Starsiege

Developer: Dynamix Publisher: Sierra On-Line Technology: Darkstar Release Date: March 19, 1999 Chat-Room: #starsiege Buy Physical: ebay.com Buy Digital: never released

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The year is 2829. A time of great danger and destiny. For years, the Emperor Petresun has prepared Earth for the next Cybrid invasion. But militant rebels on the colonies of Mars and Venus disrupt that purpose. When the Emperor's armada moves to crush the rebels, Prometheus seizes his chance.

• Stunning graphics with or without 3D acceleration.
• Choose Human or Rebel campaign missions.
• Customize 25 vehicles (HERCS and tanks).
• 40 deadly weapons.
• Free 150-page compendium. History. Fiction. Weapons.
• Fully customizable HUD. Choose color, layout.
• Free Internet chat and play (Flag, Death Match, Cooperative, Mission Objectives).
• Satellite Command Screen.
• 45 single-player and multiplayer missions. 7 planets.

taken from the back of the box

Screens

How-To-Play On-line

You can grab our patch in the Downloads section to enable on-line play on the free version of Starsiege.

If you want to patch your existing install, edit your scripts/master.cs file to be only this:

$Inet::Master1="IP:starsiegemaster.ddns.net:29000";

$inet::IPBroadcast1="IP:broadcast:29001";
$inet::IPXBroadcast1="IPX:broadcast:29001";

# times here are in ms
$pref::maxConcurrentPings=30;
$pref::pingTimeoutTime=600;
$pref::pingRetryCount=3;
$pref::maxConcurrentRequests=10;
$pref::requestTimeoutTime=300;
$pref::requestRetryCount=2;

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