[MOD] Coming Soon: An offer you can't refuse, the Friendly Universe Mod
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"Why can't we all just get along?"
These words were more or less the inspiration behind this mod. I started a new FFA game, myself and 2 normal AIs (unlocked teams) and tried to win the game exclusively through diplomacy. Apart from the a few scout ships and one colony-class capital ship, I had no army. I conducted no military research, just colonized several neutral planets and researched my way through the civ tree. Essentially, I was Switzerland
At any rate, the first offer I got from AI 1 was to kill 6 structures of AI 2. I was like "Dude, I have NO ARMY! What do you want me to do, trade 'em to death?!" Then a bit later AI 2 asked me to give it 600 crystal. I had to do some quick black market switching, but I made it happen. I got my 25% rep, then he stayed silent for the rest of the game. Actually, at some point, I think he asked me to destroy 10 of AI 1's ships. Once again, I viciously pointed at my ONE (*cough* underpowered *cough*) capital ship. I think he ignored me, however
I got frustrated at this point, because I now had no way to increase my reputation with either AI further. Needless to say, my small empire (notably *unlike* Switzerland) got smashed into tiny pieces of shiny space glitter. I decided to make some changes.
In this mod, I basically make the AI much more, errr...understanding. It's much easier, without being totally unbalancing (I think).
-Rewards (reputation and resource) are increased
-Mission completion requirements are decreased
-The AI is willing to form alliances/treaties/etc sooner
And a couple other changes. I think I covered every change in the included readme file. I just submitted the file to Stardock a bit ago, so it'll be a bit before I can post a link to it. I assume they'll be spending the time making sure I didn't replace every other line of gameplay.constants with "F**K U LOL HAV A VIRUS LOLS" (I didn't do that, btw -_-)
At any rate, once they've green-lighted it, I'll update the post with a URL. SoaSE isn't the first game I've modded, but this is the first time I've made something that I submitted for others to try. It's been reasonably well-tested, and it only made my computer burst into flame a couple times, so I think it'll turn out mostly OK for you guys
(Just, errr, make sure you don't have any gasoline or C4 in/on/around your PC >.>)
These words were more or less the inspiration behind this mod. I started a new FFA game, myself and 2 normal AIs (unlocked teams) and tried to win the game exclusively through diplomacy. Apart from the a few scout ships and one colony-class capital ship, I had no army. I conducted no military research, just colonized several neutral planets and researched my way through the civ tree. Essentially, I was Switzerland
At any rate, the first offer I got from AI 1 was to kill 6 structures of AI 2. I was like "Dude, I have NO ARMY! What do you want me to do, trade 'em to death?!" Then a bit later AI 2 asked me to give it 600 crystal. I had to do some quick black market switching, but I made it happen. I got my 25% rep, then he stayed silent for the rest of the game. Actually, at some point, I think he asked me to destroy 10 of AI 1's ships. Once again, I viciously pointed at my ONE (*cough* underpowered *cough*) capital ship. I think he ignored me, however
I got frustrated at this point, because I now had no way to increase my reputation with either AI further. Needless to say, my small empire (notably *unlike* Switzerland) got smashed into tiny pieces of shiny space glitter. I decided to make some changes.
In this mod, I basically make the AI much more, errr...understanding. It's much easier, without being totally unbalancing (I think).
-Rewards (reputation and resource) are increased
-Mission completion requirements are decreased
-The AI is willing to form alliances/treaties/etc sooner
And a couple other changes. I think I covered every change in the included readme file. I just submitted the file to Stardock a bit ago, so it'll be a bit before I can post a link to it. I assume they'll be spending the time making sure I didn't replace every other line of gameplay.constants with "F**K U LOL HAV A VIRUS LOLS" (I didn't do that, btw -_-)
At any rate, once they've green-lighted it, I'll update the post with a URL. SoaSE isn't the first game I've modded, but this is the first time I've made something that I submitted for others to try. It's been reasonably well-tested, and it only made my computer burst into flame a couple times, so I think it'll turn out mostly OK for you guys
(Just, errr, make sure you don't have any gasoline or C4 in/on/around your PC >.>)