A puzzlement ...

[geoschmo]

Let me say it this way...

It's not a matter of the game not being smart enough to see how many points you used, it's a limit there to prevent you from using an empire with too many points for the game setup.

If you have the game automatically change the setup, what's the point of having a limit? You'd have to go in and check every empire to make sure they weren't using more points than you wnat them to for that game. Yeech!

Geoschmo

[ August 19, 2002, 21:21: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[Cylapse]

I concur. The thought of letting the Game adjust any settings for me is frightening, unless I have already specified and said "Save these Settings as is"... I mean ****, try letting the AI play your turn one day.... then come back and see if ya want it to **** the game settings all up as well. LOL

[oleg]

Elowan, adopt the following procedure:
When you start a new game, click on empire settings first, set it to 3K and then return to player menu and load your empire. What's a big deal about loading your empire first and foremost ? And how often to you start new games anyway ? Typical SE IV against AI should Last few days I think.

[Elowan]

I'm not sure that I follow you. I don't play PBW in the first place.

The bloody Amonkrie have a default 3K (AFAIK). They load as random opponents - right?

Besides - what's the difference if I set the racial points or the computer does? It's all the same except that the computer doesn't get annoyed at repetitious tasks - but I do.

My point - to re-iterate - is that the application has already determined that the racial points exceed 2K. It should assume that's what I had in mind (since I can change it if I wish). Is Malfador aspiring to become as patronizing as Microsoft?

End of discussion.

[Elowan]

Originally posted by oleg:
Elowan, adopt the following procedure:
When you start a new game, click on empire settings first, set it to 3K and then return to player menu and load your empire. What's a big deal about loading your empire first and foremost ? And how often to you start new games anyway ? Typical SE IV against AI should Last few days I think.

Actually - what you suggested is what I do. I play a lot of games so as to get a handle on what works and what doesn't. Call it SEIV Training Camp.

I think I'm sorry I started this thread.

[ August 19, 2002, 21:57: Message edited by: Elowan ]

[geoschmo]

So Elowan, if you are setting up a game and you load an empire that is using 2000 points for player one, and you load an empire that uses 3000 points for player two, do you want it to throw out the empire you just selected for player one? Or are you going to have that empire play at a disadvantage since player two and all the randomly assigned empires are based on 3000 points?

Geoschmo

[Elowan]

Arrrrrgggghh!

Forget I said anything!
Mildred! Erase that tape immediately!
Yessir!