Tom Porter

Reply to Differences between Normal, Hard and Unfair in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="pndrev" reply="15" id="2086228"]That's what I thought as well. In fact, I'd prefer having two different settings at game start: AI intelligence level and AI resources. [/quote] I agree...would be nice to choose from both as an option instead of a single option...earlier it was mentioned that it would be nice if the devs would comment on this; especially since they're in the know, which I also agree with. Elsewhere on the forum it'

Reply to Differences between Normal, Hard and Unfair in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Got in a 3v3 comp stomp last night against 3 Hard Vasari AI all with aggressor turned on. Definitely much better than normal, although difficult to tell if logic is different. With the extra resources when an AI jumps into a system it now has more ships and two of the AIs did coordinate and were in the same system getting ready to move to one of our owned systems. I don't know if the coordination was purposeful or coincidental because of same logic moving them to that location. Was defin

Reply to Differences between Normal, Hard and Unfair in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

As I understand it from this exchange there's Easy (really stupid play and reduced resources), normal (better AI although not full and full resources), Hard (full AI and extra resources) and finally Unfair (double resources and full AI). I guess I'd like to see a difficulty setting where the resources are equal and full AI is in use...would be easy to implement if the above is true.

Reply to Entrenchment AI and Mines in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I've seen normal AI use them and place them in meaningful locations and I've seen some AIs not use them at all...I chose to write it off to the type of AI: aggressor, fortifier, economist and researcher. It would make sense that the fortifier would do it and the economist or researcher as funds become available later in the game.

Reply to Differences between Normal, Hard and Unfair in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="VRaptor117" reply="1" id="2084831"]Heh, that's one of the changes. The AI is a lot more aggressive now and is willing to lose a lot more ships before retreating. Also the only difference between Hard, Unfair, and Normal is the size of the resource cheat. [/quote] <span style="font-size: 7.5pt; color: #c0c0c0; line-height: 115%

Differences between Normal, Hard and Unfair in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I did a search using Google and found an older thread https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/319987 that discussed this. There appeared to be some evidence that Hard receives a bonus as well as unfai

Reply to BTW, Stardock... Iron Clad.. THANK YOU in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I too want to say thank you!! There are many things I like about the game…prior to getting it I was playing CoH almost exclusively and now it’s Sins, which I conservatively play 20+/wk with one or more friends in MP. The things that I specifically like is the abili

Reply to ??? Gained from other sources in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

that's what I thought also except last night I was the TEC...didn't build any cap carriers and no pervasive economy. Teams were locked. I was doing a comp-stomp with my brother and the other income (credits, metal and crystal) started showing up within 15-20 minutes (I'll check the graph more closely next time) and by the end of the game I had double or triple what any of the AI players had from "other" and he had the lowest income for credits and was zero for the resources. Woul

??? Gained from other sources in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Credits, metal and crystal at the end of the game in the stats section shows quanties of those gained/lost from other sources. What are the other sources being refered to in this case? I don't understand how I gained those resources from these unspecified sources.

Reply to Entrenchment Beta 3 Change Log in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="18" id="2068978"] Quoting Bravenue, reply 14 Thanks! One personal question Do you still notice a 1 point increase of your karma? Yes. I'm having a problem with getting "Entrenchment" to show up in Impulse...I've purchased the expansion and I've enabled the "Show pre-release version" in impulse. All I ever see is Sins and the other StarDock games. If you click the blue orb and go to th

Reply to Entrenchment Beta 3 Change Log in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

I'm having a problem with getting "Entrenchment" to show up in Impulse...I've purchased the expansion and I've enabled the "Show pre-release version" in impulse. All I ever see is Sins and the other StarDock games.

Reply to Is there hope for multi-core processing in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

As promised I did a 1.5 hour logging of a single versus 5 AI player game for version 1.13. CPU utilization was sampled every 30 sec for all cores. I tend to zoom in and out a lot so zooming is factored into the numbers. FRAPS was running the entire time and the system maintained a 53-60 fps the entire time. Memory usage was very flat at about 55% of 4GB (28% for idle system) meaning the game

Reply to Is Sins one of your Top 5 PC games of all time? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

For me yes...It is in with games like XCOM, FarCry(original), Panzer General, Star Fleet:EAW, Company of Heroes. IMO it is far better than MoO. The game play is really addictive it provides easy MP with SAVEGAME and PAUSE functionality so that my friends and I can return when our time permits.

