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New Players => The Academy => Topic started by: UnLimiTeD on July 01, 2010, 07:53:58 AM

Title: Deleting an Empire
Post by: UnLimiTeD on July 01, 2010, 07:53:58 AM
So, a basic question, how do I delete an Empire?
With SM functions.
I couldn't quite get it.
Title: Re: Deleting an Empire
Post by: UnLimiTeD on July 03, 2010, 04:48:09 AM
Ok, given no one actually gave an answer, I'll reformulate that:
Is it possible at all?
How do you play an RP campaign with multiple races if a few of them cease to exist?
Title: Re: Deleting an Empire
Post by: sloanjh on July 03, 2010, 05:49:26 AM
Quote from: "UnLimiTeD"
So, a basic question, how do I delete an Empire?
With SM functions.
I couldn't quite get it.

I think you go to the races screen (ctrl-F2) - there should be a "delete this race" button.

Note that this might not be entirely accurate - it's from when races and empires were synonymous.  So you need to make sure it's "Empire of Man" that you're deleting and not "Human".  I'd definitely save the DB before trying :-)

Also note that, although in principle everything should get cleaned out appropriately, in practice there's a lot of interconnection within the DB and you might end up with some corruption due to too much or too little being deleted.

John
Title: Re: Deleting an Empire
Post by: Steve Walmsley on July 03, 2010, 05:53:24 AM
Yes, the F2 window is the correct place. Deleting a Race (Empire) will not delete the species entries but it will delete populations of those species within that race. I have done quite a lot of work trying to ensure that everything is deleted correctly when you delete a race so it should work fine. Backup the DB though just in case.

Steve