Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion
 

Two things I forgot to mention:

1) There is a PBW game starting soon that will use the new 1.70 Version. There are still some slots left. Please come and join the fray http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif .
Game is called 'Devnull2', Binford is running it. Looks like we might be using monsters, too http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif .

2) Has anyone encountered the 'Sonne' race in a solo game, yet? If yes, how do they do?

Rollo

Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion
 

I'll join if there's time, and yes, I have encountered the Sonne race, and they scare the crap out of me! They've been at peace with _everyone_ and have quietly taken over about 70% of the quadrant! The current victory condition is Last man standing, so I have an odd feeling that I don't stand a chance. And I _think_ they singlehanded whiped out the monsters. I saw some of the monsters, but I never saw any of their planets, even though I've flown through their claimed sectors. My only hope is to build 3-4 ringworlds, beef them up like crazy, and hope that it'll be impossible for them to kill those planets while I slowly edge out my empire. I have an odd feeling that those 4-5 star systems will be _very_ handy when I get stellar manipulation 5. And even better is the _huge_ surplus of minerals my very treaty with them is giving me. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

No, I haven't tested them in combat, but I'm too scared to at the moment. Does anyone know if the AI do the evil empire thing to other AIs?

Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion
 

The "devnull2" game on PBW says it's using Version 1.63.

Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No it doesn't It say's 1.70. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Geo

Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion
 

I tested all this a while back. IIRC the ship maintenance reductions for the hull and the components if any will add together before being calculated. So you could get a negative maintenace if you weren't careful.

But the total maint reduction for a ship would be calulated separatly from any maintreduction due to empire characteristics,culture, or system facilities. So if your ship had a comp that gave it a 90% maint reduction and a faciliity that gave all your ships in that system a 90 % maint reduction you wouldn't get 180%, it would do the first 90%, and then take another 90% off the remaining 10%. In effect the reduction in that system would be 99%.

Geoschmo

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You must've changed it shortly after I posted. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">From settings.txt:

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That Last line implies that an AI can trigger MEE; but it has to be farther ahead of the 2nd place race than a human player would be (2.5 times score rather than 1.7 times score).

Re: Devnull Mod Gold: updates and discussion
 

I've seen the stock Praetorians and the TDM Ukra-Tal become MEE in different solo games.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">In DNM the value for 'AI Computer Mega Evil Empire Score Percent' is raised to 1000. So the AI has to have a score ten times higher than 2nd place to trigger MEE.

Rollo

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Oh, and Mylon,
you might wanna stay friendly to the Sonne until the 'Quad dmg to shields' bug is fixed http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif .

edit: Forget smth else: Mylon, you cannot see the monsters' planets. They are cloaked. I am pretty sure they are still there. In order to destroy the monsters you'll have to blow up their suns.

Rollo

[ September 17, 2002, 00:19: Message edited by: Rollo ]