"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them." -Thomas Marrone
It means that if you want to use the Foundry to make a map that is intended to represent a ship interior, personal quarters, home, etc., you have a category that you can put it under so that people don't mistake it for a mission.
One question, though. What exactly does this mean:
I take it to mean that you can now create RP "hang out" locations, interiors and other settings out of foundry assets, and not have to worry about putting a story with it.
It means that if you want to use the Foundry to make a map that is intended to represent a ship interior, personal quarters, home, etc., you have a category that you can put it under so that people don't mistake it for a mission.
That's neat.
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It means that if you want to use the Foundry to make a map that is intended to represent a ship interior, personal quarters, home, etc., you have a category that you can put it under so that people don't mistake it for a mission.
Yay!!! I couldn't wait for these costumes to make it out to y'all.
We REALLY need some testing of them, to make sure there isn't anything broken. It was a lot of files I had to edit--in excess of 11,000--so that makes it more likely for something to go... unexpectedly.
And the tag "Quarters" is indeed to support the Player Housing project I read about on StarbaseUGC. I felt that the term Quarters was more Trek, which is why we went with that.
Please note that I'm not done adding costumes. This is a work in progress. This is the bulk of the costumes available to add, but I'm going to try to get some other things in there that require more work to add.
Hearing reports that the quarters tag is like the ones players can hit already. Is it possible to allow the author to set the housing tag so it is there from the moment the mission is published?
Yay!!! I couldn't wait for these costumes to make it out to y'all.
We REALLY need some testing of them, to make sure there isn't anything broken. It was a lot of files I had to edit--in excess of 11,000--so that makes it more likely for something to go... unexpectedly.
Thank you SO, SO, SO, SO much!
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Yay!!! I couldn't wait for these costumes to make it out to y'all.
We REALLY need some testing of them, to make sure there isn't anything broken. It was a lot of files I had to edit--in excess of 11,000--so that makes it more likely for something to go... unexpectedly.
And the tag "Quarters" is indeed to support the Player Housing project I read about on StarbaseUGC. I felt that the term Quarters was more Trek, which is why we went with that.
Please note that I'm not done adding costumes. This is a work in progress. This is the bulk of the costumes available to add, but I'm going to try to get some other things in there that require more work to add.
Enjoy!
So yeah...I could spam a whole page of thank you! on the screen, but in the interest of the ToS I will not, but read that thank you as like being repeated about 167, 347 times. You might remember how long I've been asking for some of this stuff
Yay!!! I couldn't wait for these costumes to make it out to y'all.
We REALLY need some testing of them, to make sure there isn't anything broken. It was a lot of files I had to edit--in excess of 11,000--so that makes it more likely for something to go... unexpectedly.
And the tag "Quarters" is indeed to support the Player Housing project I read about on StarbaseUGC. I felt that the term Quarters was more Trek, which is why we went with that.
Please note that I'm not done adding costumes. This is a work in progress. This is the bulk of the costumes available to add, but I'm going to try to get some other things in there that require more work to add.
Enjoy!
Zero thank you SO much!
Since you're adding tags, you guys should take a look at the whole system. The "exclude tag" when searching in particular doesn't seem to work very well. Example, excluding "quarters" tags should give me no missions at all, since nobody has had time to tag anything as quarters. But it gives me everything.
So yeah...I could spam a whole page of thank you! on the screen, but in the interest of the ToS I will not, but read that thank you as like being repeated about 167, 347 times. You might remember how long I've been asking for some of this stuff
I definitely do remember! Sorry it took me so long to get them added. But now that I have the knowledge, I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!oneone!!!!
Now where's that diabolical smiley face when you need it....
So can we expect that in some future Season that Quarters will reach official status where we can directly hook up a Quarters mission to our ship and more Quarters-related Foundry items like Beds, Sculptures, Aquariums, and Paintings are added to the Foundry?
I definitely do remember! Sorry it took me so long to get them added. But now that I have the knowledge, I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!oneone!!!!
Now where's that diabolical smiley face when you need it....
the fact that you cared enough to find the time to learn it and get it done in what I can only assume is your own time alone makes this gift all the more wonderful.
My only request is tht you bring up the point that if the creators could make sure the tagging is in place at creation...it would save alot of personal time later....
Hearing reports that the quarters tag is like the ones players can hit already. Is it possible to allow the author to set the housing tag so it is there from the moment the mission is published?
changing how tagging works will require programmer time which is hard to get =/
But seriously, this is fatastic news, theres a bunch of stuff in that list we've been asking for, and so many things I'd never even dared ask for like the Mobile emitter.
