timujin wrote:
will this mod work with disharmony?

Not currently, but I am making an update for it, so that it will work with Disharmony.

Greatings from 2016! When I consolidate all of the mods, this is the one that I won't be including. It's not hard to understand, and I think of the "cards" as abstract orders for spaceships rather than a card game...

Trump makes sense to me. But kind of not quite... right?



Thought.

"Triumph" sounds more dramatic and includes the suggestion of victory / beating the other card. I think that's the kind of work you're looking for?

burlsifu wrote:
Current version: v1.0

Compatible with: ES v1.0.61





Summary: This mod rewrites the English text for the Battle Cards, along with game text related to Battle Cards. This mod does not change how the game works; it simply contains rewritten text.





Goals:

[LIST=1]

Fix incorrect text to match the card's implementation.

Standardize the nomenclature.

Create a "You vs. Them" simplified dichotomy.

Replace the words "block" and "counter" with the "trump" keyword.

Replace the modification value, displayed in a card effect's parentheses, with the total value.

[/LIST]

Example:



Original:

• +20% beam damage (block: +20%)
• +10% efficiency for enemy antimissiles (block: -10%)
  
  

Rewritten:

• +20% your beam damage (trump: +40%)
• +10% their missile defense (trump: +0%)
  
  

Instructions:[LIST=1]

Download the updatebc.zip file.

Extract the updatebc.xml file from the updatebc.zip file.

Copy the updatebc.xml file into your \Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space\Public\Localization\english directory.

Play Endless Space!

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Try a different browser (IE vs firefox, etc).

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*smacks head with hand dramatically* I had no idea that's how it worked.

Heh... I don't need the Mod now. Just the OP's introductory explanation and Thuvian's example. Somehow, I never managed to pick all that up from the text. Also explains why the rare occasions when the AI opted to engineer attack my self healing fleets it was devastating.



Oh... and I play (ed) bridge so I like trump... but I think counter is more appropriate in this context. Block was sort of obvious but also sort of confusing when Block added damage.

IIRC

[LIST=1]

If neither Player A or Player B cards counter each other, both Players get their applicable base card effect.

If Player A counters Player B's card, then Player A gets the base effect of the card AND an additional bonus. Player B's card is cancelled.

If Player B counters Player A's card, then Player B gets the base effect of the card AND an additional bonus to his card. Player A's card is cancelled. (the opposite of the previous situation)

If both Player A and Player B cards counter each other, then no card effects occur.

[/LIST]





Example

Name: Dust Warheads

Original Text:



+25% kinetics crit chance (block: +15%)

+25% missiles crit chance (block: +15%)



Rewritten Text:



+25% your kinetic crit chance (trump: +40%)

+25% your missile crit chance (trump: +40%)



Situation 1. Both normal

• Player A plays Dust Warheads, Player B plays a card that is does not block and is not blocked by Dust Warheads.
• Player A resolves normally, he receives the base bonus of the Card, he does not gain the bonus effect.
• Player A +25% kinetic crit chance
• Player A +25% missile crit chance
• Player B's card also resolves normally.
  
  

Situation 2 Player A Counters

• Player A plays Dust Warheads, Player B plays a card that is countered by Dust Warheads.
• Player A gains the blocking bonus, he receives the base bonus of the Card AND the bonus effect.
• Player A +40% kinetic crit chance
• Player A +40% missile crit chance
• Player B's card has no effect.
  
  

Situation 3 Both Players Counter

• Player A plays Dust Warheads, Player B plays a card that is counters Dust Warheads.
• Player A's card has no effect.
• Player B's card has no effect.
  
  

[nolabel]/Your/player/you refers tothe side that choose that card.

Opponent/enemy/they refers to the side that did NOT choose the card.



So, "+40% missile crit chance" means you get a +40% bonus to critical hit chance for missiles. (I think this is multiplicative, and still capped to 90% Chance to hit/10% chance to hit).

This mod does nothing to clear up my confusion with offensive/defensive card effects. You changed the word "block" to "trump" then changed the original numbers. Well... being the original numbers were not explained in clear, logical English, what makes you think changing the terminology... and the numbers to boot, will make it any better?



Whether it's "block", "trump" or whatever... it makes no difference. What's missing is the explanation of exactly WHAT is being blocked and WHO is doing the blocking. I suspect English is not the native language of the person who created the game cards because there's no "grammatical logic" to them. "Block" obviously refers to defense but the card fails to explain WHO'S defense is being affected; this is real problem.



For example, instead of saying "block 10%" I need something like "enemy defense reduced 10%." Or is it MY defense that's being reduced 10%? Who the heck knows?



The game cards need to be fixed!

Just looked at the mod, helps explain a few confusing cards.



MX

The devs should just hire you to rewrite all their tooltips. What they have now is almost unintelligible. It reads like it was poorly translated (and I assume that is the case).

+1 on disharmony, mod seems interesting!

Current version: v1.0

Compatible with: ES v1.0.61





Summary: This mod rewrites the English text for the Battle Cards, along with game text related to Battle Cards. This mod does not change how the game works; it simply contains rewritten text.