Reply to A petition: make Cap Ships stronger in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="CenturionJixra" reply="1" id="2057549"] All these requests in various threads to modify the game--weaken carriers, strengthen caps, make structures build more slowly, etc., make me wonder whether they're being requested and clamored for by people who've been beaten by them in online multiplayer. My question--if the game is changed in some sort of a way--do you really think it will make you a better player online? Will players who were mediocre end

Reply to What's the secret in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Could you describe the map, number of opponents? Typically if it's an AI player you have to conquer all of his planets (sometimes they'll concede early). If there's one or more planets that show as unknown he's likely got a colony there.

Reply to Additional AI Level in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="9" id="2059397"] I'm a long time Stardock player and all of the GalCiv games had some really nice AI and I didn't have to wait even seconds for each AI player to complete their entire turn to decide and make strategic decisions. That's partly because they do a lot of calculations during your turn. [/quote] I know, however I'm also not asking for the intelligence of a grandmaster chess game. Also there is a lot that can be

Reply to Additional AI Level in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

The couple of times that I've seen the sacrifice issue was simple. The system was not the AI's homeworld, I had 4 capital ships (doing an achievement

Reply to AI suggestions in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I agree with most of what's listed here as I too have seen the AI leave with frigates when the fight was still in question. I rationalized the behavior as wanting to preserve some sort of fleet to avoid a string of defenseless systems. The AI typically seems unwilling to build defenses (non-entrenchment v1.13). What I have also seen (listed in another post) is the common problem of seeing a capital sit and die in a situation that can't be won (even when the system is not their homeworld)&nbsp

Reply to Additional AI Level in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Does anyone else feel this way?

Additional AI Level in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Based on responses in other threads there appears to be non-intelligent behavior purposely programmed into the AI. For example, regardless of the system being defended I frequently see the AI sacrificing their capital even when faced with overwhelming odds, although frigates when alone and outnumbered will run. The explanation I received was that a reasonable number of players wanted it that

Reply to Is there hope for multi-core processing in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I went back to the top and reread all of the posts. Based on the OP I don’t see any information telling me that enough homework has been done. Since the OP references two identical machines having the same issue I would do some research first. Bring up the task manager and set the update speed to low. Play the game for an hour and alt-tab out to the desk top. If the one of the CPUs is c

Reply to Is there hope for multi-core processing in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="dchan1936" reply="18" id="2057413"]I have the Core 2 Duo, I have no problems running sins, though, even if every thing is at max [/quote] I don’t think that the newer multi-core chips will experience the problem…where I have seen it was in an MP game and one of the players had an older P4 with and AGP card. We were 1+ hours into the game and three fleets

Reply to Does a "fear" of experienced (or pro) players keep you from playing Sins online? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Hack78" reply="9" id="2057074"] I agree...my experience in multiple RTS online games is that it is about who can defeat the most players in an evening. It's like wanting to be a king of the hill. I play sins about 80% MP with my friends and we are on the same team against the same number of AI players. Difficulty is set based on the mix of people and their preference. After a multi-hour game we usually have had the chance to talk quite a bit, coordinate and function as team a

Reply to How to space trade ports? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

As I understand you don't quite have it right First the longest trade route is essentially made up of the longest contiguous path of systems that have trade ports. Intervening spots like wormholes, storms, etc are skipped over and are included in the path length. I do not know what the exact modifier is or how it is calculated, it is however used to increase the trade for all trade ports you own whether they are on the path or not. For example, I seen multiple systems on and off

Reply to Why no upgrade to ship's speed in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Dargoon999" reply="6" id="2056806"]Yes, I do know all about the special abilities & current upgrades, I'm talking about having the option to research better engines to increase the speed of ALL ships for ALL factions. At first, I too thought like Ue Carbon, but after rethinking about it, it makes no sense, because if it was for balance reasons, then all the weapon/hull/shield/etc. upgrades would also cause an imbalance. Bottom line is, I would like to know why I