"max . event severity" - does it work ??

[oleg]

Yeah. Home system and HWs can be targeted by star desroyed/planet destroyed events EXACTLY like any other colony.

This is a huge problem in Proportions/AIC mods, where "low" events have been incerted below "catastrophic" events. Basically, it makes star blowup as common as "ship lost supplies".

I edited events.txt files to rectify this problem but can not upload them now

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by oleg:
I edited events.txt files to rectify this problem but can not upload them now

Check out the note at the top of the New Scenerio/Mod Forum (not a post, part of the board) - You can't upload in quite the way you are used to, but you should be able to upload.

[PsychoTechFreak]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Umm... I have seen HWs be blown up by both planet and star destroying events, in both Gold and pre-Gold.

I don't. With multiple HW starts yes, but there was always one planet (master) never affected by high/catastrophic events. I checked this with a modded event.txt, just the 4 severities with a text popup for the severity which has taken place. Some thousand turns later, almost everything but the master HP has blown up.

[Fyron]

Ok... I have seen HWs blow up when it was a one planet start...

[Xaren Hypr]

I had the same incident (catastrophic event in a max. high game) a little while ago, but mine dealt with the "planet destroyed w/o warning" event. I am using the expanded Dracus' expanded Events.txt file. I had just figured the it was a momentary glitch and not a bug...

I am going to reorder the events in the file (low -> catastrophic) and I'll post if it happens again, but hopefully not...that was my homeworld...

(edit: I really need to finish reading a thread before replying )

[ August 26, 2003, 17:28: Message edited by: Xaren Hypr ]

[oleg]

Ok, here is rearranged events.txt file for AIC:
1062224182.txt

and here is one for Proportions:
1062224304.txt

[JLS]

Originally posted by oleg:
Yeah. Home system and HWs can be targeted by star desroyed/planet destroyed events EXACTLY like any other colony.

This is a huge problem in Proportions/AIC mods, where "low" events have been incerted below "catastrophic" events. Basically, it makes star blowup as common as "ship lost supplies".

I edited events.txt files to rectify this problem but can not upload them now

“This is a huge problem in Proportions/AIC mods:”

Oleg, we have not seen this to be a huge problem or even a problem. There are thousands of hours played and I have never lost a Home System or Home World or seen this to be a major problem and is very rare for any one AI Players Home System to be effected repeatedly.

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Oleg, I noticed that MM has not organized the Original file in the way you described and end the se4 default file with only a HIGH event, and this follows the Catastrophic events.

The way the AIC file is set up, is that it is random intentionally, and also has redundant aspects added to increase the odds for that event:

For example: Planet Population Increase events that is beneficial for the players.

Increased WARP POINT CHANGE events, those usually add an additional challenge for the Human Player.

Also as can be seen in the AIC file. By adding to the levels of redundant events in AIC, it will lessen the chance of losing a planet or system , would you not agree ?

With this said, your revised AIC and Proportions Events file although the original data is unchanged, your structure is neat and organized but I am pretty sure it will be as random as the original supplied AIC Version.

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Please, if any player has experienced a loss in the Home System thru a Random Event, please send the unmodified AIC or Proportions SAVES, to the respective Designers (Pete or myself).

Thanks John…


[ August 30, 2003, 17:43: Message edited by: JLS ]