Proportions Version 2.4 released

Baron Munchausen · #1 July 21st, 2002, 12:36 AM

Even better than 'crossover' between racial techs would be 'exportable' Versions of some racial tech components. If you had less powerful organic armor or weapons that had some other tech requirement so it could be traded/sold to other races you'd be able to bargain with your special abilities.

PvK · #2 July 21st, 2002, 12:39 AM

Ya, people may do it just to be able to try out those items. I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing.

I think it's a good idea, although I have a lot of good ideas from my original Foundations mod project that I'm restraining myself from including, to keep Proportions mainly about proportions, rather than about re-doing the tech tree and adding new stuff. But ya it's a good idea, as long as the crossovers are not overly powerful.

PvK

PvK · #3 July 21st, 2002, 12:45 AM

Yes that's a good idea too, Baron. It might also be good to make the discovered Ancient tech items analyzable if captured, by splitting their tree. I could also add some neat techs that simply have a very high research cost to break into their tree. Though again, these seem to me more like a tech mod, which to me means going back and trying to complete my Foundations mod, rather than slowly morphing Proportions into something like it.

The two main things I think would be best to concentrate on adding to Proportions next would be support for the new mount abilities in the next Gold patch, and some wicked AI advantages to make up for inherent AI disadvantages and make the single-player game quite challenging. I've also been tempted by the idea of adding a monster race...

PvK

oleg · #4 July 21st, 2002, 03:47 AM

Well then, PvK, you better bring Foundation mod Online and stop us drooling about hidden treasures. If Proportions is just a small fragment of your grandiouse project I can't even imagine what you have in your hard drive !

PvK · #5 July 21st, 2002, 03:56 AM

Hehe, ya. It's a lot of work though. Foundations reworks the tech tree, traits, and components in major ways, but it will be a major effort just to finish all the data entry. Maybe if someone wants to volunteer to convert a lot of Excel notes into SE IV data files...

PvK

PvK · #6 July 21st, 2002, 09:44 AM

By the way, I was just playing a game and got the population of my #1 colony up to 183 million after 5.3 years when a core instability is discovered... on that planet!

Evacuation time!

PvK

Fyron · #7 July 21st, 2002, 09:59 AM

Hehe! Good luck!

I'd be willing to help you with that excel to text file thing.