The players start with a homeworld, and have to build spaceships, explore the galaxy, colonize planets, mine minerals, build up their industry. This game simulates combat in space between galactic scale empires. Vga planets is capable of opening the file types listed below. Planets nu is the 21st century version of the fantastic space strategy game vga planets. 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. Donovans vga planets information, strategy and much more. Version 3 came with new racial abilities, and new features like minefields. If the ship has at least 25kt of fuel, it satisfies the first finger. The game emphasizes colonization of space and the development of the planets that you will find, colonize andor conquer. In general, it is possible to tow any starship that you can see. For those of you who dont know, vga planets is a play by email game, war strategy 4x space conquest game. Transform your room into a glowing universe with the brightest glowinthedark planets. Vga planets is designed to be able to handle from two to eleven players in a play by mail electronic mail game format.
The great explorations 3d planets in a tube from university games glow longer and brighter. It is possible that vga planets can convert between the listed formats as well, the applications manual can provide information about it. Where each player can plot strategies more leisurely than real time strategy games. Vga planets calculator planets, structures, defense. 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. 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. This paper describes many aspects of combat much more clearly and in more depth than anything i have written to date. Many people are having problems installing winplan on newer machines, the main cause of this problem is a program called setup1. It was created in 1991 and became the most popular play by email game ever created. 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. Second column is min clans to grow with amorphous natives. 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.
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. 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. Enemy planets can not be scanned for minerals by a ship in orbit any longer. Glittering webscrystals donovans vga planets information. Planets nu currently ignores this benefit for the lizards.
Vga planets is a multiplayer, space strategy war game originally released in 1992. Can sabotage planets destroy structures and start a civil war. 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. Welcome to r vgaplanets here you can discuss strategies, plan games and anything else vga planets related. Version 3 allows up to 11 players to join, each of them leading one of the 11 possible races. Privateer ships get 200% when it comes to scanning enemy ground bases. Vga planets 3 lizard planets only go so far after 100%. 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. You can find more information about it in the applications manual. The same great dos version of vga planets with a quantity discount. A windows 9598nt screensaver that uses various ships from vga planets. Some races have special abilities to colonize extremetemperature planets. 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. 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.
It is compiled, edited, and partly written by roger burton west, with assistance from. Zip yes, 364669, 3121995, beta version of vga planets host 3. Search your windows directory for a file named setup1. Vga planets is a graphical, multiplayer, play by electronic mail, space war game. Hull details tech mass fuel cargo crew engines beams torps bays cost dur trit moly score. 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. Oct 12, 20 vga planets is a popular and long running turn based space strategy game. Many, many years ago, i played a lot vga planets with my friends. The traditional solution is to use a tool such as crack to find out the. 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. Conversion between the file types listed below is also possible with the help of vga planets. Donovans vga planets super site welcome to your best and largest source of information for vga planets 3. Thus there are four points one can safely jump to, each exactly 3 ly from the planet. Planets nu functions significantly differently than host 3.
Vga planets webring a collection of the best pages that. The biggest one so far is a fullscale client program usable to play complete turns, and now offering tons literally of features. Planets nu is the new online browser based version designed as a fun and active social network. Pqboost written by heiko schlenker is a small tool for the vga planets host program phost version 3 and higher. Welcome to planetscentral, a web site for playing vga planets 3. The game emphasizes mining, colonization and the construction of starships. Jul 19, 2011 this video demonstrates that lizard planets can take 150% damage before being captured. 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. Play in your browser against thousands of other warriors in your bid to become emperor of the echo cluster. Vgap93 a yahoo newsgroup for all things vga planets vga planets 4 wiki. The ai is modular, with pieces being implemented one at a time. This device will generate 1 mc per colonist on board, up to a maximum of mc for colonists on board. Every defense outpost reduces the odds of being detected by 6.
It is a game of planetary conquest played on a computer with up to 11 players. The game simulates combat in space between galactic scale empires. It is a fully functional product you can buy afterall. Jun 22, 2017 cubical drift is raising funds for planets. Vga planets is a graphical multiplayer play by turn war game that simulates combat in space between galactic empires. Specification tables for ship hulls, engines, beam weapons, torpedoes derived directly from game data files.
