Niiiiice, now no one dam well better torrent that editor!

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Sorry for being a dope, but what may I ask is a torrent site? I've heard of bit torrent software, but what is a torrent site?

Simply put... A gateway to a network of home computers... to participate, you agree to host, so each one holds a piece of a file(s), so it's distributed out among alot of computers. Stuff goes on and off your computer and everyone else's, creating a huge network. It also incorporates a "give to get" model, meaning you have to host stuff and allow download from your PC in order to download from everyone else's, technically. You can DL without hosting, but you get far less performance ( supposedly ). In any event, as it relates to this forum, it's a difficult topic to bring up at best, as it is generally considered an avenue for pirated files to make their way around the internet.
It makes tracking illegal files difficult because they are spread all over creation, not hosted on any one machine. This is not to say that all the files they host are pirated, but it does make it a convenient vehicle for it. That being said, and trying really hard not to sound condescending... I don't engage in piracy of any kind. I choose instead to pay the companies that do good work. I don't want to go into it any farther, so as not to incur the wrath of those who think differently. People are just that, different. Some consider what they do as a crusade against companies that don't support their products, some think there's nothing wrong with what they do. That's for them to decide, not me, not here. Suffice to say piracy will happen, making support of companies like Stardock all the more important... and that is the road I wish to take. I would hope I am not alone on this road, and that the wishes of Stardock would be honored, no matter what the level of understanding on anyone's part as to why.

I will be very happy to have one of the editors to play with...

I also hope to be able to go back to my custom race, and to have the ship maintenance/economic cap tweaked. Limits on funds means limits on ships means limits on gameplay, and the only thing that needs limits in my book is political offices.

Please scale the economy limits with galaxie size, and install realistic ship maintenance costs... or make these editable for modding purposes ( which they already may be... )

Thankyou Stardock for remaining active, both with the game and in the forums.

T

So it's like P2P file sharing? Like Kazaa or LimeWire?

You know what, I never said I would release it on torrent. They said they don't want it so I would never do it. So don't start accusing people of something that you think they are going to do when you have no prove dumbass.

Another question about the Thalans, I tried them under Good and the Gaia Vortex doesn't seem to be working. It's meant to be a 10% to PQ bonus/Morale Bonus/Econ bonus/Food Bonus. I planted it on my homeworld (PQ21 after teraforming) and gained no tiles. The food/morale definitely worked though. Also, what bonuses were a empire wide vs just the planet it's built on?

If you don't want it to get uploaded to a torrent-site, don't put it in the beta. I'm pretty sure 99,99% of the people here would not do something like that, but there is a good chance that someone will. And the way it is put know, 99,99% of the people will feel offended.

I'm not sure that the idea of it appearing on a torrent site is to prevent piracy. Maybe Stardock believes that people downloading from these types of places might give a false impression of an inferior end-product in the eyes of potential customers (i.e. misguided pirates).

I hope Stardock clarifies their position soon as this thread is getting out of hand.

That's a good point (SD may just not want people to get the wrong impression of the quality of the beta), but the fact is they made what amounts to a "we'll punish everybody if this happens" threat. I respect their position and it would suck to see their work torrented half an hour after it's released. But the fact is, most of us are honest and don't deserve to even hear the threat.

It may just be me, but when the original post talks about this week - and they usually release late in the thursday-ish (right?) ... my point is I dont see new a update: have you been working late again?
or was 'this week' a short for 'the coming several weeks'? ... sorry I just like your game and I thought the last couple of releases was, uhm - not enough to satisfy my hunger.

NiklasInSpace, it's still not "late Thursday-ish". Normally on a Thursday release it's not out until about 6pm EST, so you have about 10 hours to go yet.

It's a 'dire consequence' to have to wait 4-8 weeks for the market release of the product? If your life is so cushy that THAT is considered dire...I'd like to trade lives:P

It's THEIR beta, they can release how much and what they chose for pre-release. At the time of the release date, you will get the full package you paid for.

Stop acting like you have a right to have these editors now. You don't. Not until the release in March. Anything they give you now along those lines is a gift.