Change to Raider vs NPR Encounters

One of the game-level options is for NPRs to encounter raiders. Currently, if this is set then Raiders will randomly select any system known to any race. In games with many NPRs, this can reduce the raiders to a very occasional threat for a single player race. This will be even more true in v2.6 with the addition of multi-system NPRs.

Therefore, for v2.6, the 'NPRs Encounter Raiders' option will work differently. If this is set, there is a 50% chance the Raiders will choose any system and a 50% chance they will choose a system known to a player race. Note that in the former case, this could still be a player system and in the latter case, the raiders could still enter an NPR system that is known to the player.

This should add some variety to raiders by allowing NPR vs Raider battles, without minimizing the threat to players.

Starting Research Points for Spoiler Races

On the New Game window, there are four new text boxes that allow you to specify minimum research points for the Precursors, Raiders, Invaders and Swarm, giving you the option to make the various space-based spoiler races more or less of a challenge.

These options have default values of 600k, 400k, 1.5m and 600k respectively. These match the current defaults in v2.5.1, except that Invaders has been increased from 1.2m to 1.5m.

The specified minimum research points for each spoiler race will be overridden in the cases specified below (as are the current defaults):

• Precursors will always have at least 20% more research points than the player race with the most starting research points.
• Invaders will always have at least 50% more research points than the player race with the most starting research points.
• For research point purposes, Raiders are generated in the same way as a starting NPR. This will override any lower minimum RP and be overridden by any higher minimum RP.
• For research point purposes, Swarm are generated in the same way as a mid-game NPR, plus a research time boost. This will override any lower minimum RP and be overridden by any higher minimum RP.

In general, Swarm will be the least affected by any minimum research as they naturally generate stronger swarms as the game progresses.

As the attachment is no longer present in the original post I've taken the liberty to compile the source code that T2D made available on GitHub. I've been using it without issue playing Aurora 2.5.1 with the latest AuroraPatch (0.1.5 build 61) found on GitHub.

All credit still goes to Twice2Double. No modifications have been made; I've only recompiled the dll and wanted to make it available to the community again.

Thanks, the prepopulated file displays and works fine, and elections run with F9.

Now to go and model the intricate federal democracy of the Interstellar League...

Quote from: Froggiest1982 on Yesterday at 07:23:50 AM

EDIT: Try to populate with 0 (Zero) the Leader's Point/Funds

That had no effect.

Could it be different windows locale/date formats or windows system page? I've got mine set to Japanese because the indie devs there seem permanently stuck 20 years behind in technology...

Edit: I've checked the previous version, the file you have on download there does not cause this behavior with me. So it has to be something that changed in the new iteration.

I have used a prepopulated version and it seems like everything works fine now.

I have uploaded the new file on the main post.