Goals:

[LIST=1]

Fix incorrect text to match the card's implementation.

Standardize the nomenclature.

Create a "You vs. Them" simplified dichotomy.

Replace the words "block" and "counter" with the "trump" keyword.

Replace the modification value, displayed in a card effect's parentheses, with the total value.

[/LIST]

Example:



Original:

• +20% beam damage (block: +20%)
• +10% efficiency for enemy antimissiles (block: -10%)
  
  

Rewritten:

• +20% your beam damage (trump: +40%)
• +10% their missile defense (trump: +0%)
  
  

Instructions:[LIST=1]

Download the updatebc.zip file.

Extract the updatebc.xml file from the updatebc.zip file.

Copy the updatebc.xml file into your \Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space\Public\Localization\english directory.

Play Endless Space!

[/LIST]If you have trouble downloading, please try the following:[LIST=1]

Log out and log in again.

Try a different browser (IE vs firefox, etc).

Clear your browser cookies.

[/LIST]

will this mod work with disharmony?

Hello there.

Just wanted to confirm that as long as the loc keys do not change in the main game this MOD should work with all future updates

TrentL wrote:
Well crap is that what the "Block" means I couldn't figure that out... I thought it was a defensive term like it increases your "Block" by 30%.



if there is room I would change it from "Trump" to "Trump Bonus" That way when you see a card that says "Trumps " it would be more clear that the "Bonus" for "Trumping" is X.



Trump is the right word for sure especially with "cards" at least for people who play Euchre, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, Diamonds, and other type of trump based card games. That being said, alot of kids playing CCG's would probably understand counter better.



So Counter Bonus would work as well.

It is very unclear unfortunately. I had to start a topic to figure it out. This mod should be built into the game IMHO. Does anyone know if it works with the new 1.0.65 update?

Well crap is that what the "Block" means I couldn't figure that out... I thought it was a defensive term like it increases your "Block" by 30%.



if there is room I would change it from "Trump" to "Trump Bonus" That way when you see a card that says "Trumps " it would be more clear that the "Bonus" for "Trumping" is X.



Trump is the right word for sure especially with "cards" at least for people who play Euchre, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, Diamonds, and other type of trump based card games. That being said, alot of kids playing CCG's would probably understand counter better.



So Counter Bonus would work as well.

Good idea but I'm not sure about trump either, however it is an improvement over block and counter sorta

Nice idea.

BIpolarKittens wrote:
I like the mod. Except the word trump. Don't think its a good fit, but I have nothing else to suggest. Sorry im useless, lol.

Thanks for your comment.



I used the "trump" keyword because the game currently uses the words "block" and "counter" to mean the same thing. Since the word "trump" already exists as a word that means "card A beats card B", I felt it was best to replace "block" and "counter" with the single word "trump", to be consistent.

I like the mod. Except the word trump. Don't think its a good fit, but I have nothing else to suggest. Sorry im useless, lol.

Battle Card and Hero Ability text:

[HR][/HR]

Name: Adaptive Strategy



Original Text:

• +40% weapon damage (block: +10%)
• -30% defense efficiency (block: +30%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +40% your best weapon damage (trump: +50%)
• -30% your best defense (trump: -0%)
  
  

Name: Armor Weak Point



Original Text:

• -20% for all enemy defense mods (block: -20%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• -20% their kinetic defense (trump: -40%)
• -20% their beam defense (trump: -40%)
• -20% their missile defense (trump: -40%)
  
  

Name: Barrier



Original Text:

• +50 armor pts/ship (block: +100)
• +10% max HP added to armor
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +50 your armor (trump: +150)
• +10% your max HP added to your armor
  
  

Name: Beam Surge



Original Text:

• +30% beam crit chance (block: +20%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +30% your beam crit chance (trump: +50%)
  
  

Name: Camouflage



Original Text:

• +40% efficiency on antimissiles (block: +10%)
• -20% kinetics damage (block: +20%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +40% your missile defense (trump: +50%)
• -20% projectiles per your kinetic salvo (trump: -0%)
  
  

Notes: Original text is incorrect.





Name: Dust Barrier



Original Text:

• +25% max HP added to armor (block: +15%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +25% your max HP added to your armor (trump: +40%)
  
  

Name: Dust Warheads



Original Text:

• +25% kinetics crit chance (block: +15%)
• +25% missiles crit chance (block: +15%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +25% your kinetic crit chance (trump: +40%)
• +25% your missile crit chance (trump: +40%)
  
  

Name: Emergency Shelter



Original Text:

• Ships destroyed during this phase will be restored after end of battle with 5% of max HP
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• When this battle ends, your ships destroyed during this phase will be restored with 5% of max HP
  
  

Name: EMP



Original Text:

• -20% efficiency for enemy antimissiles (block: -15%)
• -20% efficiency for enemy shields (block: -15%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• -20% their beam defense (trump: -35%)
• -20% their missile defense (trump: -35%)
  
  

Name: Energy Absorption



Original Text:

