Seems like your luck runs in streaks. Like maybe you'll suddenly get three lucky rangers in 30 turns and then you won't see another for 50 more. Maybe it's not your time yet. Bill ~SDC~
Maybe I should clarify. In the old GalCiv, you had a chance of outright stealing technology from another race. You would get a message saying that you stole blah blah technology. The higher the espionage setting for a particular race, the more chance you had of stealing some. You would also steal technolgy if you conquered a planet. Of course, the other races could do the same to you. Bill ~SDC~
I usually give myself a big luck bonus, too. Having 4 rangers when everyone else is still working on getting battleship tech is nice... Bill ~SDC~
I use my scouts to crisscross from one side of their limit to the other, like slicing a pizza. I find lots of resources that way. Bill ~SDC~
I don't think this is a big deal. if you want to spend time doing that, then go right on ahead. If you don't want to then don't. Just because it's possible doesn't mean you have to do it. Every game ever made had bugs and cheats to exploit. It's up to you whether you want to use them or not. Bill ~SDC~
Coolness... I must suck at spying, then. ;) Bill ~SDC~
In GC for OS/2 you could steal tech from other civs if your espionage was high enough. Thanks! Bill ~SDC~
Or a link to that failed precursor experiment that you had. ;) Bill ~SDC~
Hawaii5O: Congrats on getting the writer to the point where you feel comfortable releasing it. It's a lot of hard work! Bill ~SDC~
But here's where it gets muddy. Maybe you build up all these starbases with manufacturing bonuses so that any planets in the sector gets huge bonuses. Will the AI view them as valuable even though there are no planets around to enhance? Will they turn them into death stars and move them to a useful place? Hmmm... Bill ~SDC~
Yes, the best applications fade into the background and let you work on your project. :) Bill ~SDC~
I guess the good guys DO finish last! ;) Bill ~SDC~
I think it's a superb idea, except that it would immediately invalidate veryone's mods. It would also create headaches for SD, as they would have to maintain two sets of event files. You're right; it's probably too late for version 1.x. But it would be great for GC 2.x! :) Bill ~SDC~
Well, I hadn't registered either one, yet. I had forgotten about licensing. That would definitely be a factor in my final decision. Bill ~SDC~
Hawaii5O: You used GVBox? I liked csXImage. It was a bit more user-friendly. :) Just personal prefs... GVBox worked really well, too. Bill ~SDC~
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Yeah, that's a tried and true method all the way back from the GalCiv OS/2 days :) Bill ~SDC~
Geez, I am appropriately grateful that you are willing to spend your hard earned bucks to deliver a FREE product to us! I really don't know what to say, but thanks! :) Bill ~SDC~
Stevious - now THAT is SCARY! :) Bill ~SDC~
Ugh, and I suppose if you enter a negative number it gives you a negative bonus as well? So I guess it's not as simple as they subtracted the seed value from the effect instead of adding to it? It works as if they took the absoulte seed value (randomized, of course) and subtracted it from the effect? Bill ~SDC~
I name the first few after pets and stuff then I just let the rest neame themselves. ;) Bill ~SDC~
Dang, no editor. Yes, Verenti is correct. I read the question wrong - perhaps the way I wanted to read it. ;) But there is a lot of conflicting evidence as I said earlier. Bill ~SDC~
According to the tutorial, morality weight is inversely related to the number. In other words, the larger the number, the smaller the impact. Unfortunately, I cannot state this with conviction as I see conflicting evidence in the event files. Some events that should (IMHO anyways) have a large impact have large numbers, supporting Verenti's assumption, yet other events that should have a major impact have low numbers. So go figure. The official word is, however, what I stated above.
HawaiiFive-O: I don't understand how you can knock all that code out so quickly. I'm not even done with my first rev of my Random Event Editor! Sheesh! I already ran across a case where one of the of the events in the main event file had a morality weight > 5. Since I use a slider to adjust that variable - I try to limit keyboard interaction because I hate having to highlight a box and then having to switch to the keyboard to type something in; spinners, dropdown menus and s
HawaiiFive-0: I think you misunderstood me; I actually wanted to SEND my source code to YOU to review and criticize. :) And a few more questions: Colonization options 8 and 9... switched at birth? Both types of options: Which are in percentages and which are straight points? Thanks, guys - thanks for everything! Bill ~SDC~
How about, "All your base are belong to us?" ;) Bill ~SDC~