I sent a PM to Frogboy about it even before I got the game installed last night. I assumed it wasn't worth a full topic (and the dangers inherent to any EULA topic) to point out. But since it's out there, may I suggest a company trip to the parking lot and assaulting the legal department with day old bagels? It does't have to be linked to this issue either, make it a monthy event.[e digicons]:D[/e]
The license is registered to the user, not the hardware like other publishers do. While it may be possible for you to install it on your comp you wouldn't be able to update it. Also, it's not anywhere close to being legal.
Probably a result of a relatively minor mutation. Maybe not even that. Genetic codes are full of stuff that doesn't get used, but it only takes a minor gene expression error to cause something like this, or the occasional human tail. The human genetic code is about 99% identical to that of chimps. It's a rare genetic condition, but occasionally people grow full coats of fur. I don't think I've ever seen an official study of it, but I imagine a snake's genome is at least as similar to
Mind Control Center. It will immediately flip all succeptable planets on the first turn they are eligible to flip, rather than waiting for the random number generator to flip it whenever it feels like doing so. In DL/DA this ability was broken, so it gave 100% econ bonus (about the same as three fully mined econ bases, not a straight doubling). It also reduced the odds of planets flipping by a factor of about 10. A few notes: DO NOT attempt this with the Thalans, as they do not have t
[quote]Are you sure this "Research Capitol" or "Political Capitol" being placed on resource tiles works in "Twilight of Anor"?[/quote] The research capitol does not benefit from a bonus tile. To my knowledge it has not ever done so in any version of the game. The political capital can benefit from either morale or influence bonus tiles.
I do somewhat more. I build the reeducation center on an obcenely high research planet (current game this planet has a 700% bonus and my tech capital), then sell it to an AI to further the tech stealing potential. That, and whenever possible I sell or outright gift whatever tech the AIs are researching, until they start researching something I can't. This is the only practical way I've found to encourage the AI to research stuff that is normally low on their priority list, such as K
None in actual combat. They do help with keeping tabs on where the Dreadlord ships are so you can pick off the transports and evade the heavy stuff, though. Same with engines, no effect on combat, but they let you determine when and where combat will take place. Often you can identify which ship a Dreadlord ship is chasing and lead it all around the map without ever being attacked, if you have enough speed and range to stay ahead of them.
You may want to consider making a bunch of ship classes that are the same, then using the global commands to switch production between them every few turns. Switch from building Blank 03 to Blank 04 once you've built a hundred or so. Then when most of them have made it to the rally point, you can mass upgrade the Blank 03 model. Of course, by then you might be building Blank 15 model ships, but it would help some. This method might also leave you with some unconverted ships mixed in with the
Actually, I see AIs going broke fairly often even at Suicidal, where they get an econ bonus big enough to make colonies break even at about half a billion people. Of course, my trading IP for all their BCs every four turns might have something to do with it [e digicons]*_*[/e] Minor civs tend to get it worst, but I've seen major civs go 12+ turns with negative bc balances.
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="6" id="2363341"]Ya gotta love the TSA (Toiletries Security Administration). Leave it to the government to take a good idea and waste billions screwing it up. I have to concede, however, that ya never know when that extra half-ounce of Ole Regenerist facial rejuvination cream might blow. [/quote] As someone with a degree in chemistry and a history that has me on a couple FBI watch lists anyway, I can confidently say there is all sorts of
[quote]I haven't had much time for playing so that game took a few months.[/quote] That's pretty much how my games for score go, I just haven't been able to get a million points out of one....yet.