Can't wait to try some of these out on tribble, and Hopefully incorperate them into my holodeck mission in the near future
Had a little go and for fun made a retro Aviator costume out of some of the new parts, combine this with the temporal jumpsuit for time travel fun
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But we have two extra Omega force Armors the players don't , Reaper, which I've seen and Quietus, which is entirely new to me
Both look pretty damn awesome
Are we seeing a rep gear upgrade visual preview?
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And we also got the Tactical MACO outfit, but people know that one since the Catian Security guy wears it
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Yay!!! I couldn't wait for these costumes to make it out to y'all.
We REALLY need some testing of them, to make sure there isn't anything broken. It was a lot of files I had to edit--in excess of 11,000--so that makes it more likely for something to go... unexpectedly.
And the tag "Quarters" is indeed to support the Player Housing project I read about on StarbaseUGC. I felt that the term Quarters was more Trek, which is why we went with that.
Please note that I'm not done adding costumes. This is a work in progress. This is the bulk of the costumes available to add, but I'm going to try to get some other things in there that require more work to add.
Enjoy!
Do you have the power to add in maps like the first city we have now(not the old one lol), khitomer ground, and the fek'ihr/grethor ground map?
I had some story Ideas I wanted but it just didn't feel right without having some of the maps that are more up to date looking than say like the original first city that looks legoish.
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One question, though. What exactly does this mean:
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
Yes yes what does it mean!
Foundry Mission Database
Check out my Foundry missions:
Standalone - The Great Escape - The Galaxy's Fair - Purity I: Of Denial - Return to Oblivion
Untitled Series - Duritanium Man - The Improbable Bulk - Commander Rihan
I take it to mean that you can now create RP "hang out" locations, interiors and other settings out of foundry assets, and not have to worry about putting a story with it.
But that may be wrong.
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I'd presume it's meant to facilitate this player-driven housing project.
Ahh neat, good idea!
Foundry Mission Database
Check out my Foundry missions:
Standalone - The Great Escape - The Galaxy's Fair - Purity I: Of Denial - Return to Oblivion
Untitled Series - Duritanium Man - The Improbable Bulk - Commander Rihan
We REALLY need some testing of them, to make sure there isn't anything broken. It was a lot of files I had to edit--in excess of 11,000--so that makes it more likely for something to go... unexpectedly.
And the tag "Quarters" is indeed to support the Player Housing project I read about on StarbaseUGC. I felt that the term Quarters was more Trek, which is why we went with that.
Please note that I'm not done adding costumes. This is a work in progress. This is the bulk of the costumes available to add, but I'm going to try to get some other things in there that require more work to add.
Enjoy!
Thank you SO, SO, SO, SO much!
"Sometimes you have to do things that you hate, so you can survive to fight another day."
Zero thank you SO much!
Since you're adding tags, you guys should take a look at the whole system. The "exclude tag" when searching in particular doesn't seem to work very well. Example, excluding "quarters" tags should give me no missions at all, since nobody has had time to tag anything as quarters. But it gives me everything.
I definitely do remember! Sorry it took me so long to get them added. But now that I have the knowledge, I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!oneone!!!!
Now where's that diabolical smiley face when you need it....
the fact that you cared enough to find the time to learn it and get it done in what I can only assume is your own time alone makes this gift all the more wonderful.
My only request is tht you bring up the point that if the creators could make sure the tagging is in place at creation...it would save alot of personal time later....
changing how tagging works will require programmer time which is hard to get =/
Foundry Mission Database
Check out my Foundry missions:
Standalone - The Great Escape - The Galaxy's Fair - Purity I: Of Denial - Return to Oblivion
Untitled Series - Duritanium Man - The Improbable Bulk - Commander Rihan
But seriously, this is fatastic news, theres a bunch of stuff in that list we've been asking for, and so many things I'd never even dared ask for like the Mobile emitter.
Can't wait to try some of these out on tribble, and Hopefully incorperate them into my holodeck mission in the near future
EDIT- http://chaos-sandwhich.deviantart.com/art/STO-Foundry-Tailor-experiment-Aviator-474211339?ga_submit_new=10%253A1407545301
Had a little go and for fun made a retro Aviator costume out of some of the new parts, combine this with the temporal jumpsuit for time travel fun
Yea. I could not find them either.
But we have two extra Omega force Armors the players don't , Reaper, which I've seen and Quietus, which is entirely new to me
Both look pretty damn awesome
Are we seeing a rep gear upgrade visual preview?
http://chaos-sandwhich.deviantart.com/art/TO-Quietus-Omega-Force-Armor-474214367?ga_submit_new=10%253A1407546238
Check it out here
And we also got the Tactical MACO outfit, but people know that one since the Catian Security guy wears it
Do you have the power to add in maps like the first city we have now(not the old one lol), khitomer ground, and the fek'ihr/grethor ground map?
I had some story Ideas I wanted but it just didn't feel right without having some of the maps that are more up to date looking than say like the original first city that looks legoish.