Comments on first game since April

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i just played through the game for the first time since april 2003. i set the AIs to genius ( i was on maso before, but i figured the game would have changed a lot ) and won without firing a shot in anger.

anyway i was surprised at how little the game has changed considering the various versions and the expansion pack that came out in the interim: 1 new ship, 1 new technology branch, some new anomaly graphics and a whole bunch of UI improvements (tech tree, rally pts). there may have also been some new morality events, but they were just variations on the same themes.

anyway i guess i was hoping for a different experience, but it was more or less the same thing with a nicer presentation. the AI still has the same weaknesses - especially starbase usage, although perhaps that will be mollified with logistics in 1.2. perhaps the tactical AI has been improved - i will try a militaristic approach next game.

anyway, it's still a great game and as addictive as ever.

cheers

h

ps i had to randomly delete UP issue files in order to get different UP issues to come up. i know the patch is coming, but i had to complain.

pps the minors are getting a little out of hand :p
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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
the UP problem is caused by the game only looking at the last few UP issue files in the "\data\UP_Issues" directory (there's 37 of them). that's why the warfare and headquarters issue are always selected, since they are the last listed alphabetically.

i just backed up the directory and removed a random number of files so that a different issue would be last in the list. i'd have to change it every time the UP assembled though in order to get a different issue everytime.

if that didn't make perfect sense PLEASE don't try to do it as you'll only screw up your game.

cheers

h
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