Been a while since I dabbled in programming so wrong word choice on my part
. It indeed checks a variable/constant instead of calling a function.
Note that in Python there can be things that look like constants but are actually functions, like dragon.max_wings.
There's probably a fancy programmer name for these, too.Well, max increases the value from 1 to 2,3 or 5, then. What's the problem with that? Apart from demons overrunning the realm, of course.
It seems ineffective and a waste of processing power. It's very likely negligible though.Well, max increases the value from 1 to 2,3 or 5, then. What's the problem with that? Apart from demons overrunning the realm, of course.
I think you mean insanity checking, since the seals would decay at the accelerated rate of the lunatic wanting demons to roam the land.
See the edit.
That's a low difficulty thing.
The in-game reasoning is that there are still some non-dragon-related cultists going around. And the design reason is to discourage turtling and create a challenge that you can't just skip by withdrawing to your cave and subsisting on wild animals.At the moment I prefer the option for the extremely early game plus killing a patrol equals a burned seal, so there is cost associated with winning AND with losing against a patrol from the start. It also increases cost of the first level of poverty.That's a low difficulty thing.
If you don't want challenge, play on easy. This minimum decay thing is the original reason why I started modding the game, so I feel pretty strongly about it.
Unless you play on impossible, you still lose 3/4 or 1/2 seals in that situation. The cost still exists, even if it isn't as big. And defeating a patrol on the higher difficulty levels is no small feat.
Poverty is kinda underpowered in the early game as it is. Poverty also shouldn't produce more demon cultists from a story POV.
There was a guy, what's his moniker... misterjoper, who only played on impossible.
How does the civil war affect seals? It kills mobilization for a while, but the thing that actually wastes seals is your reputation.
That still goes against the idea of a timer you have to race against and control, since that way you can still turtle and eat deer for ten years. And I've seen savegames of people actually turtling that long...
I was on my way raising infamy for the 250 quest. Given that it's my 2nd try playing I might simply overstimate what is still to come.
Speaking of knights: I have killed 2 of those, but only 1 was captured as my plaything. Is that bug or is there a chance they die?This is a major point of the early game, do not acquire infamy if you cannot back it up in a fight. The knights ought to get you for that before the seals do, though...
No worries, I disliking turtling as much as passive seal decay. I want to start small for the feeling and the passive decay to basically kick in once I evolved size 2 times, since you are quite limited before that. And I like to think if I manage infamy while being small the kingdom considers demon worshipers a bigger threat than me and goes after them.That still goes against the idea of a timer you have to race against and control, since that way you can still turtle and eat deer for ten years. And I've seen savegames of people actually turtling that long...
Overestimate what? The demon invasion?
I consider the deaths a case of them either not really being female or fighting till the bitter end. And yes, if they are too strong for the dragon to capture safely, they die.
The problem is that players - not necessarily you - can remain small for years, if they wish. And I personally find it interesting to have this threat looming over my head all the time, forcing me not to waste actions.
If that's what you want, you could remove the minimum decay from your favourite difficulty setting and change dragon.min_kingdom_fear_size to kick in faster.
This has come up before. For the most part, the Kingdom is the demon cultists. It's a popular movement, not some shadowy priesthood trying to kill the dragon and curry favour with infernals. The King can't go after them without inciting at least peasant riots, and possibly a full-on civil war. Which is a worse situation from both an anti-demon and an anti-dragon POV.
Already in. Big dragons (starting from impressive) have a natural minimum level of fear that killing off troops can't reduce. For example, the biggest size always has fear equal to at least 10, making you lose at least two seals per day no matter what.
What there still is to do to 'win' the game. Basically I don't want a timer that prevents me from seeing most stuff. If I wanted a 'hard' timer I'd play Ravager.
Makes sense. I was a bit surprised, but it of course makes sense that not every knight in the kingdom is a maiden in disguise.
Yeah, I'll look into this.
Fair enough. I still don't want to play with passive decay while I'm basically a big snake keeping a low profile.
Well, my perspective of winning is a bit skewed, because I think it means I can do whatever I wish, including going for both of the bigger endings. Or not.
The timer is not hard, you can increase it with sacrifices. But it's always there, reminding you that you can't just laze about like Smaug. Look what happened to him, even without a demon invasion!
Well, you're a snake who has to become a proper dragon ASAP. Or else.
It's a possible interpretation. My take on this is that since there exist dark archmages, and the Capital needs both protection and someone to keep the politics sane, he really can't go anywhere long enough to matter. It's a pretty common trope, being a mage of awesome power who can't really use it because he'll upset the status quo.
But you're the Dark Lady's progeny, and people remember that. Plus, someone might have spread around a few rumours that there's a new dragon about.
Dubious before summer. I am still a bit burned out on the mod, and a lot of what needs to be done is rehashing the same old things.
Well, all the new stuff isn't really going to be groundbreaking, not in the way that proper monster children were.
You only need a password to unpack the mod. It is very much findable. Search harder.
I always thought he looks like that because he's crapped his pants
, but your version works, too.
they can't participate in the battle, and it seems they don't deal damage before like traps.
To increase the power of defending minions.
Subtracted from base captive escape rolls, and a rough indicator of how much raw damage your minions do to the knight's party.
Are you sure? Can you post a save? I just tried a starter knight vs 12 goblins in guard posts and they knocked ~1 HP off of him, each. See the screenshots.
They're supposed to pelt him with rocks, or something.
