Any starship with two engines may attempt to tow another starship that starts the turn at the same location by selecting the try to tow mission. Donovans vga planets super site welcome to your best and largest source of information for vga planets 3. Jurgen appelos internet top 100 ibm pc games vga planets. It is a game of planetary conquest played on a computer with up to 11 players. This paper describes many aspects of combat much more clearly and in more depth than anything i have written to date. Download vga planets ai freeware this project serves two. They have two large glowing eyes in the middle of their polyhedron form. The biggest one so far is a fullscale client program usable to play complete turns, and now offering tons literally of features. The players compete against each other economically and militarily on a galactic scale. Planets 3 is getting a new name and an early access steam release date. Vga planets 4 october 15, 2010 this is one of the most popular sites where you can play vga planets 4, go to help and information section to get the client and basic info. Its secondary function is to act as a computer ai player for an internet game, vga planets as implemented on vga planets nu.
Vga planets is a popular and long running turn based space strategy game. Vga planets or vgap, or planets was released in 1992 as a bbs door game, and is now played over the internet via email or via web interface. The fascist empire race icon from vga planets nu the fascist empire is a race inspired by the klingons from the star trek universe. This article details the practical difference between the left and right sides of the screen in vcr combat. Vga planets 3 lizard planets only go so far after 100%. If an enemy ship runs out of fuel within the 3 lightyear warpwell of a planet. Turns are usually one a day, but could be more or less depending on the host and people playing. Jul 19, 2011 this video demonstrates that lizard planets can take 150% damage before being captured. Vga planets is a multiplayer, space strategy war game originally released in 1992. The ai is modular, with pieces being implemented one at a time.
The game emphasizes mining, colonization and the construction of starships. Rebels on planets less than 30, or 60 to 70 temp range are harder to detect. Welcome to your best and largest source of information for vga planets 3. Vga planets webring a collection of the best pages that. Version 3 came with new racial abilities, and new features like minefields. The game simulates combat in space between galactic scale empires. Specification tables for ship hulls, engines, beam weapons, torpedoes derived directly from game data files. Play in your browser against thousands of other warriors in your bid to become emperor of the echo cluster. Properly played privateers can be a terrible thing to deal with, but its been coming to light more and more that other, properlyplayed races can be an equally big problem for the privateers, because if the pirates can. Vga planets 4 is a separate game, with similar game play which followed the version 3 release produced as shareware by tim wisseman.
Planets command center 2 is an advanced vga planets 3. User summary vga planets 3 is a turnbased, multiplayer pbem game for the pc, produced by tim wisseman. Foreword by tim wisseman, the creator of vga planets. This device will generate 1 mc per colonist on board, up to a maximum of mc for colonists on board. It is a fully functional product you can buy afterall. Play in your browser against thousands of other warriors in your bid to. Pqboost written by heiko schlenker is a small tool for the vga planets host program phost version 3 and higher. For example, for player 3 to send a command message, heshe would compose a message to player 3. Vga planets is a graphical multiplayer play by turn war game that simulates combat in space between galactic empires. The best deal for him with a new ship would be to keep it hidden for one turn keep it still or move it to a planet less then 81 ly and on the following turn move in a zig zag fashion. Since that is the current version dispite it still being called beta. Search your windows directory for a file named setup1. Its primary function is to help teach myself pyton.
Every defense outpost reduces the odds of being detected by 6. Many people are having problems installing winplan on newer machines, the main cause of this problem is a program called setup1. Vga planets webring,a collection of the best pages that contain information, software and hosts for vga planets. Eight years latter it is still played by numerous gamers across the net. Oct 12, 20 vga planets is a popular and long running turn based space strategy game. Suggestions from many experienced players were used in the program design. Jun 22, 2017 cubical drift is raising funds for planets. Brad doucettelatest news go to download page to get the latest version i am unable to fully support this project as i would like. Zip yes, 364669, 3121995, beta version of vga planets host 3. It was originally created in 1991 and became the most popular play by. I suggest a ratio of about of your cargo hold to be supplies except for the instrumentality, which should be.
