Can't get more than 5 neutral races

Fyron · #1 September 8th, 2003, 05:03 AM

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Originally posted by Alari:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
The settings do work, just not over 5. Try putting them on 1 or something.

TDB = Time Distortion Burst, a Temporal weapon. That was definitely a show-stopper and required using a mod to remove the 4x to shields ability.

You know that they don't work properly. If one neutral was what I was trying to get, I wouldn't be here, would I?

And from what you described, TDB seems to be a less major bug than the number of neutrals. After all, it can be fixed by a mod, whereas I can't get the number of neutrals over 5 no matter what I do.

TDB was fixed. It was a major issue because it had the potential to ruin dozens of PBW games. And it is not the only bug of such severity to have appeared over the years (not been discovered, but appeared accidentally). Neutrals are fairly pointless as they are very easy to overrun. Having a lot of them just makes the game really easy to win. This is why I said that the number of neutrals is a minor issue. Much better off playing multiplayer.

I don't see why we are still arguing about this. We both want it fixed.

Alari · #2 September 8th, 2003, 05:03 AM

I would think it would be the perspectives of their customers, the ones who pay for their software and keep them in business. ^.^

But like I said, I support small game companies when I can.

edit: and I want it fixed too. :> I didn't realize we were arguing.

But I don't think neutrals are pointless, and from what I've heard they can be made fairly challenging with the right AI files.

[ September 08, 2003, 04:06: Message edited by: Alari ]

Fyron · #3 September 8th, 2003, 05:05 AM

If one person complains about a relatively minor feature, it is not a big priority. If a lot of people complain, it becomes a higher priority.

There are probably a lot more critical things to work on than number of neutrals. MM has limited time and all.

Alari · #4 September 8th, 2003, 05:13 AM

Right, it's not for either of us to decide their work schedules. =) But like you said, the more noise that gets made about this bug, the more likely they are to fix it. Well, here I am, making noise.

and I know I'm not the only one who would like to see this bug squashed.

Considering it's kept me from starting any new games that I want to play, due to the time investment for the kind of gameplay that I like, and I've already played one game that's not got the quantity of AI players that I wish it to have (I've been waiting around basically since I bought the game because I read that this would be fixed in a patch) -- this is something that's fairly important to me and I hope they find the time to correct what seems like a reasonably simple bug to fix.

[ September 08, 2003, 04:13: Message edited by: Alari ]

Alari · #5 September 8th, 2003, 05:39 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Much better off playing multiplayer.

Sure! Wanna play by e-mail, once a day, no combat for the first 500 turns? (That's just getting started, after all.

=)

No? :>

(I have a feeling my style of play may be a bit... er, different, than most others')

[ September 08, 2003, 04:41: Message edited by: Alari ]

Fyron · #6 September 8th, 2003, 05:41 AM

Umm... if you just want AI players, you can have up to 20 players in a game. The settings for normal AIs work fine. Why do you want so many neutrals anyways? They are not very good opponents.

Fyron · #7 September 8th, 2003, 05:42 AM

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Originally posted by Alari:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Much better off playing multiplayer.

Sure! Wanna play by e-mail, once a day, no combat for the first 500 turns? (That's just getting started, after all. =)

No? :>

(I have a feeling my style of play may be a bit... er, different, than most others')

Umm... I do not think I have ever had a game Last 500 turns...