Events versus Random Events
Verfasst: Dienstag 14. April 2020, 21:44
An event trigger fires in specific circumstances and fire full screen messages.
http://birth-of-the-empires.de/wiki/ind ... itle=Event
A random event is a game setting selectable option.
http://birth-of-the-empires.de/wiki/ind ... ndom_Event
In terms of storytelling, the best places to add a series of occurances within the game would be the later as they are accessible via the stringtable. You could have a a large variety of events that occur where a random event could happen based upon a planet being either subjugated or within your membership and so some change occurs that sets in motion a chain of other events. I bet we could come up with hundreds of them if the programming change is small which limits how many random events can occur (currently set to 8 random events), then writers could supply a new list for the string table.
That greatly personalizes the galaxy and adds spice and flavor in the single player general game, and especially so in a sandbox game where all the other empires are turned off.
These new events don't have to actually change anything, but can just be text messages.
http://birth-of-the-empires.de/wiki/ind ... itle=Event
A random event is a game setting selectable option.
http://birth-of-the-empires.de/wiki/ind ... ndom_Event
In terms of storytelling, the best places to add a series of occurances within the game would be the later as they are accessible via the stringtable. You could have a a large variety of events that occur where a random event could happen based upon a planet being either subjugated or within your membership and so some change occurs that sets in motion a chain of other events. I bet we could come up with hundreds of them if the programming change is small which limits how many random events can occur (currently set to 8 random events), then writers could supply a new list for the string table.
That greatly personalizes the galaxy and adds spice and flavor in the single player general game, and especially so in a sandbox game where all the other empires are turned off.
These new events don't have to actually change anything, but can just be text messages.