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by slickrcbd
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: Site Information
Topic: Sister board Armada is down?
Replies: 1
Views: 152

Sister board Armada is down?

I'm getting a 403 Forbidden error when trying to access the sister board on this site for Star Trek Armada. https://www.armadafleetcommand.com/onscreen/armada/ Was there only enough funding to save the BoTF board? I'm not privy to the history of this site from before 9 years ago, but I always wonder...
by slickrcbd
Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:45 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: time to change site logo ship
Replies: 11
Views: 1656

Re: time to change site logo ship

You could always go with a rotating logo. Have a script (or CROM) change it daily/weekly/monthly. You have 24 choices up there, add two more and make it rotate biweekly and you'd have a year's worth.
by slickrcbd
Sat Jul 22, 2023 12:19 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: BotF would make the perfect Tablet game.
Replies: 14
Views: 3782

Re: BotF would make the perfect Tablet game.

EDIT: This link suggests there have been no developments since 2018, although there are versions for XP, Linux, and Win 7-10.
https://blotunga.itch.io/birth-of-the-empires
The computer version IS readable on a 17" monitor under XP.
by slickrcbd
Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:36 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: BotF would make the perfect Tablet game.
Replies: 14
Views: 3782

Re: BotF would make the perfect Tablet game.

Sorry, I haven't been following it. My eyesight is degrading, and the text is too small on my 6" phone such that it gives me eyestrain with glasses, so I wouldn't know.
I imagine it might look good on a decent sized tablet however.
by slickrcbd
Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:15 am
Forum: BOTF Strategy Guide
Topic: View all ships
Replies: 6
Views: 2233

Re: View all ships

I there anyway of viewing all your ships in a single screen list. I know how to view owned planets in a single list, but for the life of me can't find something similar for ships. Pls For that matter, it would be nice if when scrolling through the list of owned planets you could easily FIND a plane...
by slickrcbd
Mon Jun 12, 2023 3:38 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Play as more than one Empire
Replies: 16
Views: 2039

Re: Play as more than one Empire

Well, when I was in school we managed to install Windows XP virtual machines with only 4gb virtual hard drives. The problem is activation. I can't recall if Windows 2000 requires activation, but it too can make due with only 4gb. Alternately, try downloading XP mode which is really just a virtual ma...
by slickrcbd
Tue Apr 11, 2023 3:54 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Play as more than one Empire
Replies: 16
Views: 2039

Re: Play as more than one Empire

Hey NayThanLok, I think the best you can do is to run multiple windowed BotF instances in a multiplayer game. This can be done, but dxwnd I remember had some issue to run multiple instances from same install directory. And given the registry can only be setup for one game at a time and is required ...
by slickrcbd
Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:40 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Windows Update strikes again
Replies: 44
Views: 7889

Re: Windows Update strikes again

Lets start with the weird one (1.). 1. PC is in sleep-mode. I walk by and it wakes up as if it would get an input by keyboard/mouse to get out of sleep again. I'd describe this as some Cylon-level shenanigans and have no idea what makes the PC wake up. It's like it can sense me. It can, the vibrati...
by slickrcbd
Tue Mar 28, 2023 4:18 pm
Forum: BOTF Strategy Guide
Topic: View all ships
Replies: 6
Views: 2233

Re: View all ships

Flocke wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:13 pm no, not available yet
Yet? It's been almost a quarter century. If it hasn't happened by now it probably isn't going to happen at all.
by slickrcbd
Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Demands. Sounds crazy but I can't find any explanation about them here.
Replies: 9
Views: 1202

Re: Demands. Sounds crazy but I can't find any explanation about them here.

I mean both, however the major empires tend to be much less straightforward than the minors when it comes to diplomacy. With the minors, they are like the Ferengi should be. Strictly transactional. You pay them money, they start to like you more in proportion to the bribe. Get your rep high enough a...
by slickrcbd
Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:18 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Demands. Sounds crazy but I can't find any explanation about them here.
Replies: 9
Views: 1202

Re: Demands. Sounds crazy but I can't find any explanation about them here.

So if I send a demand to another race, will it reduce my relationship bar drop? A bit (more if they accept IIRC) and the bad experiences count increases. You can do something 'good' to compensate like attacking ships of their enemies. The same happens if you send frequent proposals and get rejected...
by slickrcbd
Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Demands. Sounds crazy but I can't find any explanation about them here.
Replies: 9
Views: 1202

Re: Demands. Sounds crazy but I can't find any explanation about them here.

I rarely get the computer to accept a demand.
The only use I have for it is to make the computer mad and break a treaty so I don't get the morale hit.
by slickrcbd
Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: BOTF Strategy Guide
Topic: How to end a War
Replies: 3
Views: 1354

Re: How to end a War

My own experience is that once you get significantly more powerful than the next strongest race by the metrics on the intelligence screen (which is not necessarily truly stronger, depending on what structures you've built, you get into a situation where every other AI race that isn't already allied ...
by slickrcbd
Thu Dec 29, 2022 10:24 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Windows Update strikes again
Replies: 44
Views: 7889

Re: Windows Update strikes again

I had something like that happen a couple months ago and it turned out that "Controlled Folder access" was the problem. Use the Windows Security icon in the notification area (lower-right corner of the taskbar next to the clock) to open "Virus & threat protection" Scroll down...

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