Computer players vs Human players

[Suicide Junkie]

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Unfortunatly you lose the first turn research bonus doing this, but you might be able to use the cheats to counter this. Not sure.

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Just have every race colonize a few extra worlds and build research centers. Build enough RS to get your 100k research points, then abandon all the colonies and save the game.
You'll still have the 100k research to spend on the first turn, and you'll be down to normal after that.

[rdouglass]

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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
Just have every race colonize a few extra worlds and build research centers. Build enough RS to get your 100k research points, then abandon all the colonies and save the game.
You'll still have the 100k research to spend on the first turn, and you'll be down to normal after that.

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Just!?!? It sounds like a lot of work - prob 4 hrs of play - where is the scenario editor??? I know it has been asked many times, but the so-called scenario editor really would help set up a lot of cool situations and game starts IMO.

[Suicide Junkie]

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It sounds like a lot of work - prob 4 hrs of play - where is the scenario editor???

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If you're building a scenario, then you're already gonna have to take a bunch of turns to set up the situation.

All you need to do is drop a bunch of people on a few planets, throw on repeat build, and smack end turn 30 times until the facilities are build. Unless your computer is really slow, processing the construction of a few buildings in not gonna take long; you just click madly on the mouse to burn through the turns.

No effort is required. You don't need to defend or anything. A shoddy job is more than sufficient to get the points out before you abandon.

[This message has been edited by suicide_junkie (edited 19 June 2001).]