Do you still require test data on the latest build? Uploaded game_9707 for review. Humans on Hard.

The external politics part played out really well! I managed to appease the Phidi, annex the Imperials, and after finding out the Colonials had disputes with the Gremak, also made attempts at ...

r38720 includes a change set partially inspired by this thread. I'm hoping I haven't overdone it -- but, as part of my testing of the latest AI change set, I did replay your game 8691 from about mid game, and the endgame felt more substantive. Instead of wasting their time squabbling amongst ...

Every time the changelog mentions "AI behavior tweaks":



Glad to see new updates again!

I'm wary of making things too deterministic -- reliably triggering underdog alliances or wars against a rising power whenever the player hits a certain vote threshold would make the game world feel more artificial, I think. That caveat aside though, yes, I agree that it's great when this sort of ...

"A near-fire incident! Tensions rise on the border!"
"Gremak raiders on the move - the Gremak government denies any alledged allegiance."
"Orthin ambassador apologizes for the loss of Human lives during the Sirta II campaign on stardate 1145."
"An official peace treaty was signed today between the ...

So I think the smart choice for now is probably just to tweak the AI voting rules slightly, keep an eye on how votes are playing out in real games, and not rush into coding up the refusal case unless/until we see some real evidence that it's needed.

Well, damn. I was looking forward to that ...

As you say, we could introduce a bunch of more complex mechanics to try and address the situation, but, I wonder if just changing the heuristics behind AI voting might be sufficient. Right now, the AI only looks at pop totals when making it's decision about whether or not to support an allied ...

That said, the Gremak and Phidi were both incredibly dangerous in this game as well -- if you'd ever had to face either of their main fleets directly, it would have been a disaster. So I'm not certain the issue here is so much "Orthin are OP" as it is that winning as humans on a Brutal map is just ...

First of all, thanks for enabling the use of capital letters in outpost system names! That really made my day!

Uploaded game 8691 for review. Humans on Brutal.

Based on this and other two recent games, I'm seeing a pattern of:

1) Phidi becoming really strong for some reason, possibly because of ...

When renaming systems, the galaxy map screen doesn't show any capital letters after renaming. Prior capital letters already present in the system name also disappear, i.e. "Fomalhaut" becomes "fomalhaut". The text box used for renaming still has the proper formatting, but this does not transfer ...

When renaming systems, the galaxy map screen doesn't show any capital letters after renaming. Prior capital letters already present in the system name also disappear, i.e. "Fomalhaut" becomes "fomalhaut". The text box used for renaming still has the proper formatting, but this does not transfer onto ...

Did a second run today, since I lost yesterday's game. Uploaded game_8495 for review. Orthin on Brutal this time.

The Human-Imperial alliance had a whim of stupidity when they decided to declare war on the Orthin while committing their entire fleets to fight the Gremak on the other side of the ...

Back to testing! Uploaded game_8493.

Decided to end this one short, as it seemed pretty much lost at this stage. I did a Brutal run since I've been winning all my Hard games lately. Brutal seemed much like the "old" Hard in terms of difficulty: you need to bring your a-game, or you lose, but the AI ...

Uploaded game_8353 for review. Colonials on Hard.

Stardate 1285 had a possible bug occurring when I was attacking Bacabs: when I pressed "autocombat", the game for some reason told me that the combat against the unarmed outpost was "inconclusive" and the battle ended in a draw. I therefore clicked ...

If I really tie upkeeps to part maintenance, some players will end up in situations where they'll find themselves suddenly running huge deficits after doing a "refit all". I think that would prove unintuitive for most players, and while a few might learn to enjoy the mechanic, I suspect many others ...