Can't get more than 5 neutral races

Alari · #1 September 7th, 2003, 11:27 PM

I haven't been playing this game *because* of that bug. =/

Fyron · #2 September 7th, 2003, 11:34 PM

The game still has a lot to offer in spite of that bug.

Alari · #3 September 7th, 2003, 11:45 PM

I know that.

But I've been wanting to play a game with lots of neutrals, and Last I heard was a year ago when folks said that this would be fixed in the next patch. :>

I still poke my mega uber game every so often, play a few turns on that and check on my.. uh.. ~25 ringworlds. But with nothing left to research it's kind of dull.

Prince Xizor · #4 September 8th, 2003, 12:18 AM

Granted I'm still learning PvK's Proportions mod, but based on what I know so far if you manage to subjugate a neutral early on, you'd have a huge advantage. The solution would be to have more neutrals so everybody has a chance to grab one or two. So, yeah, I hope this bug gets fixed in any final patch. It may not be priority, but it doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to fix.

My two cents.

Atrocities · #5 September 8th, 2003, 12:59 AM

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Originally posted by Prince Xizor:
I'm trying to get all six neutrals into my game. I tried editing the "min/max neutral player" lines in Settings.txt, but I never get more than five. Is this a bug?

Not a bug, but a problem that has not yet been addressed.

Alari · #6 September 8th, 2003, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Not a bug, but a problem that has not yet been addressed.

Uh....? Doublespeak? :>

Seriously, is there a difference betweeen a bug and a "problem that has not yet been addressed"? Some kind of distinction between the two?

IMHO bugs should be fixed as soon as they are found. Leaving bugs around because not enough people are complaining is.. well, something that might make me reconsider buying the next Version or other titles, if I wasn't such a sucker for supporting small game publishers and companies.

Fyron · #7 September 8th, 2003, 04:00 AM

It is quite possible that only allowing 5 neutrals in a game was an intentional feature, you know. Shouldn't be IMO, and the fact that there is no mention of it anywhere would suggest that it wasn't intentional, but you never know.

Keep in mind that there is a lot to work on, and bugs can often be very difficult to track down. MM fixes as many bugs as they can in a reasonable time frame for only having one programmer in the company (one person in the company to begin with). Also, stuff has to be prioritized. Minor bugs (according to MM's prioritizations) tend to get less attention and fixed later than major bugs (things like TDBs doing 4x damage to ALL targets, regardless of shielding are rather major). The number of neutrals allowable is a very minor bug in comparison to other bugs. MM's track record for fixing bugs and such in patches is one of the best in the industry.

[ September 08, 2003, 03:06: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]