A few of you have asked me for screen shots of the new conquest parade code in action. Zach captured a few while running a client against a test server. http://quozl.linux.org.au/netrek/2006-04-24/ The sequence is: - conquest message appears as GOD->ALL - freeze for one second, then all ships decloak, made visible to all, and plasma in flight cancelled - during the next five seconds: - all ships are moved slowly into a ring formation - a ring of plasma rotates out from the planet - during the next three seconds: - the ring of plasma continues to enlarge approaching the ships - in the last second: - GOD->ALL Goodbye - ring of plasma and ships explode - reset galactic - if there is no queue, allow return to new game -- James Cameron mailto:quozl at us.netrek.org http://quozl.netrek.org/