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Needed: Videos of Alien Comms
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Now the generic alien comm system is up and running, I need to add code to handle the specialized communication paths of each alien race. What I need from you guys are videos! Basically, I need videos of you interacting with different aliens in different situations.

Take a look at the Google sheets document here.  In that spreadsheet, take a quick look at the sheet (bottom row of tabs) that says "m_commList".

That tab lists all of the possible things that the different aliens will say in the game.  If you had to boil this entire post down to one question it would be "What will trigger the alien to say this line?"

Going back to the spreadsheet, all of the rows where "m_subject" is "16" are specialized communications.

The alien races that have specialized communication paths are:

Elowan - 1
Mechan - 3
Thrynn - 7
Velox - 8

The numbers next to each alien race are the corresponding value that you will find under the "m_race" column.  The ones that have been crossed out have been completed, so I don't need videos for those.

Some of the races have questions that they ask you.  In the spreadsheet, the questions they give you are the rows where the value under the "m_subject" column is "14".  I need to know under what conditions do they ask you these questions, and what happens when you answer "Yes" and "No" to them.

The alien races that have questions are:

Elowan - 1
Mechan - 3
Spemin - 6
Thrynn - 7
Velox - 8

Some alien races will give you responses to your questions about different things like the Old Empire, the Ancients, themselves, others, and also general information.  What I need to know is under what condition will the aliens give you answers, and under what conditions will they not.  I do not need the actual questions and responses as that is already coded up in the remake.  I just need to know when you are allowed to ask them questions.  For example, with the Mechans, they will not give you answers to your questions until you unlock them by answering a number of their questions correctly first.

The alien races that give responses to questions are:

Elowan - 1
Mechan - 3
Spemin - 6
Thrynn - 7
Velox - 8

Some alien races make statements - those are the rows where "m_subject" is "13".  I need to know which statements are uttered under which conditions.  For the "m_stance" column, the numbers mean "1" for "Neutral", "2" for "Friendly", "3" for "Hostile", and "4" for "Obsequious".  This "m_stance" is how the aliens choose to treat you.  I've put in initial values for "m_stance", but many are likely wrong.

The alien races that make statements are:

Elowan - 1
Mechan - 3
Spemin - 6
Thrynn - 7
Velox - 8

Then there are other rows where "m_subject" is "5" which I believe are used as a fallback, and where "m_subject" is "1" and "2" which are alien hails and responses to your hails.  The races with these rows are:

Elowan - 1
Gazurtoid - 2
Mechan - 3
Mysterion - 4
Nomad Probe - 5
Spemin - 6
Thrynn - 7
Velox - 8
Velox Probe - 10
Minstrels - 11
Noah Derelict - 19

And finally, many of the rows seem related to either homeworlds or surrendering.  I do not know exactly what to do with those yet, and how the rest of the alien comms factor in.  Basically, I need videos of alien interactions at their homeworlds, and of combat that leads to them surrendering.

Races that have alien comms mentioning homeworlds:

Spemin - 6
Thrynn - 7
Velox - 8

Races that have alien comms mentioning surrendering:

Spemin - 6
Thrynn - 7
Velox - 8

For instructions on taking videos, look at this message here.

If you have videos to share, upload them to your YouTube account and post the links to them in replies to this message.

Thanks for all your help!
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#2
I personally made a lot of guesswork about most of this a decade ago, in case any of this is helpful: http://www.starflt.com/tables/index.php/...ien-comms/
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#3
Yeah - I saw that - that will be useful to fill in the blanks! Thanks. BTW Your page is missing one question you get from the Mechans - about whether or not you are ready for the brave new world. I just happened to notice that when comparing with the data extracted from the original game.
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#4
Here's a direct video link to Gamxin's recent twitch stream where he talks to multiple aliens abut lots of stuff. Be warned it may not stay on there permanently.

Starflight starts at around the 16:24 mark
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/361619844?t=00h16m24s
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