January 15th, 2004, 04:03 AM
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Re: Oh...my....GODS!!!
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Well. It is not fixed for >ME<. The fix is a Windows executable. I use Linux. But more to the point, your term 'out of control pretenders' illustrates the real problem. In my single-player games, I can assure you that those pretenders never did anything I didn't wish them to. I just wish that they would do more. And I miss them. IT IS NOT THE SAME AS MULTIPLAYER.
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Well the game is built on a set of parameters. (Like Research, spells at certain levels, certain costs, certain effects). Building Pretenders is built or 'balanced' on a set of parameters (by way of the points you are given at the beginning) for both humans and AI (though most of the AI are given more points based on difficulty).
So if the game is built on a set of parameters and you change them then you are not addressing the balance at all but your own whims. Which is fine for SP and you can do it (Hey, I'm sorry about Linux, maybe you should ask the same guy who made the windows Version to see if he can tweak up a Linux).
Just because the Dev's don't support it outside of a modding aspect doesn't mean they are 'ignoring SP'. It just means that they envision people playing the game as they intended it (because they made it). It's like saying "Why can't this RTS be a FPS straight out of the box?" While some of it is limited by the engine, other parts are not.
As for MP balance being SP, yes, it is true. MP is much more exploitive than SP ever will be, since humans are base by nature and will use everything they can inside the rules to win for the most part. In SP there is not that drive, and if you are getting beaten you more often look for an exploit against the AI as opposed to abusing the options. This is a generalization but I feel safe in saying it.
Maybe it doesn't 'add' to your fun, but I don't think they are balacing the game for SP fun, they are balancing the game so that you can use just one set of tactics/units/abilities/spells/nation to consistantly win thus making it boring for both SP and MP.
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