Excellent job!
I like everything I've seen so far-It's awesome!

darn nice story stuff ^^

Quote from: Hot_Dog on March 04, 2010, 12:54:40 am

Exploring the planet, they came across a humanoid species, known as the Tosonians.  The leader, Jasilin, heard the story and was very kind to the children, explaining that Tosonians hated the alien beings, known as Ptaloids. (As the guard at the door said, "We know nothing of 'humans', but any enemy of the Ptaloids is a friend of ours.")  She described her kind as purely spiritual, taking on human form to adapt to the planet but otherwise without any physical characteristics.  

If the guard told the children that they know nothing of 'humans' then how are the Tosonians taking on the human form?  

Otherwise, Nice Job!!!

Oops!  That's something I will address.  Thanks for catching that!

EDIT: The quote SHOULD say "We don't know MUCH about humans."  Essentially Tosonians knew only enough about humankind to take on their form. 

Nice!  SAD's going to have an awesome storyline!  Excellent work!  Great story.

Just wait till you see our pre-rendered 3d scenes, our musical score written by John Williams and our professional voice actors...

Sorry guys, but you knew I was just kidding

Hahaha, that looks a bit too detailed to be nSpire

Nice job on the story though, can't wait to hear more

I regret that finals week is preventing me from continuing the story of the Ptaloids and the Tosonians until next week.  However, here's something from the manual to keep you occupied:  (This Scouter information is found in the "Detailed" unit section of the manual.  People who just want to play can read information about the Scouter important only to game play.)

SCOUTER

   What the Tosonians lacked in technology, it had in engineers and mechanics.  At the start of the War for Facnon, the Tosonians could settle a planet faster than the ESEO could, and so gained the advantage of area control.  Lacking the men, the ESEO knew that it required a convenient method to quickly build up bases and defenses on a planet.  After 26 years into the war, it developed a cheap unit capable of such a task, called the Robotic Engineer.  The Robotic Engineer was designed to store the required resources to build an Operation Center, an ACC and enough refineries to mine the crystals it needed to continue base construction.
   By the time the Robotic Engineer was perfected in its task, the Tosonians had enough planetary control to win the war in a relatively short amount of time.  In a desperate attempt to stay in the war, the ESEO launched their Robotic Engineers without providing them with any personal defenses, and so while the Robotic Engineers succeeded in bringing the ESEO up to par with the Tosonians, they were quickly captured by the Tosonians and reproduced.  The Robotic Engineer could have given the ESEO the upper hand, but instead, its abduction evened the odds for both sides. 
Lack of defenses meant that any Robotic Engineer could be destroyed or stolen before its task was finished, leaving an unfinished base.  To solve this problem, weapons and sensors were added.  This allowed a Robotic Engineer to defend itself, but more importantly, a Robotic Engineer could scout a planet’s surface better than vessels in orbit of a planet could, allowing it to decide what should be built and if it was relatively safe to do so.  This ability gave it the name “Scouter.”
   Operation Centers and Transformation Gateways were altered to automatically mine titanium from the ground and produce Scouters.  Since Scouters are basic/cheap units, they require no Belthium Crystals.  In addition, a Scouter is solar-powered and does not require any fuel to operate.  Built-in storage allows a Scouter to run without light for up to five days, allowing a Scouter to work in dark areas.
   A Scouter is not only capable of base construction, but it also need not construct the entire building.  Fifty years after its development, both sides added robotic drones that could finish construction of a building that a Scouter started.  Therefore, a Scouter needs only to start contruction of a structure, after which the drones take over, allowing the Scouter to start another buiding.

Cloak (Deteroriating Upgrade)
   Since the addition of a Scouter’s defensive systems and sensors, the ESEO desired to add cloaking capabilities to a Scouter.  However, the cloaking devices used in Balkstones and Camozas were too large and too expensive to mass produce as part of the Scouters’ basic functions.  Even when a small enough device was developed, the cost was immensive, and remains so due to the small size.  Research continues to develop a cheap cloaking device, but in the meantime, the device is only added when desperately needed.  However, all Scouters are programmed to properly use the device in the event that it is installed.  Scouters require Sephrane Gas to cloak, and can be detected.


Jet Pack (Permanent Upgrade)
   After gaining complete control of Bronat, the Tosonians became fully aware of the importance of island control.  As the Scouter was the only unit available to settle most of the planet quickly, the Tosonians developed the Jet Pack to allow the Scouter to reach these areas.  Like the cloaking device, the Jet Pack is only added to a Scouter when needed, but all Scouters are programmed to respond properly when these devices are installed.
   A Scouter’s solar power is enough to operate a Jet Pack, and so a Scouter can use its Jet Pack indefinitely.

That's really cool!  I can't wait to play SAD!

Oh he's working on the sprite routine? I noticed he has barely been on IRC as well

Also, I think he is working on another project atm, Idk if he's still working on the sprite routine but he might be more busy with Pokémon grayscale (see Revsoft)