Exploit: create other breathing population

[Q]

Originally posted by geoschmo:

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Originally posted by Grandpa Kim:
You can get a total of more than 20 different empires by the end of the game, but not all at the same time. Once there are 20, one must be eliminated before another can appear. When you look at the Score screen when victory is declared, you can see more than 20 empires.

Thats interesting. I still am going to have to see it to believe it, no offense. This is something I was so sure didn't happen that I have been asking Aaron to change it in a patch. If it's already possible, I am looking a little sheepish. I know it did not work in any tests I did. Do you happen to have a save game, or can you recreate the circumstances involved?

Geoschmo

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I am in the same situation as you Geoschmo. I used PPP a lot in my games (always with 20 empires) and didn't see a new empire for months. That of course does not prove it is not possible.
Could it be that more than 20 empires are only allowed, if one old empire has completely been deleted: no more ships/unit/population of that empire present in the game?? I almost always conquer foreign races therefore they are still in the game when the empire itself is gone. But this is just a guess.