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Originally posted by Claymore Righ:
The premise is that there was an elder race that long ago declined and vanished.

All of the player races were once enslaved by this elder race and now they have advanced to the point of exploring the galaxy.

The cool thing is that as the players explore the universe, they encounter abandoned outPosts and deelict ships (that may be dormant or may attack).

The host plays only as the elder race (deciding which ships are dormant, etc.) and monitors the game.

Here are my questions:

1) Can one race be given more access to the tech tree at set up?

2) Can a game be constructed where you run 100-200 turns, advancing one race while holding all of the others back and then open it up to other players?

The latter seems possible, but I wanted to pose the question here before I spend the time generating 200 turns just to find out that it won't work.

Thanks.

You have a good premise there, good luck with it.

For question One - It is possible to give one race extra access to additional tech areas via two ways. If this is going to be a scenario, edit the RacialTraits.txt file and reduce the costs for each racial tech. Then, while setting up the game, enable the max amount of racial points and setup the empire with as much as you want. It applies on a per-empire standard meaning you ahve to setup each one for the tech racial techs you want.

For Question Two - This can also be done by simply setting all the players to human controlled and playing one empire while all the others are ignored. Make sure all AI control is turned off on the other empires. Warning for you, this involves a lot of hitting 'end turn' so make sure your wrist is properly supported . 200 x number of players = to damn much