Any One Still Playing This Game?

Xrati · #1 January 6th, 2008, 12:39 AM

As ridiculous as modding the game would be???

Fyron · #2 January 6th, 2008, 12:58 AM

Are you saying it is difficult to use in-game configuration menus now?

Xrati · #3 January 6th, 2008, 10:42 PM

No, more like changing the game (modding) to suite your taste. Kinda like changing keystrokes (hotkeys) would be!

Fyron · #4 January 7th, 2008, 12:37 AM

You're really stretching now...

Possum · #5 January 7th, 2008, 11:48 AM

No, Fyron, with all due respect, he's not stretching at all.

There are just some of us who really find the changes in SEV stupid and annoying. I respect and admire Aaron greatly (even if SE? is basically a ripoff of the old Starfire boardgame), but he ignored two basics in SEV.

1. The first law of updates & sequels - "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
2. The KISS principle - "Keep it simple, stupid."

I am still playing SEIV, and having a hell of a good time with it. My current game at PBW with capnq, et al* is a blast, and we're rocking along at almost a turn a day. Moreover, it's an almost-stock game, using only TDM Modpack

Suicide Junkie · #6 January 7th, 2008, 02:27 PM

I can't tell what Xrati is arguing for...
Are you pushing "stock is the holy word of Aaron", or "mod it and quit complaining"?

PS:
Does anybody happen to know where the default keymapping is?
I'd like to not have to edit all the keys for each game I start, but I can't find where to set them in the datafiles.

Fyron · #7 January 7th, 2008, 07:14 PM

Possum:
Certainly, but that has nothing to do with using the fact that you can change hotkeys in-game now as support for the assertion that SE5 is only a game for modders, given that configuring in-game settings is 180 degrees away from "modding." If we are going to start calling that modding now, then we have to say SE4 is a game only for modders as well, since there are lots of in-game settings most people tweak to their satisfaction (system display options, music volume, sort ordering of the report screens, etc.).

SJ:
Last I checked, the hotkey settings are saved between games. Saved in the registry with the other main menu settings, maybe? I just rechecked, and the random changes I made were still present after I exited and reloaded. I didn't save any game in the meantime.

Xrati · #8 January 9th, 2008, 02:53 PM

Ask Possum S.J., he knows what I'm talking about. All you need to do is read the posts without Fryons "interjections" of what 'I mean.' He has a tendency to put a spin on what people write about in his own words!