PvK help!! Re: Your Proportions Mod

[tbontob]

Thanx guys for you input.

I may have found another way to create an empire for the proportions mod. Either that or I didn't understand someone's instructions.

What I did was:
1) Start a new game.
2) Added Existing ... Abbidon 2K
3) Modified the Abbidon 2k Empire to the Amonkrie Empire.
4) Saved the new Empire as Amonkrie 2k

I think this should work. I'll soon find out if I screwed it up.

[Fyron]

That will use the Abbidon AI instead of the Amon'Krie AI, which is not really a good thing to do.

[oleg]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
That will use the Abbidon AI instead of the Amon'Krie AI, which is not really a good thing to do.

No . It will use Amonkrie AI, but it will still be an Abbidon race setup (gas homeworld, psychic trait, etc.). Which is not good eitgher !! Tbontob, stop fooling around and do as advised Start a new game with random AI players, in game menu select Amonkrie ( if it was not generated randomly, start a new game) and once Amonkrie turn arrives, save the empire.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
That will use the Abbidon AI instead of the Amon'Krie AI, which is not really a good thing to do.

It will?

The empire I created has the Amonkrie avatar, the Amonkrie flag and the Amonkrie shipset.

I selected the Amonkrie from the "Race Portrait/Ship Style" pictures.

Will it still use the Abbidon AI?

[tbontob]

Originally posted by oleg:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
That will use the Abbidon AI instead of the Amon'Krie AI, which is not really a good thing to do.

No . It will use Amonkrie AI, but it will still be an Abbidon race setup (gas homeworld, psychic trait, etc.). Which is not good eitgher !! Tbontob, stop fooling around and do as advised Start a new game with random AI players, in game menu select Amonkrie ( if it was not generated randomly, start a new game) and once Amonkrie turn arrives, save the empire.

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But I changed the race type (gas, rock, ice), and its special traits (psychic, religious etc) to the ones I want.

Is it really screwed up?

EDIT: The standard Amonkrie Empire has different atmosphere, home planet type,Culture, Advanced Traits and different racial points alloted to Physical Characteristics and Vocational Aptitudes from the one I created.

[ April 12, 2003, 02:45: Message edited by: tbontob ]

[oleg]

Originally posted by tbontob:

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Originally posted by oleg:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
That will use the Abbidon AI instead of the Amon'Krie AI, which is not really a good thing to do.

No . It will use Amonkrie AI, but it will still be an Abbidon race setup (gas homeworld, psychic trait, etc.). Which is not good eitgher !! Tbontob, stop fooling around and do as advised Start a new game with random AI players, in game menu select Amonkrie ( if it was not generated randomly, start a new game) and once Amonkrie turn arrives, save the empire.

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But I changed the race type (gas, rock, ice), and its special traits (psychic, religious etc) to the ones I want.

Is it really screwed up?

EDIT: The standard Amonkrie Empire has different atmosphere, home planet type,Culture, Advanced Traits and different racial points alloted to Physical Characteristics and Vocational Aptitudes from the one I created.

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If you changed all race characteristics to be in line with Amonkrie_AI_general file than yes, it will work. But why not simply make empire file using randomly generated Amonkrie ? It is so easier

[tbontob]

Originally posted by oleg:

If you changed all race characteristics to be in line with Amonkrie_AI_general file than yes, it will work. But why not simply make empire file using randomly generated Amonkrie ? It is so easier

Hi Oleg.

Believe it or not, this was easier for me as I had already done most of the work in creating the new Amonkrie Empire.

And I am was uncertain how to "randomly generate" the Amonkrie Empire and then use it.

When I am under a lot of uncertainty, I like to fall back on those things I feel I know something about.

I have learned a lot about proportions and the game will probably teach me more.

I will take your advice in any future proportions game I may play.

Your choice of words in "If you changed all race characteristics to be in line with Amonkrie_AI_general file" is interesting.

I have modified other races such as the Cue Cappa without any consideration as to whether it is "in line" with that race's _AI_general file.

What does it need to be in-line with?