The only working copy I have is on an old laptop of mine and I've got it through the original CD-Rom. I wish I knew how to get it into a file extractor though... I mean, I can zip it into a .rar, but I doubt it would work, unless it would be recognize as an .iso file...

@@NortShip01 I found it somehow (again). Had to use UniExtractor to extract data1 .cab file so I wouldn't need to run setup (which can't run on new OS). I'm using wined3d and ddraw files to run it, otherwise there's blackscreen after the FMV. Also, I'm running it on fat32 formatted USB. I hope I won't be having issues with the mouse again. There's F10 you can press while ingame that locks the cursor but still runs the game. Wonder if that fixes it when it occurs. 🤷‍♂

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg Yeah, check some of the latest videos for some new things... xD

Indeed, mainly thanks to their long range. At least the Federation has their Mobile Shield Generators for away teams, and the Romulans will have to use their Cloaked Tanks and APCs.

That and the ability to modify or add missions. I know some missions where I want to add just a few more structures as to not get overwhelmed from the get-go (especially the mission The Lost Tribes).

Actually I've observed multiple cases where any unit, Phaser, Disruptor or Photon tank, has a rate of fire increase overall when they're not in a 'good' position to attack their intended target and just fire away at the nearest target in range. With the Cloaked APC this rate of fire nearly matches the Warbird's, and a Hubrin Tank's rate of fire can match that of its Fortress. Here's a nice showcase: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKetiX6BrMmjosU

I run the game (and recorded the footage) on an old laptop I have which runs Windows Vista. To be fair I've had my share of problems, even where my mouse flips out when trying to select stuff, of which I have a video of as well. Feel free to check out the rest of the videos I have on the game and all the things I encountered and exploited within the game.

@@NortShip01 I read last night that setting the game to work on multiple CPU cores can cause problems. So setting it to work on one should do it. Also, the game doesn't like NTFS format, but rather uses FAT32 one, and priority should be set to low. This 'should' fix the game entirely with crashes and mouse problems. At least, person that had those issues fixed them with that. Trying all of this these days and trust me it's a pain in the *ss. It's a great game though. Do try this on Vista and feel free to share the results. Also, can you share the link of that video where you had that mouse problem in particular?

@@jovantancic You can find that video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZK0f2yPrddqr68

@@NortShip01 Ah, the same problem here. I don't know if this is the programming bug that's inside the game or that the game really depends on what you run it. I see some playthroughs of this game around youtube and so far I haven't seen anyone having any issues with game's interface. It would be good if someone would patch it more. The source code is out so it's about time somebody does it.

@@jovantancic That would be fun. I would also like to see some kind of map editor or something, where you can make up your own scenarios and perhaps have captured buildings be of more use to the player.

🤣That would be a nice idea. xD Given the time I've spent in finding all of this...

You mean that Shield Generator next to the Colony Hub? Simple; I razed the Advanced Power Generator that was initially present there, and I was able to use the build space that became available to place a Shield Generator and two turrets there, to defend the Colony Hub from attacks by a Metar Bur more effectively.

@@NortShip01 But it looks ike it's occupying colony hub's space. The game gave you green when placing it?

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg After razing that Advanced Power Generator, yes. It also let me place the two turrets in that same area. I could even possibly place any other small structure (Science Station, Transporter Pad, Storage Facility and Resource Processor) there if I wanted.

@@NortShip01 another bug then, I believe, meaning the advanced generator was misplaced in the uhh first place lol

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg That or a bit of foresight, if it can be exploited... given how the only viable defense would come to the left of the Storage Facility, disregarding what can be placed on the ground south of the hub...

Skybox? You mean that tower on the temple?

@@NortShip01 the sky

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg Ah, I see. 🙂

Heh, I know which one you're talking about. I have some footage of it still in my archives.

Got the footage of it right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i165oqqqibB1r6s

Same thing I do in regular campaign, getting the Vehicle Yard for 6 additional Construction Bees and at least 2 Cargo Bees as I tend to place 2 Resource Processors with 2 mines in most missions.

@@NortShip01 good, I thought so it's only because it's only a tutorial; btw. did you think about playing together? I have a public IP so if you wish we can connect and try how it works

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg I have been thinking about it... if only I could the game to run on my Windows 10 PC and all... I have been unable to get the right files as my virus scanner won't let me get them.

@@NortShip01 youtube deletes my attempts to write down email address so I could give you my IP... :/ don't know how to do it? Do you by any chance have Steam?

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg Yes, I have.

Plus the droning reminder of 'Colony Power Insufficient'.

