Topic: OP racial tension settings question....

[Capt Jeff]

OK,

I think I have at least this part figured out.   In the server kit, I choose my sides for the empires and set their tensions...no problems.  Then, in conjunction with the cartel's  having one hex each on the Cartel map, I set each empire to distrust every cartel.   Now.....what do I set the tensions of the cartels to?   Do they distrust all other cartels and empires?

Thanks in advance  
 

[jdmckinney]

I'm assuming the cartels are not playable?

If so, you can probably be pretty free with who they like and dislike. I try to keep them at the same allied percentage as the empires (since that is a number that applies to all race slots). So, if I have 4-race empire teams, I would give each cartel 3 allies. I tend to use 1000 for enemy and 0 for friendly to avoid the gray area interpretations the serverkit sometimes spits out. I do the same for the monsters and non-cartel Orions. Just don't make any non-empire slot friendly to an empire, and you shouldn't get bad ally matching.

If you want the Reclamation or Tech Wars tension settings (essentially the same, except Mirak and ISC switched sides), let me know.

[CptCastrin]

The key is to maintain the ally / nueral ratio numbers as you have set them.

General you need to set the cartels to be friendly to a empire or a cartel to fulfill the ally ratio. If your using a 4v4 setup then you can just pick 3 other cartels to be allied with to filfill the ratio. You could also use empires but it'd depend on if you even want the cartel ships to pop up as AI.

So yes, you can ally the cartels to each other and that will work.  

[jdmckinney]

Heh. I got my reply in first! :P

Cas and I had a heck of a time one night when setting up Reclamation getting the allies set up correctly. The percentage we came up with went to 4 decimal places, I think. Too much math hurts this former English major's brain!

[Capt Jeff]

Hey !!

Thanks for the quick replies....will try it out