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[thatkid]

hehe that's why I'm using ubuntu.
I learn how to do these things as they come up and I need help doing them/somehow figure them out on my own

I shall try that, thanks

[Kay12]

hehe that's why I'm using ubuntu.
I learn how to do these things as they come up and I need help doing them/somehow figure them out on my own

I shall try that, thanks

Ironically, getting something to compile on Ubuntu is harder than on Debian precisely because they don't offer (well, they are available in the repos but not preinstalled) the accessories for compiling them!

What if there's a CCS founder, who is like your character. They randomly generate the beggining background choices and then start recruiting.

I very much like the idea of named nemesis characters. For a more advanced creature handling system, the CCS could have several officers, each with their own squad. Letting them lay low for too long would allow their squad to grow and eventually fission, producing new ones. Each squad could have several quality scales, for equipment, training and safehouse (with safehouses being sometimes occupied by more than one squad). Having CCS sleepers or skulking Liberals could reveal these things.

On the other hand, simplicity should be considered. This is not Dwarf Fortress we're talking about! Any additions, if you ask me, should be justifiable and integrated smoothly in the gameplay.

[thatkid]

It looks like it worked after I grabbed an ncurses package. Thanks

But...uh...how do I play it now?

[Bdthemag]

Maybe the CCS founder could be the direct opposite of the skills you picked at the start? If you go all out on strength then maybe the CCS founder should be an extremely smart conservative mastermind.

[Kay12]

It looks like it worked after I grabbed an ncurses package. Thanks

But...uh...how do I play it now?

try 'crimesquad'.

[thatkid]

Oops, I'm a dummy for not trying that.
Is it normal for the game to not be able to open the map file?

[Kay12]

Yes it is, I'm afraid. It was deduced a few pages back that this problem fails when the program is installed/built the certain way. The fix is hackish (because it shouldn't be needed, I think) but worked for me, at least:

1. Try converting sitemaps.txt to UNIX line endings. The file is at trunk/art/sitemaps.txt, and you should be able to do that in Ubuntu by typing 'fromdos art/sitemaps.txt' at the trunk directory.
2. Try running the game. Still whines? If so, try running the game from the trunk folder. It shouldn't be needed, but may fix the situation anyway.
3. Still whines? Try copying your sitemaps.txt to the path /usr/local/share/lcs/art/sitemaps.art (you'll need to sudo).

[Micro102]

Ignore this

[Vorbicon]

Are all the gang members I run into supposed to be conservative?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

What if there's a CCS founder, who is like your character. They randomly generate the beggining background choices and then start recruiting.

I very much like the idea of named nemesis characters.

I would also support the addition of named Nemesis characters. Hell, we already have one in the form of the CEO.

My full list would be:

CEO [Name] (Big Business)
CCS Boss [Name] (Conservative Crime Squad]
Police Chief [Name] (Police and SWAT)
Agency Director [Name] (CIA)
Federal Judge [Name] (Justice System)
Research Director [Name] (Genetics and Cosmetics Labs)
General [Name] (National Guard)
Gang Leader [Name] (Assorted Gangs)
Mercenary Leader [Name] (Corporate Mercenary Company)
Network Director [Name] (Conservative Cable News Network)
Station Director [Name] (Conservative Radio Station)
Club Owner [Name] (Gentleman's Club)
Incinerator [Name] (Firemen)
Death Squad Captain [Name] (Death Squad)

These would all be very powerful individuals. Their sleeper scores would all be very high to start, as the CEO's already starts at 100%. They would all either be heavily armed or have powerful psych attacks. They would all also be hard to kill, for example, the Mercenary Leader would be even tougher than Hardened Mercenaries, which are some of the most powerful spawns in the game already. I would also suggest that the ones that still exist when laws concerning them reach Elite Liberal begin to spawn as Elite Liberals, ones very hard to persuade into the LCS.

Are all the gang members I run into supposed to be conservative?

If you've harmed one on site, they all turn conservative. If you're starting in Nightmare Mode, public opinion begins so very conservative that even groups that have no reason to be conservatives spawn as conservative, like the gangs.

[Kay12]

Are all the gang members I run into supposed to be conservative?

If you start in nightmare mode or the public is otherwise Conservative, gang members (and other characters that may have any alignment) are strongly biased towards the Conservative end - if the public mood is Conservative, you encounter more Conservative people. The same happens in reverse when the public is Liberal.

However, when you raid a crack house and linger for too long, a gang will storm the site. This gang is always Conservative.

[EnigmaticHat]

Minor glitch: When assigning members to "Teaching other liberals", pressing 2 selects the third option, and pressing 3 selects the second option.

Apologies in advance if this isn't the right place to report glitches, I'm new to this game and couldn't find anywhere else.

[Kay12]

Minor glitch: When assigning members to "Teaching other liberals", pressing 2 selects the third option, and pressing 3 selects the second option.

Has been fixed already in the development version, but thanks anyway. And no, there's no better place, with the possible exception of the dedicated bug thread that's probably on page 2 or 3 now.

[squeakyReaper]

Ran into the above bug, but you say it's been fixed.  Also, another bug.  To reproduce:

• Press R.
• Assign one person to a brand new squad.
• Pick a different squad at the same position, and make the person on the new squad leave the squad and join that one.
• Press the button associated with the "new squad".

Crashes the game.

EDIT:  I've never seen a liberal gang member, even during moderate times and without ever harming one of them.

[Elodie Hiras]

Gang members at the crack house are ALWAYS conservatives. Probably to make sneaking and disguise training and taking over easier during moderate/liberal times. In other places (like industrial disctrict housing projects), you will find moderates or even Liberals gang members.

One thing please! Sorry if it might seem stupid, but I would like to get some infos about skills rolls and difficulties.

So after a source dive (thanks to comments), I learned that:

Skills are rolled against a difficulty (or another roll).
The score used for rolls is (attribute/2 + skill), or, in case of security, Security*2, or just attribute in case of attributes I guess.
That score is divided by 3. Then it's rounded down. Let's call the final value X.
XD6 are rolled. If there is one extra point beyond what is needed to get a round number, roll 1D3. If there are 2 extra points, roll 1D5.
Keep the 3 best rolls.
Compare to the difficulty.

What I'd like to know are the difficulties (heroïc =? Average =?).

Thank you in advance.