OT: Emperor of the fading suns

LGM · #1 February 4th, 2002, 08:20 PM

I seem to recall a bug where the prohibited technology only Lasts during the current session. The next time the game is loaded (next player), the prohibition is lost.

There is a forum devoted to EFS. You should discuss the game there instead of on this thread:
http://www.kborek.cz/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?Category=3

Daynarr · #2 February 4th, 2002, 08:29 PM

Lemmy, first thing you need to about church is that if you research techs that are proscribed, they will send their troops in your labs ONLY. And they will keep sending them as long as they have troops, transports or you loose the offending tech (by loosing all your labs or striking it).

AFAIK there is a simple way to use any tech in the game without having to worry about church invading your labs. You simply have to build cities all around your labs. Since church doesn't invade anything else (if you are not in war with them) they won't be able to attack your labs. It worked for me.

Also there was a bug (even in 1.4 Version) that makes all the new proscribed techs reset every time you save - exit - enter - load game.

Hope this helps.

Lemmy · #3 February 4th, 2002, 09:16 PM

thanks for all the info, in my current game i'm doing much better, have almost conquered my 3rd world, and preparing for one or two new invasions.
One of the computer players have been elected regent, and didn't give any of the ministeries, their score jumped up, and now i'm Last in score, but i stil have the most technologies, all i have to do is use them a bit more.

Possum · #4 February 5th, 2002, 03:17 AM

quote:

Is a good game to play by e-mail (I have played only one, against a guy that knew here: Possum), but the players should try to agree to do not use the game bugs in their favor (see into the Nova website, the House Rules).

Hello, Jose Luis

Yes, it's me, Rip van Possum, back from my long, long nap. Did you miss me? (yeah, right)

'Tis true, Belisarius did kicketh mine arse at a game of EFS about a year ago, or maybe longer. I think I've been immersed in Anarchy Online since Last June. Avoid MMORPG's, guys, they are too damned immersive...

EFS was/is a fantastic game. Sure, all of JL's criticisms of it are valid, but it still has a certain majesty, a certain flavor, a certain air of paradise lost, a certain "je ne sais quas", that makes it a classic in my book.

I personally prefer to play House Decados, as I like being the bad guys