The Exterminatus - companion to Antimind (Final Beta)

[Green1]

I present the ANSWER to this blight that has been unleashed on my laptop called the Antimind. For dozens and dozens of games (yeah, I play this game too much) it has laughed in the face of Marr and H'imilee. Even powerhouses like Yang get a lump in their throats. Santiago checks her panties for BM. Antimind rules the PLANET that dwells on the laptop. An undisputed monster.  It's tentacles and fusion planet busters with no one (except my Miriam. When I have to get Miriam, you know I mean business. I see me playing Miriam as me cheating) to play on it's level. NO MORE!

The polar opposite of good old fungus breath is here! Meet the Exterminatus. Unlike Antimind that wants to meld and become one with everything to become a superior creature, the Exterminatus want to destroy everything to evolve into a godlike instrument of entropy.

I designed the .txt files.
The graphics are done by Jarlwolf.

The txt and datalinks. Sounds over powered, but remember MOST OF AC2 are at Thinker + level of play! This is actually balanced for us (but, it may well adjust downward at lower difficulties if you are still getting there) Plus, it is going against Antimind. The bonuses and stuff actually work out.

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; Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
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#EXTERMINATUS
The Exterminatus, The Cleanser, Exterminatus, M, 2, E'xitus, M, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,
TECH, Physic, TECH, Indust, SOCIAL, +++INDUSTRY, SOCIAL, -GROWTH, SOCIAL, +++MORALE, SOCIAL, -----PLANET, FACILITY, 19, IMPUNITY, Fundamentalist, FANATIC, 0, ALIEN, 0, PSI, 50, TECH, 2,
Politics, Fundamentalist, POLICE,
Future Society, Eudaimonic, nil,
Exterminatus, Exterminatus
E'xtor, E'xter, Hymn of the Void
Harbinger, Godlike, sociopathic, destructive, sociopathic,
Crazed Monster
destroy all existance
bring death and void to all
flourishing on this planet
flourishing on this planet
demolish everything in your path
abusing human life and spirit
abusing human life and spirit
wanting to end all existance including the universe itself
army, M1
overall survival, M2
erradication of everything, M2
tithe for ignoring, M1
in destroyindall meddlesome life
the Extermination Squads
of not being dead yet

#BASES
Exterminatus : Begin
Umbral : Blot
Extermination : Inevity
Planet : Gone
Human : Extict
Adaption : Duty
Suffering : Begun
Nexus : Ending
Seed : Doom
Nonexistance : Host
Host : Nothingness
Void : Power
Planet : Dust
Evolution : Selection
All : Culling
#END

#WATERBASES
Ocean: Dry
Death :Tears
Isledeep: Husk
Savior : Corpse
Decay : Imminent
Wrath : Peaceful
Dark : Void
Sea : Last
#END

#BLURB
Evolution of our species : Must continue. To sustain
evolution : must cleanse all impurities to create :
perfection.
^
^        -- Sagar E'xitar
^

#DATALINKS1
^LEADER: {E'xitus}
^BACKGROUND: {Progenitor Evolution Cult}
^AGENDA: {Culling of any impure, including Planet}
^TECH: {Applied Physics, Industrial Base plus 2 free techs}

#DATALINKS2
^-5 PLANET: {Even Planet senses dark intent and will attempt to stop the Cleansing}
^+3 INDUSTRY: {The machines of destruction turn.}
^+3 MORALE: { Zealous followers who exist only to exterminate}
^-1 GROWTH {Constant destruction leaves little time for procreation)
^Free Robotic Assembly Plant each base: {The machines of destruction}
^Impunity to Fundamentalism  penalties
^+25 % attack, +50% to PSI combat: (Zealous devotion to the purge)
^{May not use Future Society :Eudimanic}

#FACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"Destruction : cease?"

"Good.  End of Planet: Not begin with you."
"I, $TITLE0 $NAME1, shall never let monsters like you
for all!"

#FACTIONTREATY
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"Destruction : Yours Delayed , $TITLE0 $NAME1. I suggest: Treaty of Friendship. Our species: aid in eventual destruction of everything"

#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440

#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
#ALIENFACTIONTRUCE #xs 440 #caption $CAPTION7 #ALIENFACTIONTRUCE #xs 440 #caption $CAPTION7 #ALIENFACTIONTRUCE #xs 440 #caption $CAPTION7 #ALIENFACTIONTRUCE #xs 440 #caption $CAPTION7 #ALIENFACTIONTRUCE #xs 440 #caption $CAPTION7 "Your eventual nonexistance: delay . A Truce: please concur"

"Agreement."
"$NAME3. Destruction: prepare!"

