:P I've been around since the start, since BCU was BCN and that was in early 2002. XD
:P I've been around since the start, since BCU was BCN and that was in early 2002. XDyep same lol
Quite frankly, we got REALLY great people around, besides it is a great game, without our people BC would not have lasted.Well, no sh**! Here on this site there are real programmers (Defiant/Sovereign) as well as those with the artistics flare to create ingame content like models and textures.
youve already proven yourself to be very well skilled with scripting - i do hope youll hang around for a while and whip up some really cool scripts for the game for us all :)
not only that, but those of us who have been on this scene for so long, we've built kinda like a "family"... we all have, even newcomers... this is our silly crazy family we have lol :)
cuz we're all crazy loonatic trekkiesthats putting it lightly... fucking fruit loops, you bitches are :P
youve already proven yourself to be very well skilled with scripting - i do hope youll hang around for a while and whip up some really cool scripts for the game for us all :)
Amen to that JimmyJimmy, it's like it's your job to make everyone feel valued :lostit: What have I done for the community except hastle Sovereign and Defiant with my newbie scripting questions about the Bridge Commander API? I've made like 5 or 6 threads the whole time i've been here and they've all amounted to little more than hastling Sovereign, Defiant and anyone else who scripts for this game. Seriously, without an air of modesty or naivety, I can say i've been a taker not a giver.
not only that, but those of us who have been on this scene for so long, we've built kinda like a "family"... we all have, even newcomers... this is our silly crazy family we have lol :)You all speak of BCU as though it was some great paradise. "Way back in 1866 this gold town was booming with trade". You crazy guys, you're drunk on Star Trek
and we are always here for each other and prolly the most tightest community of any (trek) forum...
weve all grown old together and we all have alot of awesome memories back to BCU when BC modding days was in its prime... how i wish the current people here could have been there in those days (well some of them were actually lol) - it was barely possible just to keep up with posts from BCU in those days, the modding section and the general section (including the Spam Forum lol)
i cant let it go, i wont... this will go on as long as possible...
at least until Excalbur is out, and then well all migrate there lol us all, and many other people from other trek gaming communites - we'll all congeal and it will be a whole new community and a whole new thing!
and lemme tell ya - i know fully THAT scene will be more popular and explosive and THAT modding scene will be ten thousand times more active and awesome than BC ever was in its prime...
i cant wait!!! :dance :yay: :thumbsup:
Best NET family I had so far :) and cuz we're all crazy loonatic trekkies it's so much fun :DYour friend Leonidas should know a thing or two about madness. Normal is but what others are and you aren't. Populate the world with crazy people and the normal ones would be the odd ones :D
Excalibur's forums aren't as community friendly as BCC. My personal hope is that we can just rebrand this as EC - Excalibur Central. That way I can retain my post count. :PFunny. I still have no idea what this "Excalibur" is. At first it just seemed like a ship or ship pack but now i'm thinking it's either some kind of super mod for BC or a totally new game altogether. Am I right?
http://www.stexcalibur.com/ ;)Fascinating. A bunch of guys got fed up with Bridge Commanders unstable outdated engine and thought "F this, we're all dedicated Trek fans and good at development so lets *make our own game*!" Ha ha. That's the kind of crazy shit only hardcore Trekkies could pull off :funny
Obviously you haven't seen the in-engine footage yet.Seen a video or two and it's mighty impressive for a bunch of guys that aren't getting paid in any way shape or form to make this.
Jimmy, it's like it's your job to make everyone feel valued :lostit:yeah you pretty much got it right there... and i WANT everyone to feel valued here...
Excalibur's forums aren't as community friendly as BCC.are you fucking kidding me??? ummm yeah sorry, but i disagree...
