Completed List ...

The following is a quick status of items that have been on the Wish List. This status only applied to TPE and not the original Terminus.

COMPLETE as of TPE V0.04 12/25/02

• Reduce bandwidth requirements, use packet shortening
• Audit protocol checksum and see if we are avoiding x^y on every packet (table lookups ok)
• Locate & remove ship replication problems
• Fix Neutral Bug
• Add method to help switch Pilots from Neutral to Merc or Pirate (failsafe)
  
  
• % in global message typed at consol bug (printf?)
• Server command to transmit on a single channel
• Server command to trigger a canned script (such as launch a Cruiser on a patrol)
• Be able to specify additional files for scripts, etc
• Safe way to trigger scripts if they aren't running & ignore request if they are.
  
  
• Have times with 'mother lodes' or rare ores can be found on Asteroids, not just fixed percent
• At intervals permit one asteroid to have some Valerium (moves around)
• Pilot & Ship name restrictions under Server control (example, remove leading/traiing spaces)
• Find out why Stations stop rotating
• Message of the day greeting
  
  
• AI's have better names in deathmatch
• Allow Gamma correction under Linux
• See a Comm Freq in server consol
• Make sure Stations don't consume unless they produce (can be enabled or disabled)
• Make sure Stations don't produce unless they have all items needed (most of the time, tunable)
  
  
• Stations issue Transport Contract
• Identify a set of scripts that can be triggered as mini stand alone scenarios and run them at random intervals.
• Support for extending Client / commands
• Pentium - P3, Athlon, and G3/G4 optimized versions (still needs improving)
  
  
• Fix Server Crash when accessing Personal Info if you have LOTS of ships & equipment
• Fix 'Cargo bug' where buying a ship with Qty of items in Cargo Bay only deducts one from station
• More Dynamic Economy
• Have top speed damage increase more gradually, currently its too sudden (let them push the envelope a little bit more)
• Improve economy so shop keepers know the cost of their goods
  
  
• Small moons are now minable
• Sortable Economy price tables
• Sortable Contract listings
• Console access to some scripting commands
• XP cutscene timing bug fixed

PARTIAL as of TPE V0.04 12/15/02

• LINUX - Reduce save game lag (multi-threading, avoid compression, or in memory copy)
• ALL - Locate & remove crashes (still some causes left)
• ALL - Support for abbreviations of consol Server Commands (needs abbreviation of gadgets & stations)
• ALL - Ability to prefix output from Server with characters to differentiate Comm traffic from Server messages (not all messages are affected yet)
• ALL - Be able to adjust additional game parameters (chance for rare ores, PVG's, starting money, ...)
  
  
• ALL - Server maintenance of Pilots and Ships (more features needed still)
• ALL - Support for Ranking Boards (Kills & Credits at least) (needs better integration)
• ALL - Additional Gates & Stations (Mercury Mining & Observatory, ...) (needs Economy, dynamic, & Commander)
• ALL - Able to control PVG restrictions (still has problems with negative Qty)
• ALL - Remote Consol support with security (/authenticate & many console commands via /)
  
  
• ALL - Ability to share more data or interact with Web Server (probably through consol commands & external scripting, or add on Mod) (player standing data supplied)
• ALL - Fix PVG & Heavy Imm multiple purchase bug (needs final feature handshake)
• ALL - Make Pilot Name available for external scripting on Server
• ALL - Add more life/interest to Military in Free Mode
• ALL - Check on why Strike contracts vanish so quickly to AI's (selection has been tuned)
  
  
• ALL - Audit ship sizes & 'bounding box'. Two eclipses bumping at 1.6k-1.8k sounds like a big ship. (done on purpose so you can actually hit your target)
• Server-Add another larger bounded Deathmatch (or be able to define the size of it) (needs handshake & scaling)
• Locate & remove password and Pilot trashing (might be source of crashes)
• Make sure files are listed in Save/Load of Ship Manager (specially Linux)
• Be able to issue shipment contracts (Server issues, still need player contracts)

Wish List ...

Wish list for Terminus. Derived from thinking, E-Mails, posts, and other sites. In no particular order (Updated 12/15/02):

• Wrap messages into multiple lines if the line is too long (client & consol)
• Multithreading support (specially on dedicated Server)
• Have Reputation & Alignment more meaningful in Free Mode
• AI persistent attitude (goes with reputation)
• Add support for Team/Clan affiliation to Free Mode
  
  
• Make AI's have longer memories of Team/Clan attitudes
• AI's appear to be able to track/lock on to high stealth ships well beyond the normal range
• Set game save directory under Windows
• Server command to issue a contract
• Allow Server to send News items to the Clients
  
  
• Escort contracts (issue and accept)
• Squadron Flights (not just a bunch of ships going to same places, fly & fight together)
• User selectable HUD colors
• Option for two additional MFD's in upper corners (high res only)
• Ability for Pilots to change Ship Names (for a small fee?)
  
