Posted on: March 25, 2017
Earendil1
Verified ownerGames: 129 Reviews: 3
Privateer again, excellent!
I read the reviews and longed for a Privateer "update" and Rebel Galaxy is it. I've gotten about halfway through the story line which is engaging. It is worth getting even at the price it's at because it continues the Wing Commander/Privateer/Freelancer universe I like so much. Some in notes in no particular order: - Combat is different but doable. No forward firing guns, everything is a +/-15 degree angle from broadside (90 degree from forward travel). Turrets are different, they are all over most ships can shoot at any angle but are not useful in manual mode except for mining, leave them in auto-aim mode. Secondary weapons need to be replenished so I rarely use them. Deflectors seem a last ditch, manual defense so I never use them since shields and armor are usually sufficient. - The saving system is the strangest I've ever seen. Saves only entering a station or exiting the game. There are 12 slots (file#'s 0-11) but you cannot switch slots unless you copy files over to another slot outside the game or start new games there. I wrote a Windows batch file residing in the saved game directory (C:UsersuserDocumentsMy GamesDouble Damage GamesRebelGalaxy) to alt-tab out and save the game I'm always playing in slot 2 (file# 1) to another slot 3-12 (file#s 2-11). ----- @echo off :Copy savegame_dat1.zbs to temp directory; overwite old copies of savegame_dat1.zbs. set TEMPSAVEPATH=%CD%screenshots copy /y /v "%CD%savegame_dat1.zbs" "%TEMPSAVEPATH%" :Get the saved game file number to eventually overwrite. set /p FILENUM="Enter saved game file number to overwrite (from 2 to 11): " :Loop through 2 to 11 for /L %%G IN (2,1,11) DO ( :If the entered number is one of the legitimate loop numbers (2 to 11), then overwite if %FILENUM%==%%G ( copy /y /v "%TEMPSAVEPATH%savegame_dat1.zbs" "%CD%savegame_dat%FILENUM%.zbs" echo Saved game "savegame_dat1.zbs" saved as "savegame_dat%FILENUM%.zbs". goto END ) ) echo No files saved. Saved game file number "%FILENUM%" is not a number 2 to 11. :END pause -----
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