Birth of the Federation

Hi guys, having seen the first episode of Star Trek Picard (which I liked more than expected) I have got some questions, which I don't see discussed in any reviews or forums I clicked through: After the detonation of the romulan disruptor weapon on the roof, Picard awakens seemingly unharmed at his ...

@ Iceman Thanks for double checking this stuff. The coding notes certainly are cryptic (even to me) but this one is just about maths i.e. divsision vs. floating point multiplication, with the little-endian format of the 2+ byte values being an all-time editing obstacle in BotF. A long time ago I spe...

in what ways does the AI "fail when not at least two other empires within a max distance of ten sectors?" Many hard coded AI functions (e.g. for territorial expansion, resource management and diplomacy) strongly indicate the AI cannot use its full potential without this prerequisite. The worst case...

Yes, it reads funny (of course, as stated, the building output values are not set yet). It's just about the scheme at this point i.e. suggestions for new special buildings. Btw the real fun part starts with every iteration of the question about the gift effect divisor: The multiplier is 0.0004 due t...

The Communication Grid never worked as intended in original BotF. He plans on using the "Bribe Resistance Fix (advanced)" https://www.armadafleetcommand.com/onscreen/botf/viewtopic.php?f=189&t=12#p32777 --- Here come my suggestions resp. offers for the multi-installer /updating mods project: - I can...

Hi folks, I came across some kinda strange (funny?) videos showing some german guys playing UDM3. Linked only the 4th video out of five because these guys added to some of the videos some bizarre, sexualised anime content one could consider to be inappropriate. :???: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

decrease map size for widescreen versions to improve turn processing (see this post) It's not only about the turn lag. As a rule of a thumb, prominent parts of AI code will fail when not at least two other empires within a max distance of ten sectors. So map size should never exceed about 40 x 30 s...

Thanks again, I'll have a look at these files. But I must be blind, since I can't find those files in AFC downoad area. Anyhow we need UE source code of last stable version (shipname.bin & shiplist.sst -> just for name group limit). EDIT: here is last UE 0.7.2dev5c source btw with some help from QD ...

here is another way to add files to the stbof.res this is a simple bat file using old 7zip command line to add files from current folder. Thank you, therewith I can try the mod next time I'm traveling by train (I'll never ever again install java on any of my systems :mad: ). Talking about the Ultim...

I really liked the "extra Starting Systems without Special Buildings Fix (OBs only is a Bug)" this will be popular for other mods. It is really nice not to have to build all those energy structures on turn 1 at the additional systems. I did quick test of "extra Starting Systems without Special Buil...

Here comes an updated BotF patcher file for ECM 4.1 BETA: :smile: new ECM 4.1 -BETA.zip I coded this stuff on the fly just based on the IDA database, without having BotF installed at all, use at your own risk :!: This emergency protocol should be followed under all circumstances: https://www.youtube...

UE: Intel Modifer. On simple its much lower (90) then on impossible (200) does this mean intel is in general better on higher difficulties, including human vs. human? No,the intel attack frequency is higher on lower difficulties, but that's just due to a bug and can be corrected, see modding index ...

The AI's ability to use the 'ram' command in tactical combat depends on a 'pugnacity' value of 5+ against the opponent. If the value is lower 5 and it wants to use 'ram' the AI is forced to use retreat instead. :shock: - On the other hand pugnacity 5+ does not force the AI to ram if it doesn't see a...

Iscaran wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 08, 2019 3:55 am

Random Events and Specials are deactivated. There were just sooo many negative Events triggering all the time in the last games

@ IceCreamVendor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k3TbZ3_q-Y

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These AI tasks are partly controlled by four subroutines which are closely related to some of the above listed map ai data types. 1.) Sub_410070 (Colonize + prior Tform if required) -> 'System Colonization Priority (%s)' Cf. the AI minimum terraform threshold: https://www.armadafleetcommand.com/onsc...