  
• Option for side & top displays, etc (hi res only)
• Choice of display options for HUD features (no X on target, etc)
• When the lead indicator is off the screen, still show the line towards it from the target
• Add keyboard navigation of Menus
• Macro key capability
  
  
• Aux key bound to multiple Devices at the same time, all activated at once
• Weapons selection key that selects a specific weapon
• Target next non-ship object (gate, canister, ...) (was target next canister or shrapnel)
• Onboard gadget to access Economy Data
• Onboard gadget to access Contract Data
  
  
• Onboard GPS gadget with database of item coordinates (for deep space flight)
• Onboard IFF
• Flag gadget to play Capture the Flag with
• Flying/Control Capital Ships, Defense Pods, ...
• Capital Ships would have operating costs beyond Fuel & Energy (manpower)
  
  
• Vary how long shrapnel & canisters survive
• Items/asteroids/... in the middle of nowhere, without gates around (for deep space pilots to find)
• Support for a Race mode, extension of patrol contract, but only the first one to complete gets the prize
• Reduce resolution switching on Client (new nVidia drivers might have fixed this? but still a pain)
• Improved voice communications
  
  
• Server only & Client only versions
• Consider SDL version of Client
• More specialization on Station Production
• Allow renting space on Stations (Storage, Store, Manufacturing, ...)
• Ability to build a small Station or Base (destroyable)
  
  
• Ability to build & Fuel a Gate (VERY expensive)
• Get income from people using your gate, and the cost of Valerium
• Ensure that usage of gates consumes Valerium
• Setup processes for what happens if a Gate runs out of Valerium
• Have PVG's require Valerium Pellets as ammo in order to fire
  
  
• Fix sell units 64k crash
• Ensure design will allow future expansion in gadgets, etc...
• New hull designs
• Light weight expensive hull struts
• Adjustable turret strength & fire rates (seems real easy to take out turrets)
  
  
• High speed & range, low impact missles (possibly Imm?) (How do you stop a Bee?)
• ECM coating for ships, additional passive stealth that is easily damaged
• Armor layers (more expensive, & more mass, but better protection, not as bad as adding Struts)
• Multifire of more then one weapon type at a time (Megafire, hope you have lots of surge!)
• Introduce some hulls (to AI only) that permit thrusters to be in Engine bays and teach the AI's how to dodge shots
  
  
• Ability to customize AI, ship, station, gate, and planet names
• Ability to network multiple servers together into a single larger universe (how to handle Pilots jumping between them? Security?)
• Be able to declare war between Team/Clans & other groups
• Evaluate Engineering & Repair access without having to leave the flight screen (so you can see & steer)
• Add features/modules to enhance the RPG angle
  
  
• 'spellchecking' for /navlock & /target
• Have repairs & ship outfitting take time
• Cycle through Targets that matched the last /target command
• Cycle through destinations that matched the last /navlock command
• Flightlock to one target while targeting another (good for escorting)
  
  
• Ability to arm stations with turrets
• Player usage of Spy Probe
• Be able to adjust scaling on HUD graphics (specially in hi res)
• Give armor mass.
• Allow armor to affect top speed
  
  
• Evaluate improving the look and feel of screen menus, etc
• Make sure menus continue to operate, even if server freezes (kill the frozen mouse), see multi-threading
• Have menus/screens scale instead of switching resolutions (related to reducing resolution switching)
• Add more to do inside stations
• Make the insides of stations look different from each other
  
  
• Make the people standing around in stations useful in Free Mode
• Adjust the people standing around in stations based on Pilots docked
• Add a rating system to Pilots (newbie, ..., veteran). Different terms for the different occupations (separate from reputation)
• RPG in Station (related to people standing around, but more rooms & activity)
• Access Engineering while docked or pre-launch (Aux keys, adjust Repair List, Calibrate JS, ...)
  
  
• European Release
• Improve Marketing (or re-release) after new additions go in
• Encourage/support more 24x7 games servers world wide
• Better Save of Aux keys with ship better so they don't get lost
• Make sure if you remove equipment with Aux Key attached, they Key is freed
  
  
• When in Comm, get updates of Pilots Enter/Leaving
• Shuttle service between stations
• Control how shiptrails work for stealthed ships (why can you see them if your sensors can't)
• Emergency analog gauges for when computer fails
• Distance to surface of object, not just center (good for when approaching moons or planets)
  
  
• Read comm messages when at other camera views
• Auto repeate when typing comm messages (specially backspace!)
• Reload fill partial ammo clips
• Repair All fixing ammo
• Make existing gadgets be able to do unusual things in strange situations
  
  

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