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Okay, okay, I was just tossing an idea around in my mind that was meant as a sort of homage/love-letter to pop-cult sci-fi/space opera, since I once said it was one of the big drives I've had for what I want in space sims, bits and pieces from all those shows, movies and games.

I only played abit of Mass Effect, I never really saw the parallels ... guess the idea has been done.

<t>Everything with the serial numbers filed off (as we say) but its an obvious homage(?) to pop-cult Sci-Fi ... so part of the galaxy is ruled by an evil Empire via giant rigid/industial spaceships and hordes of faceless footsoldiers, another part is governed by a benevolent federation with smooth ...

<r>Not sure if anyone follows TheXPGamers or Captain Shack ... but he got an interview with the developer, generally Shack doesn't seem the sort to BS his audience so for me at least its sounding abit more credible and promising.<YOUTUBE id="m1WMwIDWFKI"><s>[media]</s>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

Looks interesting, will keep an eye on it. There is something about going into some of the micromanagement aspects I enjoy in such a game.

So I was watching a LP of Imperia Galactica and I do like the combination of elements, including the semi-Sim City style colony building you get to do. Are there any other 4X style games that go into that depth?

<t>So I tinker with some sci-fi/space opera ideas now and than (sometimes trying to make them in Space Engineers). Military stuff is usually pretty easy, I like to translate modern naval/air force classes to space equivalents, which is the norm for many games and settings. But I've been trying to ...

<r>Possibly http://www.eternal-silence.net/[/url] ? A source mod thats free on steam, last few times I went on it was pretty dead though. <YOUTUBE id="FwAHcQckI7k"><s>[media]</s>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwAHcQckI7k<e>[/media]</e></YOUTUBE> Edit: Hmm, might be outside of your timeframe, sorry ...

<t>Yeah I think I've popped in and out of the LT development stuff over the years ... for a single developer it is certainly an immense task and it seems to take its toll on him. Hopefully he continues to make progress, some of the stuff he's done already is quite impressive and as some suggested ...

Well put ExpandingMan, something worth exploring further into I think.

<r>One of those threads just to torture you and me ... sure there is alot of great stuff coming out, but if anyones like me there is always something MORE your hoping for? What elements would go into your dream sim? Does a game do a particular part right but you want to throw some other stuff in ...

<t>Han Solo is a legend but.. I want to be many "heroes" of space Heh, I think the quote was more going for 'I want to be the iconic space rogue who does tons of adventures in space'. Not all games want you to be Han Solo, but Han Solo does a bunch of stuff I'd like to capture in a game, flies ...

Pretty good read chapelzero.

I'm seeing alot of Logitech Extreme 3D Pro's for sale locally. Are these any good? or bad idea to buy second hand?

Joystick novice here, hat switch?

<t>Well, the cruel mistress GOG has laden me with a few space sims over the last year. Unfortunately I find a lot of them rather hard to play with keyboard and/or mouse options. So I'd like to kindly get some expert suggestions. What sort of joystick can I get these days that works with new and old ...

Afraid alot of us are still waiting on that one.

Yeah the keyboards abit of a nightmare, control speed with WASD, steer with the NUMPAD and navigate the menus with the arrow keys.

<t>As someone once put it "Because I wanna be Han Solo goddammit!" So for me its generally a desire to see something that does catch elements of those Space Adventures of my youth, the epicness of Star Wars, the discovery of Stak Trek, those awesome fighter launch sequences of Battlestar Galactica ...

Uh I see, I turned it off because I was trying to get the mouse to work, but needed to switch back to pure keyboard, my bad.