Downloads planets nu vga planets online edition mod db. Many, many years ago, i played a lot vga planets with my friends. Player 1 the solar federationsuper refit update tech of old ships. I think it is important to have at leat one link to a vga planet 4 information site. There are numerous differences between these two games. Jul 20, 2011 even though lizards planets can take 150% damage before being captured, they will still lose control of the planet if they take 100% damage or more at the end of the battle ship gets destroyed. When you battle a race to death, you want to get something from this.
Peter ratschitzkys ufo4vpa latest edition for vpa 3. Vga planets is capable of opening the file types listed below. It is compiled, edited, and partly written by roger burton west, with assistance from. Even though lizards planets can take 150% damage before being captured, they will still lose control of the planet if they take 100% damage or more at the end of the battle ship gets destroyed.
Planets nu functions significantly differently than host 3. This wiki is intended to serve as a repository for information about the game vga planets, by tim wisseman. Thus there are four points one can safely jump to, each exactly 3 ly from the planet. It also incorporates a brief description of battle order and carrier combat, but as this is an advanced topic, you should have some knowledge of basic combat mechanics before reading for a handy reference chart for battle values, click on this link. An ai player for vga planets, utilizing the planets. If you are new or relatively new to vga planets, it is best to start at the very beginning in the newbiesection. On march 26, 1993, wisseman released vga planets version 3.
Ships can now have a very good chance of detecting all planets within the sensor range that have less than 15 defense outposts and has ether more than 15 factories or more than 20 mineral mines. Some races have special abilities to colonize extremetemperature planets. Brad doucette latest news go to download page to get the latest version i am unable to fully support this project as i would like. It was designed 3 years ago and used by the author and hundreds of players in numerous vgap games. Planets nu is the new online browser based version designed as a fun and active social network. Th upper case gs are safe when your crafts warp setting is 1. Vga planets 3 is a turnbased, multiplayer pbem game for the pc, produced by tim wisseman. I consider master at arms by jan klingele a very cool and much need addition to my bare bones documentation of vga planets. Vga planets is designed to be able to handle from two to eleven players in a play by mail electronic mail game format. Vga planets is a graphical, multiplayer, play by electronic mail, space war game. The great explorations 3d planets in a tube from university games glow longer and brighter. Vga planets assistant vpa is an alternative vga planets client program for msdos. Hull details tech mass fuel cargo crew engines beams torps bays cost dur trit moly score.
Play in your browser or on your phone against thousands of other warriors in your bid to become emperor of the echo cluster. According to our registry, vga planets is capable of opening the files listed below. Vga planets official site you want version 3 vga planets nu web interface planets portable host project phost site. Donovans vga planets super site the best and largest. If you are trying to break a tractor beam, you must satisfy all four fingers. The rumbles on the horizon arent another liberator coming to carpet bomb your tech plant. A place where the players of planets 4 document what is going on. Includes 8 colorful 3d glowing planets, 1 glowing 3d pluto, adhesive putty and 25ft of string. Part 810 joshua breezes through turns 1520 in this part of the series, building his first merlin class alchemy ship on turn 17 to convert supplies to minerals. Planets nu is the 21st century version of the fantastic space strategy game vga planets. Welcome to planetscentral, a web site for playing vga planets 3. The crystal people are generally known as a race not for beginners, because they need a good start by someone who knows planets economics, and they require patience to play due to their defensive nature. Young people maybe dont know it, but its a pbem strategy game, and a very good one, indeed.
Version 3 allows up to 11 players to join, each of them leading one of the 11 possible races. If the ship has at least 25kt of fuel, it satisfies the first finger. This video demonstrates that lizard planets can take 150% damage before being captured. You also have to be a bit tricky with your minefield tactics to catch prey in your webs. Vga planets assistant frequently asked questions sourceforge. Vga planets 5 starcube under development is a new version of vga planets which is played as a real time multiplayer online game. Discussion in all other games started by bonisagus, dec 4, 2006. Winplan is designed to allow for an easier and more powerful. Conversion between the file types listed below is also possible with the help of vga planets. I played vga planets, a really old pc game that did multiplayer before the internet, the beauty of it was that it crossed all the canons and you had in the same game the evil empire fighting the human federation and the robot empire aka cylons. The players start with a homeworld, and have to build spaceships, explore the galaxy, colonize planets, mine minerals, build up their industry. The reason i have chosen upper and lower case gs is to identify the points one can jump to without being pulled by the gravity well. Many guides exist on the net for the various races of vga planets created by tim.
