Sandbox mode

Inquisitioner

Officer

20 000g2g pts

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 12:15:37 PM

Now a rebellion would be fun... Once you conquered the galaxy your most battle hardened hero decides it's his empire.

WhAtEvErYoUmEaN

Newcomer

WhAtEvErYoUmEaN

Newcomer

12 years ago

Mar 18, 2013, 9:28:31 PM

Tsumegeri wrote:
I wanted to research all of the tech tree to learn their effects but those pesky aliens keep interfering and when i attack them, suddenly I win and the game end. so a sandbox mode would allow me to built freely and test out different built order, test weapons (on pirates), etc.

anybody else think this is a good idea?

http://www.moddb.com/mods/endless-space-sandbox

There you go

MODNosferatiel

Informer

"God's in his heaven, all's right with the world." Nerv Motto, Neon Genesis Evangelion

MODNosferatiel

Informer

47 300g2g pts

12 years ago

Jun 9, 2012, 6:17:52 PM

This thread is the origin of including sandbox modes discussions.

Other threads about this have been archived:

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13246-suggestion-add-some-static-galaxies-for-testing

/#/endless-space/forum/29-archives/thread/13863-alone-in-space-game-mode

Feel free to post here about this topic here and inform yourself about the variations the threads listed above have already discussed, but don't open new suggestion threads for anything alike.

Tsumegeri

Newcomer

Tsumegeri

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 3:42:35 PM

I'll agree with the progression indicator and the after play idea. you guys are genius. also going to try un-checking all of the victory conditions.

Eiensakura

Newcomer

Eiensakura

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 2:48:02 PM

A progression indicator would be really nice

Gordon

Newcomer

Gordon

Newcomer

200g2g pts

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 1:43:57 PM

Also, wouldn't a sandbox mode require a bigger galaxy? As of now, Huge is not.. Huge. At-least that's my opinion.

Estam_nar

Newcomer

Estam_nar

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 12:46:21 PM

I was able to "win" and keep playing simply by disabling all the victory conditions(i always do this when I first play a game so i cant be beaten except by conventional means :3). That pretty much put the game into a sandbox mode. An actual option for free-play would be nice though. Not a bad idea at all.

valmarus

Newcomer

valmarus

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 12:34:00 PM

People have been reporting of being able to get unchecked victories such as economic victory. Point is though it's a bug in the alpha not an intended feature, so in the final release in theory unchecking all victories will create a sandbox mode.

Aerensiniac

Newcomer

Aerensiniac

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 12:32:00 PM

Tsumegeri wrote:
I wanted to research all of the tech tree to learn their effects but those pesky aliens keep interfering and when i attack them, suddenly I win and the game end. so a sandbox mode would allow me to built freely and test out different built order, test weapons (on pirates), etc.

anybody else think this is a good idea?

You can limit victory conditions to supremacy or below.

Its as simple as that.

MT4K

Newcomer

MT4K

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 12:31:35 PM

valmarus wrote:
Effectively there is a sandbox mode, I'm pretty sure you're able to unchck all the victory conditions.

I think a dev said there's a bug with unchecking victory conditions at the moment and that it doesn't work. When it's fixed though people should be able to play forever if they uncheck everything.

valmarus

Newcomer

valmarus

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 12:24:37 PM

Effectively there is a sandbox mode, I'm pretty sure you're able to unchck all the victory conditions.

Tsumegeri

Newcomer

Tsumegeri

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 3:45:02 AM

I wanted to research all of the tech tree to learn their effects but those pesky aliens keep interfering and when i attack them, suddenly I win and the game end. so a sandbox mode would allow me to built freely and test out different built order, test weapons (on pirates), etc.

anybody else think this is a good idea?

Jethro

Newcomer

Jethro

Newcomer

12 800g2g pts

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 12:00:49 PM

That is a bummer. It would be even more fun, to hit a "mix it up" button (name to be decided!), which creates a random effect to reinvigorate the game! An empire split, where one of your heroes becomes your mortal enemy and takes half the kingdom with him, or a rebellion, or one of your foes comes back with a vengeance with new technology, to provide a further challenge, and maybe a new option next game.

Inquisitioner

Officer

Inquisitioner

Officer

20 000g2g pts

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 9:45:49 AM

MT4K wrote:
To be honest i'm surprised there isn't one already. I never thought to look for one myself, but for sure if there isn't a screen showing how close to victory the races are then there really should be.

The same here, I assumed it already had that mode. Normally all kinds of these games got the classical play after victory.

MT4K

Newcomer

MT4K

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 9:44:28 AM

VieuxChat wrote:
The game need a "victory panel" to show you how close you are to winning.

To be honest i'm surprised there isn't one already. I never thought to look for one myself, but for sure if there isn't a screen showing how close to victory the races are then there really should be.

Uberbasher

Newcomer

Uberbasher

Newcomer

12 years ago

May 5, 2012, 8:27:01 AM

Yes its a good idea. I always like a mode where you can experiment on.

Sadi

Old