Can some atmosphere be changed to none ?

Nyx · #1 February 19th, 2001, 08:39 PM

Hmm, has anyone experimented with swapping planet types and atmospheres on the research trees & colony components? I'm just thinking that it would be more fun to have 5 colony types to research instead of only 3. Right now, sure they're expensive, but I steal the tech anyway and it's really fast. More variety could be a lot of fun. PRobably be to hard on the AI though.

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raynor · #2 February 19th, 2001, 08:42 PM

Yep. Folks have tried it and failed. I'm thinking that Rock, Ice and Gas Giant are hard coded into the game engine someplace.

pathfinder · #3 February 20th, 2001, 12:39 AM

ack, can't be done Nyx. I emailed MM/Aaron yesterday and today he respponded. planet-types and atmospheres are hard-coded into the game. oh well, I wouldn't call a change to that a prioroty at the moment. Might be nice sometime in the future, IF he has the time.

Nyx · #4 February 20th, 2001, 01:26 AM

Yeah, it's not a big deal, especially with that option to ban colonizing worlds other than your own home type and atmosphere. THAT's going to be really interesting!

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