Planets nu currently ignores this benefit for the lizards. One member of that following was joshua perina, who, in 2010, created planets. Like many other people, i also made some utilities to enhance this great game. The game is designed to be played as a net or bulletin board system bbs game as long as file transfers are permitted and available, although it can be played solely on one computer.
Players make their moves, pack up their turn and send to a host who then runs everones turns at the same time. The kickstarted voxely, buildy, explorey game will now be known as stellar overload official site and will be coming to early access on october 12th. Can sabotage planets destroy structures and start a civil war. The crystal confederation race icon from vga planets nu the crystal people are a silicon based life forms about 3 foot tall, with no limbs and a metallic color.
The game emphasizes colonization of space and the development of the planets that you will find, colonize andor conquer. Donovans vga planets information, strategy and much more. It is possible that vga planets can convert between the listed formats as well, the applications manual can provide information about it. Everything on this page is for vga planets version 3. It is never a bad thing to have them lying in your cargo hold and they will also be useful in building structures on captured planets if there is no one already built. It was created in 1991 and became the most popular play by email game ever created. This is a pdk version of qboost by stefan glasauer which is an addon to boost the build queue.
You can find more information about it in the applications manual. Welcome to r vgaplanets here you can discuss strategies, plan games and anything else vga planets related. A windows 9598nt screensaver that uses various ships from vga planets. If you already know the basics of the game, the informationsection is a good place to visit no matter how experienced you are. Overview the privateers versus privateers versus privateers properly played privateers can be a terrible thing to deal with, but its been coming to light more and more that other, properlyplayed races can be an equally big problem for the privateers, because if the pirates can. The traditional solution is to use a tool such as crack to find out the.
If you are new to planets 4 it is best to read about the basic rules of the universe to find out how most things generally work. Where each player can plot strategies more leisurely than real time strategy games. Second column is min clans to grow with amorphous natives. They are primarily a torpedo based race although their largest warship the victorious class battleship is one. Vga planets nu is the 2010 web edition of the version 3 game. Vga planets was released as shareware in 1991, version 3. If that cluster of planets is say 45 planets, i know one of them is a sb but cant tell which one unless he used a long waypoint and given it away. Vgap93 a yahoo newsgroup for all things vga planets vga planets 4 wiki. Overlord edit planets, starbases, ships, ion storms, mine fields, etc. Glittering webscrystals donovans vga planets information. The tow mission and tow conflict resolution planets magazine. Enemy planets can not be scanned for minerals by a ship in orbit any longer. Privateer ships get 200% when it comes to scanning enemy ground bases. Planets is a slow moving turn based space strategy game featuring 11 distinct races battling for control of the echo cluster.
Over that period, it acquired a large and loyal following. Transform your room into a glowing universe with the brightest glowinthedark planets. For those of you who dont know, vga planets is a play by email game, war strategy 4x space conquest game. This game simulates combat in space between galactic scale empires. Planets command center or pcc for short is a complete client program for planets. Vga planets 3 was written in 1992 by tim wisseman, and received its most recent update in 2002 version 3. Native race advantages humanoid tech 10 hulls on sb built at planet ghipsoidal tech 10 engines on sb built at planet amphibian tech 10 beams on sb built at planet siliconoid tech 10 torpedoes on sb built at planet reptilian 2x mining rate bovinoid 1 extra supply for every 0 natives need 100 colonists for every supply to be collected. My vga planets page my other player utilities my home page. In general, it is possible to tow any starship that you can see. Planets nu is the 21st century reincarnation of the fantastic turnbased space strategy game vga pl. The same great dos version of vga planets with a quantity discount. It is not for everyone, the interface is rather clunky, the learning curve is extremely high, the graphics are not the greatest, and the rules are very complex.
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