Stranded

Fireskull · Post by **Fireskull** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:02 am

I have read a post below about players hearing explosions and such while docked, I have come upon a similiar problem.

I like to play as a merchant, and so sometimes I am forced into hasty escapes.... my last escape was from two cutlasses which were lucky enough to find me on a damaged galaxy. I hit the afterburners and made it into the nearby planet. Problem is, the enemy ships just DONT go away and when I leave the dock they are already shooting at me.

I figure I can fix the prob myself by changing some variables, but I decided to report it to you guys so it gets fixed in other updates.

spiritplumber · Post by **spiritplumber** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:03 am

We need to implement a "give up time" for chases.... PR and GG solve this by resetting the universe on land i think, but we can't do that.

crouton · Post by **crouton** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:56 pm

Let's think of this in terms of in-game roleplaying. Unless you had specifically pissed off the hunters/retros/pirates/etc... they'd probably hang around a day or so before giving up. And they'd probably clear out if milita came through.

Which brings up an interesting question.. is there any sense of 'progression' in terms of days/months/years? It would be complicated, but realistic, to have time pass as you fly along, are docked at a base/planet, etc.

spiritplumber · Post by **spiritplumber** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:30 pm

The problem with that is that we would have to get timeline-specific events to happen... i'm more for monkey island - style time progression (advancing a plot advances the clock).

Fireskull · Post by **Fireskull** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:46 pm

I dont think the focus of privateer is on roleplaying. Sure there is some of it, but its not the focus. You cant even pick your own name, or your own gender. Actually you cant even really choose what kind of stuff your char says, you just watch the action.

IMO the moment your char docks into a space station any pursuers should just give up. Its a space simulation, and a single player space simulation, there is no reason really to leave the player waiting in a station doing nothing.

spiritplumber · Post by **spiritplumber** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:14 pm

VERY true!!!! I'll work on it as soon as I take care of the neutron/particle gun issue...