[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1773" id="3647514"] I already know that. It's the reason behind those changes I'm asking about: Why did Information Warfare got moved to Diplo 2? Why have the Yor been restricted from getting access to Information Warfare? [/quote] Got the inspiration from a (once) popular DL mod. Information Warfare always seemed overpowered to me, especially against the AI. Since it's a diplomatic invasion technique it seemed appropriate to move it
Hi guys, It's been a while. First, let me address points made in recent posts. Screens I wasn't comfortable with including any changes/fixes in screens in the new update back then and I said so. The existing ones were well tested and Spinorial's did manual edits instead of using DesktopX (the took SD used to develop the screen). It has been months since I said this and if no problems have arisen I recon they won't. <hr
[quote who="Maiden666" reply="185" id="3640114"] Therefore I don't understand the fuss about it^^ [/quote] This. Porting this game to a 64bits architecture is an insane operation. Try making a few Prefs.ini files for low and high detail and mix them up when you want to play on an immense map or small map.
[quote who="Maiden666" reply="1727" id="3628948"] BTW I kinda think some races are really screwed on mining resources, I just made a list and some (eg. Korx) can mine up to 50% while others only 20% 21%. For MV that has a tremendous impact on score, because an Immense galaxy holds roundabout 25 resource crystals where 4 types (research, morale, economics & military) directly translate into score. Being nerfed from 60% (Tota 20.42) to 20% is like a loss of up to +1000% of racial stats
[quote who="DMF" reply="1674" id="3621700"] In that sense infinity is a mathematical concept. There is no real thing or set of things that is demonstrably infinite. Yes, I've read Rudy Rucker, too. [/quote] Yep. No denying that. Raises the question though, if there's infinities in math, do they exist? Bigger question. Is math real or merely a construct we invented? Or, is it something we stumbled upon because math is how the universe
@Maiden. Awsome response, good read. I'll favorite that link for a later read. [quote who="Maiden666" reply="1671" id="3621459"] Yeah, they can calculate really close to it to times when all basic physical forces were still conjoined (and gravity was indeed violently repulsive!) but it's somewhat more interesting for me to find or observe factual evidence. Hitherto, the CBR was the earliest thing but now, scientists are so excited about the proof of gravity waves, b
[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="1669" id="3621293"] Why does the black hole fizz out of e,xistence [/quote] Black holes give off heat. This was theorized by Stephen Hawking. Here's why. Empty space isn't empty. All around us pairs of particles and anti-particles pop into existence only to annihilate each other a fraction of a second later. This also occurs close to the event horizon of a black hole. Once you cross the event horizon there is no
[quote who="Maiden666" reply="1664" id="3619752"] Relativity theorists say/claim that the universe is/and always has been infinite in size, that is, you would never be able to be at its border or edge, no matter how young or old it is or were you're located at. [/quote] An infinite universe... This has an interesting implication not many people think about. It means anything that can happen, will happen, has happened and will keep happening over and over and over. <
[quote who="DMF" reply="1656" id="3619047"] The article clearly says that inflation is non-local, in that the size of galaxies does not change (at least in relation to large scale distances), while the distance between galaxies can increase so fast that they actually fly apart at speeds exceeding 'c'. Yeah, I'm still trying to get my head around that. Sounds more like the universe is, or will be, bounded by an event horizon. BTW, if that last is so, what
[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1640" id="3615332"] TechTree.xml Interstellar Navigation: increased AIValue from 20 to 35 Sub-Space Drive: increased AIValue from 10 to 35 Advanced Interstellar Navigators: increased AIValue from 20 to 35 Stellar Streams: increased AIValue from 10 to 20 [/quote] When I was trying to get Arceans to amount to, well, anything, I tried something similar. They get more planets but their initial research into absolutely every
To get the Torians to research farms you might have to resort to using some very high AIvalues. If those techs are untradable it won't break techtrading. Something around... 100 would do the trick and if you really, really want them to grab those techs -10 will almost certaintly do the job.
[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1618" id="3614589"] Entertainment Networks: changed Requires to Capitalism removed Basic Farms [/quote] Wasn't entertainment network going to get its own tech as to avoid ginvg it to races that shouldn't get it? Won't that mean the Krynn, Dregin, Korath will get the entertainment center? I know how you'll fix the drengin & korath. What do you suggest for the Krynn? [quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1618" id="
@Maiden. Wow, now that was a thorough analysis. Long story short. Regular farms (+food) work best because the AI actually recognizes them as farms and applies them better because of that. The morale meltdown on capital works doesn't happen and we can safely push max population on capitals to 16 bln. Correct?
