I\'m back and Proportions questions.
 

Hi guys !

I was VERY busy last year - moving to a new place, birth of a son, etc. and had no time at all to play SEIV or even visit the shrapnel site. Now the life is getting a bit easier and have some time to actually play SEIV again.

I noticed the completely new version of Proportions and wonder how good is it ? I liked the old version.

Cheers, oleg.

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Welcome back. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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The new version is most excellent. I am a big Proportions fan, and have played many past and present version games...I'm biased, but I do think that the changes in the most recent version are all for the better. I think we might have an opening in Prop#2 or Prop #3 games, in fact, both of which use the most recent version...

Thanks,
Alarik

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Greetings Oleg.

Lots of things going on this days in the Space Empires universe!

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Hello, Oleg, welcome back. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Hello again. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

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**insert narfo-matic welcome here**

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Hi oleg! Great to see you posting again!

Proportions 3.x is I think a big improvement for multiplayer play. I haven't bothered making the AI very competant at using it, however, so it's a step backwards for single-player. But then, AIC mod would probably be best for playing a Proportions-like game single-player anyway.

PvK

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Welcome back! I think I can remember you from my earlier forum days http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

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Thanks all !!

New Proportions is indeed very nice and interesting. Speaking about backward AIs, I think there is a problem with race points allocations. Some races start with a handicap of -950 in a 2K start ! Even worse, some races do not pick up Advanced traits due to imbalance in the points. For example, Cryslonites do not list Crystallurgy as an advanced trait in 2K game. But its ship design file assumes the knoweledge of Crystalline tech.

PvK, I can go through AI_general files and adjust traits as seem necessary and post here. Is it OK ?

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Yes, please oleg!
What do you (@all) use as a handicap by the way? Medium AI bonus, high?

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Yes, Oleg, re-tweaking the AI for 3.x is very low on my overall priority list so it will be a long time before I will get around to it. Any help in that department would be hugely appreciated!

PDF, I've really been focussing on PBW games, and haven't tested the AI much. Low bonus should provide good compensation - Medium or High would I expect tend to make them get a big tech advantage, though they may still be a bit confused about using the new techs correctly.

Thanks,

PvK