#ALIENFACTIONTREATY
#xs 440
#caption $CAPTION7
"$TITLE0 $NAME1, clearly you are one with the extermination. Treaty of Friendship: teach me more of my potential"

"Welcome back: prodigy. Aims: similar. Treaty: fine idea."
"Your understanding of your inevitable nonexistance : feeble. Treaty: not at this time."

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I am just about happy with the way it is a present and how the AI plays it. I am also enjoying putting it up against Ete's Annihilators. Man, what interesting battles to watch.

It makes me want to make a "cage match" scenario and place these guys, the Antimind, Marr, and Yang in a 4 way!

Anyways, I have the files attached if you DARE to put this into one of your regular SP games just to make things... well... interesting.

[Buster's Uncle]

A four-way with any of the aforementioned individuals strikes me as the opposite of good porn...

[JarlWolf]

A four-way with any of the aforementioned individuals strikes me as the opposite of good porn...

But somewhere out there, there is someone who gets off on it

[Green1]

A four-way with any of the aforementioned individuals strikes me as the opposite of good porn...

Rule 32!

It would be porn for geeks such as ourselves. I do need to design a map for it. I think I should invite Ete's Annihilators to the party as well. Make it a 5 way! Put Yang in the middle.

[JarlWolf]

I think Yang will just have pain then, no pleasure.

[ete]

I like it. Properly broken in a focused way (insane mineral production, powerful army, uses Fundy well). Excellent graphics too JarlWolf.

[Buster's Uncle]

A four-way with any of the aforementioned individuals strikes me as the opposite of good porn...

But somewhere out there, there is someone who gets off on it

Do you mean rule 34?  [admin hat]If you do, don't try to post that junk here.[/admin hat]

[Buster's Uncle]

Okay, I googled rule 32, and my admonition stands.

[JarlWolf]

But how can he post an AAR then? 

 

[Buster's Uncle]

By leaving out the dirty pictures.

[Green1]

Crap! I meant rule 34..lol.

Rule 32 is pics or it did not happen! God.. typos/ brain farts.

Well, I do suppose I can share some AI play testing.

But, BU has admonished me. I would be banned from posting. Because you know if I did such a thing, I do detail.

On the other hand, there is a Fallen Enchantress developer named Frog Boy. For fun, all he does is make AIs and watch them play over and over.

[Buster's Uncle]

That's okay; I quoted the wrong post to reply to.

Just bring the AAR goodness w/o your dirty, dirty, smut, and you're earning points - and as Draz likes to say, points mean prizes.

[Green1]

AAR5 will come Aug-Sep. That will be a special, painful time for me. Plus, I will be too busy making fun... er... cheering on Ete. Because I think Powergamers are the Chosen Ones and Blessed of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

For this, it would be an AI playtest for my own sick curiosity.

Thing is.. is this durn scenario editor. I had a heart attack when I saw the one for Age of Wonders:SM. This one is no where near the complexity of AoW, but it is not as intuitive, either.

I have also not done a lot of reading on it, since I love random maps in any 4x and a scenario editor has not been a necessity for me to figure out. (Any 4x without random maps is crap in my opinion) But, for this, I would need to figure out how to put 4-5 things down without needing all 7. Also, I do not want a lot of sea travel. I want them to go in and start duking it out! I would want something like the "wheel" RNG map setting  in Civ 4 where everything connects to everything else and you have to guard against attacks from all directions. God, that was a fun map. I would set it "always at war" and fight 10 civs at Prince. I would always lose, but the idea was to see how long you lasted.

PROTIP: do it with Khmer. Those Baray elephants hit way out of their class range. Just watch for spears.

[Buster's Uncle]

No Flying Spaghetti Monster pr0n, okay?

What are you needing the scenario editor for?  I'm just wondering if a third-party map would do; Mart and Petek are both good at maps, if you could talk one of them into helping.

[Green1]

No Flying Spaghetti Monster pr0n, okay?

What are you needing the scenario editor for?  I'm just wondering if a third-party map would do; Mart and Petek are both good at maps, if you could talk one of them into helping.

I need a map to test AIs. I should be able to only have to put in 3 if I want to, or 5. No more than 5. Resources must be balanced at start areas so there is no unfairness. It should be either a tiny map or small. LOTS of FUNGUS, but I do want to be able to see ground. About as much fungus as Abundant Lifeforms which is the perfect amount.

I think the coolest layout is based on the "wheel" RNG of Civ 4. Some of the MP folks may like this, too. The starting areas are in the circles. The lines are passages to the different starting area "continents" Those "lines" can be as thin as 2 squares, but I think they should be 4. Bonus points if there are cool resources where those lines intersect.

The idea is the AIs do not have to mess with sea warfare to mess with each other. (Although putting someone like Sven on the outside terrorizing may be fun for a go or two)

Small to tiny map would be the ideal.