I've read all your posts and I'm going to sleep on it. I'm burned out from work. Gaunathor I'll have a look at your AT sheet tomorrow. Regards and good night. M.
[quote who="Maiden666" reply="1605" id="3614234"] but this is an old hat, which didn't prevent doubling logistics or multiplying available distribution points by factor 10, or basically the rework of all stock racees setup.... now you propose a minor change and that then becomes a no-go? I guess most people know by now to clear out their files, which, if only a stock race is concerned, is easy enough because one only has to press clear+save. [/quote] [quote who="Gaunatho
[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1602" id="3614180"] PlanetImprovements.xml Traditional Factory: changed UpgradeTarget from None to MinorBasicFactory Minor Traditional Factory: changed InternalName to MinorBasicFactory Research Lab: changed UpgradeTarget from None to MinorBasic Lab Minor Research Lab: changed InternalName to MinorBasic Lab Market Center: changed UpgradeTarget from None to MinorMarket Center Minor Market Center: changed InternalName to MinorMark
[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1599" id="3614092"] What do you mean? Basic Farm is unlocked by Industrial Revolution, Slave Farm by Traditional Slavery, and Minor Farm by Minor Industrial Revolution. They all share the same InternalName. In my opinion, that makes them part of the problem. [/quote] You are completely correct about the farms but they could also be fixed using the UpgradeTarget fix. The only issue I see with using the UpgrateTarget fix is this. One, the
[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1597" id="3614034"] Only if the Basic Farm needs to stay. Everything else can be fixed without breaking compatibility. The Entertainment Network can be moved back to Industrial Revolution. We would then need to adjust the UpgradeTarget for Traditional Temple and Minor Hatchling Mound so the Altarians and Drath don't build it. The only question is whether we want the Krynn to have access to the Entertainment Network, or not, but that is easily solved too.
[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1586" id="3613410"] As I said in post 1521, having multiple improvements with identical InternalNames causes an error in the Improvement Editor. The correct number of improvements are shown, but only the values of the first entry are getting accessed. Any changes you try to make are also only getting applied to the first improvement. For example, if you want to change the cost of the Entertainment Network it will only affect the Terran one. The versions f
[quote who="Maiden666" reply="1587" id="3613450"] Well I'm using OpenOffice, but opening that file won't let me save into the original .docx format, and all other formats will break all hyperlinks, their names... and some other stuff Nevertheless, I found no other stuff to change exept anything that is related to Terran ethics (which includes pics) And, most headlines use different techniques, around 50% are missing an empty space, while the others have too
I did a check on the changes last night and ran through the last update. I've found several changes that made it into PlanetImprovements.xml re-sorted the file (some entries where misplaced: Drath entertainment buildings right in front of the standard ones; some race-specific SPs where after the GAs, instead of the SPs) Please don't do this again. My Version software can't make heads or tales out of this file now.
[quote who="Maiden666" reply="1580" id="3612896"] on p.35 it states "a ship can only have ONE special ability" --> untrue. This is in no way limited and once the game unfolds, there are alot of intelligent designs holding multiple special abilites. p.45 an add. method would be to leave the U.P. p.49 multiple typos "Raiting" --> Rating. p.57 is entirely empty p.63 "Breaking an Alliance can only be achieved by going to war with your a
[quote who="The_Biz" reply="109" id="3612828"] i played a game where the AI just made 1 type of weapon and I was able to counter it by making just 1 type of shield and putting a 1 attack weapon on my ship. am I missing something or is the game intentionally balanced so that the AI can never win a fight if I spam defenses? [/quote] The AI picks a gun and sticks with it. I have seen it switch to another weapon type when you build defenses against it. Spa
[quote who="DMF" reply="105" id="3612727"] You suggest that .raceconfigxml is not being overwritten. Do you mean that 2.20 installation did not overwrite the file because it already existed? If so, that is a big problem with the upgrade procedure! Either significant portions of the upgrade are not being applied, or (perhaps) some backward compatibility could be lost. Stardock really needs to address this. Heck, just Release Notes would be enough. But maybe $
