Decades have passed since the war erupted between the United Space Federation and The Alliance of Free Worlds. A bloody conflict that seemed to have reached a stalemate is now about to change, when a thrid faction suddenly appears. Take control of a fleet commander returned from exile, rise through the ranks of the United Space Federation forces and join an epic war across the stars. Start with a small group of frigates, and climb your way to controlling battleships, carriers and planetary bases, in huge space battles and boarding actions. Build space stations and orbital facilities to fortify your position, build your fleet, extract minerals and research upgrades. Execute boarding actions using marine special forces, and bombard your enemies with orbital long range cannons.

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x56erx
x56erx Jan 21 2011, 9:04am says:

finally a mod with a good explsion system for spaceships, may the lord of mod be praised! :P
Did you guys ever think about letting bigger shipps explode with some larger pieces of space junk? If they remain that could create atmosphere, and you could also enable players to enable salvage them.

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koldsoul
koldsoul Jan 21 2011, 9:39am replied:

i was just about to write the same thing.

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Andinout
Andinout Jan 22 2011, 10:40am replied:

not mod game :3

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DreadWolf
DreadWolf Jan 21 2011, 11:18am says:

BATTLESTATIONS!!!! Very pretty. also I agree w/ x56erx about the salvage

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elite879
elite879 Jan 21 2011, 11:40am says:

I think you could add more detail to make it more epic.
Such as pieces can break off BEFORE the ship blows up, like if a big shot from a cannon hit a ship that would break a chunk of the ship off.
And maybe not have the ship pieces just float off at the speed of light, make it slower and not as violent, the pieces should float off in big chunks rather than just disintergrate into tiny pieces.

Take a look at Star Wars: Empire at War capitol ship destruction system, when capitol ships die they break into 2 or more large pieces and they slowly float off into space.

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Vore
Vore Jan 21 2011, 12:35pm replied:

What he said make it look alot less animated but nice work if a bit unbalanced, i sure hope the shields in the final game isn't so weak :)

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Psiyon
Psiyon Jan 31 2011, 11:17am says:

I think you're on the right track with the explosions. They're looking decent, but aren't quite perfect yet.

I know it's your game, but if I may suggest, have a look at how Hegemonia did its explosions: Youtube.com

There are some good examples around the 9:45 mark. And keep in mind, these are explosion effects on an engine that's nine years old. I'm sure you guys could make them even better in Gemini Wars. :P

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BlueSunsleader
BlueSunsleader Feb 12 2011, 9:41pm says:

Boom!

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BlackDanaraki
BlackDanaraki Mar 11 2011, 11:28pm says:

explosions look cool, though i would love to see the ships get acctually battle damaged from each attack ^^ like scars from the laser blasts lol

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bigd524
bigd524 May 27 2011, 6:02pm says:

the ships need to slowly collapse and break apart... look at starship troopers... these explosions dont look apropriate...

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badstormer
badstormer Sep 26 2012, 8:04pm says:

Ah, I love watching things go boom.

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Physx real time explosions and simulation of exploding structures in space.

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