How to be powerful in solo game...

[Captain Kwok]

What you really want is a scenario creator.

[ChinMonster]

Ateually, a scenario cruton woold bee kicking-*** if you cold maneuer every speculation of the game, incolding these whatt have no yet bee thinked off.

(again in english)
Actually a scenario creator would be kick-*** if you could manipulate every aspect of the game, including those which have not yet been thought of.

I am HA......ving difficulty flatulating

[ March 01, 2004, 01:34: Message edited by: ChinMonster ]

[Sabin]

Alkariff, I think that it is possible to do so. For example, look at my example for the cultural modifiers: They can affect research, shipyard build rate, ect. Give a designated "Empire" player those bonuses and not allow the other players to have it. In effect, that player is already stronger then it's immediate neighbors.

Another way to go about is to raise the racial points of a game, and let only one player use 5000 points, while keeping the others to 2000.

The third method is to download a mod that allows a person to set-up the game so that specific players may be weaker then the others.(I am fairly sure it exists, I just don't recall the name.)

The fourth option is to create a specific map that favors a particular player. For example, give that player "optimal" planets and outside of the systems you wish the player to control, you make blackholes that prevent anyone entering or exiting the systems you wish to protect. By making a ring of such defensive blackholes, you can prevent contact for a period, and let the "Empire" player develop.

[Griffin Cloud]

OH WOW I PLAYED TRAVELLER!!!!

Yeah I loved that game, I specifically played MegaTraveller 1, but couldn't get past the part where you had to get a jump2 engine to reach the rest of the game. Resorted to piracy and after about 20 hours of just pirating ships got smacked down by imperial cruisers. Yeah, that game was awesome up to that point, then it sucked
I get what you are saying, a way to scenario create something like that would be awesome, maybe the guys over at Malfador could add that in as a Last patch or something, nothing fixed, just the scenario editor. I did notice a part of the UI that had a "scenarios" folder in it and was wondering just what that was for?

[AMF]

well, sure, you can tweak the current system, but the basic fundamental setup is always going to be based upon equality.

What I would like is an explicitly *unequal* setup . Among other things, this lends itself to more interesting politics and role playing...

I think.

EDIT: what I would like is the *option* to have an unequal pre-arrange setup, essentially, as mentioned a scenario editor. But, what I meant to emphasize, was that this would be an OPTION, and certainly not the norm...

Originally posted by Sabin:
Alkariff, I think that it is possible to do so. For example, look at my example for the cultural modifiers: They can affect research, shipyard build rate, ect. Give a designated "Empire" player those bonuses and not allow the other players to have it. In effect, that player is already stronger then it's immediate neighbors.

Another way to go about is to raise the racial points of a game, and let only one player use 5000 points, while keeping the others to 2000.

The third method is to download a mod that allows a person to set-up the game so that specific players may be weaker then the others.(I am fairly sure it exists, I just don't recall the name.)

The fourth option is to create a specific map that favors a particular player. For example, give that player "optimal" planets and outside of the systems you wish the player to control, you make blackholes that prevent anyone entering or exiting the systems you wish to protect. By making a ring of such defensive blackholes, you can prevent contact for a period, and let the "Empire" player develop.

[ March 01, 2004, 01:47: Message edited by: alarikf ]

[Alneyan]

There is actually another way to do this, without using a Mod of some sort. You should start up the game with all other Empires disabled (perhaps under AI control while the AI is disabled?) and then play on your own, bringing your Empire to the desired level. (Or another Empire for this matter)

This way you would have a much stronger Empire, and its advantages could go from a few turns to the whole tech tree and a hundred sphereworlds fully developed with Cultural Centers. There was a Scenario a bit along these lines, where you play an Empire with two mere planets against 18 other Empires at war with you. So you have to rebuild your Empire from scratch, and you can capture some of your old warships drifting in space. It is Awakening by Geoschmo if memory serves right. (I cannot even recall where I found this jewel. *Grumbles*)