About the apparent lack of stock empires...

Hugh Manatee · #1 October 21st, 2006, 11:52 AM

In SE4 there were stock empires, I can't seem to find any in se5 though. I Read that I can quickstart with each of the races, then save that as a default empire, but my question is does SE5 always spawn the same empire in a quickstart, or is it the same empire for each race(like if I keep picking terrans will they be the same terrans)?

Also will there ever be any official "stock" races?

Fyron · #2 October 21st, 2006, 01:20 PM

What is unofficial about the races in the game already?

AAshbery76 · #3 October 21st, 2006, 01:47 PM

You can only pick them in quick games.The Empires are not available in the new game options.

Ragnarok-X · #4 October 21st, 2006, 02:44 PM

Yep, weird. Sounds like a bug to me. Either a bug, or someone was rushing.

Suicide Junkie · #5 October 21st, 2006, 03:06 PM

Designing your empire builds character!

Kamog · #6 October 21st, 2006, 03:07 PM

The quickstart races seem to be the same each time they are selected. If you save the empire and and load it for a new game though, there is a bug in which you get lots of extra research points.

Captain Kwok · #7 October 21st, 2006, 04:49 PM

The 14 main races always use the same traits and stuff as defined in their setup files. Only neutrals have randomally generated attributes etc.

Barnacle Bill · #8 October 21st, 2006, 05:26 PM

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Captain Kwok said:
The 14 main races always use the same traits and stuff as defined in their setup files. Only neutrals have randomally generated attributes etc.

I suspect even these are governed by the Default_Setup_Script file, in that if you add a new one but it isn't listed in the Racial Traits section of that, they won't choose it.

Fyron · #9 October 21st, 2006, 08:28 PM

Ragnarok-X said:
Yep, weird. Sounds like a bug to me. Either a bug, or someone was rushing.

Definitely not a bug; there just aren't any default .emp files included with the game. Any .emp file you make can be selected normally.

StarJack · #10 October 22nd, 2006, 12:38 AM

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Suicide Junkie said:
Designing your empire builds character!

And it's going to confuse and frustrate anyone who is playing SE or 4x for the first time. Did someone actually make a conscious decision to not include any default human player empires? And not provide a walkthru creating your first empire in the manual, or a tutorial? Or was it just over looked?