It looks stunning. When it's finished, I hope the devs see it and somehow manage to incorporate it into the game.

Wow! Can't wait to see the finished product!

VERY NICE Ozy! It is going to look absolutely WONDERFUL when it's finished. Where did you learn how to do these kinds of things? I would be interested in learning how to manipulate graphics like many of you do to make these really impressive and useful photos/media presentations. :)

Apologies for the typo, I've been hanging out with my bud Rik too much lately!

And yes, also heard good things about mumble, but never tried it personally. I glanced through their feature set and didn't see anything distinct from TS, but it's probably also worth a look by the testing team! ;-)

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Nik: I'm aware of Jabber the original XMPP messaging protocol (my old org used it before SIP came along), but I'm not aware of any client being released by the jabber.org organization, although there are a number of jabber-compatible clients out there. Do you know which client your friends were thinking of? As for Teamspeak API support, I couldn't see any explicit references to REST (or SOAP), but there is the php stuff you found.

Oh wow, I'm not sure what I was thinking. I meant Mumble!

PS: Nick is spelled with a C. :P

Awesome keep it up, I can not wait to see how it all comes out!

Wow, love the enthusiasm and smart questions! Here are some responses:

Kasandaro: I used to be a VoIP engineer MANY moons ago, and I'm amazed at the progress the technology has made in the meanwhile. We're using a Speex open source codec at maximimum-quality (32 kHz ultra-wideband), and it only requires 7 kB/s (although that's without packet, overhead, I'm pretty sure). Pretty incredible stuff. And the sys admin who's managing our virtual private server has spent a ton of effort optimizing resources, so our trials have been near perfect.

Nick: I'm aware of Jabber the original XMPP messaging protocol (my old org used it before SIP came along), but I'm not aware of any client being released by the jabber.org organization, although there are a number of jabber-compatible clients out there. Do you know which client your friends were thinking of? As for Teamspeak API support, I couldn't see any explicit references to REST (or SOAP), but there is the php stuff you found.

Zander Hawk/Starfish1: A testing team sounds like a great idea. In fact, if anyone wants to give it a quick shot, feel free to grab some friends and try it on my server, just mention my name if anyone's around (John/Araa).

Client download: www.teamspeak.com
Server location: gateway.novacoresystems.com
Password: crimsonrain

Or, send me a message online (@strangetango) and I'll be happy to take you on a tour through some of the cooler features. I'll ask people to post their experiences here after they've tried it... good OR bad.

VERY cool Ozy

So, I thought I'd be a bit creative the other day and started a 3d map of the STO universe. I've only done about four sector blocks, but I'm enjoying interpreting the map a bit more colourfully than the standard one!



I've tried to be a bit more creative with the standard stars in sector blocks, by making some binary, trinary or quad systems to add a bit of variety. :)

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Same here, 1900 coins. I guess if you've played since release that's how many you'll get.

Teamspeak sounds like it might be worth a try. :)

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Has anyone tried Jabber?

They are beginning to use this where I work. Looks easy enough, though I know some are not keen. Haven't used it myself though.

I got 1900... But until we know the actual prices of such things, its moot ::

How many did you get? :P

Perhaps a testing team should be put together for this Teamspeak program, the gaming network may benefit, at least before Teamspeak's premium services arrive.

Check out how many Cartel Coins you may potentially receive when F2P goes live! You need to log into the SWTOR website and click on "My Account", look to the left and you will see "Cartel Coins" in the list of topics. After clicking on this, the website will display in detail how many Cartel Coins will be credited to your account if you are a subscriber. Now if they'd give some examples of the gear, pets, vehicles, etc you will be able to purchase with these coins and just how much they are going to cost they will have actually been informative but as usual, they are dragging this out to the point of it being painful :pinch: but that's how game developers have decided to always handle any type of information revelation. Sorry, this has always irked me to no end. But at least they are giving us some type of information, I guess....and they probably haven't decided how expensive the items are going to be anyway. :whistle:

Actually, this would do nicely.

I don't actually pay for our Vent server. It's generously donated by one of our founding members, Bradley1701.

Do you know if it has a REST API? :P

Has anyone tried Jabber? I've heard good things about it from fleet members.

How is it on bandwidth/system usage?

So I was recently forced to try, after much kicking and screaming, Teamspeak 3.0. And holy CRAP was I impressed, suddenly people who'd sounded like a bad radio program came in perfectly clear, and it was SOOO much easier to use, with far more functionality.

So is everyone aware of this, or is this a new development? I now have a private teamspeak server, so I'd be happy to give a demo to anyone who'd like to compare, and I'd encourage people to add their experiences, positive or negative, below.

Here are the advantages I've noticed so far...

1. Cheaper (500 simultaneous seats available for free on full version)
2. Easier to set-up and use, both on client and server side
3. Far superior voice quality (both much clearer AND none of those volume issues so far)
4. More advanced features (avatars, simple file transfer, recording, ...)

If anyone is aware of any reason to prefer vent (besides intertia), I'd love to hear it!