Re: Can\'t get more than 5 neutral races
 

If one person complains about a relatively minor feature, it is not a big priority. If a lot of people complain, it becomes a higher priority. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif There are probably a lot more critical things to work on than number of neutrals. MM has limited time and all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

Re: Can\'t get more than 5 neutral races
 

Right, it's not for either of us to decide their work schedules. =) But like you said, the more noise that gets made about this bug, the more likely they are to fix it. Well, here I am, making noise. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif and I know I'm not the only one who would like to see this bug squashed.

Considering it's kept me from starting any new games that I want to play, due to the time investment for the kind of gameplay that I like, and I've already played one game that's not got the quantity of AI players that I wish it to have (I've been waiting around basically since I bought the game because I read that this would be fixed in a patch) -- this is something that's fairly important to me and I hope they find the time to correct what seems like a reasonably simple bug to fix.

[ September 08, 2003, 04:13: Message edited by: Alari ]

Re: Can\'t get more than 5 neutral races
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sure! Wanna play by e-mail, once a day, no combat for the first 500 turns? (That's just getting started, after all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif =)

No? :>

(I have a feeling my style of play may be a bit... er, different, than most others')

[ September 08, 2003, 04:41: Message edited by: Alari ]

Re: Can\'t get more than 5 neutral races
 

Umm... if you just want AI players, you can have up to 20 players in a game. The settings for normal AIs work fine. Why do you want so many neutrals anyways? They are not very good opponents.

Re: Can\'t get more than 5 neutral races
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sure! Wanna play by e-mail, once a day, no combat for the first 500 turns? (That's just getting started, after all. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif =)

No? :>

(I have a feeling my style of play may be a bit... er, different, than most others')</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Umm... I do not think I have ever had a game Last 500 turns... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Re: Can\'t get more than 5 neutral races
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't want "opponents", I want to seek out new life, and new civilizations, to boldly.. eh, you know the rest. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif Neutrals seemed like a way to fill out the rest of the galaxy with people who aren't xenophobic war-mongerers. Sorry, expansionist xenophobic war-mongerers. I knew I forgot something. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[ September 08, 2003, 04:43: Message edited by: Alari ]

Re: Can\'t get more than 5 neutral races
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">My 'uber' game is in the 2460s and NO I did NOT hold down the end-turn key with a rock. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

I'm still re-arranging the universe in that one, too. Got my nature preserves and a few alien colonies and finally decided to go ahead and clean up half the black holes so I could have a few extra gateway systems. :> Whee! It's fun but I can only play a few turns before I get the urge to go watch Star Trek.

Re: Can\'t get more than 5 neutral races
 

Neutrals are no less xenophobic or war-mongering. They just can't send attacks at you. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: Can\'t get more than 5 neutral races
 

Try the Star Trek Mod? You get the best of both worlds! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: Can\'t get more than 5 neutral races
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">How so?