Re: Fractalus 0.9.0 alpha released!
Posted: 2019-Oct-27 23:01
I just played the original and did a comparison. I found the following things that are different in the remake - I list everything I found so far, even If it is already known. I list the behaviour of Rescue on Fractalus, because I think the behaviour of the remake is well known.
I'm wondering if the Alien Pilots can appear at level 6. I rescued 15 pilots at level 6 without a single Alien, but It would make more sense as Alien Towers appear at 2 and Saucers at 4...
- Boosters: As soon as the mothership is available, you can enable the boosters in every situation, even with open airlock and disabled systems.
- Landing - you can only be too high, but not too fast. Even at max speed landing is no problem.
- Speed - It seems that the ship in the remake is much, much faster at max speed than the original.
- Pilots need to be in front of the ship and "SHIP OFF SCOPE" message - Pilots to rescue have to be in front of the ship or they won't start running towards you. If this is not the case, the message "SHIP OFF SCOPE" appears as soon as you turn off systems, to tell you that you have to re-enable systems and turn the ship until the pilot is in front of you.
- Distance and time the pilot needs - I think the distance is not measured in kilometers, the manual only talks about undefined "units" and the pilot is normally at the ship within a few seconds. To add to the discussion about that: I suggest to drop the kilometers as unit and drastically reduce the distance for "2 units".
- Key to take off - in Rescue on Fractalus you accellerate to take off.
- Alien Pilots - starting with Level 7, Alien Pilots begin to appear. First they have green helmets, in higher levels they learn and look like normal pilots. They knock only once and if you don't open the airlock, they start attacking the ship. If let in, they start to attack the rescued pilots and the ship. An Alien in the ship can be killed if the mother ship is in range - start the boosters and it dies as soon as you leave the atmosphere
- Ace Pilots - as far as I remember I never rescued one of them, but they exist according to the manual and have purple helmets. I don't know at which level they start to appear, but I assume it is beyond Level 16.
- Night - There is no night in Levels 1-15.
- "MOTHER SHIP" Message - The availability of the mothership is announced with the message "MOTHER SHIP".
- Availability of the mothership - The mothership is available shortly after you rescued the penultimate pilot. I observed this carefully - it takes some time, but the message always appears before you rescue the last pilot.
I'm wondering if the Alien Pilots can appear at level 6. I rescued 15 pilots at level 6 without a single Alien, but It would make more sense as Alien Towers appear at 2 and Saucers at 4...