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Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game?

Mon, 28 July 2008 23:42

stranger

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Adacore wrote on Mon, 28 July 2008 19:30

stranger wrote on Mon, 28 July 2008 19:18

In one respect, I think it is dangerous to allow free-wheeling modifications of the data files that drive the game, because you can very easily splinter your playerbase. So I think there is a really strong motivation for developers to *not* change things whenever possible.

For example, I'd like to see the hab ranges assigned through a proper bell-curve distribution. But that would change tons of things regarding habitability - mostly for the worse. So I would never make a change like that part of the default rules - I might provide a checkbox, allowing "better hab distribution" or something of the sort.

I think so long as any new features are left as options it should be fine - people can advertise games listing any special rules much as they do now.

I agree that introducing a smallish (~12) number of new game options wouldn't be much of a problem. That seems better to me than simply leaving the data files open.

--Mr. Strange

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		What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: stranger on Mon, 28 July 2008 01:31
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Adacore on Mon, 28 July 2008 09:12
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Effluviant Walrus on Mon, 28 July 2008 11:24
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: LEit on Mon, 28 July 2008 12:06
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Effluviant Walrus on Mon, 28 July 2008 17:43
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: LEit on Mon, 28 July 2008 17:56
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: m.a@stars on Mon, 28 July 2008 14:29
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: stranger on Mon, 28 July 2008 19:18
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Effluviant Walrus on Mon, 28 July 2008 20:47
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Adacore on Mon, 28 July 2008 22:30
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: stranger on Mon, 28 July 2008 23:42
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: m.a@stars on Mon, 28 July 2008 14:18
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Coyote on Mon, 04 August 2008 18:51
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: stranger on Tue, 05 August 2008 04:55
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: m.a@stars on Wed, 06 August 2008 04:26
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Downsider on Mon, 25 August 2008 10:14
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Adacore on Wed, 06 August 2008 04:32
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: m.a@stars on Wed, 06 August 2008 05:03
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Coyote on Mon, 18 August 2008 17:00
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: stranger on Fri, 22 August 2008 15:12
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: m.a@stars on Fri, 22 August 2008 19:58
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Sulpholobus on Mon, 25 August 2008 02:21
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: johng316 on Tue, 25 November 2008 14:57
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Coyote on Tue, 25 November 2008 19:30
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: craebild on Thu, 27 November 2008 02:30
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Coyote on Sun, 24 August 2008 21:31
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Coyote on Tue, 02 December 2008 00:45
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Coyote on Wed, 03 December 2008 20:35
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: redvidar on Wed, 17 December 2008 16:25
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: m.a@stars on Fri, 19 December 2008 13:43
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: Coyote on Tue, 02 December 2008 01:11
		Re: What might be fixed in a "new" clone game? By: MRing on Fri, 19 December 2008 01:54

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