Well, I have it, so maybe some other time :-). But IMHO it sucks compared to SFC2. They simplified the combat in SFC3. It became to arcade like; you don't quite get the "huge ship, lot of subsystems" battle feeling.

SFC2 have a more advance combat system with more attack/defend options and things to control. But SFC3 do have a few nice innovations; e.g. warp, reverse and "angular velocity".

Is Starfleet Command 3 better then Starfleet Command 2?

That depends on your definition of "better". If you mean easier and simpler with slightly better graphics - then yes.

If on the other hand you want a more advance game, with more powerfull weapons where a very large ship *can* and *will* obliterate small ships in seconds - then no, in that case SFC2 is "better" than SFC3. As I tried to explain in my prevous post, they made the game more arcade-like by reducing the tactics. For me, SFC3 doesn't feel like an "upgrade" to SFC2, but more like a "new game based on the same idea".

In SFC3 the largest ship can not take down a small ship easily. The games are to "weighted" for my taste.

One example: In SFC2, when a weapon takes damage, it stops working until repared. This goes for both you and the enemy. In SFC3, they must have thought that dead weapons could discourage players, and so damaged weapons only blinks and then goes back online at reduced power.

This may sound like "ok" if you haven't tried it, but it goes both ways, so consider this: When you finally get all your heavy plasma torps aligned for a perfect shot through a damaged shield - what will you prefere? (SFC2): That the enemy takes a satisfying amount of damage that effectively removes all of his weapons pointing towards you... Or (SFC3): His weapons flashes a couple of times and goes online again after which he fires back at you...

I prefere the first. If you don't mind, try SFC3...

This is of course my personal opinion, based on I've bought and played both games - but I've always reverted back to SFC2 :-) That said, there are some new features in SFC3 I really miss in SFC2...

I have'nt yet played 2 or 3 but i remember loving the original! Props for taste.

sry for double but just in case you didn't take the time to look through the files, in original game there was a file called shipdat.txt or something- containing the unencoded ship attributes that the game read. again, haven't checked two for this yet but if it's there, happy cheating ;3

The game isn't taking the CD key...what am I doing wrong?

Problem to exract the iso file to orginal on HD, download one more time.....Zzzzzzzz

It?s it always trouble to download a correct file whits correct CRC, hapend 1 of 5 download's

I couldn't extract the file ( winrar says corrupt ),
but It did mount and install fine.. so I guess its ok!

But.!! when I first run and the screen comes up for me to enter the CD key ,
I click in the box to enter and when I type the numbers it just beeps when I press a key.
Any key. it just beeps. on key press.

Is there any other way to enter the CD key ?
Is it my logitech keyboard ?

Can I enter it direct into the registry or something? anything ?... help please...!!
any idea's ?

Ok, I found the problem, :)

it works ok now. Thanks for the upload.
here is the solution for my problem I found in another forum

"Edit the desktop shortcut to point to the correct .exe and make sure the "Start in" folder is correct in the shortcut properties."

I just run the starfleetOP.exe from the game folder. and not the desktop shortcut and it works now!! : )

Thanks for the download. Huge fan. But I do have a question, I've installed it and played it for a bit, but now it keeps asking for the cd key, and when I enter it, I get an error message. Does anyone have any solutions?

The main game file works fine, but take care with the "patches". One of them seems to have a trojan load for advertising software.

yo, can anybody upload a torrent for Starfleet Command 2: Empires at War if they have it. I couldn't find one, myself.

Well i play this game every day 15min (slugfast). The single game its well sucks. Multiplay :D thats the way.

Thanks for the upload I was looking for it. If you want to improve the game, new ships, weapons etc try this site: http://klingon.pet.dhs.org/OP_plusrefit/
Please don't stop seeding

I forgot to ask if it works on vista.

seed plz

btw this was a great game and i have been looking for it thanks a lot

So I get to 97.3% and suddenly my download speed plummets to 0.4 kb/s
._.

C'mon, I want to relive my childhood before I get too old to do it. I seed plenty of torrents, why can't anyone else?

nil7 exacly you have point

Every one have different taste ( sorry for my english)

For me sfc2 its 10 times beter from sfc3
sfc3 its i dont now not easy but less embedded in reality even in hard mode we see trick like nil7 wrote earlier
may be is more options in multiplayer .. you can shot more disregarding an damage wapons but for me its lame
1 more time sory for my englis its not my language
I greet all star trek fans