Hi the post about Artemis sim made me tought about other capital space chip sims out there, not the typical ones that let you control a star fighter but something more in the line of Artemis but single player of course. Anyone know a good one?

The last one I played was Klingon Academy which came out in 2000 but it is an outstanding capital ship space sim. It came with a huge manual that explained in detail all of the ship systems and how to manage your energy. I've heard good things about Star Trek Bridge Commander but I never got around to playing it.

What about Star Shatter? I played that and it was pretty decent, in a low-budget indie kind of way. I just flew the fighters though.

The last time I played Starshatter it was pretty poor as far as capital ship combat went. This was partly because they had no defence against fighter missiles.

I need to find that info on Artemis, I must've missed that.

First person, not sure about much. However as an "up close and personal" RTS, not like Sins of a Solar Empire where you get lost in the size and scope, there's Nexus: the Jupiter Incident, which is about capital ships, launching your fighters, marines in a shuttle launching to take over a base or ship...good stuff. Long battles with shields to take out, sub-systems, hull etc. It's a pretty different style of game and very good. Tactics and set up, no resource gathering.

The other day I picked up Homeworld 2 and it's got some larger ships down the line I think. I know it's got carriers. Even more RTS style than Nexus though.

Star Wars Empire at War (Gold), another RTS, fairly simplified, but some VERY fun battles and a cinematic mode so you can enjoy the action you set in motion. Also some ground action, but mainly it's ship battles.

X3:TC eventually gets to the larger ships, but I've never gotten far enough. LOL

I second Nexus. I just re-installed it and I think I never finished it, since I got a new PC back then and never re-installed it. IIRC you had to equip your ships with weapons, shields and stuff to get the job done, missions weren`t easy either and the battles long. This is written from memory, as I only installed it a checked if it is working, but I remember it was a really good game.

Klingon Academy is the best I've ever played. There's Starfleet Command and Battlecruiser but neither of these come close to the awesomeness that KA is. Oh, even better, a fan-made patch was released that allows it to run on modern operating systems and graphics cards recently also:

http://jiridvorak.webpark.cz/ka/

With this, you really have no excuse to not play it. Get Klingon Academy asap. It really was that good back when it first came out.

I've enjoyed Nexus, and looking forward to the sequel if it gets off the ground. It's not perfect, but I like this type of game that isn't just about building massive groups to go attack. Pretty much all tactics.

Wish I could find Star Trek Bridge Commander for a reasonable price. It's $100+ pretty much everywhere.

Seen that Starfleet command have tons of mods hope they have some that change the fleets as I don't like Start trek universe ship looks. But the game that seems more interesting is Nexus the Jupiter incident, a sequel was just anounced so If I like the original maybe I will have a new one to play soon.
thanks!

Nexus is a great library addition just for being so different. Smaller scale, personal management, big ships. You can go with a lot of automation or you can micro-manage. The first time you take out another ship's flak canons so you can launch the fighters at it is a blast. Or send in the Marines to take over a base--they stay in radio contact so you hear what's going on. I can see why there's a BSG mod for it, it's well suited for that. Most ships can have fighters and shuttles for spec ops or something. Nice controls.
I do wish there was more to the navigation, you're stuck with objects and nav points they give you, but the game is all about the scene you're playing out, not exploration or production.

BTW, it even runs well on a netbook. For widescreen gaming, you need to make a quick change in the registry you need to look up on widescreengaming.com. Nothing to it though.

Thanks for that link. Now I just need to find a copy of KA since I foolishly sold mine several years ago.

The other thing that made KA so great was the main storyline and the FMV cut-scenes with Christopher Plummer and David Warner reprising their great roles from ST VI.

you could always play BC3000AD if you are into inflicting pain on yourself

I know a lot of people don't care for it, but I'm a huge fan of Star Trek Legacy. You get all of the tv show captains reprising their roles, excellent variety of ships, fun missions, good combat and nice controls. Played through it several times. One or two hateful missions, but really a lot of fun.

Wow,why did you have to drag that up? I had managed to erase that from my memory forever I thought.
That game looked so promising.In the end it was awful,truly awful.

There's also mods galore for Star Trek: Bridge Commander if you have a disc for that one. Granted, I know those are probably hard to come by these days.

As for Starshatter, there's buttloads of mods available out there now, but I'm not sure about what kinds of weapons they add or subtract.

I still have my KA and BCmdr discs somewhere. I even have the (oft-forgotten) predecessor to KA, Starfleet Academy. It is notable for being the actual last time William Shatner appears (in FMV and full uniform) as Capt Kirk. There's quite a bit of FMV of Takei as Sulu, but I think the rest is nobodies.

The game itself wasn't quite worth playing, but the FMV was worth watching for nostalgia if nothing else.

I've gone back and forth on getting Legacy for years, never did and then I forgot about it till now. Maybe I can find it real cheap now.


The Jedi Master

I don't know, these ST games are treated like gold now! I'd like STL on pc now, currently I have it on 360. Good controls on there, so not sure how well it will translate to pc is my only concern. Good looking game and fun light RTS. Similar to the Battlestations Midway and Pacific games (I'm a huge fan of those too).
The story is a stretch, but it's the method they use to get all the captains involved. You start at Enterprise era, then TOS, TNG/Voy/DS9. All captains in place for voice work (poorly directed though. LOL)

These would be PERFECT games for GOG.com to pick up, if they could work it out. I guess the ST MMO is the reason there aren't any new games coming.

And where can we take a look to those mods?

Here's some old screenshot threads of mine.

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ub...tml#Post2706623
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ub...tml#Post2707730
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ub...tml#Post2702118

I love that Earth Alliance destroyer from Babylon 5!

NM i found it

Starshatter is overblown expensive too. Odd. Discontinued at Matrix, wonder why?
I see Armada 2526, maybe to get people to buy that? Might give it a shot but not until it drops a hell of a lot in price.

There's another game coming out sometime this year (maybe) that looks promising:
Gemini Wars
http://geminiwars.camel101.com/

I remember when Starshatter was released, it doesn't seem that long ago. Some of us here at SimHQ made some impolite jokes about the name and having "shat" stars...



The Jedi Master

He he, yeah, rather poor choice of a title.

I never had much trouble with it crashing or problems, but some did. The developer basically stopped supporting it and so Matrix discontinued it.

Pretty much everything you need is right here.

starshattermods.com

The gentleman who runs the site has a deep and genuine love for the game, and a seemingly endless amount of time on his hands, from looking at all the mods that are out there. I just dusted off my disc and am planning on finding some new stuff to install the next few weeks myself.

wtf?!!! a sequel to nexus was announced? where? when? what game???

damn, I loved that game...

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3368632/SUPPORT_NEXUS_2.html#Post3368632


Hope it doesn't take too long.

^ wha.... LOL... wait... they asked for $400000 donation? and nooooooooo wtf... force power? they are doing it wrong !

what's that 400k for? buying the 2005 engine prototype?

but I like how they ask the game fans to be involved (at least their money lol)... game developers need to do this for flight sim genre...