As someone who is "newer" to LT, I have to say it's funny how often the idea of LT2 is brought up, "or Josh's next project". Agreed. However he has already hinted that a later sequel is the way he wants to go. Rather than endlessly updating the original with post-release content, I suspect there wi...

Sorry, I meant that it will remain a feature in that the code will exist to support it. The probabilities governing it, as you suggested, could essentially turn the mechanism off. I didn't mean to suggest that I will force it on you as a part of the game, rather just that it will be implemented and...

"Hundreds / Thousands of NPC's, very basic collision detection (possibly limited to a radious around the player)"

If the player can't see it, then it's all just background calculations anyways.

Anything is better than Windows 8......

Regarding the latest dev log, I feel like Josh is now reaping the rewards from his "over-engineering" approach that he's mentioned before. I gotta say, the excitement is tangible. Excitement, yes. But also likely disappointment for some of us, as Josh is reaching the stage where he needs to commit ...

but why are the people who say they want to engage in Tactical gameplay exclusively not all choosing the "I want to manage 0 NPCs" option in this poll? I'm mainly interested in tactical play (though I voted 2 of 3 in that other poll), and I voted 7-24 here. But when I think of how I'd manage, I'm t...

Interesting, but the NPC's of Limit Theory are supposed to have "minds of their own".

This means the NPC's you create could work against you, with you, or move to the other side of the universe and never be seen again.

No death from old age please.

Pirate attacks, yes!

We clearly don't have to have in depth conversations with the AI. Why not? I don't think I will be asking my AI subordinates what their favorite colour is or how their day is going.. [Han answers the intercom after comandeering an attack station] Han Solo: [sounding official] Uh, everything's under...

Talvieno wrote:The actual release will be the complete game, all bugs pre-fixed.

Never such a thing as bug free. Any program this complex always has hundreds of bugs.

I don't think Josh plans to abandon Limit Theory, but I do know he feels like his live has been "put on hold" for the past two years, so he's not likely to continue working on it full-time afterwards. Flatfingers - yeah, I'm aware that we don't know everything at the moment, but his responses infor...

Be aware, though -- and I think Behemoth would agree -- that a number of his responses are provisional. We just don't know much at all right now, for example, about what kinds of gameplay will be connected to planets. The other thing I wanted to comment on was the first question about whether the b...

Alrighty... my post asking about what the plan is for AI communication has apparently been moved to a suggestion thread... though it's not a suggestion but a question about what the current plan is... Well, being that it's here now here is my suggestion! :) Communication should be simple, but effect...

Factions can lay claim to planets, asteroids, stations and what not...

Would that not be the same thing as a government? (which is why I love the term "faction" because it could mean anything)

I'm just wondering what the plans are for AI communication with the player will be. Being a single player game only, and a game where we can build multi system corporate empires, it seems like something that will need to be important. An example would be warping into a system where your faction had ...