Although, I seriously doubt anyone would notice if it were releasedaaah man, you are so wrong there :)
You all speak of BCU as though it was some great paradiseoh it was... when BC's elite-most modders were all around and active - you have no idea how much FUN bcu was! i know im not the only one who remembers when Nano put out NanoFXv2 beta or when Viper and LC put out bridge after bridge, , and MLeo script after script, when BCS did the BCS:TB mod and when KM was first released bny Defiant and crew - those were awesome days! circa 2003 - 2005ish
Fascinating. A bunch of guys got fed up with Bridge Commanders unstable outdated engine and thought "F this, we're all dedicated Trek fans and good at development so lets *make our own game*!" Ha ha. That's the kind of crazy shit only hardcore Trekkies could pull offthats exactly it! it was supposed to be a megamod rebuild of BC, but they decided BC was too limited... so they made their own engine... oldschool legends like Nano, LJ, Mark, LC and about 3 dozen others - oldschool BC's best and even new people - with such great skill and talent are all collaborating!
Jimmy started to swear, is it SPAM time ? :funny
We're still here because we don't have the time nor dedication to commit yet. At least I don't. :P That, and as long as people are still releasing epicness for BC, I see no reason for it to die off.Yeah, i'd imagine making an entire game from the engine up would take alot more time than any of us have spare. Really makes me wonder who these Excalibur developers are in real life to have such spare time. Yet again though, if it were being developed as nothing but a hobby on the weekends or something then the project would end up dragging forever.
yeah you pretty much got it right there... and i WANT everyone to feel valued here...Given the time and dedication you've put into this site and this game for all these years have you ever thought to getting your hands dirty and trying to make something? I don't mean that question in a bad way but i'm just curious as to if you've ever got bored of being the "cheerleader" and tried to get in on the action, so to speak.
i truly love this scene on a deep personal level, i really do and ill admit it; this means a great deal to me i know that sounds stupid... ive always been a major fan of BC for a decade now literally every day, i am very passionate of the game, the scene, everything in involved.. i always have been...
all i can do is continue to be a cheerleader for it all (for lack of better term) and do my best to keep the scene in a very tight respectable flow... sure, i have faults (many lol) - i was much more of a bitch years ago... (some people here will attest to that lol) i have lightened up over the last few years but i used to be much more of a bitch and knew as staffer i could be... but then i realized i was just a dick, and thats not fair to anyone...
but this scene and community means more to me on a very deep level, prolly moreso than anyone else...
ive been onstaff as moderator for all the sites for BC; BCU, here, BCS, Filefront, BCFiles, KM - because i really do love everything about this all, since i came onto the scene 10 years ago...
i wish i had any skills like anyone to be able to mod the game, best i can do is some scripting (not nearly to your level even) - all i can give to offer to this scene personally is loyalty, dedication, and a true spirit and uttermost deep true desire to be here and my utmost respect for everyone here...
thats the best i can do... i only hope thats enough... it means more to me than anything to keep us all together and tight and respectful and care about this all... as much as i do...
in the last decade, ive met a handful of AWESOME people thru this scene, people that arent here anymore (all on Excalibur now), people that i have formulated real friendships with, people i talk to daily or weekly or whenever i can - that i would have never had the privilege to know if not for BC; and im the one truly and sincerely who feels lucky and honestly privileged to be a part of this all...
thats the truth..
but dude - seriously, Bat66wat6 - your scripting skills are amazing and you speak the language much better than most (myself included) -i do seriously hope you have the desire to stick around and create as many awesome things for BC and for us all :)Errr yeah, enough sappy indeed. I've always found how much better than you someone else looks when doing something is only determined by how good you are at doing it. Take for example USS Sovereign and Defiant. When I first joined the forum they were like "the almighty" as far as BC scripting was concerned. Now though it's easy for me to see they're just so good when it comes to scripting the game because they've got years of experience with programming and the Bridge Commander API.
ok enough sappy... i need a beer lol :drink2: :drink3: :drink:
:funny that avatar of mine is starting to be my trademark :funnyKnowing todays business practices regarding game development and how good Excalibur is looking to be I wouldn't be totally surprised if a real games company came along and bought it all up :funny
Excalibur's development has gone too far to be cancelled, let's just say it passed the point of no-return, I can only imagine a game created by modders for sheer modding purpose :D it will be the best and most moddable Trek game ever !
