[quote] The reason being, i guess, that CODING the Ai functions as to aim for a Diplo victory would feel more like a very unfair cheating attempt caused by a tricky algorithm. What would stop the whole group (when playing against more than two AI) from outwitting the human player and stack the "virtual" numbers at the right moment? Nothing, but (calculated) logic i say! - Zyxpsilon. [/quote] Because the AI should nev
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Look at the Battlefield franchise - 4 games on the same horrendously inept, buggy engine, with zero optimization, lousy netcode, and they're all still clogged with bugs and bad design.
I won't insult your intelligence and ask if you have the Diplomatic Victory condition enabled, but IIRC the AI cannot win with a Diplomatic Victory for whatever reason. As in, they aren't allowed to. Not sure why.
[quote] That doesn't make sense. Something that amplifies gravity wold makes more sense. Or something that temporarily stops fusion reactions in the sun: a star goes super nova naturally because the nuke energy in the star becomes stronger than what the gravity of same star can hold it in. IE the star matter reaches escape Felicity for that star. result BOOM thus the best way to cause an unnatural super nova i
[quote] Ouch. I knew that the various tech trees differed to some degree, but I have only played Korath and Altarian, and never Drengin or Drath. I just looked at their tech trees. I really do think that the Altarians could use more "difference" in their tree. [/quote] Is this where I demand an apology for you constantly arguing that I was wrong when I mentioned that the Drath and Altarian tech trees were nearly identical, when y
https://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=421&aid=173036 :( I have no use for that part so far, but I noticed it too :D
PSUs without a power switch on them are pretty pathetic TBH. They disappeared for a few years but appears that they're coming back since people missed them.
[quote] Why still no research speed adjustment? The current 'very slow' is about 200% faster than 'very slow' should be. In fact, I recall that 'starting' techs at 'very slow' used to take 32 weeks right off the bat. Now they seem to take 16 weeks. I started two games - both Terran, neither with any spent points, TA on Immense/Abundant/Abundant/Abundant and DA on Gigantic/Abundant/Abundant/Abundant, with "Very Slow"
[quote] OK you did it map editor is finally here. Thank you! However I have to point 2 things there is no shortcut to map editor only through TALaunch.exe where I use on my shortcut instead GC2TwilightOfTheArnor.exe for me its ok but most users dont know that.. And what about custom maps in game? Is it deactivated? On first betas it was active but not anymore so I cant load a map I will create in map editor. I hope I will find the right xml to edit and loa
Why still no research speed adjustment? The current 'very slow' is about 200% faster than 'very slow' should be. In fact, I recall that 'starting' techs at 'very slow' used to take 32 weeks right off the bat. Now they seem to take 16 weeks.
[quote] dystopic, yeah it was a duh moment... click... bed sleep now!... Oh shit lol. Duh [/quote] I think you had that coming. Leaving your computer on all night is a hell of a lot better for it than just turning it off. I used to do that when I was like, 12 (and our computers were running bleeding-edge Windows 3.11)
Still no research speed tweaks = :( "Very Slow" needs to be slowed down RIDICULOUSLY DRAMATICALLY. The current 'very slow' feels like 'normal' used to. PLEASE fix the speeds *AND* give us an even slower option.
[quote] Parts of the Altarian tree only shows up if you choose good alignment. [/quote] I suspect that all races are going to get unique ethical techs. It seems curious that only the two new races would have them...
[quote] * All techs that are highly useful to everybody (weather control) get a much lower "willingness to trade" value. [/quote] Actually, this might be the best use of that Trade Brokering idea. Make them ridiculously valuable to the AI - AND you can only get them if you are Friendly or better with them - AND they are restricted to being brokered. I think it's a fair compromise. You can still get them, but it's both extremely hard AND keeps the flavor of t
Take the resource, buy the planet. You'll be able to buy the planet for less than 1000bc, generally. If they JUST colonized it, you can get it for under 400 usually. However, they'll never sell you a mining starbase, not ever. Even if you offer to surrender to them, for one lousy starbase, they refuse. Horray for AI.
The problem is, if you consider it one, is that considerable bonuses can be lumped on them just on the abilities screen to negate any intentional 'defect' in racial design, and tech-trading can mitigate most weaknesses as well. The Torians, for example, are weak at research. However, they can just trade for Discovery Spheres, and combined with their existing version of research (which is all +%research bonuses) actually makes them the BEST at research.
[quote] Uranium, what game are you playing? Or maybe it's your definition of "most" that's a bit screwy.... Most races have more than 1% unique techs on their trees. [/quote] Fine, 4%. No more than 5% at any rate. There's over 200 techs that fit into the 'general' tree, and Terrans, for example, only have 7 or 8 'unique techs'. Clearly being unable to trade these techs will cripple the game. Yes, the Drengin / Korath, Iconians, and Torians theoretica
[quote] - No trade brokering. I will likely rarely use this, but that's because I'd use another option. But from what I hear, it's a pretty popular idea. - No unique tech trading. Again, not what I would use, but still popular. - No non-native tech trading. This is what I'd use. This is the "if it's not somewhere in your tech tree, you don't get to use it" option. No more Yor abusing trading to build enormous economies. No Torians with resea
[quote] Scintor, That's an interesting idea, and the more I think about it, the more I like it. Thank you for splitting this off, too. I don't even look at the long tech trading threads at this point. Too much abuse for not agreeing 100% with a certain poster. [/quote] Let me clarify. <b
[quote] Over everything I still prefer my own: If you do not have the tech on your tree, you can not trade for it, or steal it, or have it at all . This means that a race designed around not having research buildings can't just *poof* grab some and suddenly get a massive bonus, because it augments their abilities that were in-place to offset their lack of research buildings. This will still mean that most races can trade 99% of t
Stupidity and ignorance should be a capital offense. That'd weed out about 90% of Earth's population - the 90% that is completely worthless.
My idea: 1) Is the tech you want somewhere on your tech tree? No? You can't have it. 2) I also like and support the idea of having to dedicate SOME time to a 'bought' tech, as the AI generally sells them for cheap, and that would eliminate the whole going from Mass Driver Theory to Black Hole Eruptors in 1 turn thing. I know this is going to be immensely unpopular with the powergamer / AI abuser crowd, but whatever, nobody cares what you think, as yo
Scintor and a few other tools who are pro- unique tech trading seem to think that it would utterly cripple the game. Over everything I still prefer my own: If you do not have the tech on your tree, [b]you can not trade for it, or steal it, or have it at all[/b]. This means that a race designed around not having research buildings can't just *poof* grab some and suddenly get a massive bonus, because it augments their abilities that were in-place to offset their lack of research buildings
[quote] I forgot to mention that one of the problems with counting on adaptation is that humans have essentially stopped evolving. [/quote] True and untrue. True because due to the lack of 'natural selection', the only traits that will evolve will likely be subtle ones. A mutation that gave you green skin would pretty much blow your chances of procreation. However it's untrue because, you're basing this on what? The last 1000 years? How about the last 10000 years? 10k years
[quote] Don't know about CalifDude's problem, but the Vegan thing is by design - when a new minor race appears, they start with all techs anyone has researched. That part is intentional, and not a bug. [/quote] You mean that part is [b]STUPID[/b].