New SE4 Race: the Pyrochette Empire

Master Belisarius · #1 April 1st, 2001, 10:28 PM

Now I can see the problem: all the test games that I have played, were only with 1 or 3 starting planets.
Is pretty easy to include more defensive stuff, but in games with less resources, they go lack of resources very fast, because the Weapon Platforms are expensives. I'll increase a bit the Weapon Platforms production, but not many.

About to include minesweepers in attack ships... I have mixed feelings.
I would have not problems to include them in big ships, like Dreadnought, Battle Ships and Battle Cruisers.
But in more small ships (like Destroyers and Light Cruisers), in my opinion, it would make the ships weak.
The problem is that do not exist good options to indicate the AI, that need to use a component, in ships with a determined size.

I forgot something: about the satellites, I think that they're not very usefull, including the large satellites.

[This message has been edited by Master Belisarius (edited 01 April 2001).]

Q · #2 April 2nd, 2001, 12:02 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Master Belisarius:
About to include minesweepers in attack ships... I have mixed feelings.
I would have not problems to include them in big ships, like Dreadnought, Battle Ships and Battle Cruisers.
But in more small ships (like Destroyers and Light Cruisers), in my opinion, it would make the ships weak.
The problem is that do not exist good options to indicate the AI, that need to use a component, in ships with a determined size.
[This message has been edited by Master Belisarius (edited 01 April 2001).]

If you put a component at the end of your design list and increase the major component numbers per space to a certain limit you can be rather sure that this component will only be used in larger ships. You will have to do try and error method but it's possible.

Master Belisarius · #3 April 2nd, 2001, 03:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Q:
If you put a component at the end of your design list and increase the major component numbers per space to a certain limit you can be rather sure that this component will only be used in larger ships. You will have to do try and error method but it's possible.

Yea... I'm doing it!

BTW, can you send me a *.gam file of the game that you're playing? My e-mail is: jlperyr@adinet.com.uy

Thanks!

Sirkit · #4 April 3rd, 2001, 06:38 AM

OW!!! I opened the image of the race and fell out of my chair, waaaaaaa!

Sweet race set, verry nice

chewy027 · #5 April 5th, 2001, 06:17 AM

I added the race to my quick start menu and tried to play as them but an error kept coming up in the AI generel. then I tried to play against them in a normal game but i had the same problem every time it was there turn it said there was a missing field in the AI general. all the fields from demeanor on down were said to be missing. What is wrong?

Atraikius · #6 April 5th, 2001, 12:34 PM

I've also had a problem with thier AI files.

If manually load them in a normal game using one of the empire files they are fine, but if they are selected randomly it goes nuts.

The errors mad it look as if something is off from "Herold" on down.

Otherwise theyt have been doing great, pretty much holding 2nd place in every game I've played recently.

Master Belisarius · #7 April 5th, 2001, 02:51 PM

Hey guys, but with the current SE4 Version, the Pyrochette only can be used ok with the *.emp files... Sorrrrrrrrrry.
The problem is that exist a bug in the random generator, when into the general.txt file, exist values lesser than 100.

Also, the Pyrochette spend a lot of points in the Intelligence racial trait. Then, if you're playing a game with all the tech from the start, the Pyrochette will be in disadvantage... for this I did the *.emp files to play games with all the tech.