Jimmy started to swear, is it SPAM time ? :funny
have you ever thought to getting your hands dirty and trying to make something? I don't mean that question in a bad way but i'm just curious as to if you've ever got bored of being the "cheerleader" and tried to get in on the action, so to speak.i have... i did alot of work on DS9E scripting and hardpoints (Sovvy will confirm that) and alot of work into the new SP mod Lurok is gonna be putting out there soon... and a few other slight things here and there... i am only good with scripting...
i have... i did alot of work on DS9E scripting and hardpoints (Sovvy will confirm that) and alot of work into the new SP mod Lurok is gonna be putting out there soon... and a few other slight things here and there... i am only good with scripting...Good. If you've made scripts and they've become part of something people use and it adds to the game then you're hardly just a cheerleader. Don't demote yourself just becuase you never single handedly wrote KM or Galaxy Charts etc.
ive never released any mod on my own, a few scripts here and there, thats about it as far as me putting somethign out there... nothing on BCFiles, but there are some slight things ive done that can be found here and moreso at BCU (which sadly that forum no longer exists)...
but i have done alot of work with others in megamods... im not entirely useless lol j/k :P
as far as Excalibur - these guys do it in their free time... if they were paid for like a full time 9 to 5 job, it would be done already lolI don't doubt the skill of those involved in Excalibur but what i'm pondering is the cohesion and organisation of something as ambitious as making a new game. If they can all stick together and pull in the same direction I have no doubt the final product will be at least as good as what real games companies could do and if not better because they don't have the 9 to 5 release the game by X deadline bearing down on them.
they do it for the same reason i am on this scene in that they have a love for Trek and modding and theyre doing it for everyone to enjoy... i cant think honestly a more awesome and noble thing for someone to do, it is like when someone makes a ship or a mod - they do it for the love of it and thank god they are! we all gain from it!
these cats are the most awesome guys and the most brilliant and skilled and talented people ill ever come to know in life - and theyre doing it for the love and devotion to Trek (and BC indeed) and for everyone else to enjoy - how awesome is that??
cheers to them!
and you guys in the general public have no idea how awesome it is now and all i can say is just stand by ;)
it is amazing to say the least, all that which theyve put into it!!!
im not even exaggerating in the slightest when i say it will knock your socks off!! :D
On a side note (I'm impressed I remembered my log in here, it's been so long since I posted here lol)
Ya that's pretty much how it went. I had enough of trying to mod for the flawed BC engine and started diving into DirectX, so I tried to start my own engine, and that's how the NanoFX Model Viewer was born, then joining forces with the awesome BC art legends and John Hardy, we now have a great team to produce Star Trek: Excalibur.Awesome! For a project like Excalibur patience is something i've got an abundance of. Take your time. I can't guaruntee that you'll all be sane after the mammoth project is finally done. You'll all probably have a nervous twitch, be speaking and seeing code everywhere unable to get the visions of the game out of your head :funny
I can tell you first hand we are pretty dedicated, there isn't a lot of fighting (so very small chance the group would ever break up due to personality conflicts) and we are all acheive some pretty awesome stuff, it is slow going because we only have so much spare time, but I'm 99% sure the project will get done eventually... even if I have to code it all myself! But it would never come down to that.
So yes as Jimmy has stated, just stand by and be patient and the best thing for us is support and encouragement from the community we are building this game for! It really is the fuel for the prjoect that helps motivate us to get it done as quickly as we can
On a side note (I'm impressed I remembered my log in here, it's been so long since I posted here lol)
wait a minnit...mister Nano FX himself? wow.:salute3: :bow:
too bad the nano viewer didn't work whatsoever on my mother's braND new in 7 dual core lappy :PI've never ran NanoFX on any of my BC custom 1.1's :D
3 years, going by your previous last forum post :PThat is very impressive. I thought I was impressed with my lack of password recall problems after 10 months away from the forums, now though... :(
I've never ran NanoFX on any of my BC custom 1.1's