Are making it mac friendly? Please do, i've been dying to go on ss since I got my mac.

No specific support for mac is planned at the moment, but that doesn't necessarily mean you can't get it to work somehow.

A teammate of mine runs C1 on a Mac via Wine.

Win for those of us running Windows via Bootcamp on Mac computers. Seriously, my iMac eats C2's highest quality graphics for breakfast and is still not full!

Anywho, someone in the past mentioned that characters could have in-game avatars. I can't remember what Jeff said about this exactly, but I think it was positive. Is that still in the plans?

Also, the Grav Disruptor should create a sudden sphere around your ship. This sphere would simply have a high refraction index causing the background to warp. This would be like the real-life effect of gravity lensing.

Sorry we dont support gay systems

Windows 7 Permission issue, please add to your list:

SS2 currently saves to the /program files[x86]/Star Sonata2/config directory.

If a user has UAC enabled their client will not be able to save client based configuration due to the default permissions on this directory.

Should this entire directory not be saved under the users local directory structure? That or change the permissions on this directory during installation (2nd option not preferred).

* If you are experiencing issues where for example the ingame tutorial voice must be turned off whenever you start the game, this is likely why. Disabling UAC is one solution until an appropriate resolution can be completed.

You can leave UAC enabled, just run the game as Admin. Either edit the shortcut or right-click and choose Run as Administrator.

I am aware, however the issue is the permissions and location of the directory.

Its not exactly an uncommon issue with a number of games and applications.
Editing the permissions on the directory itself also works, and is far more secure.

Both solutions resolve the issue in the interm but a more permanent solution would be appropriate.

Is there any chance we could get an updated "To-do" list? I am curious where we stand.

Pretty much the stuff there that we haven't done yet. =)

when is the update to switch c2 from sse2 to sse coming out? I have yet to find anything on the forum about it and I STILL can't play the beta even though I have a key (which is probably void now) last time I talked to support I was told a few days.... The SSE2 to SSE update should have been towards the top of the To-Do list since some players like myself have an older system and I'm not going to fork out hundreds of dollars on a newer computer just to play the damn game.

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[quote="JeffL"][list][*]Alien invasion code
[*]New particle system
[*]New nebulas
[*]Envelopment graphic
[*]Add health bars to drones
[*]Effect rings (like when you shoot a ship that is resistant to that damage type)
[*]Assigning the different music to different galaxies
[*]Add indications for when you give an RTS order
[*]Grav disrupter effect
[*]Add zoom in and zoom out buttons in galaxy map
[*]New character selection screen
[*]Trade dialog for secure ship to ship trading
[*]Add x-option to bring up your slaves inventory so you don't need to get it from possessions list
[*]Add an important notification and count-down system (like for server restarts, alien invasions, and emperor related things)
[*]Add icons in the top bar for squad and team members in your current galaxy with their energy and shield readouts
[*]Re-do the radar to look better
[*]Fix the lag when warping the first time
[*]Show the shield bar for the top drone in the stack when it's hotkeyed
[*]Add chat under peoples ships when they say something and are near you
[*]Improvements on handling server lag
[*]Ability to select targets while you are docked
[*]Better looking explosions
[*]Add XP bar widget in the top bar
[*]Make drones bank when they get hit, like buoys in an ocean
[*]Add new trade skill: Prospecting
[*]Finish converting all the custom galaxies from C1 to C2
[*]Add special exceptionally large explosions for certain ubers
[*]Highlight the dock and warp icons when those are available options
[*]Show the AP path on the galaxy map
[*]Allow resizing of galaxy map[/list][/quote]

Hows the list coming along?
I guess most of it is done due to 2 weeks left :D

You forgot "-Add galaxy information back into the galaxy map"

Wow, seeing that list quoted actually makes me feel pretty good about all the progress we've made.

items still left:
* Re-do the radar
* Make drones bank
* Prospecting skill
* Better looking explosions
* Add special exceptionally large explosions for certain ubers
* Show the AP path on the galaxy map