• +40% efficiency on shields (block: +10%)
• -20% efficiency on deflectors (block: +20%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +40% your beam defense (trump: +50%)
• -20% your kinetics defense (trump: -0%)
  
  

Name: Gravity Well



Original Text:

• -15% damage enemy weapons (block: -10%)
• +15% damage weapons (block: +10%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +15% your weapons damage (trump: +25%)
• -15% their weapons damage (trump: -25%)
  
  

Name: Illusion



Original Text:

• Creates illusions based on 40% of fleet CP (block: +10%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• Creates illusions based on 40% of your fleet's CP (trump: 50%)
  
  

Name: Magnetic Field



Original Text:

• +40% deflector efficiency (block: +10%)
• -20% beam damage (block: +20%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +40% your kinetic defense (trump: +50%)
• -20% your beam damage (trump: -0%)
  
  

Name: Nano-Repair Systems



Original Text:

• +20% HP repair (block: +10%)
• -10% damage weapons (block: +10%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +20% your HP repair (trump: +30%)
• -10% your weapons damage (trump: -0%)
  
  

Name: Offensive Retreat



Original Text:

• Ends the battle
• Player deals 1 unopposed damage round
• Block: 2 damage rounds
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• They fire one round (trump: they don't fire)
• You fire one round (trump: you fire two rounds)
• Ends the battle
  
  

Notes: Original text is incorrect





Name: Power Convergence



Original Text:

• +300% efficiency next phase Battle Action
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• In the next phase, your card's effects will be multiplied by three
  
  

Name: Retreat



Original Text:

• Ends battle
• Enemy wins, deals 2 unopposed damage rounds
• Unblockable
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• You cannot be trumped
• They fire two rounds
• You don't fire
• Ends the battle
  
  

Notes: Rewritten to be consistent with Offensive Retreat card.





Name: Short Circuit



Original Text:

• -15% accuracy for enemy weapons (block: -20%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• -15% their weapons accuracy (trump: -35%)
  
  

Name: Stolen Technology

Notes: This card does not currently exist in the game, so it's been commented out.





Name: Target Locked



Original Text:

• +20% beam damage (block: +10%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +20% your beam damage (trump: +30%)
  
  

Name: Ultimate Defense



Original Text:

• +25% efficiency on all defense mods
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +25% your kinetic defense (trump: +40%)
• +25% your beam defense (trump: +40%)
• +25% your missile defense (trump: +40%)
  
  

Name: Weapon Disruption



Original Text:

• -25% damage from enemy missiles (block: -15%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• -25% their missile damage (trump: -40%)
  
  

Name: Weapon Overclock



Original Text:

• +40% kinetics damage (block: +10%)
• -20% antimissile interception (block: +20%)
  
  

Rewritten Text:

• +40% your kinetic damage (trump: +50%)
• -20% your missile defense (trump: -0%)
  
  

[HR][/HR]Battle Card Result text:

[HR][/HR]

Name: Battle Card Success Regular Description

Original Text: Your battle card has been played successfully

Rewritten Text: Your battle card has been played successfully





Name: Battle Card Success Counter Description

Original Text: This battle card has countered the opponent card, resulting in an enhanced effect

Rewritten Text: Your battle card has trumped their card, enhancing your card's effects





Name: Battle Card Success Countered Description

Original Text: This battle card has been countered by the opponent's card

Rewritten Text: Your battle card has been trumped by their card, cancelling your card's effects





Name: Battle Card Success Enemy Regular Description

Original Text: This battle card has been played successfully by the enemy

Rewritten Text: Their battle card has been played successfully





Name: Battle Card Success Enemy Counter Description

Original Text: This battle card has countered your card, resulting in an enhanced effect for the enemy

Rewritten Text: Their battle card has trumped your card, enhancing their card's effects





Name: Battle Card Success Enemy Countered Description

Original Text: This battle card has been countered by your card

Rewritten Text: Their battle card has been trumped by your card, cancelling their card's effects







[HR][/HR]Battle Card Counter text:

[HR][/HR]

Name: Battle Card Counter Format

Original Text: COUNTERS $Category

Rewritten Text: TRUMPS $Category







[HR][/HR]Battle Card Families text:

[HR][/HR]

Name: Battle Card Family Sabotage Description

Original Text: These actions negatively affect your opponents weapons or systems

Rewritten Text: These actions negatively affect your opponent's weapons or systems

Notes: This is a spelling fix.





Name: Battle Card Family Tactics Description

Original Text: These actions counter your opponents' decisions when you guess correctly

Rewritten Text: These actions counter your opponent's decisions when you guess correctly

Notes: This is a spelling fix.





Name: Battle Card Family Unblockable Description

Original Text: These actions cannot be blocked.

Rewritten Text: These actions cannot be trumped







[HR][/HR]Battle Card Tutorial text:

[HR][/HR]

Name: Tutorial Action Choice Panel Item2

Original Text: Each card can counter another family of cards, resulting in an improved effect for the action. The countered family is displayed at the bottom of the card.

Rewritten Text: Each card can trump a family of cards, resulting in an improved effect for the action. The trumped family is displayed at the bottom of the card.