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why are there so many undeveloped improvements in the planetimprovements.xml?

this is strange

December 24, 2007 7:37:37 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums
while looking through the planetary improvements XML file i realized that there were alot of developer notes and ALOT OF UNFINISHED IMPROVEMENTS!! some of them are linked to
non-existant techs like "XenoPropaganda"
Is this because the developers were lazy or is it for some other reason?
i mean it's gotta be kind of easy to just enter the different strings and values for these improvements. then why were they unfinished and left out?

-Dsep
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Reply #1 December 24, 2007 7:56:52 PM
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as we speak i am in the middle of enabling most of these improvements for my new mod "the bringers of light!"
But i'm still wondering why??

-Dsep
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Reply #2 December 24, 2007 8:03:03 PM
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Hidden, unfinished features linger in games for many possible reasons:

* Not enough time to finish, test, and balance the idea. Or to put that another way: something else had a higher priority.

* The idea was tested and didn't work. It was overpowered, underpowered, or added more micromanagement for no real benefit.

* Another feature was added, which did the same thing better.

* Partially developed and slated for future release, after more testing and balancing.

I wouldn't assume "laziness" as a reason, without some evidence to back that up. These partially finished bits linger in almost every game. It's easier to leave them in, than spend time cleaning up the files and codebase.
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Reply #3 December 24, 2007 8:05:13 PM
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Well, there's another reason (Dsep's post). Maybe they want to offer ideas and hooks to modders, but don't have time to implement and test these things while still delivering the core game they want to put out.
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Reply #4 December 25, 2007 12:36:10 AM
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I know that Xeno Propaganda is an available technology for Drengin (and Korath, I think) in the current TA beta.
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Reply #5 December 25, 2007 2:06:02 AM
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while looking through the planetary improvements XML file i realized that there were alot of developer notes and ALOT OF UNFINISHED IMPROVEMENTS!! some of them are linked to
non-existant techs like "XenoPropaganda"
Is this because the developers were lazy or is it for some other reason?
i mean it's gotta be kind of easy to just enter the different strings and values for these improvements. then why were they unfinished and left out?

-Dsep


If you're talking about Twilight of the Arnor, that would be because IT'S NOT FINISHED YET....
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Reply #6 December 25, 2007 6:50:39 AM
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If you're talking about Twilight of the Arnor, that would be because IT'S NOT FINISHED YET....

I'm Talking about DA!! not TA!
For example: the omega shipyard, Pain amplifiers, artaficial satellites!!!
These things all sound pretty cool and that's why i'm enabling them for my new mod.

-Dsep

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Reply #7 December 25, 2007 6:52:33 AM
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I know that Xeno Propaganda is an available technology for Drengin (and Korath, I think) in the current TA beta.


i figured that that might be the case- left unfinished in DA and then included in TA.

-Dsep
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