Would anyone be interested in more planet development?

[SunDevil]

Is there anyone else who wants more to build, and have more choices on what to have on your planet. There a lot of facilities that could be added to this game.

There a couple of things to do:

1.Double all the planets facilites/storage capacities.
Huge 25->50
Large 20->40.....

2. Work with what the game gives you in regards to abilities for facilites.

Power Station: Increase production/and ??
but decreases conditions 2% each year.

Housing: Increases happiness/prevent plagues

Police/Intelligence burrow: Calms riots, increases happiness to a certain level, and increases the chance of intelligence attacks against population failing

Transportation facilites: Some kind of transportation facility that might increase production, and/or make happiness.

Survey/Weather Center: Guard against/early warning of natural disasters.

These are just a few that can be added as of right now based on the abilities.txt file in the data folder.

Also because of these added facilities, there can now be more diverse and extensive researching projects as well.

Would anyone be interested in creating some of the graphic files? I'm not much of an artist.

Let me know what you think? Thanks

[Tampa_Gamer]

SunDevil - I am interested. I am actually keeping a list of several mods I want to do once I get the AI a bit more challenging. In the early days, I put out my Mod 1.0 which had an additional area of research called Planetary Defense which in turn had 3 different types of facilities with 5 levels each including normal planetary shield generators, defense bunkers and a defense satellite network. Some of the abilities worked, some didn't (that is when I discovered that not all abilities are utilizable by facilities and components). The one caveat is that until the next patch, I really don't want to change the AI files (other than the Darlok) to utilize all of these facilities, but we can still come up with a list, start experimenting with ability uses, playtesting and creating the graphics. Anyway, I would be interested in assisting with a "Facilities" mod pack, but again (as you know) I am by no means an artist.

[This message has been edited by Tampa_Gamer (edited 06 February 2001).]

[SunDevil]

Tampa_Gamer:

1. Do you feel that research projects and topics are a little dumbed down. Example,
when you research new engines, or storage techniques/material, I would like to able to actually discover the new material first, then be able to incorporate it into other research projects to get better engines, storage facilities. I guess more like Civ II where research topics relied and were connected to one another. What are your thoughts?

2. Do you know if it is possible for MM to ever make an update to the Abilities.txt file to have the option of adding more abilites?

3. We might as well start making a list of facilities and/or options/abilities to create.

Power Station: Increase production/and ??
but decreases conditions 2% each year.

Housing: Increases happiness/prevent plagues

Police/Intelligence burrow: Calms riots, increases happiness to a certain level, and increases the chance of intelligence attacks against population failing

Transportation facilites: Some kind of transportation facility that might increase production, and/or make happiness.

Survey/Weather Center: Guard against/early warning of natural disasters.

**New Ones**

Military Barracks: Increases the defense of a planet against ground attack/also makes the population stronger/more difficult to kill.

Communications Center: Would prevent intelligence attacks that involve communication sabotage. Example:Mimic

Schools/Library: Increase research output.

[JSnider]

Be interested in this area .. haven't not done art for over 5 years, but willing to attempt if can't find pro to help. pers more into creating mods to keep research tree going, i hate to run out of things to R&D ... really upsets me, so been adding things on wpns side now and then was gonna approach bldgs. must state upfront my biz keeps me traveling a lot right now so i would not be able to assist in reliable manner.

jsnider

[E. Albright]

quote:

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Originally posted by SunDevil:
Military Barracks: Increases the defense of a planet against ground attack/also makes the population stronger/more difficult to kill.

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Civil Defense Network?

[Tenryu]

How about an ability that allows you to have more facility space?

Sub-surface industrial complexes!
Orbital Facilities!
Nomadic cities in space !

Rev-Up your Spin-dizzies!

Drool drool. I want it NOW! LOL!