Has any one ever actually completed a full game?

Tampa_Gamer · #1 May 2nd, 2001, 01:13 AM

Atrocities - same here. I have honestly only seen the victory screen b/c I opened up while I was modifying a ship set in Paint! I typically play 200-600 turns from whatever tech point I start at, but am constantly changing AI files every 15 turns based on observations, etc. Such is the life of a modder I suppose. . .

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dogscoff · #2 May 2nd, 2001, 01:41 AM

I've never completed a game either and I don't even use mods. I find that one MM patch per month is enough to make games unplayable before I can finish them. My current AI game was started under v1.30, and I now get error Messages during the AIs' turns. I'm determined to finish it though.

As for my PBEM... we're playing one turn per day... that's >3 months to play 100 turns... how many turns in an average game?

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Nitram Draw · #3 May 2nd, 2001, 01:46 AM

I've only played 2 game to the end. In most games the winner is obvious well before the game ends. I have played hotseat games that took a long time to reach that point, 600+ turns, but most of my solo games are decided before turn 200. If the AI can continue to be improved I hope one day to play an interesting solo game that Lasts 1000+ turns.

Taqwus · #4 May 1st, 2001, 04:00 PM

I've completed quite a few, actually. The empire ain't completely safe until there's *definitely* no vengeful unassimilated survivors quietly researching their way through stellar manipulation...

It probably helps that I'm quite willing to accept AI surrenders; no need to conquer every Last planet or destroy every single ship, if they're willing to join me.

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capnq · #5 May 1st, 2001, 04:51 PM

Hmm, I guess I've only actually "completed" one game. I had set the victory condition to something too low, I think it was 150% of second place, and hadn't set a time limit before the VC took effect. One of the AIs "won" that game in under 10 years.

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DirectorTsaarx · #6 May 1st, 2001, 11:26 PM

I completed some SE3 games, but not SEIV. Partly because I just don't have a lot of time for gaming, and partly because of the new patches. In fact, I completely ignored patch 1.27 because I was trying to finish a 1.19 game, and finally quit when 1.30 came out. Besides, I'd built a ringworld by then, and that was all I wanted to do. Of course, in my current 1.30 game I've got three ringworlds under construction in a trinary system (right next to a black hole system, interestingly). But I've started beating up on the AIs pretty badly. Well, at least the ones who decided I was MEE; fortunately, I've lost that status, so now I can make treaties with new empires while decimating the old ones... But I may just have to quit and load up a 1.35 game...

Will · #7 May 2nd, 2001, 01:37 AM

I've finished several, although I have been playing since v.0.23 (there were problems with the arrival of my CD, so I didn't get to start with v.0.20

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But usually I just play until I really hit MEE, and I can get the AIs to surrender without doing a thing (10X score). Mainly because the beginning and middle parts of the game are really interesting and the endgame is really slow and tedious, since I know I'm going to win, I just have to go and do it...