Bring back SE III Player Tech Levels!

[Nitram Draw]

This is an excellent idea to add uncertainty and variety to the game. I'd vote for it!

[Marco]

God suggestion, I definitely vote for it.

[chewy027]

Put me down as a 10

[dmm]

What you REALLY want is a SaveGameFile Editor. This would allow you to do everything that the map editor does, PLUS edit ships, techs, pops, facilities -- in other words, everything.

You could make an enemy with low tech but a big empire. Or an enemy with high tech but a small empire. Or an enemy with sparsely-populated planets with horrible conditions (due to their recent civil war). Or a galactic invader with huge ships and no planet at all (to begin with).

And you could make your own scenarios, such as:
A galaxy-wide catastrophe (roll for it each turn); or
No warp points at first, then someone discovers them, then the knowledge gets transmitted every time first contact is made; or
Natural warp points gradually wink out; or
A race is taken over by its own robots; or
Your mega-empire has a civil war and splits into two.

AND you could merge SEIV with other games. For instance, if you want more hands-on control of space or ground combat, just use your favorite tactical or first-person combat game to determine the results of an SEIV combat. Then use the Editor to override the default SEIV results.

[This message has been edited by dmm (edited 02 May 2001).]

[Barnacle Bill]

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Originally posted by dmm:
What you REALLY want is a SaveGameFile Editor)

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Yes - the ideal would be to copy the one in Civilization II, where you could open the editor at any point in a game, change literally anything, then save it as a scenario.

[Devnullicus]

I would vote for the scenario editor. The Map Editor is nice, but I think the scenario editor is needed far more to give people real creative control over their scenarios.

[CaptSpoogy]

The Scenario Editor sounds like a lot of work for Aaron. It might be a very long time before we would see one...

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