April 2002

News for Saturday April 27, 2002 · Stolen Goods Game   Be greeted Galactic Traveller, we have adjusted the game-configuration for Stolen Goods. The game now offers much more minerals and the hosting schedule has been downgraded to 48hours hosting. Join now! Stolen Goods :: profi game, every 48 hours schedule, nice addons - first game with the new TOURNGEN program programmed by [Relic]. Tourngen is a simple program to generate 11 matching cone or wedge shaped arms and a random inner core of planets. Each of the arms will contain the same amount and types of minerals and natives, but they will not be on the exact same planet positions. Basically, each arm is generated exactly the same as the other and then data for each arm is jumbled around. As for the core planets they are generated randomly. Join the fun now!   by Black Shadow

News for Thursday April 25, 2002 · new games / poll   Dear Vga Planets Fans, we have added 2 new games: Sol3 :: beginner game, no addons, standard map - good old vanilla settings Stolen Goods :: profi game, rush schedule, nice addons - first game with the new TOURNGEN program programmed by [Relic]. Tourngen is a simple program to generate 11 matching cone or wedge shaped arms and a random inner core of planets. Each of the arms will contain the same amount and types of minerals and natives, but they will not be on the exact same planet positions. Basically, each arm is generated exactly the same as the other and then data for each arm is jumbled around. As for the core planets they are generated randomly. Join the fun now! Our current poll has already reached 80 votes so far - as soon as we reach 100+ votes we will adjust the rules to the results so be sure to vote!! We will repeat this vote every 6 months from now on to be sure we serve you players the way you want. :)   by Black Shadow

News for Tuesday April 23, 2002 · new game   Be greeted Galactic Traveller, a new game awaits you! Heavy Metal starts with a special vpl configuration with new tech-specs (be sure to use the alternative spec-set sent to you with your 1st turn!), high mins and some thrilling addons. Don't miss that one if you are tired of standard games ...   by Black Shadow

News for Wednesday April 17, 2002 · updates / program of the month   Dear Vga Planets Fans, we have updated several parts of the webpage and will continue so within the next days. Dave is currently working on a new player-management system trough mySQL-database system so we'll have the playerlist and player profiles online again soon. We will keep you informed about the latest updates. Latest addition to this site: The Featured Program of the month. Scroll down this site and you'll notice the features program of the month called 'SendTurnPro' programmed by Alan Warchuck aka Merlyn of THELASTDOMAIN.COM. With this program you have full control on mailing your TRN files to your host. Beside sending your turn in automatically with one mouseclick this new version now features Auto Troll hosting commands to change ally settings, resend RST files, etc. This can of course be used at the EchoCluster.com host. Try it out now!   by Black Shadow

News for Monday April 15, 2002 · new games   Be greeted Galactic Traveller, We have set up a total of 6 (!) new games for you to join now and have fun instantly. new beginner games: Bad Story, New Glory, Burning Circle new profi games: Vanilla, Vanilla Ice, Circlemaster Especially the last one is a game for vpl-fans who are not afraid of the black space out there because of some advanced game settings and addons! Be sure to get your seat now and don't miss countdown to start!   by Black Shadow

News for Wednesday April 10, 2002 · new graphics online   Dear Friends of www.echocluster.com, Now it seems like we've found a place, from where we could supply you with all the nice stuff you need as an vgaplanets fan. I want to apologize myself for the lack of banners or buttons to link us during the last time. It Seems like all the old graphics are updated to our new URL. Please make sure to use them instead of the old stuff and update your bookmarks and Link-Sections. I hope you like my work. But before you use those graphics on your site. Send me a line or two and set up an link to our page. And please don't change them without permission. Thanks Stevit fka Xagul   by Stevit

News for Monday April 8, 2002 · forum online / new crew member / server ...   Dear Vga Planets Fans, the forum is back online again. I have also cleared it up a bit so you don't get lost. I'm looking forward to your postings! I am also very happy to intruduce you a new member of the EchoCluster.com team: Daniel "Mr. SEQ" Tücks has joined our team to support us with new graphics for a fresh & uptodate design. I will ask him to post a short introduction of himself to this newsboard. Our servers will be moving tonight and the site might be offline for some hours. Please be patient. The Hosting Section will also not be updated correctly till the servers are completly ready again. After all is done the server speed will be increased once more so you can access and enjoy our page even faster.   by Black Shadow

News for Sunday April 7, 2002 · we're finally back online !   Be greeted Galactic Traveller, After one month of being offline we are finally back to life. The legal issues are nearly solved and we will inform you about the details later on. We'd like to thank you for the overwhelming feedback we got by you all. We have received emails, icq messages and chat requests daily asking if all goes well and when we'll be online again. Well this question should now be answered. :) You are the community and you've shown us you're with us. THANKS A LOT !! There will be many new games, features, additions, etc. to this site within the next days. Be sure to visit us regulary to keep uptodate.   by Black Shadow