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Doesn't help that forum search doesn't find the relevant threads, it's been discussed in detail elsewhere.

TLDR: kickstarter clone whose ToS openly states a remarkably scammy overhead.  No-one who could qualify to use a platform with legitimate overhead (<10%) would have any interest in using Fig(starter), regardless of founder reputation: the ToS explicitly, openly, rips off the project in fees.  Thus, Phoenix Point has a problem that's getting it blacklisted from non-ripoff crowdfunding sites.

I.e., Fig's business model is strictly like Facebook Payments nee Credits, an intrinsically rip-off payment method that is viable only because the target market is mostly banned from using legitimate payment processors by ToS considerations regarding virtual goods.  For the online game I help maintain: solution is do what the big guys do like Zynga and PixelNation.  Not only not take payments on Facebook, but not even mention the possibility on Facebook.

3.16 added radically increased visibility for min-maxers on population growth.

EDIT: Through astigmatic lenses.  I'm getting a relatively high off-by-one error rate that isn't always, even when only looking at what isn't sending transports.

Remnants of the Precursors is very faithful to the original -- it even replicates the incorrect display (and true internal handling) of clean vs. waste when initiating transports.

Aside: are the extended sides available when playing without the AI multiplier, or do you just get the exact MOO1 experience?  (E.g., my current test game -- which should take weeks to play properly, had me next to an Alkari variant -- with its own art, not a recolored clone.  The GNN message I got for extincting them was classic pre-Glasnost Soviet.)

3.12 is a complete success regarding leader image stability.

I am not certain if it advisable to force familiarity with the Fleet screen by making the map unfit for deploying fleets.

EDIT It is not possible to split a fleet from the Fleet screen.  I see that 3.12a has the fix.

Quote from: zaimoni on April 18, 2017, 12:01:43 pm

Alpha 3.10 is close to pseudo-random on its assignment of leader pictures to leaders when viewing the Races panel (all tabs).  The assignment is inconsistent across save-loading, and mousing over a leader picture can change it.

I was trying out Ring Galaxy, 500 stars, 6x3 AIs.  The instability starts with the first AI I found, and got more unpredictable the more AIs I found.

Oh, thanks. I know what is causing this. Will fix tonight when I get home from work.

Not all causes fixed in 3.11.  Haven't gotten far enough to check for multiple civilization weirdness (restarted due to physical technique errors).  With one known civilization the other-leader image is much more stable, but "mouseover changes their graphic" to mine is still present.  Showing my zone of influence, rather than the other leaders, is 100% reliable immediately after mouseover changes the graphic to mine.

Quote from: Retropunch on March 22, 2017, 07:02:53 pm

Isn't he the person that actually made Xcom to start off with though? I mean, I'm usually cynical about such ideas but I feel as though he's one of the few people on the planet who's got strong enough credentials to actually pull something like this off.

He's also the person who's since made simpler games barely anyone's heard of, like Laser Squad Nemesis, or Rebelstar: Tactical Command.

Laser Squad Nemesis implemented its genre pretty well (basically a PvP Apocalypse-style combat test driver, no real base management).

New binary-only unstable release cut (0.9.9 unstable 2017-02-08, uses 0.9.8 support files).  Development machine needs ~1 minute to load savegames. 

It's strange [allowing women in the military] because such civilizations are preparing to win the Darwin Award.  Keep in mind that before WWI almost all wars were limited wars, and it was nearly an annual thing before gunpowder (no extended peacetime).

That said, low fantasy is rife with dying or nearly-exterminated societies where this is appropriate.