.com.unity Forums
  The Official e-Store of Shrapnel Games

This Month's Specials

Raging Tiger- Save $9.00
winSPMBT: Main Battle Tank- Save $6.00

   







Go Back   .com.unity Forums > Shrapnel Community > Space Empires: IV & V

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old March 4th, 2002, 07:04 AM

Phoenix-D Phoenix-D is offline
National Security Advisor
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 5,085
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Phoenix-D is on a distinguished road
Default Events.txt

Been messing around with this file tonight, and I thought I'd throw out a few FYIs. Haven't seen much on how this file works.

Anyway:
-Adding copies of a particular event makes it more likely to happen. SE4 apparently just picks an event from the list, with a slight bias towards lower-rated events.

-Settings.txt has the actual event chance %'s. However, setting that to 100% will NOT always gurrentee an event happning. More events in events.txt = more likely for that to work. As far as I can tell, SE4 doesn't like using the same event more than once or twice in a row.

-Pictures don't need to be 128x128. However, make them too big horizontal (past ~300 pixels) and they get chopped off. Make them too large vertical and your event message won't show up- and the event box won't scroll.

-Planets can be completely killed off without actually loosing the colony. It shows 0M/Xm people- Xm being whatever your race's domed colony size is.

-the "all" reporting option doesn't seem to work. Neither does WP- Open. WP- Closed works fine though.

Still messing with it.. I'll drop in anything else I find out

Phoenix-D
__________________
Phoenix-D

I am not senile. I just talk to myself because the rest of you don't provide adequate conversation.
-Digger
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old March 4th, 2002, 10:11 AM
PsychoTechFreak's Avatar

PsychoTechFreak PsychoTechFreak is offline
First Lieutenant
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Bordesholm, Germany
Posts: 781
Thanks: 6
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
PsychoTechFreak is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Events.txt

Good to see that you check this out. I am not sure, but I think some of the "percentages" seem to be more a per thousand, if you enter a 1000 this would be 100%.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old March 4th, 2002, 06:02 PM

Phoenix-D Phoenix-D is offline
National Security Advisor
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Posts: 5,085
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Phoenix-D is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Events.txt

Maybe in events.txt, but the event lines in settings.txt isn't. SE4 barfs if you push it over 100.

Phoenix-D
__________________
Phoenix-D

I am not senile. I just talk to myself because the rest of you don't provide adequate conversation.
-Digger
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:00 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©1999 - 2024, Shrapnel Games, Inc. - All Rights Reserved.