@@NortShip01 bored is more like it

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg Indeed.

Indeed. xD Something I used very well. xD

Thank you very much. :D

Indeed, brought them all together with the Battle Group exploit. xD

😆'The Vehicle Yard isn't working! Those petaQs forgot to add power!'

@@NortShip01 mission failed :P

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg Indeed, especially as other Hubrin soon razed the pathetic Klingon AI Base. xD

Not just them, I've seen this with other vehicles too.

Indeed, you have this happening in two Klingon Missions. 😁 Feel free to browse my KZbin Channel; there's more clips featuring the Klingon Bird-of-Prey there.

Here's a nice example for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqeylpeiYraloqc

@@NortShip01 Thank you. 🙂

@@FekLeyrTarg Anytime, my friend. :D Always fun seeing Klingons showing those Metar-veq what's cracking.

@@FekLeyrTarg kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4jRknupZ9-DgZo Here's another one for you to enjoy.

Really? I didn't know that... I feel that was left out due to time constraints or unable to make it work in one way or another, similar to how the ground remains intact after an impact of a photon shell or one of the Hubrin's weapon strikes...

Indeed, which is why I have an APC around to always keep an eye on the Hangar and have the Capture option triggered; the Warbird ignores the building if the Capture option is selected, even when it's done with a Klingon or Federation APC if you trigger the Warbird's 'assistance' in their sides of the mission. And on other rare occasions it can lead to the Warbird itself being destroyed if the Hubrin Fortress gets more shots in during the Warbird's second pass.

@@NortShip01This is smart move to be sure, but player no need to know this, right? I mean the warbird is your ally, right? You're not supposed to anticipate a flaw in the mission. When I was younger I usualy just thought of this mission as a time-restricted mission: to capture the hangar before the ship interferes lol The second part: true, if the warbird is dumb enough to fly long enough in fortress’ fire arc it will perish. I wonder if by the rare occasion the warbird can actually defeat the fortress?...

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg I feel the Warbird striking down the fortress would only be possible if it had continuous fire on it, or if it was aided by other Romulan tanks.

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg Speaking of the Hubrin Fortress, it appears at least 6 times in single player campaign, being two Klingon Missions, two Federation missions, one joint mission, and the Romulan Bonus Mission.

@@NortShip01 Yes, a pity developers didn't expand that race further

No problem, hopefully getting more footage up later.

Indeed, concentrated Phaser/Disruptor fire can do real damage then.

Indeed, with the Federation forces making sure they don't do anything funny. XD

It's quite an annoyance indeed. It's weird that I've NEVER experienced that bug when playing as the Klingons though. And even when I play as the Federation or Romulans, it only happens occasionally. I usually stick with what I have, unless I do need to build vehicles to complete a certain objective. Cloaked APCs are my favorite as these are completed rather quickly and with their high speed, rate of fire and ability to cloak... Second comes the Klingon Disruptor Battery, and then the Federation Advanced Artillery + Mobile Shield.

According to an interview I've viewed that a fellow player had with one of the people whom worked on the game, I believe that there was some done...

The Metar have only 4 scattered bases. 3 of them contain two portals each, the last one has only the Metar Temple and 3 Colony Cores. This is where the SPEED of the Cloaked APCs come in as well as their rate of fire. I've calculated that once the mission starts, you'd have about 3.5 to 4 minutes of time before the Metar come swarming out of the Portals in big numbers (groups of 6 Metar Burs, 6 Advanced Naks, 4-6 Advanced Deas, 4 Advanced Yats, 4 Advanced Snipers and 2 Metar Ras have been observed by yours truly when they do come out, even after I manage to destroy at least TWO portals). And since the Romulan base starts with 8 Cloaked APCs alongside 6 Cloaked Tanks, 2 Artilleries, 1 regular APC, Science Vehicle and Ground Scout...

No problem. Each time I encounter something odd, fun or just for the heck of it, I record the footage and feel like showing it off, just proving the potential that the game had, yet the lack of proper QA Testing and the time to iron out the bugs and adding in other things that are missing in the game proper practically killed it... oh, if only I knew how to do some programming...

Indeed. It's the main reason I play this mission directly after 'Into the Arena' and 'Absent Friends', since the colony size limit gets carried over in subsequent missions. So when I start this mission with the size limit of 90, I only build the Construction and Vehicle Yards, Security Center, 1 Resource Processor, Science Station and Transporter Pad, leaving the remaining spaces for Advanced Power Generators, 2 Shield Generators and the turrets. And if I need just a bit more space for a second Resource Processor, I just attack the Taubat base north of the Romulan base.

