Several interesting results. Yes, I have read other bug posts.

God help me, but I think I've fallen in love again with this game.

Purchased the Arnor update 2 days ago - now completeing my 5th game.

2 'unique' happenings which I'm not sure are bugs. Anyone who knows, just drop me a note.

Minor Races - possessing 'super techs' in clusters.

e.g. best propulsion in the game - Warp II. suddenly 1 independant minor race has Hyperwarp 2, plus 4-6 additional techs at the same level. As a human, I trade for these with little or no loss involved.

This seems to happen 1-2x per game. I do realize the minor races go research crazy based on the number of labs they seem to have, but his seems a little outlandish.

e.g. snathi possess Death ray, while the best beam weapon is still at Phaser 2. yet the build defenses based on low level particle cannon? The get invaded too easily, or they trade to the humans techs so far ahead without problem.

Again, it's seems unrealistic, but I am enjoying the sudden boosts to technology.

Yor sphere of influence 'doubles' when they are attacked with overwhelming force.

The Yor's ability to reduce the speed of incoming vessels to 3 is neat. But i have noticed the following condition occurs.

1.) we're at peace, I am not allied with Yor.
2.) Build influence starbase to extend my sphere of influence into Yor territory.
3.) My influence now extends 3-6 squares into Yor space, within range of Yor Planet.
4.) someone I am allied too, declares war on Yor.
5.) Yor influence obliterates by influence. Influence stabase now engulfed 3-5 squares. Ships all immobile.

I would love to have THAT ability to quadruple my influence the moment we go to war.


Anyways - open to suggestions.

Overall - SERIOUS IMPROVEMENT OVER THE LAST GAME!!! Job well done!

David
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Minor race tech is a known bug, referenced at least in Overpowered Pirates. There are two or three other threads about it specifically, though really there's nothing to say other than it happens so, unfortunately, no way to avoid it other than by turning minors off.

I haven't seen your issue with the Yor - are you able to repeat it? I know you described the lead-up to at least one occurrence, but does it happen every time? There was a bug with the Drengin way back (like the first beta) where their negative influence would end up wrapping around and giving them near infinite influence instead, but that was fixed.

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And I totally agree, this isn't just extra content - it's a significant upgrade to the game :)
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Thanks for pointing out the threads - I avoided the pirates issue because I have not had problems with them (except 1x). I'll read up on that immediately. In a funny way - I like the 'technology burst', except that the current AI's don't capitalize on it. Maybe the minor races find a hidden stash of Dredd technology...

Since the post - that game in particular has reached a sticking point. Even attempting to attack the Yor in the same condition causes the game to freeze.

I'm gonna try to replicate the conditions again. In any case, I have a saved copy of the game unfortunately 4 turns after the Yor's influence 'bomb' hits. ;p

I going to try again to see if I can replicate it and let you know. This is the one time where if the game would crash at least we'd get an error report lol.

Overall the performance is a huge step up. Dark Avatar was slow on my system - the new textures etc - much, MUCH better. :CONGRAT:
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Since the post - that game in particular has reached a sticking point. Even attempting to attack the Yor in the same condition causes the game to freeze.

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You're probably running into another currently known bug. The good news (if it is the same bug) is that the game isn't hung (you can still save, load, etc.) but that it won't let you advance to the next turn. You can work around this one until it's fixed by doing a Quick Save and then loading it.
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If you can get a save that allows you to reproduce the sudden influence surge, send it (zipped) to [email protected] with a description of the issue and a link back to this thread.