ScottTykoski

ScottTykoski

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Reply to The United Planets? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

As of right now there are no immediate plans to allow initiation of UPIssues. However, we'll probably be adding a field in the UPIssue file type to indicate what Techs need to have been researched (by you or an alien race) before a proposal to appear. This won't solve the "proposition" idea you were asking for, but I think it's a step in the right direction ;) ~SDC~

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Reply to Creating New Political Parties Question in Mods Stardock Forums

Yeah, AI should be smart about picking political parties (weighing out the bonuses/penalties). And we've reciently made it so GalCiv can hold up to 50 different political parties at one time, so for right now you can simply add as many parties as you want :) ~SDC~

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Reply to RGB Question for devs... in Mods Stardock Forums

I'm sure that could be done. It won't be as high on the priority list as other things, I'm afraid. :( Perhaps it's something I can get in on my off hours (since we've had a few players ask for it). ~SDC~

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Reply to Political Party Mods in Mods Stardock Forums

ClockWise: If we can get the AI properly using mods (even the most lopsided ones), the metaverse will stay pretty balanced (since the AI should be able to utilize a cheeze mod more efficiently than a human player). Everything that the player has access to, the AI will have access to as well. So if a player makes a cheap super ship, you better beleive the AI will be cranking those puppies out ;)

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Reply to Political Party Mods in Mods Stardock Forums

hehe Then perhaps it's already working corrently ;) We'll have to make sure it's foolproof though...lopsided PolParties is definatly one way to easilly boost your meta score. ~SDC~

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Reply to Political Party Mods in Mods Stardock Forums

It's not so much the fact that we'll have to ignore games submitted with modded parties. We just need to make sure the AI smart enough to pick the best Political Party out of the bunch (Right now I think they're only picking from out of the 6 main parties). This way, even if a player makes a completely lopsided Political Party, the AI will take note and utilize that Party to their advantage as well. By the next major patch we should have this code in ;) ~SDC~

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Reply to Stardock: Please clarify if you've got a second in Mods Stardock Forums

OK, after some sleuthing through the code it looks like I made a mispost in my Random Events tutorial. The morality should still be 1-5 (it can go higher but it ends up ignoring the morality side of the event) but 1 == a HUGE morality changing event and 5 == a tiny morality changing event. Hope this clears things up :)

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Reply to Boogie's Moding Class #2: Random Events in Mods Stardock Forums

*Edit - Hawaii caught me on this one...MoralityWeight is 1 - 5 where 1 == a major moral event and 5 == a non-important event. Numbers can be over 5, but, as it increases, the likelyhood if it having an impact on your morality standings decreases.

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Boogie's Moding Class #3: United Planets Issues in Mods Stardock Forums

// ******************************************** // CUSTOM UNITED PLANETS ISSUES // ******************************************** Ok friends, it’s time to kick back, relax, and learn all there is to know about making Issues for the United Planets Council. Files of this type are of the *.UPISSUE extension and will need to be located in the /GalCiv/Data/UP_Issues/ directory. As you make new issues, it’s a good idea to save you game right before a UP Meeting and reload after c

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Reply to Political Parties in Mods Stardock Forums

We're working on getting the Political Parties more MOD-able as we speak. They'll work better with the upcoming patch (added RBG coloring to the data type, scrollbars where necessary, ect). ~SDC~

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Reply to BoogieBac: Quick UPIssue tutorial please in Mods Stardock Forums

I was a bit pre-emptive with my "tomorrow" (aka "yesterday") guess-timate. ;) UP issues are pretty yucky, but I should definatly have time this afternoon to get that tutorial together (Right now im getting modded Political Parties working better, but I'm almost done). THanks for your patience, and keep up the awesome work with those data-writing progs you're cranking out. Very impressive :D ~SDC~

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Reply to Cultural victory broken? in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

The cultural victory won't start counting down until you're not at war with anyone. This has been questioned before, so we'll have to make it more obvoious. :) Glad you're enjoying the game, though (when the end-game isn't being dragged out) ;)

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Reply to WindowFX bugs ZoneAlarm Pro in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

I don't know how many of the WinFX users (or ObjectDesktop programmers, for that matter) frequent the GC forums. However, if you want to post issues you're having on the following newsgroup... news://news.stardock.com/stardock.od.windows.windowfx You will be more likely to get help. :)

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Reply to Louie watch your Tail! in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Well, if it isn't Mrs.Louis ;) Welcome to our humble forum...may I suggest joining the Ninja Turtles? We're not a strong empire, but we have some cool catch phrases and eat alot pizza :D Say hello to your "old man" from ScottT(Boogiebac) next time you see him!

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