Adam Ristau
Kent TaylorStar Trek: Legacy
Posted on Thu, 04/23/2368 - 22:32 by darkzoa
I bought the game, but the problem is that It seems not to run very well on my computer. well my old one and I seemed to have lost the disk.
Anyone play the game on a better computer and how did you all like it. I have a much newer desktop and a better laptop now, and I am considering buying it again. Should I? Or, would it be a waste of my money again?
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Although the game has bad reviews, I think it's rather good. Of course, I have in stalled the Chris Jones Ultimate Universe Mod. Apart from some slightly crap graphics in the loading screens (could be because I have a 16:10 monitor and the images are getting stretched) the extra features provided in this mod are phenomenal. I'm using a 1.66GHz core 2 duo, with 2Gigs of RAM, integrated laptop graphics card. Runs okay, but would be brilliant with a better graphics card. Larger missions and maps tend to run a bit jerky when lots of ships are on screen. The Kirk mission to capture the new Klingon Bird of Prey is a bit mince when you get a lot of Klingon ships in sensor range. The 'Way of the Warrior' map in the mod gets very jumpy until you kill some Klingons. There is a lot of new ship classes in the mod as well. Choose the right one, and you'll mow through those ancient D7s.
First Officer
Starbase 49
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So on my new desktop and Laptop it should run fine then.
Desktop:
AMD Phenom Quadcore (2.2x4)
Shitty card for a desktop. GeForce SE 6600
6GB Ram
Laptop
Intel Centrino Duo (2.0x2)
Nvidia Series 4 chipset family. like up to 1900mb video memory.
4GB Ram.
Do you know if there is any issues with 64 (x84) Compatibilty?
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I still have that game lying around somewhere here. Might even install it on my iMac this weekend, that MOD does look promissing!
Commodore Roy Veldman
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What mod would that be Roy?
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The Chris Jones Ultimate Universe Mod...
Commodore Roy Veldman
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This looks totally awesome.
But hey, do you have any idea if there are any 64 bit compatibilty issures Roy, Heh, I ask this but Im going to look it up, but still please answer just in case I cannot find it.
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You can always try to run it. It shouldn't take too long to install on your rig. In case it doesn't run, you know that 64-bit Vista / XP comes with 32-bit Explorer as well as 64-bit for compatibility purposes. Think you have to change a registry key to use it, and i'm assuming that it won't use anything over 4 Gig but it hopefully will work. Or does the Compatibility mode have an option for 32-bit (If this tool exists in 64-bit?)
And the mod is definitely worth it. I love the variety of ships. Try going into a battle with some heavily underpowered ships like the Firebrand type, a Saladin, or if you feel really suicidal, a Daedalus.
I love a good mission with loads of underpowered ships to fight with, or one uber ship to take out an entire fleet. Endgame Voyager is great, or the Delta class, or a super Constitution. These ships are great on the big maps, except for running out of torpedoes and having to visit spacedock to reload, which can take a while if you have to repair damage as well (slowly...).
First Officer
Starbase 49
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So, I bought the game. But I left it in my friends car, I do know what your talking about, but Ive only noticed it with XP. I havent dove that deep into Vista yet. But I do know that it is incredibly annoying when I want to buy a game and it says Vista 32 bit only.
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I'm in the same boat with Zack on this one. I own the game, but it ran rather cruedly on my old system. haven't tried it with vista as of yet. Can somebody expound on the chris jones module and let me know how to get my hands on it?
Chief Malis Cross
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Ultimate Universe Mod. If it runs sluggishly on your system, forget trying to run it in Vista. If you can get hold of the Windows 7 Release Candidate though, it will run better than on Vista as the O/S uses less system resources than Vista, so more for the game.
The Chris Jones UUMod is fantastic. It adds many more ships, more missions, slightly customisable ships (Lets you add (Up to a limit) more Shield Strength / Engine Speed / Sensor Range / Weapons Power as well as adding on some extras on some ships (One was Improved Homing Torpedoes, but I didn't see much improvement.
) ) Some really good designs, but the AI always chooses the same ships against you.
First Officer
Starbase 49