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The game is basically a bit sluggish when it comes to control. But you can compensate with lower resolutions, | The game is basically a bit sluggish when it comes to control. But you can compensate with lower resolutions, | ||
==== Graphics settings ==== | ==== Graphics settings ==== | ||
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* **Display Mode**: Resolution and color depth. This heavily influences whether the graphics are smoothly rendered. Setting this to high makes the game stutter rather easily, compared to outer titles from that era. | * **Display Mode**: Resolution and color depth. This heavily influences whether the graphics are smoothly rendered. Setting this to high makes the game stutter rather easily, compared to outer titles from that era. | ||
* **Display Driver**: If you have multiple graphics cards or drivers installed, you can choose one here, but usually there' | * **Display Driver**: If you have multiple graphics cards or drivers installed, you can choose one here, but usually there' | ||
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* **Cinematic Window**: Should the current events be displayed as a video sequence in the lower right corner of the game interface or not? If not, the window content is simply overlayed with an icon. Reduces the load on the computer if the game stutters. | * **Cinematic Window**: Should the current events be displayed as a video sequence in the lower right corner of the game interface or not? If not, the window content is simply overlayed with an icon. Reduces the load on the computer if the game stutters. | ||
* **Graphics Detail**: It should be clear what this is for. The higher, the better it looks, but the more system resources the game requires. | * **Graphics Detail**: It should be clear what this is for. The higher, the better it looks, but the more system resources the game requires. | ||
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==== Increase zoom ==== | ==== Increase zoom ==== | ||
One small annoyance can be remedied if one is not completely satisfied with the standard overview. Armada starts by default zoomed in quite far, which in my opinion doesn' | One small annoyance can be remedied if one is not completely satisfied with the standard overview. Armada starts by default zoomed in quite far, which in my opinion doesn' | ||
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The super weapons of all factions are a powerfull advantage, but their buildings and build units are rather expensive, both in time and resources cost. | The super weapons of all factions are a powerfull advantage, but their buildings and build units are rather expensive, both in time and resources cost. | ||
- | See also [[Star Trek Armada 1 Units]] on details of the available ships. | + | See also [[Star Trek Armada 1 Units]] on details of the available ships, stations and weapons. |
=== Borg Collective === | === Borg Collective === | ||
- | The Borg have a rather strong offensive capability in form of their assimilation mechanics. The special weapons are not to powerful aside from this. Borg crews are the games most effective boarding parties. The faction suffers from the crew drain the assimilation mechanics puts on the economy (holding beam kind of beams boarding parties of 50 crew/sek. onto the ship, draining both vessels crew amount until either energy of crew runs out or the target ship/ | + | The Borg have a rather strong offensive capability in form of their assimilation mechanics. The special weapons are not to powerful aside from this. Borg crews are the games most effective boarding parties. The faction suffers from the crew drain the assimilation mechanics puts on the economy (holding beam kind of beams boarding parties of 50 crew/sek. onto the ship, draining both vessels crew amount until either energy of crew runs out or the target ship/ |
== Tier One Units == | == Tier One Units == | ||
* Detector: Scout vessel, large scanning radius, weak pulse cannon, tachyon detection (uncloak). | * Detector: Scout vessel, large scanning radius, weak pulse cannon, tachyon detection (uncloak). | ||
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The game makes it a bit difficult to create screen shots. The '' | The game makes it a bit difficult to create screen shots. The '' | ||
===== Web links ===== | ===== Web links ===== | ||
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* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
* [[http:// | * [[http:// |
en/games/star_trek_-_armada_1.txt · Last modified: 2024-01-30-17-49 by 7saturn