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#101 JudgeDeathCZ

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Posted 15 October 2012 - 03:29 PM

Its like half of sarna.net in one shorter post :D .Good job .
I miss some features like dual cockpits,torso cockpit.Reflective armor etc.
And if i remember there was 1(2) mechs with direct connect to MechWarriors brain.

#102 Adridos

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 07:50 AM

View PostJudgeDeathCZ, on 15 October 2012 - 03:29 PM, said:

And if i remember there was 1(2) mechs with direct connect to MechWarriors brain.


Few and far between.

http://www.sarna.net...eural_Interface

As you can read in the article, the system was used only twice: onn Prometheus and then on Epimetheus.

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Posted 25 October 2012 - 04:28 PM

View PostAdridos, on 25 October 2012 - 07:50 AM, said:


Few and far between.

http://www.sarna.net...eural_Interface

As you can read in the article, the system was used only twice: onn Prometheus and then on Epimetheus.


Later in the timeline the WOB made a somewhat less drastic version of the DNI interface. It still did the direct link, but just not so radically.

#104 Cybermech

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Posted 01 November 2012 - 07:27 PM

great thread you got going, some nice info.
should be in the guide section :P

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Posted 06 November 2012 - 02:28 PM

View PostCybermech, on 01 November 2012 - 07:27 PM, said:

great thread you got going, some nice info. should be in the guide section :P


Hey, don't look at me.

I posted this in general discussion for MWO and it somehow got kicked into "off topic."

#106 Sean Lang

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 11:56 AM

I love this stuff, good posting Pht!

#107 Stingray1234

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Posted 25 November 2012 - 12:07 PM

very nice intro and descriptions, very informative.

#108 Pht

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Posted 27 November 2012 - 04:27 PM

Glad you liked it.

ATM I am re-editing the essay to make things a bit clearer and adding little bits of information.

I'll make sure to Tag the edited-on date at the top of the thread so that everyone can see it's been refreshed and updated.

#109 Willem B Cameron

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Posted 06 December 2012 - 01:40 PM

This is fantastic! I am going to purchase the Techmanual thanks to this Essay. Its a great read and is a pointed reminder how Battletech's attention to detail rivals many of the more popular science fiction settings.

#110 Dirus Nigh

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Posted 07 December 2012 - 11:53 PM

Pht this is a great essay. Worthy of Catalyst's TT books.

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 04:39 PM

View PostDirus Nigh, on 07 December 2012 - 11:53 PM, said:

Pht this is a great essay. Worthy of Catalyst's TT books.


Um... that's because the information is ... from ... their TT books. Cray wrote the original source articles I pulled the information from.

I'm really nothing more than a middle man here, who saw a REAL need in the MW video game community for this knowledge.

So, go tell Cray over at the BT forums thanks... and myabe buy a copy of TechManual to say "thanks" to the publishers for greenlighting this kind of writing.

:D

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 05:16 PM

The edit/re-write is still progressing.

I think the DIY cockpit makers will find some of the newer stuff very useful... that is, if they're geek enough to be interested in the canonicity of their cockpits! B)

#113 Dirus Nigh

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 07:31 PM

Oh well that enplanes it then. I have not read the books in almost two years. I figured you at least used them for reference material.

I already bought most of the catalyst hardback rule books. :D

#114 Koniving

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Posted 14 January 2013 - 08:17 AM

Useful. But question. Does it say what the big red button attached to my seat is for? I'm really curious.

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Posted 15 January 2013 - 04:01 PM

View PostKoniving, on 14 January 2013 - 08:17 AM, said:

Useful. But question. Does it say what the big red button attached to my seat is for? I'm really curious.


... I would suspect your 'Tech rewired your eject button...

Does the button have a cover that says "for a good time, hit this button?"

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Posted 11 April 2013 - 05:30 PM

View Postsadamle, on 23 March 2012 - 12:08 AM, said:

Love the effort. But you need a GF! Hahaha

No woman has yet passed the trial of position to be his gf.





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