@@NortShip01 Yeah, but in order to attack the northern Taubat base you have to manufacture more tanks and stuff… will that justify the cost of building another resource processor? In my opinion this mission is not that long and defensive in nature so I don’t need resources to be mined quickly.

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg True, but I think it's worth it. Besides, eith a second processor, resource gathering goes a bit quicker, so I don't have to wait much to keep building turrets and (especially) Cloaked APCs to fight the battles. I just want my base to be secure first and having a back-up site on the smaller bases I have.

Glad you agree. 😁 Usually the Metar Starship gets obliterated over the Federation Base (even when I play as Romulans or Klingons), this is one of the rare occasions the Romulans shoot the thing from the sky.

Nope, I was actually able to COMPLETE the mission itself in fact.

I guess that's the reason. It's happened on more than one occasion that a vehicle emerges out of the Yard just as it's destroyed, with that last vehicle then exploding for no reason. xD

@@NortShip01 what you said I explain to myself by explosion blast damage

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg Heh, fair enough.

That's a shame. It's funny; in all the years I've played this game, I NEVER lost my hub ONCE. Sure I did have missions that failed, but that's due to the destruction of other objectives that I was supposed to watch over/capture/whatever, not because my hub got destroyed. Perhaps it's the solid strategy that I employ that makes my bases practically impenetrable once everything's set up, next to exploiting AI movement.

@@NortShip01 that’s for sure, I wouldn’t want to meet you in multiplayer :)

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg I presume this is due to me setting up my base to be near impenetrable... I wish multiplayer did work though, would have loved to make footage/screencaps of that. Maybe it could fill in gaps of some of the beta screenshots I've seen.

@@NortShip01 i think it works, either you or me hosts a game and we exchange the IP address, that's it

Indeed. I wish there were a few more tanks or vehicles added to it *coughCloakedAPCcough*...

Hey, I pulled off something in 'Checkmate' just now, will show footage of it later today. Managed to pull off a siege on a few Metar structures using Federation Phaser Tanks AND Romulan Cloaked APCs! xD

That seems to be the case, yes.

Indeed, I honestly wish there was some kind of map/mission/level editor that would allow for custom missions and such. would have loved to see this game expanded upon.

Indeed, especially how buildings under construction are invincible until completed, so enemy units keep firing at them... xD

Indeed, simply because unlike other vehicles, they can pretty much fire at anything what's directly in front of them, with a bit of an off-set to the left and right when in their field of view...

@@NortShip01 their units are more like an artillery, not necessarily tanks

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg I presume this is because of their very long range and projectile attacks, right?

@@NortShip01 Yes, like in WW2, some vehicles looked like tanks, but wasn't them, they were mobile artilleries

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg Ah, I see, like the Photon Artillery units from the playable factions then... interesting.

You mean the Hubrin? No, these are the Orion Pirates.

@@NortShip01 ah, that's the one!

@@nakenmil The Hubrin appear in earlier videos, you can watch my entire playlist here: kzbin.info/aero/PLhC3MKcG4elDs2VcsTtB-MSb3pRcHtHtv

Indeed, especially when a base is fortified the way I make them. xD

Thanks, feel free to check 'em out and comment on what stood out for you. :D

Latest video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKGsqoqhh6ueaZY

And here's another: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWe4fqWdr6yIqNk

xD Ineffective way of telling when something is protected by a (mobile) Shield Generator?

@@NortShip01 The APC’s crew must have been dringking coffee in the mean time hehe

@@JeanBaptisteEmanuelZorg Or taking too much LDS once more. xD

No problem at all. :D Was quite an interesting one to boot at that; this way you can select the corresponding APC without having to tilt the camera a certain way in case it's hidden beyond the building itself in the usual camera view.

Indeed. It's odd that I've encountered this bug occasionally whenever I play as either the Federation or the Romulans though. Had it never experienced whenever I play as the Klingons.

I must admit that I only had this happen whenever I assign an officer to the structure most of the time, so I don't know whether this is because of build speed or just a bug that doesn't register one completed vehicle as actually 'completed' as it won't vanish from the build list, even though said vehicle does emerge from the Vehicle Yard itself.

Oh, trust me, the Klingons got their revenge big time. I've got Disruptor Batteries out there for a reason. xD

It honestly caught me off-guard too. It can happen more with APCs if someone gets in their way just when they want to capture a building, as seen here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ3ZeaKQiLdknck

Indeed, even though only the Advanced Dea can jam Tricorders. And the only time the Cloaked units are vulnerable is that moment where they have to either engage or drop the cloak overall.