A little disapointed.....

[CenturionV]

i have to say i'm a little disapointed with the way MOO3 turned out, it seems cool looking from the out side but when you get its just wierd theres sooooo many millions of menus giving you practically useless info that you have no idea the meaning, just trying ot wade through to build a ship. i loved MOO2 as much as anyone else and if MOO3 would have been even partially what i'd hoped for i woudla forgiven it its flaws but when the Ai will not even attack aa completely undefended colony as it sits there for 20 turn waiting for reinforcments is just plain stuped. there also is not many improvments on moo2 the grafix while nicer looking are really not anything splendid and all the things i hated in moo2 are back and worse than ever, like the idiotic diplomacy ai and there are completey new "problems" like everything just seem s a little to complex. when they were making the game they said it was "going to have the info you need just a few clicks away" now personnally i've rarelly found
ANYTHING i needed less than 2 clicks away (somtimes more like 20 clicks) i only wish it woulda been better.

 

[S1Genocide]

Have you tried modding the game?

If you like micromanagement get the micromanagement mod
http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=270634
Dont like the AI get a rebuild or make one yourself
http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=270429
or
http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=272799
Dont like starlanes? changed the starlanes.txt file
http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=270557
Dont like the interface get a new one....
Red & Steel (Myros)
http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=272883
Moo2 (Myros)
http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=270614
*IX*LedMirage
http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=269806
Want better stars?
http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=273121
Dont like HFOG? get rid of it
http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=270829
PDs not working get this...
http://www.ina-community.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=271813
And finally go here for better documentation
http://www.orionsector.com/pages/mods/
Encyclopedia Upgrade Version 2
Improved Tech Descriptions GP
Improved Tech Descriptions: Ground Combat
(I suggest everyone gets this)
These are just a few things the community has made in one week of the game being out always check back at the fan mods forums for new stuff.

 

[CenturionV]

Now i'm assuming that with atleast some of these i won't be able to play multiplayer right?

 

[S1Genocide]

Anything that is a graphics change won't mess around with multiplayer....... Anything like changing the AI, production, or mico mod WILL mess around with multiplayer.....
I made a backup.
My whole thing is if we can change the things wrong with the game modding it they sure as hell should be able to come out with a decent patch.

Also this is for both multi and single player
Encyclopedia Upgrade Version 2
Improved Tech Descriptions GP
Improved Tech Descriptions: Ground Combat
(I suggest everyone gets this)
since documentation does blow chunks

If its just graphics get it.

If you want differant game mechanics your just going to have to wait for a patch.

 

[TheDS]

Ok, is there a mod that makes designing ships a pleasure instead of a pain? Don't tell me AUTO, cuz it doesn't make what I want.

How about one that tells me at a glance what my standings are with all the other races? Or one that tells me what messages I sent off that are pending responses from who I sent them to? And what those messages were? How about something that keeps track of what I've sent so I can figure out whether or not to bully or cowtow to an alien without having to play a million times or visit forums and ask such questions?

Or maybe there's a mod that makes the screen a reasonable resolution and reorganizes it so I can see important information at a glance, instead of having to access a dozen popups that behave in half a dozen different ways, and all but one of which forces me to search for a close button?

Is there one that will let me see more than 4 planets at a time on the Planets screen?

Is there one that makes all the information easily readable?

Is there one that removes the feel of patchiness? The game feels like it was made by a committee that couldn't agree on anything except the name.

Is there one that makes me feel like I am accomplishing anything at all?

I'm not trying to be snotty about this, but there are some things that neither a simple MOD nor a simple PATCH cannot cure. The only thing that can save this game is to recall all the boxes and slip relabeled copies of MOO2 in them.