[quote who="DARCA1213" reply="6" id="3658332"] Wait...so if I mod the game by changing the tags from accuracy to sensors, and then putting the code on a sensor; then it would jam the ai's sensors!?!? [/quote] I highly doubt that would work, but then, I'm no modder?
[quote who="vivaherve" reply="4" id="3658868"] I don't know but for me, it's a waste of resources. There are other planets more interesting in the map. [/quote] oh, well yes, naturally mars is one of the last planets i would colonize in any game, but colonize it i will..... just thought if there was some kind of AI trigger associated with it, then no problem leaving it be until i am good and ready for whatever challenge colonizing it created
[quote who="admiralWillyWilber" reply="6" id="3658771"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 4 One simple solution that should work is incremental difficulty levels. After x number of turns, the AI difficulty level goes up by one level! You could tweak it to delay the level up
Is colonizing Mars some kind of AI behavioral trigger?
What annoys me the most about land improvement is having available low level improvement and planet refuses to let me use it! But yea, getting multiple land improvement techs before using is handy because then you can preview what its allowing for the more advanced techs and that helps you decide what to do with the lower level techs. Sometimes things you would expect the higher level improvement would allow, inexplicably it does not, and you like 'DOH'
One simple solution that should work is incremental difficulty levels. After x number of turns, the AI difficulty level goes up by one level! You could tweak it to delay the level up if the AI power rating is x amount higher than the player. So whatever happens, the leveling mechanism is going to try to keep the game interesting and avoid it becoming too hard or too easy. Another option which would be fun.... AI discovery of
[quote who="kryo" reply="17" id="3657411"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 16 Ahhh ok, .... but did the integrated graphics affect the motherboard price? Intel IGPUs have been on the CPU itself for several years now, so pretty much all Intel boards have video outputs. [/quote] That was
[quote who="erischild" reply="5" id="3657268"] ^^^ Definite yes to an "ignore non-enemies" mode of some sort, possibly an "ignore non-combatants" mode as well. [/quote] They spamming you with scouts? That's why its good to put any kind of tiny cheap weapon on your sensor ships, but even if your destroying them, i guess if they keep spamming scouts and other garbage it could get tiresome.... wake me when there is something with
[quote who="badeggfan" reply="15" id="3657323"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 7 Here is a tip... plenty of systems look good at first, then you spot that little word 'integrated'.... ah, in future, that's when your supposed to say 'next' lol
Plenty of other games designed to do what your asking, but not so much what this game is about. I used to play games called X2 The Threat and x3 Reunion. You cannot take down capital ships with a small fighter in X2, but in X3 they massively nerfed shield recharge rates, so if you got the time and the patience, you can do it!
[quote who="General Pants" reply="32" id="3657088"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 30 your the one initiating being insulting stating with Sophistry,.... From Merriam Webster: <div
[quote who="erischild" reply="3" id="3656844"] As I have heard it, the issue is with the vision range interactions of each ship as it is moving. The interaction between two ships that are moving past each other should look simultaneous or else it will seem silly, but the ship movements are processed player by player. The visibility range for a stationary sentry ship is much less computing load than for all the ships that will be moving on patrol. Turn times could be bad
[quote who="General Pants" reply="29" id="3656985"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 24 Wrong all over the place. I will try to be very specific..... What your doing is taking a small amount that i say, aggrandize it, and then arguing why its wrong! Its almost like i feel left out of the debate your h
[quote who="psychoak" reply="8" id="3657054"] The OS will not allocate more RAM than it thinks it can manage within the size of the swap space it is allowed to allocate. Also note that the game is not what allocates RAM, it is the OS that allocates RAM. This is horrible misinformation. Memory in ram is not "backed up" in your page file, nor does it require one in any way. There are, due to poor pro
[quote who="badeggfan" reply="4" id="3657027"] Thanks to everyone for the replies. I've taken a look at GPU-Z and it appears that the GPU is consistently at 100% load and at max clock speeds as well. Unfortunately, since I don't have the resources to purchase a dedicated GPU right now (I'm in Australia and things are quite a bit more expensive) I guess I'll just try overclocking the iGPU and see how that fares. To Lucky_Jack, I've just got a ques
[quote who="Mystikmind" reply="24" id="3656936"] Quoting General Pants, reply 19 Quoting erischild, reply 18 Grammar cor
[quote who="General Pants" reply="19" id="3656735"] Quoting erischild, reply 18 Grammar correction dilutes that message. You are wasting your tears on a troll. If you check above, you'll find this: Quoting Mys
Have you tried doing the opposite and zooming out? You know, zoom out to that point where simplified graphics kick in?
[quote who="General Pants" reply="14" id="3656629"] http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html [/quote] How does anyone have the energy to be a grammar nazi? I find myself highly uninterested in the topic, and besides, i have some exciting grass to go and watch growing! lol
[quote quoting="post"] Not a really big deal, but it would be nice if my weapon fire was a different color from the baddies on the battle viewer. [/quote] There is virtually limitless potential on what can be done with the battle viewer.... imagine one day that the way you arrange components on your ship affects its performance? Imagine seeing battle damage taking place, parts flying off, critical components getting hit and affecting performance, the list goes
Just pile them all onto an inconspicuous spot on the ship, that's what i do. Its very lucky they let you put multiple items on the one attachment point... especially when your adding defense modules late game with huge capacity!!! lol
[quote who="General Pants" reply="12" id="3656598"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 11 Now your just talking rubbish I'm not the one calling Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Steven Hawking fools. NOTE: The contraction you are attempting to form is spelled 'you're.' It is
[quote who="Peracles" reply="33" id="3656571"] Mystikmind: Interesting that you see no value in the Malevolent tree. The Benevolent path that gives an extra tile is my fifth focus, if I get that far. I think it is odd that if you set up your custom race as "Benevolent", you are still able to get the other ideologies with no penalty. It makes more sense that the Benevolent techs would be cheaper for that race, Pragmatic maybe 50% more and Malevolent 100% more.
[quote who="Larsenex" reply="2" id="3656459"] Um, let them ..grow a bit..wait 100 turns.. hehe..see the surprise waiting for ya! [/quote] I never saw monsters yet, but after 100 turns of improving your own ships wont it be them getting the surprise? Or your saying they can strengthen over time faster than you can? If so, COOOOOL!
On ideology.... i always go for pragmatic first up in order to get the three free constructors. Two go on finding thalium and promethium which i then use for my second survey ship of the game... nice and fast with promethium, brilliant ship to have early game! Then the third constructor i send out for range extension. After that i go for the benevolent and pragmatic Ideology structures.... i make sure i get those structures to ensure ideology does not end up stalling at any fu