But optimally I'd like control over how much fidelity the game tries to support based on my computer's actual processing capability. I wish that would happen for those who have it to be able to leverage their available computing power in order to increase fidelity. Unfortunately it doesn't provide ...

I don't think you can work your way out of this issue by giving the occasional advantage to some lucky explorer or those whom she works for. I think what would have to be done is to be able to lose information, and for research and technology to be lost. Correct me if I am wrong, but research trees ...

Clarkian artifacts and monoliths would be rather interesting in my opinion. Perhaps they could be omniscient outposts which dump tons of information into your databanks about resources throughout numerous systems, identify the patterns of the local economy, give you super advanced tech...perhaps the...

I am unsure exactly how procedural name generation works, however slightly adapting an Idea for syllabic combination names I had long ago, I think it results in some fairly interesting and unusual names. It tends to work by lists of vowel-alphabet combinations. (v)owels: 6 (a)lphabet: 26 (t)wo-lette...

There seem to be several threads vaguely about this, and rather than make a new one, I might just add this here since it seems most related. I was sort of thinking along the same lines of commodity classes/categories but in I guess a slightly different way. My own thoughts were that rather than havi...

Hey Everyone, I have been pouring over everything LT for the past couple days, and all I have to say is "How the hell did I not know about this thing until now?" and secondly "What will Josh do with my money when he finally lets me give it to him?" might I suggest several gallons of gas for his new ...