Finite resources or not?

minipol · #1 January 26th, 2003, 08:15 PM

If i were to play against humans, i would choose finite because it's more realistic. Against TDM races i always choose infinite resources otherwise the AI is to much weakened by this.

Grandpa Kim · #2 January 26th, 2003, 08:27 PM

I prefer infinite. I think the resources disappear much too fast in finite games. How can you suck a planet dry in less than 20 years? In terms of time, infinite if realistic.

Dobian · #3 January 26th, 2003, 09:14 PM

Having completed (just) four games, I think finite resources would hurt the AI more than myself, because I know how to take advantage of the asteroid fields and the AI doesn't.

Captain Kwok · #4 January 26th, 2003, 09:21 PM

I think finite resources can be fun if you are playing against other human players. The AI is not so good at handling it. It also helps to increase the finite amounts in settings.txt to extend a finite game - or just use FQM with all those plentiful asteroid fields.

Phoenix-D · #5 January 27th, 2003, 12:14 AM

"I have noticed some people are playing SEIV gold, and others are playing SEIV 1.49. Lots of threads about what people would like to see in the next patch, too bad thay can't put out a special patch that would put all of us on the same page. (IE upgrade 1.49 to 1.78 gold, or whatever the current patch # will be). I am a little supprized they didn't do that when the "gold" was released. "Gold" should be the final Version of a game, not a new Version. The gold should have been called SEV, and they would be working on SE6 now. It just strikes me as odd."

Gold was essentially an expansion pack to SE4. It was sold the way it was because if you sell it stand-alone, the coding is easier AND you can attract new players easier. Classic doesn't get any patches anymore because all the focus is on Gold (like how SEIII doesn't get any patches anymore), and no upgrade patch because then Malfador wouldn't get paid. Which they deserve every penny of IMO.

Phoenix-D

Fyron · #6 January 27th, 2003, 12:39 AM

Gold does not mean a new game, it means an expansion of the original game. Normally, a lot of new features are included in the Gold, but it is not enough to be considered a new game.

tbontob · #7 January 27th, 2003, 12:56 AM

Phoenix-D

I agree with you. I would think there would be a patch to upgrade to Gold.

As Fyron says it is not really a new game.

I must say I am a bit surprised as I had just assumed MM had provided a patch for the upgrade to Gold.