Double post Stupid Egads page [e digicons]XO[/e]
[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="11" id="2361914"] Quoting Philly0381, reply 9 The foreign policy of 'if you do not agree with me 100% then you're my enemy' is doomed to failure. No truer words ever spoken or written. It's just a shame that this lesson hasn't been learned in over 2000 years. Humans sure have and continue to make a mess of good thing. This is true. It is arrogant/fas
[quote who="Nesrie" reply="64" id="2361323"] Quoting WIllythemailboy, reply 63 Testing a feature like this live on something like Demigod or Sins is beyond stupid. Elemental shouldn't be a petri dish for RTS features. This sort of thing would be useless for a 4x turn based game and if they want to test it, test it on a game in beta that would actually use it. [/quote] Great in theory, but Stardock doesn't currently ha
[quote who="Nesrie" reply="62" id="2361226"] Quoting Tridus, reply 61 Okay, if we can host our own games and set our own bandwidth rules, thats not so bad. It's completely unnecessary for a game like Elemental. It's a turn based game. Turn based games are the only games I've played frequently where someone can loose their connection and return to the game without so much as a beat missed and no one was the wiser except your
[quote]If Gov't. run health care is so bad, why did McConnell, McCain and the rest of them use Bethesda for their surgery for Cancer and Coronary Bypasses? Wouldn't they have gotten good care in the private sector? Why did they choose Gov't run Bethesda? And if their insurance is so bad, how come they ain't using BCBS or UHC or any other private insurance?[/quote] I'm fairly sure A: We pay for their care and B: Bethesda is the designated hospital of choice for their insuran
[quote]Actually, most asteroids are not in clusters but belts. The Trojan asteroids are at the Lagrangian points of Jupiter. Perhaps there ought to be asteroids at the Lagrangian points of other planets.[/quote] Did you read the linked article? Admittedly it's a wiki, but at least in this case it's fairly accurate. The Jupiter Trojans alone are thought to be as numerous as the belt asteroids, and they think Neptune's Trojans to be 10x that number. These groups are much farther away fr
If I'm understanding their mechanics correctly, the balance is that while the channeler is the source of essence, the empire he manages will be the source of the mana he needs to use that essense. A channeler that goes Gandalf and starts wading into his enemies risks having his empire taken behind him, and running out of gas before he gets to the enemy capital.
[quote]Trial by jury - probably not logistically possible, and it's the least problematic of these; Trial by jury is an inherently unjust and biased system. Instead of a panel of competent, unbiased judges, you have a bunch of civilians who are probably bored, allmost certainly prejudiced, and would like to get it over with as soon as possible. Yeah. That's justice.[/quote] Having sat on more than one jury, I fully agree. But it's still a Constitutionally protec
[quote]Wrong. The first requirement for that to be true is a formal declaration of war to be made. If the 'conflict' is not declared then it is not a war....and thus 'war crime' does not apply.[/quote] That turns out not to be the case. 30 seconds with google turns up several articles such as this , indicating that the British, being foolish enough to have ratified the ICC treaty, are
It would waste quite a bit. I don't recall exactly how much it generates, but the original colony building generates at least as much research as a medium-high end research structure (maybe 10?). Spread over your entire empire, that's a lot of money getting spent, so unless you have scores of planets you need to upgrade it's definitely not worth screwing with your sliders. And yes, social would go down on all planets, with or without research structures. All factory output w
[quote]Sorry, but you're wrong. I could say, following that same logic, that US is intentionally harbouring pedophiles and neo-nacis, but the truth is simply that US is acting in accordance with its own law. Same with Sweden. Their laws are different than yours, and I would dare say, far more advanced when it comes to civil justice and customer rights protection. Sweden is not "intending to undermine US copyright law", no more than US is "intending to create a naci-pedophile state"
At zero research, no. This was assuming you were using a split spend, not all factory. At that point all they can give you is the build credit. You will need to do the math on a per planet basis to see if the saved money from the build credit, which can still be considerable.
[quote who="Aroddo" reply="38" id="2356982"] Quoting Bichur, reply 34 the stupid law is actually something left over from WWII. I have no idea how it found it's way into the surrender agreement but it did. yea, I agree with you it messes up a lot of graphics. it's part of 'saving face' - they do not wish to offend others Huh? Japs do not wish to offend others? By blurring genitals in porn? What offense could
[quote]Not really the same, BUT I support the notion! Piracy is a conflict of private interests, not state interests. If a government took part in the way you suggest, it would open a pandora's box which would probably prove to be actually beneficial for the whole of mankind, because then other goverments could steal each others secrets, protected technology and other such unjustly withled things and distribute them freely around, which would be sort of nice. There would likely be a w
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