This article details the practical difference between the left and right sides of the screen in vcr combat. Play in your browser against thousands of other warriors in your bid to. There are numerous differences between these two games. When you battle a race to death, you want to get something from this. The tow mission and tow conflict resolution planets magazine. Turns are usually one a day, but could be more or less depending on the host and people playing. For example, for player 3 to send a command message, heshe would compose a message to player 3. Vga planets assistant frequently asked questions sourceforge. Brad doucettelatest news go to download page to get the latest version i am unable to fully support this project as i would like. Over that period, it acquired a large and loyal following. Vga planets 4 is a separate game, with similar game play which followed the version 3 release produced as shareware by tim wisseman. 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. On march 26, 1993, wisseman released vga planets version 3. Young people maybe dont know it, but its a pbem strategy game, and a very good one, indeed.
Eight years latter it is still played by numerous gamers across the net. Downloads planets nu vga planets online edition mod db. If you are trying to break a tractor beam, you must satisfy all four fingers. Peter ratschitzkys ufo4vpa latest edition for vpa 3. The players compete against each other economically and militarily on a galactic scale. They have two large glowing eyes in the middle of their polyhedron form. 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.
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. If an enemy ship runs out of fuel within the 3 lightyear warpwell of a planet. 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. A place where the players of planets 4 document what is going on. Vga planets official site you want version 3 vga planets nu web interface planets portable host project phost site. Its primary function is to help teach myself pyton. If you are new or relatively new to vga planets, it is best to start at the very beginning in the newbiesection. An ai player for vga planets, utilizing the planets. Play in your browser or on your phone against thousands of other warriors in your bid to become emperor of the echo cluster. Vga planets 3 was written in 1992 by tim wisseman, and received its most recent update in 2002 version 3. Planets 3 is getting a new name and an early access steam release date. 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.
It was designed 3 years ago and used by the author and hundreds of players in numerous vgap games. Planets command center 2 is an advanced vga planets 3. Vga planets nu is the 2010 web edition of the version 3 game. This is a pdk version of qboost by stefan glasauer which is an addon to boost the build queue. This video demonstrates that lizard planets can take 150% damage before being captured. Vga planets 3 is a turnbased, multiplayer pbem game for the pc, produced by tim wisseman. Th upper case gs are safe when your crafts warp setting is 1. Planets command center or pcc for short is a complete client program for planets. 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 was released as shareware in 1991, version 3. Vga planets walkthrough hints by gary grothman from the spoiler. They are primarily a torpedo based race although their largest warship the victorious class battleship is one. Its secondary function is to act as a computer ai player for an internet game, vga planets as implemented on vga planets nu. 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.
If you already know the basics of the game, the informationsection is a good place to visit no matter how experienced you are. Download vga planets ai freeware this project serves two. Everything on this page is for vga planets version 3. Vga planets assistant vpa is an alternative vga planets client program for msdos. I suggest a ratio of about of your cargo hold to be supplies except for the instrumentality, which should be. Many guides exist on the net for the various races of vga planets created by tim. The rumbles on the horizon arent another liberator coming to carpet bomb your tech plant. Planets is a slow moving turn based space strategy game featuring 11 distinct races battling for control of the echo cluster. Discussion in all other games started by bonisagus, dec 4, 2006.
Player 1 the solar federationsuper refit update tech of old ships. Suggestions from many experienced players were used in the program design. 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. Planets nu is the 21st century reincarnation of the fantastic turnbased space strategy game vga pl. Since that is the current version dispite it still being called beta. I absolutely love the 4th version which is now in beta. Includes 8 colorful 3d glowing planets, 1 glowing 3d pluto, adhesive putty and 25ft of string. You also have to be a bit tricky with your minefield tactics to catch prey in your webs. Vga planets 5 starcube under development is a new version of vga planets which is played as a real time multiplayer online game. My vga planets page my other player utilities my home page. Overlord edit planets, starbases, ships, ion storms, mine fields, etc.
Jurgen appelos internet top 100 ibm pc games vga planets. Vga planets is a popular and long running turn based space strategy game. Donovans vga planets super site the best and largest. This wiki is intended to serve as a repository for information about the game vga planets, by tim wisseman. Vga planets webring,a collection of the best pages that contain information, software and hosts for vga planets. 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. Winplan is designed to allow for an easier and more powerful. I think it is important to have at leat one link to a vga planet 4 information site. 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.
Welcome to your best and largest source of information for vga planets 3. User summary vga planets 3 is a turnbased, multiplayer pbem game for the pc, produced by tim wisseman. The fascist empire race icon from vga planets nu the fascist empire is a race inspired by the klingons from the star trek universe. Rebels on planets less than 30, or 60 to 70 temp range are harder to detect. It was originally created in 1991 and became the most popular play by. Players make their moves, pack up their turn and send to a host who then runs everones turns at the same time. This became by far the most popular version of planets, and indeed version 3 is essentially the game that we all know as vga planets today. 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.
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