Idea - SE IV Fantasy ConVersion

[Trancejeremy]

I had attempted to do the opposite with Warlords 2 once (but never finished it), but given the extremely editable nature of SEIV, I think it might be very possible.

Spaceships -----> People or Military Units. The components could be the equipment they have. Horses could replace engines, crossbows, swords, magic spells could replace the weapons, chain, plate, leather could replace the various armor.

I'm not sure what the scale should be - if 1 ship should equal 1 person or warrior (my first thought) or an entire unit. But you can only limit the number of engines a vehicle has, nothing else (AFAIK)

Planets -----> Cities. (or rather, good places to put cities). And the facilities can just be changed to a more fantastical nature.

The various alien races can either be changed to fantasy races, like Orcs, Elves, Dwarves, or different cultures. (Or both)

It sort of breaks down with the wormholes, though. Unless it's set on a planet consisting of many valleys with magic gates between them.

Just a thought.

Or, once MM completely finishes SEIV, perhaps they can reuse the engine (mostly) to make a fantasy game. There really haven't been any non-scenario based 4x fantasy games since MoM.