Tolmekian

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I dunno, offhand I can think of one thing. I'm going from old memory here, and I did mention it once on the forums, so forgive me if the details are a little off. I was on the tail end of a game and going for a diplomatic victory, but the Altarians simply could not be brought to my side. I think it had something to do with years of me capturing minor race homeworlds in Altarian space and using them as influence bombs to steal their planets. After lavishing

[quote who="MarvinKosh" reply="148" id="3109276"]Technology Progression II is completed, granting access to a new research Super Project, named Pear Shaped Labs. This Super Project produces a small amount of research on its own, but it also grants a +20 bonus to your Research ability, improving your research across your civilisation. I mention this now because it is a little unclear what it does, given that its attributes in the game just state Research Bonus: 20% and nothing

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[quote who="windclan" reply="8" id="3107851"]Even if new races aren't in the selection list they would still be in the load list when choosing to create a custom race or opponent though right? I don't really NEED to be able to play as the new races, just having them as possible opponents is enough... Though I imagine it wouldn't be too tough to switch out one or more original races for new races if I wanted to play as one of them.[/quote] Custom races will be av

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You may not be able to add major races in the sense of giving them a race ID and getting them on the race selection screen, but you can make an unlimited number of custom races with their own stats and TechTrees. There's no need to be restricted by customization points, either. After you make a custom race, they get their own .xml file that you can mod up any way you want.

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[quote who="MarvinKosh" reply="82" id="3105740"]However if I'm being honest, it's been tough keeping up. And it's a little annoying finishing off those lengthy Technology Progression techs without getting so much as a single bonus, having to slog through another tech just to get something. I think that at the very least a new Super Project would be nice.[/quote] This is something I tackled in my mod. No more spacer techs. Even if you just get a litt

Somebody had some extra time this weekend. Fabulous. Why is it that my games never seem so epic when I'm playing?

Do you have tech trading enabled? If so, you can shop around and buy/trade for the tech that unlocks the required module. Wait, it's pretty high up, isn't it? Just a thought.

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="1" id="3103836"]Trade Goods are unlocked by researching certain techs. Xinathium Hull Plating, for example, is unlocked by Advanced Hulls. You still have to build them, however, before they have any effect. If the AI beats you to one, you can still trade for it (or conquer the planet it is build on). If memory serves, there is a bug with Gravity Accelerators, that prevent you from getting the speed bonus, if you trade for it. I'm not totally sure, however, if

I'll add that you can pretty much always skip that lousy PQ 3-4 planet in your home system. Don't waste your first colony ship on that. In fact, don't waste any colony ship on that unless it's really the last planet you can get. When your rivals come in and colonize it, it will quickly fall to the influence of your homeworld. When being choosy over planets, you need to balance PQ, distance, proximity to the AI, and also your need to grow. Don&#3

It makes sense that the minors can't grab up the GAs and TGs, but it's kinda silly that they can't have any unique techs. Maybe that also explains why my minors couldn't have Neutral History. Could it be that my tests didn't have any races with that tech? Don't know, but I guess it's plausible. [quote who="Gaunathor" reply="328" id="3103811"] It is and it's good to see my ability to fine comb through lots of data is still working.

[quote who="MabusAltarn" reply="326" id="3103705"]Back with a small update concerning minors. They're not as broken as I thought. What's actually happening is the game removing technology from the minors techtree that is not available to AI players. Here's how it works: Say it's you vs the Arceans. The Arceans don't have regular propulsion technology so thats removed from the minors. They also don't have Space Militarisaion (they get war rooms) so

Other than the geographical factors that Sole mentioned (astronomical factors?) There's the fact that any given AI could simply follow a not-so-great strategy. It may spend poorly. For example, I've noticed that those races sending out an early constructor seem to have a big lag in putting out colony ships. So, if they start near a resource, they may hamper expansion by buying a constructor, or something. They could also get sidetracked in research and sp

Holy lists Batman! At least you say it's the end. I'm both surprised and not surprised by the typos. Shows how quickly I threw it all together at the end. About the ethics techs, although I haven't run any tests with my new ethics techs, I stand by their ID and Category. I like the way the AI researches ethics techs, so I don't need to go back and balance them vs all the various Industry, Computing, etc. Now, when I finally get around to s

Gaunathor: Typos? Yes, please. I did minimal proofreading, despite my dislike of them. I found a typo in the Galactic Resort where I closed the PrestigeBonus with PretigeBonus. Doesn't seem to wreck anything, but prevents the .xml from being viewed. [quote who="Gaunathor" reply="322" id="3102479"] - Capitals. Currently, every race has access to the Econ Capital, but not everyone has access to all of the other three. The Iconians are missing the

Your mod is very intriguing. I like how you set up the Core Technologies and Technology Progressions to make a stepwise ascent up the tech ladder. Ima have to go DL it and peruse the TechTrees.

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="318" id="3101722"] After some more testing, I can definitely confirm my earlier statement, but it isn't as bad as I feared. The AI still puts up a good fight. But I believe you should take another look at sensors, as I don't think having Sensor Mk IV researched at the beginning of year 2 is what you had in mind. [/quote] Funny thing is, the difference between Sensors IV by year 2 and maybe 1 out of 10 races getting there by year 4-5 is a

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="314" id="3101196"] Quoting Tolmekian, reply 313Wow. I admit that I was a bit nervous when I noticed that you replied, and it looks like I had good reason to be. Have I missed something? Why would anyone be nervous because of me? [/quote] Forgot about this, it deserves mention. I was nervous because you've been a big contributor and I knew you'd find my mistakes and offer substantial critique. You deliver on both counts. ;)</p

Thanks again for the feedback, Gaunathor, and thanks to you MisterAedan. It's wonderful to get other perspectives. I can't do the point-by-point thing this time around, but I really like your suggestions and many of them will make it into the next release. I didn't even notice or just didn't have the time to even think about some of that stuff. Nix stock market prestige? I like it. Man. Capital improvement? Something that occurred to me, but now I

Wow. I admit that I was a bit nervous when I noticed that you replied, and it looks like I had good reason to be. Some things I knew about, like the Hyper Distribution Center and Galactic Guide Book. I just forgot that in the end. I guess I'll go point by point here. [quote who="Gaunathor" reply="312" id="3100739"]- Korx changed into Super Diplomats. My guess would be, that this was done for balancing reasons, but I'm not sure for which reason exactly.

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