Update on Progress

[Doren]

A major studio would have just let it release with completely broken Diplomacy with the option that maybe down the line they'll patch to look less broken but without taking the time to actually fix it.

It would have been included in the Season Pass

[Inglonias]

The end of March is in sight!

While I missed the date, in retrospect I think it was a good idea to aim for it. I definitely focused more on delivery with the hard date in sight. Of course, the situation is different now as I am not going to spending time in the motorhome in the near future so the immediate time pressure was removed. Without the lock down, I probably would have released a week or two sooner without the line-by-line review and then regretted it. I know it is going to be a week or two late, but I do think the delay is well worth it.

I was wondering what happened in the universe where we weren't all trapped at home, and I suppose that this is some sort of silver lining?

[clement]

Of course, the situation is different now as I am not going to spending time in the motorhome in the near future so the immediate time pressure was removed.

You can still spend time in the motorhome! You could go out there to do your daily work or you Aurora coding. Or, you and the wife could do a weekend "camping" trip to the driveway or side of the yard by staying in the motorhome. Let any family staying with you have the house to themselves for a day or two.

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Spoiler Alert!

The fighting just began between the Mars and the Hegemony. It looks the Martians moved some STO weapons onto Alpha Centauri-B III because they just moved their own warships out of orbit and then used those STO weapons to attack the Hegemony ships in orbit.

[Protomolecule]

Oh boy! Can't wait for that AAR!

[AlStar]

To be clear - the reason why war broke out was because both NPRs had weighty claims on the system, which they both refused to remove or concede, yes?

Would this situation have happened if they hadn't already had roots down? If everyone had been looking at Alpha Centauri as a possible claim target from the start and following their programing, would the system have been claimed by the NPR who discovered it first? Who did a full geological survey first?

Or would things still have broken down, since the other AIs wouldn't want one of the main passages out of Sol blocked off?

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

To be clear - the reason why war broke out was because both NPRs had weighty claims on the system, which they both refused to remove or concede, yes?

Would this situation have happened if they hadn't already had roots down? If everyone had been looking at Alpha Centauri as a possible claim target from the start and following their programing, would the system have been claimed by the NPR who discovered it first? Who did a full geological survey first?

Or would things still have broken down, since the other AIs wouldn't want one of the main passages out of Sol blocked off?

Depends on the progression. NPRs won't accept claims without populations, so if two NPRs had been building up in the system they would have probably ignored each other's claims unless one demonstrated a significant military advantage. However, if one was established when the other turned, that would be a different situation. There are a lot of other factors involved, such as access to other systems or potential for mining, etc. Check the Part 2 and Part 3 Diplomacy posts in changes.

[Vasious]

Oh boy! Can't wait for that AAR!

I think I await the AAR more than release!

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

Oh boy! Can't wait for that AAR!

I think I await the AAR more than release!

I'm not investing a lot of effort in the write up at the moment due to focus on testing, but I'll cover the outline of what is happening. I'll go back into full AAR mode with my first post-release campaign.

[Tree]

I'm not investing a lot of effort in the write up at the moment due to focus on testing, but I'll cover the outline of what is happening. I'll go back into full AAR mode with my first post-release campaign.

Will you continue/restart one of the C# test games or go for something new?

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

I'm not investing a lot of effort in the write up at the moment due to focus on testing, but I'll cover the outline of what is happening. I'll go back into full AAR mode with my first post-release campaign.

Will you continue/restart one of the C# test games or go for something new?

Well, the BSG game and Crusade are still in a previous DB that I saved, but I don't have a log of the DB changes I made since then. So probably easier and safer to start from scratch. I might start with conventional.

[V1D0]

Well we can scrap  C/2019 Y4 ATLAS from the game 

https://twitter. com/martinastro2005/status/1247841953594707970

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

In VB6 Aurora, there is general consensus that the NPRs are not great at research so they present less of a challenge over time.

In my current game, which is seven years in, all four NPRs have researched the next generation of engines, designed new and larger ships, retooled shipyards as they become available and began building the new designs. They have both generations in service which adds a lot more variety to NPRs ships and also means the ships you meet on the frontier may not be the latest designs. One NPR has just researched its third generation of engines and designed a third generation of ships, although it hasn't retooled any shipyards yet. I have only just researched my first set of new engines so they are getting ahead of me.

[Steve Walmsley (OP)]

This won't be in the AAR because I don't 'know' about it, but Martian and Hegemony stabilisation ships are working on the same jump point and each has a small escort group. This is the 'far' side of the jump point so none of them can leave. Instead, its a point blank fight between the escort groups

[JustAnotherDude]

God this is so sick, amazing work Steve!