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Old November 4th, 2001, 12:54 AM
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In two more test games, I used Add Existing Empire, then Edit to look at the settings. In both cases, the race had only used 2000 of the 5000 starting points. This was with the Sergetti and Fazrah.

I also notice that the General_AI files always list the Advanced Characteristics Last under each option.

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Old November 5th, 2001, 06:57 PM
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In two more test games, I used Add Existing Empire, then Edit to look at the settings. In both cases, the race had only used 2000 of the 5000 starting points. This was with the Sergetti and Fazrah.



Of course. The "Add Existing" using the *.emp files, which were built using a 2000-point setting. If you want to "Add Existing" and have them use 5000 racial points, you have to edit the race to include all the settings. It also helps to save the 5000-point race so you can use it in the future without edits. I'm attaching a Word document that includes the 5000-point settings for all basic SE4 races (the ones that came from MM).

This is why a number of the modpack races come with multiple *.emp files; one for each racial point setting.

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I tried out random generation for the new Versions of the Rage and the Vaxin at 2000 points and observed the following:

Vaxin - should be Advanced Storage and Organic, with adjustments to characteristics that reduce the total points enough to allow for both advanced traits. Actual result was Advanced Storage only, but characteristics modified to allow for the Organic.

Rage = should be Propulsion and Advanced Storage with adjustments to characteristics. Actual result was Propulsion and Advanced Storage (using up all points) but no adjustments to characteristics at all.

In both cases, I had moved all of the less-than-100% characteristics to the beginning of the list to allow room for those characteristics that were greater than 100%. I believe that, as SJ said, the advanced characteristics are applied first. If they cost more than the available points, only the first ones that total less than or equal to the available are used. Then, if all the points are used, the general characteristics are not looked at, at all.
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