Alliance mode?

posted on October 29th, 2009, 5:59 pm

I liked this A1 feature because you could instantly switch sides when the game twists. Though its original build up was rather hard to manage. So I propose a modified version for Alliances mode.

At Setup:
When you switch to alliances mode, then at the screen instead of "teams" it will say "alliance" you can choose any existing alliance groups or select N/A meaning that you are on your own at the beginning of the game.

In Game:
Now it may be confusing maintaining mixed tech on this mode, so maybe it could be disabled, or changed. Anyway, when in game, at the Comm menu you can instantly form alliances. If you want to switch to an alliance, those who are already members of it will recieve a request. They can either accept or deny. If you were to leave an alliance it wouldn't require other people's opinion, it would be instant. This can be nice because it always makes you watch you back. Now, there is the ability to become neutral, this cancels out any alliances of anyone and marks you as neutral.

End Game:
After the game the final results are tallied. There is a section that shows stats of who was allied with whom in the game, and for how long. If the person was allied the entire game than instead it would just be labeled "Permanent Ally".

posted on October 29th, 2009, 6:02 pm

This is already in... it just doesn't work for the AI.

posted on October 29th, 2009, 7:21 pm

where can i turn alliances on?

posted on October 29th, 2009, 7:40 pm

Multiplayer. It's only available there.

If you go into multiplayer, turn it on, save settings then it will be active in Instant action.

[Dominus_Noctis]

posted on October 29th, 2009, 9:20 pm

Last edited by Dominus_Noctis on October 31st, 2009, 12:18 am, edited 1 time in total.

Indeed Tyler

I think that the feature is being planned to be added back in for IA (didn't Doca state something to that effect several weeks back?)

[shadow651]

posted on October 29th, 2009, 10:11 pm

Last edited by shadow651 on October 29th, 2009, 10:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.

GREAT!!!! wish I known that i could do it before   

anyway, in armada I the only problem the AI had was determining when to change the stance of it's aliances. for example, I'm their ally and then I start killing them, they would still see me as an ally! but mabey that can be fixed, even if it cant it is still a nice feature.


EDIT:
Uhh.... WHERE IN MULTIPLAYER?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I cant find it 

here is a picture of the advanced options menu, as you can see it's not there! and I don't see it anywhere else, by the way I'm using 3.0.7

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posted on October 29th, 2009, 10:22 pm

Game Setup - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fleet Operations

Look at the last image there. It's in your map selection box (highlighted in red)

posted on October 29th, 2009, 10:29 pm

There it is, I think it should be moved to the advanced settings box  but thats just me. Thanks for your help! I guess I must be going blind.

and for anyone else having problems here is a picture, it's in the drop down box that is blue

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posted on October 29th, 2009, 10:42 pm

Hehe, that's what the guide's for: glad it helped

I'm not too sure it should be moved though, as it is grouped with a bunch of the other map settings (such as Assault etc).

posted on October 30th, 2009, 4:24 pm

Though could there be some edits to its works? Because lately I think having it work like how I described it? Because the dynamics of A1 Alliances didn't always work. Because those computers acted as if still my enemy even though I switched sides.

posted on November 10th, 2009, 1:23 am

AI would never change relations no matter how you viewed them.

However, the way aliances were set up before the game in Armada I worked better (aganst the AI) then they do now, even if it was a little confusing.