HtH Ladder Earthmichael vs. Kirov - TTT

[Kirov]

 

[Earthmichael]

I see you have a SP started as well.  Standard practice for you, too?

[Kirov]

Actually no, usually I wait for IA, but this time decided to be ahead (only to discover you beat me by 6 turns). 

BTW, what's your timezone? Is it free time for you or worktime like for me? Mine is GMT+1.

[Earthmichael]

My time zone is GMT-6  (US Central Time)

THis would normally be worktime for me, but I am off today.  I will likely be travelling Saturday, so there may be 12 hour delay then, depending upon the timing of the turns.

I noticed a slight error today.  My city built near the monolith did not work the monolith square by default, and I did not notice it until this turn.  Of course, it is my own fault, since the squares being worked should always be checked, and not depend upon the computer defaults, but I was trying to rush too much.

Still, if you want to get the most competitive game possible, we will have to replay from 2015.  If you grant this, I promise I will otherwise make exactly the same moves.  You are not under this restrictions; you can change the way you play these moves in any way you like.

But I can perfectly understand if you do not want to backtrack, and we will play it where it lies.  Just let me know.

I have posted both turns, so that you can choose whether to backtrack for me to fix the monolith error, or to continue on.

[Kirov]

All right. If the monolith was two tiles away, you just didn't discover it before planting the base in question.

Can you upload your cyborg.txt and drone.txt files for me? I need to check something.

[Earthmichael]

Sure, here they are. 

I had sent a scout straight down the road the first turn, discovering the monolith then.  This was way before the base was planted.

Thanks for the backtrack!

[Earthmichael]

 

[Kirov]

 

Thanks, it seems I had to update my game files. Don't worry, this couldn't affect our gameplay.

[Earthmichael]

No problem.  Do you need the Morgan files or any others?

[Yitzi]

By the way, just so both of you know...I'm pretty sure that any faction files are loaded when the game begins, so it'd probably use Kirov's settings at the time he started the game; changing the file afterward won't help any.

[Kirov]

I'm cool right now, I noticed I miss some elements of 2.0 patch but now it's fine. On a related note - do you use the unofficial patch by scient or kyrub? I use scient's for our game, but for future games will want to switch to kyrub's.

[Kirov]

By the way, just so both of you know...I'm pretty sure that any faction files are loaded when the game begins, so it'd probably use Kirov's settings at the time he started the game; changing the file afterward won't help any.

Hmm, the game was actually started by EM, or is it the scenario creation which matters? Either way, I really don't want to reload it again...

[Buster's Uncle]

He's right and I think it's the scenario creation that matters.

[Kirov]

Christ, I checked and CyCon doesn't have the techsteal ability in this scenario, so it's spoils of war off for everybody. Earthmichael, I don't know what to say. We can assume that we both can't use one bonus we have, as due to the settings my COMMERCE is also completely worthless (unless you oblige me with a Treaty, but I don't expect that ;P ). I was thinking about my commerce bonus but figured I don't want to be fussy about that. As I see it, that would make things equal and solve the problem.

[Earthmichael]

1.  I currently use the scient patch, which I think is standard for games on this board.  I don't know much about the kyrub patch.

2.  Is it possible to mod the techsteal ability into a current save file?  (I don't know anything about what can or can't be modded.)  If not, I guess I will live without it.  As you are saying, your commerce ability probably won't do much good unless you can befriend an alien.  So let's just say that we cannot treaty or pact with the aliens, even a surrender pact.