Puzzling settings.txt issue?

[Arboris]

Hello,

I don't have the modding experience that many of the members of the SEIV modding community have. However I can make simple changes without having to reinstall SEIV to get everything working properly again :-)

Having said that I am baffled by the following...

I want to change the spread on the number of random AI players that are chosen for random computer empire settings. I understand that this simple change should be easy to make in the setting.txt file. However no matter what I do it does not seem to adhere to my changes. I have tried dozens of times with the same results.

For example: I can change all the numbers to 4 for minimum and maximum settings. However the game will still generate a random number of opponents totally disregarding any parameters I choose.

Any suggestions?

-Wulf

[Captain Kwok]

NigelWulf:

It will not work, this is a known bug that I've talked to Aaron about, and hopefully will be addressed.

This causes a horrible error in mods with less than 20 available races (i.e., Star Trek Mod) regardless of what you set in settings.txt - and create annoying duplicate empires! The only way around this is to add AI empires manually.

[Arboris]

Captain Kwok,

Thank you for the info! I barely just posted the topic and here I already have the answer. This forum and it's members never cease to amaze me.

Thanks again!

-Wulf

[Fyron]

The SE4 Modding 101 tutorial (linked in my sig) might be of help to you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Arboris]

Imperator Fyron,

It already has http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

It is a great resource!

-Wulf

[Fyron]

Actually... I should probably mention something about those settings not working 100% correctly in the tutorial. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[oleg]

Wait a second... I did change those settings and SE seem to follow them http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif Granted, I never tried to use the same number for min. and max. but it did work. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

[Aloofi]

I changed those settings too, and I usually get what the 3 AI empires in minimun, 5 in medium, and I've never used the maximun, but the problem is that in minimun I always get the same 3 empires! The Drucks, the Amonkrie and the Xi'Chung.
How can I make this random?

[PsychoTechFreak]

Originally posted by oleg:
Wait a second... I did change those settings and SE seem to follow them http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif Granted, I never tried to use the same number for min. and max. but it did work. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes so, if you do it this way, it should work better than with the same number for min and max.

Minimum Computer Player High Setting := 12
Maximum Computer Player High Setting := 13
Minimum Neutral Player High Setting := 6
Maximum Neutral Player High Setting := 7

[Fyron]

SE4 won't add more than 5 neutrals though, so setting it at 6-7 is pointless.

[PsychoTechFreak]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
SE4 won't add more than 5 neutrals though, so setting it at 6-7 is pointless.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">All right, I just do not see the same problem when I change the settings. Except the 5 neutrals max. maybe.

What happens if you just have 4 race folders with the chosen mod? The same races could be started 2 or 3 times, right?

[Fyron]

What happens if you just have 4 race folders with the chosen mod? The same races could be started 2 or 3 times, right? <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Right.