Random Questions

[Growlytiger]

I have my own random question of SEV.

I have tried to amend the data file which sets out the various design types (attack ship, defence base etc etc).

I have found the file (using explorer) and right clicked to open it, have made the amendments I want but when I try and save it, it says path not recognised.

Any ideas what this is? I am on Windows Vista Home Premium, and all I know about computers is how to turn them on and hit them when they go wrong.

[Fyron]

If you installed the game to the default location (Program Files), you will have to run apps with elevated admin privileges to write to the folders. The easiest solution is to move your install to another location, such as C:\Games\Space Empires V\. You don't need to reinstall or anything, but you might want to update your desktop/start menu shortcuts.

[Baron Munchausen]

Wow, you mean he doesn't run Windows XP in administrator mode like everyone else? Amazing. I wonder how many other programs don't work for him, then.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

He uses Vista.

[Growlytiger]

Blimey, I did say that I was a computer numpty - me now understando

[Sardia]

I have the temporal racial ability but I'd like some advice on when to best utilize it. I have a 1.66 game that has high technology cost and a medium sized paradise galaxy.

What technology does temporal replace? I know it is not a full racial tech since it does not provide a temporal shipset. However, there should be things like the temporal spaceyards that are better than normal ones.

[Randallw]

I recently played a game with temporal tech. Keep in mind this was with the Devnull mod, and we're still working on it since temporal is apparently unbalanced.

1. Temporal spaceyards in stock have faster contruction I think. In Devnull we have had an enhancement facility that increases the rate by a percentage.

2. There are temporal sensors that let you detect cloaked ships, much as with psychic sensors.

3.There might possibly be facilities that let your people do stuff like take vacations, making them happier.

4. There's a bunch of weapons that use temporal tech. Strong normal weapons, direct fire that ignores shields, direct fire that does 4x damage to shields, torpedoes that age armour (I'm not certain that one is stock), and something that increases the enemies reload time. I've never figured out what use that last one is as it seems to work in miliseconds, and increasing you opponent's reload time by 1/4 of a second, if you're lucky, seems pointless.

[Atrocities]

What color does a smurf turn if you choke him?

Do you really believe that people who draw stick figures on stone wall actually designed and built the pyramids?

If heat rises, then how hot is heaven?

[Fyron]

Sardia said:
I know it is not a full racial tech since it does not provide a temporal shipset.

Organic and Crystalline traits are no more "full" than the other tech traits; the ship hulls they provide are almost pointless, and primarily serve to burden the player with excessive options.

[PvK]

Depends on what your values are. Some people, such as Buddhists, are concerned with all suffering, and bull-fighting looks like a lot of suffering.