Gaming Moonbase Alpha - NASA's new on-line game

[Lucy]

That's exactly the point, I think. The game as-is feels like a play test, and that's exactly what it is. I half expect them to patch it soon, a lot of people have been having show-stopping bugs, and that mouse needs fixing for the welding minigame.

 

[N_Molson]

Did some team play, that's quite fun :lol:

"Arg who lost our last wrench ?" :rofl:

 

[Mandella]

Good tech-demo for the MMO, but nothing else. After a "match" I couldn't see myself playing more than a couple of rounds before getting fenomenally bored. And sure enough, after the second one, I already was.

I agree. There were some things I liked, some things I *really* didn't like, but all in all not much replay value. But a great tech demo if somebody picks it up and expands it.

Of course, I could just be looking at it wrong. Maybe all they intended was for it to be an 'awareness' inspiring teaching aid. Something to get people to play for an hour and think, "If we really wanted this, we could have it for real."

 

[Unstung]

Well, now I have to get Steam.

 

[shangding]

on my compiter, the game can't run.
it's so ...

 

[Vanguard]

nvtt.dll with no SSE2 (unofficial Athlon XP fix)

Can't play it... crashes when using a SSE2 instruction on my old AMD CPU. Need a newer computer for it.

I had the same problem, but I got it to work. The only file that uses SSE2 instruction set is the nvtt.dll file. Image, and entire group of people excluded over one dll designed to help developers handle textures...

I downloaded the following and it worked great: http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=85817

Just extract the 3 files to:

...\Steam\SteamApps\common\moon base alpha\Binaries\Win32

or wherever nvtt.dll is on your install base, voila.

Vanguard

 

[Urwumpe]

Works now, thank you! Now I just have to learn the game mechanics ^^

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

NASA Watch: "New NASA Online Game Snubs Macs And Other Operating Systems".

 

[astrosammy]

Ouch, forgot it. Now I have to wait for hours...

 

[AirSimming]

I didn't try it yet. But it looks phantastic so far. On the other hand, I'm a little bit disappointed because NASA does not recreate Apollo and STS that way. Too bad it always has to be fiction.

 

[astrosammy]

Slooooooooooooow. Looks like my graphics card doesn't like it. Running around and repairing stuff works good, but it gets painful when driving robots and welding. So if anyone from here ever plays with me, let me carry the tools or doing astronaut repairs. :lol:

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Multiplayer is even worse, nothing working. It really should have more video options.

 

[Turbinator]

Astrosammy, you can edit the games .ini file manually. It contains all the settings you could ever imagine.

C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\moon base alpha\Engine\Config

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I should mention that there is a NASA MMO in development as well... this was a "test run" for it.
As stated by the developers on the games forums.

Located here:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=835


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Check this out:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laFOsE-UFho"]YouTube- Moonbase Alpha Boogie[/ame]




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[Chub777]

I downloaded it. It's actually fun. I just race other people in the rovers. Hope they have new missions soon.

 

[hribek]

I thought it's an Alpha version of a Moonbase game. Or isn't it?

 

[astrosammy]

Thank you, Turbinator, I still have to use 1024x768 in window mode, but it runs smoothly. Still have to try multiplayer...

 

[Urwumpe]

I think it is a nice demo, but no complete game yet - despite the huge size of 1 GB.

The game play is too one-dimensional, that should get fixed. But it shows well what CAN be done.

 

[C3PO]

This isn't the MMO, right? I can't see how it would work.

Even with 6 players it's hard to avoid "saboteurs" that spend their time ruining the game for everyone else. Maybe there could be some kind of voting system to get rid of them.

You can use the password option, but that would defeat the purpose of the game. It was meant to get people interested in space exploration, and meeting like-minded people is a big part of that. A password will limit the game to people you already know.

 

[Ghostrider]

Even with 6 players it's hard to avoid "saboteurs" that spend their time ruining the game for everyone else. Maybe there could be some kind of voting system to get rid of them.

Saboteurs on the Moon? I say we riddle them with flechette guns.

 

[Urwumpe]

Even with 6 players it's hard to avoid "saboteurs" that spend their time ruining the game for everyone else. Maybe there could be some kind of voting system to get rid of them.

Voting against cheaters and team-killers is standard today.

 

[astrosammy]

When I create a own game I usually call it "OrbiterForum", so if anyone wants to play with me, just join.