Q: I was wondering about the Design List. I've heard
you guys mention it but what is it? And is it
something I should think about joining?
Ace captain of the Texas
A: The design list is an e-mail forum for discussing possible enhancements and bug fixes in TBG and other games that Jeremy is working on. Since TBG is a free game which Jeremy works on for the fun of it (or perhaps because of a not so subtle masochistic streak), I view participation in the design list as my way of giving Jeremy the joy (and pain) that he deserves as payment.
Serious players should at the very least lurk on the design list so that they can be aware of any changes coming which would affect their strategy. The design list archives are also full of bug reports and questions about features which provide otherwise undocumented information about certain behaviors of the game.
Visiting www.egroups.com/subscribe/TBG_Design is one way to subscribe to the design list.
Chris
Q: How dose the turnulator help? What does it do?
Ace of the Texas
A: The turnulator is administered by Corby (aka Borg Prime). It functions by placing a cookie on your computer that contains your secret URL name (so you don't have to keep entering it) and calling up your submitted orders from the server. Unlike the standard turn page, the turnlator tells you what you already submitted. The regular turn page resets every time you use it, meaning that if you wanted to change one order out of many you would have to do the whole thing over again. The turnulator is great for ships like myself who change their orders 3-4 times before the turn runs. It also has other little features that the standard turn page does not. For instance, a feature I refer to constantly is that the officer skill break down is in the orders table on the turnulator. That way I can see instantly how much training my creew still needs without scrolling all the way up to the top. I am sure there are many more benefits that other ships can explain to you.
Doug
Q: Does anyone know the SST word limit per text field?
-Doug
A: The largest post counted was 960 characters (or 320 "wum"s). Presumably this includes HTML tags.
Andy
Dave