaking device helps.

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