Starship Tycoon

Bonegavel · 01-11-2004, 11:20 AM

Just realeased, starship tycoon puts you in charge of an interplanetary shipping company, you compete against AI controlled firms to survive in the cutthroat world of space commerce. Configure and upgrade your starships, hire and hire the crew, smuggle illegal goods, and wage price wars against your competitors.

That is cut right from the web site. There is a demo available that I have downloaded and I am pretty far into the tutorial. My initial thoughts are that it seems like a mix of Capitalism II (the business side) and Galactic Civilizations (the look).

It looks like the game costs $24.99 and is downloadable (possibly download only) and the graphics are not DOOM 3, but they are crisp and clean. If you have played Galactic Civ, I would say they are far better than that.

Anyone have this and what are you thoughts on it?

Groundhog · 01-11-2004, 11:34 AM

Wow, sounds great. I'll definately be checking this out when I get home from work.

Airhog · 01-11-2004, 04:05 PM

ah, a yin to my yang

ausonny · 01-11-2004, 07:29 PM

It CTDs after 3 or 4 trips every time. I posted the debug log at the forum, hopefully someone can tell me what's wrong, or fix it if it's a bug.

Bonegavel · 01-11-2004, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ausonny

It CTDs after 3 or 4 trips every time. I posted the debug log at the forum, hopefully someone can tell me what's wrong, or fix it if it's a bug.

That isn't good. Even when you play the tutorial? I have run about have way through the tut and it was fine.

WSUCougar · 01-11-2004, 08:00 PM

I got the same result (CTD) in my game, and I did run the tutorial. I do like the game's potential. It has a lot of cool stuff going on.

Bonegavel · 01-11-2004, 08:03 PM

WSU... you didn't crash during the tut, just during actual play?

Primal · 01-11-2004, 08:27 PM

This game is pretty sweet. So far no CTD but we'll see.

WSUCougar · 01-11-2004, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bonegavel

WSU... you didn't crash during the tut, just during actual play?

Correct - I believe it was on the 4th trip.

ausonny · 01-11-2004, 08:35 PM

Tutorial worked fine for me as well.

ausonny · 01-11-2004, 08:39 PM

From the forum:

Thanks for the information. This bug has now been fixed (as have some others) and a new version has been uploaded to our server here:
http://www.positech.co.uk/starshiptycoon/StarshipTycoonDemo.exe
Other download links might not be updated yet.

ShovelMonkey · 01-11-2004, 09:34 PM

Dammit all to hell, Bonegavel, I hate it when people post about a game and it prompts me to immediately get out my credit card.

Bonegavel · 01-11-2004, 09:59 PM

Glad I could help a fellow Pennsylvanian.

Bonegavel · 01-11-2004, 10:02 PM

at this point, I only have the demo (downloaded the newest exe) and I'm getting some odd behaviour. It seems that when I click on the graph button, I get strange "windows" that won't go away. When I call them windows, they appear as the outter frames of windows, but look like garbled whatnot and they won't go away. I click out to the main menu and resume and they are still there. Very strange.

WSUCougar · 01-11-2004, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bonegavel

at this point, I only have the demo (downloaded the newest exe) and I'm getting some odd behaviour. It seems that when I click on the graph button, I get strange "windows" that won't go away. When I call them windows, they appear as the outter frames of windows, but look like garbled whatnot and they won't go away. I click out to the main menu and resume and they are still there. Very strange.

Yep, I've had that one, too.

sachmo71 · 01-12-2004, 08:22 AM

Anyone find the minimum specs listed somewhere?

Bonegavel · 01-12-2004, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sachmo71

Anyone find the minimum specs listed somewhere?

I'll keep looking. The only thing I recall exactly was that DirectX 7 was a minimum.

Mr. Wednesday · 01-14-2004, 01:15 AM

From the readme, "This game requires Directx7 or later, 64 MB RAM, 16 MB Video card, 400 MHZ processor or better."

The updated download link here is more recent than the one I got from the original post.

Taur · 07-29-2004, 06:24 PM

Months Later from .... http://starshiptycoon.com

Quote:

16th July 2004

Version 2.24 has been released

Can we get some reviews from the game now?

And , now this from gamezone???

http://www.gamezone.com/gamesell/p24399.htm

None of this makes since. The Aug 2004 release date, the developer, the publisher.

01-11-2004, 11:34 AM	#2
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Wow, sounds great. I'll definately be checking this out when I get home from work. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

01-11-2004, 04:05 PM	#3
Airhog Captain Obvious Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Norman, Oklahoma	ah, a yin to my yang __________________ Thread Killer extraordinaire Yay! its football season once again!

01-11-2004, 08:00 PM	#6
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	I got the same result (CTD) in my game, and I did run the tutorial. I do like the game's potential. It has a lot of cool stuff going on. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

01-11-2004, 09:34 PM	#12
ShovelMonkey H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central PA	Dammit all to hell, Bonegavel, I hate it when people post about a game and it prompts me to immediately get out my credit card. __________________ It only hurts for a little while...

01-11-2004, 07:29 PM	#4
ausonny High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Memphis, TN	It CTDs after 3 or 4 trips every time. I posted the debug log at the forum, hopefully someone can tell me what's wrong, or fix it if it's a bug.

01-11-2004, 08:03 PM	#7
Bonegavel Awaiting Further Instructions... Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Macungie, PA	WSU... you didn't crash during the tut, just during actual play?

01-11-2004, 08:27 PM	#8
Primal High School JV Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Huntington Beach, CA	This game is pretty sweet. So far no CTD but we'll see.

01-11-2004, 08:35 PM	#10
ausonny High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Memphis, TN	Tutorial worked fine for me as well.

01-11-2004, 08:39 PM	#11
ausonny High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Memphis, TN	From the forum: Thanks for the information. This bug has now been fixed (as have some others) and a new version has been uploaded to our server here: http://www.positech.co.uk/starshiptycoon/StarshipTycoonDemo.exe Other download links might not be updated yet.

01-11-2004, 09:59 PM	#13
Bonegavel Awaiting Further Instructions... Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Macungie, PA	Glad I could help a fellow Pennsylvanian.

01-11-2004, 10:02 PM	#14
Bonegavel Awaiting Further Instructions... Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Macungie, PA	at this point, I only have the demo (downloaded the newest exe) and I'm getting some odd behaviour. It seems that when I click on the graph button, I get strange "windows" that won't go away. When I call them windows, they appear as the outter frames of windows, but look like garbled whatnot and they won't go away. I click out to the main menu and resume and they are still there. Very strange.

01-12-2004, 08:22 AM	#16
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	Anyone find the minimum specs listed somewhere?

01-14-2004, 01:15 AM	#18
Mr. Wednesday Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South Bend, IN	From the readme, "This game requires Directx7 or later, 64 MB RAM, 16 MB Video card, 400 MHZ processor or better." The updated download link here is more recent than the one I got from the original post.

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