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We need more diplomacy, intrigue and trade stratagems! :evil: :evil:

Not really. I use diplo as little as possible and do not even activate the minister of espionage. Using them is just unfair to the AI.


You could have explained yourself better with one ...

Vic wrote: Sun Sep 21, 2025 11:33 am very small update subversion C

We need more diplomacy, intrigue and trade stratagems!

I feel like the new DLC is like Oceania without a navy — it just adds a few regime profiles.


I don't agree ... It will probably add a new layer to the game. This could be interesting to some ( maybe a few ...), but on the other hand it will probably bother others, like me, that think internal ...

In the poll you linked, for Politics I understood it meant Politic between factions (international) ... maybe because it was mentioned on this quite long Vic podcast from more then a year ago.

Anyway I guess the dev can do as he likes ... I'm a very big fan of the game, I just believe it would ...

Where was diplomacy mentionned?

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In the poll you linked, for Politics I understood it meant Politic between factions (international) ... maybe because it was mentioned on this quite long Vic ...

Out of curiosity ... was there a poll on the new features / Dlc direction?

I remember something about Politic/Diplomacy (with foreign factions) ... there was also a podcast from Vic talking about this ...

How is it that the game ends up with a full Dlc improving governing your own faction?

I'm ...

I'm very confused at the moment ... I thought the Republic DLC was about Politic and Diplomacy with foreign factions ... this is what was laking the most ... dealing even more with internal politic was secondary in my opinion ...

@Vic will the diplomacy also get expanded without having to wait for ...

I'm very confused at the moment ... most of the users thought the Republic DLC was about Politic and Diplomacy with foreign factions ... this is what was laking the most ... dealing even more with internal politic was secondary imo ...

welcome, since you seem to appreciate the quality of my bug reports, do you think there is the chance I could alpha test the next DLC you are currently working on?

(half a joke but I would be eiger to contribute)

Ver 1.26M Windows

Clicking an Exe with reptiloid and then Transfer BG generates an unhandled exception. Tried a couple of times the bug persists. :oops:

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at ...

Just a quick question... out of genuine interest... i feel like i might be missing something... what is the interest of having LAN / direct connection in a multi-player game that is turn-based? With long turns?

Best wishes,
Vic


I agree Lan/Direct doesn't make much sense... we played "steam ...

Hi there,

Thanks for suggestion!

When and if i find the time to implement server based PBEM i'll probably opt for my publishers PBEM++ system.

Best wishes,
Vic


Thank you for the answer.

My advice would be to prioritize this if you can. This feature could easily double the sales of the game ...

I recently sarted playing again UnCiv, guess you know the game, the implementation of PBEM works very well and it's enjoyable.

I'm wondering if you could code something in the same direction, UnCiv is open source, maybe you could look at the code but I guess the implementation is pretty simple ...

@vic any chance to see some update in this direction in the next weeks? (planning to start a new game.. )

Note that Steam overlay never worked for SE. SE uses a form (software rendering) and not GPU rendering like almost all other games.

As for remote play working before but now not anymore, i dont really know, but that feels more like a change on the Steam side of things than on my side.

Best ...

I used to play the game with steam remote play together, was slow but fun and better then nothing.

We preferred it over PBEM because we could watch each other turn instead of waiting for the next turn.
(Actually it would be interesting in this sense to have an option for a coop/team game vs AI ...

This is more of a general issue than a bug. Ammo usage can be exceedingly dangerous in situations where it shouldn't be.

I didn't think tanks participated in repelling air attacks craft, though. That would be bad, and yes a bug.

For me, just having machine guns under air attack was enough to ...

.... Similarly IP is one of the most crucial resources and a key to victory in war, and production is centered in very few assets. This is while there aren't even means to recover asset damage faster. It feels like it would give too much power to one or two stratagems without much counterplay ...

It would be interesting to have more stratagems to hinder enemy nations.

A simple one could be a sabotage stratagem that damages a public asset.
There could be different stratagems doing 500-1000-2000 damage?
There could be diffferent stratagems for specific targets, industry or mining etc..

The ...

Yes I was badly loosing ... still..

Airplane were not bombers... no damage to buildings.