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ORIGINAL: tjhkkr

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Random characters eliminated and replaced by an espionage agent? Not sure if I like the sound of that one. If I understand correctly, it's basically one of your advisors telling you that they have security concerns and will replace your greatest general with a new spy? Why would I run my empire like this? Sorry, I don't get it.

Maybe he means that one of your guys like a general or a scientist is a traitor and reports back to some other empire. You know, like the KGB or the CIA or any of the other infernal intelligence services like the Romulan... what are those guys called... umm umm umm oh yeah, Tal Shiar [:D] might turn another sovereign nation's person...

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ORIGINAL: Igard
Yes, your'e right, TJ. That makes more sense. Just the way I was reading it seemed a bit odd. In that case, instead of calling the event 'Security Concerns' something like, 'Treacherous Fiend!' would be more apt.

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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

The Security Concerns event is indeed intended to be a "Treacherous Fiend" type of event. It is a Ketarov-specific event and they also have two of their four faction-specific victory conditions based on espionage.

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What's your CPU, GPU, RAM and VideoRAM? If any of those is minimum or not much above it, it would have an effect.

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I just have one concern, the spheres of influence. I really, REALLY do hope they don't cause as much stutter as the nebulas do, because if so it will render the game unplayable.
Also i do hope their edges will be given a smoothing treatment.

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ORIGINAL: Baleur
I just have one concern, the spheres of influence. I really, REALLY do hope they don't cause as much stutter as the nebulas do, because if so it will render the game unplayable.

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ORIGINAL: vince0018

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ORIGINAL: Shark7

What's your CPU, GPU, RAM and VideoRAM? If any of those is minimum or not much above it, it would have an effect.

Windows 7x64 Home Premium
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33Ghz per core
Nvidia GeForce GTX460 768MB
8GB DDR3 RAM

I know my weak point here is my processor but I've been told to get a better one I have to replace my motherboard.
I'd love one of those i7's myself. One day when I get some extra money maybe I'll invest in a new motherboard.

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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
The Security Concerns event is indeed intended to be a "Treacherous Fiend" type of event. It is a Ketarov-specific event and they also have two of their four faction-specific victory conditions based on espionage.

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ORIGINAL: tjhkkr

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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
The Security Concerns event is indeed intended to be a "Treacherous Fiend" type of event. It is a Ketarov-specific event and they also have two of their four faction-specific victory conditions based on espionage.

Now that is way cool!

I have not had a chance to scan everything on that list yet... but this is shaping up like one cool game on an already cool game...

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ORIGINAL: Facedrop

That may just been the best forum post i have ever read[sm=happy0065.gif]

By the way Ashbery, what cooler are you using, because that is quiet a nice overclock you have there?

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ORIGINAL: Data

There were a couple of threads launched by us but we should wait for the official creature contest one so that we have all the proposals in one basket.

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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Faction Differences and Victory Conditions

Victory Value: A new game concept, which creates a value from all the chosen victory conditions. This is active once the faction-specific victory conditions are turned on. Each faction has a set of victory conditions that contribute to this value. The faction with the highest total victory value is considered the winner.

Faction-Specific Victory Condition: Defines what contributes to the faction-specific victory value for each faction. Should be visible to all players unless noted as hidden. Each victory condition is listed with a percentage that it contributes to the faction-specific victory value total. Some are binary, but most should contribute some part of their potential total value depending on how the faction is progressing towards that goal.

Faction-Specific Resource Bonuses: The critical resources for each faction offer different bonuses, rather than all contributing to the same bonus. Each of the colonies of the faction that earns these bonuses uses a quantity of each resource each month in order to maintain the bonus, so without either external or local replenishment, the resources will eventually be consumed and the bonus (or bonuses) will end.

Faction-Specific Events: Support for minor unique storyline events for each faction.

Faction-Specific Rules: Suggestions for new rules to make each faction more unique.

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ORIGINAL: ehsumrell1

We are appreciating the updates Erik.....and BTW
Heard about you having to evacuate because of the Hurricane. Hope
you and the family are back home safe and no major damage done
to your homes. [:)]

{For those of you in this forum who didn't know, Erik had a rough go
of it during last weekend's storm.}

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6. Ambassadors start off with the “Linguist” trait which increases their diplomacy bonus

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ORIGINAL: ASHBERY76

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6. Ambassadors start off with the “Linguist” trait which increases their diplomacy bonus

Traits confirmed[:)]

Is there a hierarchical system for the leaders? Emperor,Sector governor,etc similar to the recent Totalwar games?
Do leaders have an age,die and have a birth place planet.
Does a heavily multi specied faction have different alien leaders based on population factors?

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ORIGINAL: Deomrve

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ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins

Faction Differences and Victory Conditions

Victory Value: A new game concept, which creates a value from all the chosen victory conditions. This is active once the faction-specific victory conditions are turned on. Each faction has a set of victory conditions that contribute to this value. The faction with the highest total victory value is considered the winner.

Faction-Specific Victory Condition: Defines what contributes to the faction-specific victory value for each faction. Should be visible to all players unless noted as hidden. Each victory condition is listed with a percentage that it contributes to the faction-specific victory value total. Some are binary, but most should contribute some part of their potential total value depending on how the faction is progressing towards that goal.

Faction-Specific Resource Bonuses: The critical resources for each faction offer different bonuses, rather than all contributing to the same bonus. Each of the colonies of the faction that earns these bonuses uses a quantity of each resource each month in order to maintain the bonus, so without either external or local replenishment, the resources will eventually be consumed and the bonus (or bonuses) will end.

Faction-Specific Events: Support for minor unique storyline events for each faction.

Faction-Specific Rules: Suggestions for new rules to make each faction more unique.

I hope turning off Faction-Specific Victory Condition doesn't turn of the other Faction-Specific stuff. I personally don't like victory point systems. For me it turns the game it one in which you have to play a certain way in order to win and creates an artificial means of victory.