Question on number of players

[lfoater]

I want maximum number of races in a game. What file controls this setting?

[chewy027]

The max number of races you can have is 20 that is hardcoded into the game there is no file that controls that.

I personally would love to be able to play with more races cause there are so many great ones out there. It's a shame you can only use 20 at a time.

[mac5732]

when you set the settings in beginning of game the computer picks the number of Ai players, very seldom will it max out the number of players, also I don't pick neutrals because they don't do much, I turn neutral off, but if you want all 20, then go to I believe its add empire and pick all the empires you want to play just remember that one has to be human controlled (you) you can also edit their racial traits this way, the only difference you would know which races start the game, only not where they are.

just some ideas mac

[lfoater]

Thanks for the info. It would be nice to have a choice of number of races at start.

I like the max races(no neutrals) and not knowing who is out there.

It would also be nice if there was some kind of randomness to the races. Now you know if you encounter the Norak (sp) you had better recearch Point Defense.

[Puke]

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Originally posted by lfoater:

It would also be nice if there was some kind of randomness to the races. Now you know if you encounter the Norak (sp) you had better recearch Point Defense.

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i thought there was? well, if you use the 'use randomly generated races' button instead of selecting their .EMP file, i thought there was.

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[Lemmy]

while we're on the topic, another question :
say you start out with 15 empires, and over the course of the games 5 rebellions took place. One of the empires is destroyed, can another one emerge through rebellion ?