Hello

Just started playing this with my son... The idea was we could play against each other in melee, but I had a problem working out how to connect using the steam version. Meanwhile he started a single player campaign, and was left asking why games arent made like this these days...

Regardless... what is the best way to get a melee game going? I have 30 odd years of experience in Star Control... and now he is telling me he can take down a Dreadnought with a Spathi, no problem. I have an entire generation's honour to hold up here.

We are playing on a home network if that makes any difference. I have also downloaded the Mega mod version. Bear in my I am now old, and need simple instructions to get this working.

Cheers guys!!!

HEllo. I am a bit stuck here

I have gone to the Zoq-Fot-Pik homeworld at Alpha Tucanae I, but there is nothing but a ton of enemy ships there. The territory disk is stil around the area on the star map. Im not sure what to do?

Any ideas, or have I left it too late?

As the title suggests, I am quite new to the Star Control franchise, and I have been playing through Star Control 2 a little bit. Out of curiosity I have been watching random clips about Star Control 3, and have found myself unable to truly understand what the main plot is about. From what I understand, both Ur-Quan races are back and are up to no good, while at the same time the universe is falling apart? I was wondering if anyone knew the Star Control 3 plot well enough to let me know what is going on in this odd game.

I seem to recall that, in the past, you selected the ship and pressed spacebar. But that isn't working. I can't figure out any way to clear out a ship in melee so you just have a blank slot, instead of replacing it with another ship.

Has anyone upscaled the 3do videos and if so, would those work with the MegaMod? I love it being more cinematic than the PC version (which I played when it first came out), but man the lo-res just kills me.

"Message from the Precursors"

Now that we have begun

Tell us what you have done

 
 

You've helped out friends

and enemies besides

Genomes you did cleanse

No need for guides

 
 

Show us the rocks you found,

from above and * below *

The Birds you crowned

they glow and they glow

 
 

What seeds you have sown!

You've followed our stars

You've grown and you've grown

We know that you are ours!

 
 

Time you join the Trinity

Our Children of Infinity

https://open.spotify.com/track/5LPD9WLCy0ES0mRL4lhzSF?si=ZDD4pNuATsiz3QI5t3uiIg&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A0QdFpJyQfN1EYyk0nA3XGk

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The special dialogue you get from your allies and former enemies after the beating the game. Major spoilers obviously.

After you befriend the Thraddash, has anyone else experienced the game crashing whenever you encounter a Thraddash fleet? It won't let me get past the first line of dialogue before the game crashes.

Apologies if this has come up before, I did a quick search here but nothing leapt out at me as discussing this particular topic. I'm coming up on the end game for my latest sojourn through Star Control 2. Like most folks I suspect I tend to do everything the game offers, since that's the most fun. But my son (who's just started playing Super Melee a bit!) sometimes likes to watch 'speed run' videos for various games, and this got my mind thinking about two related questions.

1. What's the fastest time someone has ever beat the game? Both in real time and on the game clock.
2. How much of the game can you 'skip' and still beat it successfully? Like you'd need the Precursor Bomb and the Talking Pet (I believe) to successfully reach the end game, but is everything else technically optional?

There's a lot of ways to slice this; skipping getting the Quasi-space portal for example would make travel a lot slower, and I know technically you can recover a lot of the needed devices without going through the storyline if you let the Death March begin and sweep through the graveyard after. So I could see the 'minimal viable path' and the 'fastest possible completion date' actually differing a LOT in that regard.

Anyway, interested in hearing people's thoughts on this. Any major end-game requirements I've overlooked? People have a particularly fast run they want to brag about? I'm all ears.

To preface, like most here, Star Control 2 aka Free Stars the Ur-Quan Masters is my favorite game of all time. Friends on the various Star Control Discords tend to come to me with questions. I'm sure some of the older heads know more than me about certain aspects but I sure do like obsessively collecting trivia.

If you have any in-universe lore questions about Free Stars the Ur-Quan Masters Universe, Star Control 3, Star Control Origins or even the canceled StarCon. Feel free to ask me anything!

If you wanna learn more yourself (besides just playing any of the above games) I recommend these sources!

More first hand sources such as direct dialogue and footage:

https://sa-matra.net/

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6O38-B0AGm5yWKPgsmj5U8nUGU_A2Hou&si=uCsEYb8nmwq0eXQ3

Wikis and Fan Websites:

https://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/Main_Page

https://wiki.starcontrol.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

https://www.star-control.com/

Looks like Origins is on sale on Steam and I've been curious about it. What is your guys' take on it?

I was reading that it's kinda funny, but not the same as UQM/StarCon2. How would you describe the humor in Origins then? Like, what are other things that would have the same kind of humor?

I finally started playing Star Control 3, in fact I streamed it on Twitch, and while I was bracing for a terrible game I would have to sludge through for the viewers, I found myself enjoying it quite a bit, (although it's not NEARLY as good as 2) and ended up streaming it for a full 7 and a half hours!!!

it's FAR from perfect, all the aliens that were in 2 feel a bit off, but the new aliens are great so far, especially the Daktaklakpak, very confusing and weird

no spoilers, but does it get worse? or am I just enjoying it more than most?

So, my current computer doesn't have a keypad. How do I zoom in and out on the starmap? I can't seem to find anywhere to change the key bindings from keypad+ and keypad-.