Na, just thought it was amusing.

Ok, I removed your irregular file for now - still had the old 'newrandommaps1.xml' from back 11/10/13 (last updated at least).  Just in case anyway.

Then I removed the files you mentioned and re-ran another game - large irregular w/12 - Within the first couple turns the majority had created cities. 

Tried again with huge irregular w/15 - by spring 5AC (think turn 20?)  All had cities - with a few of the original sovs (kraxis, gilden) taking a few turns and clearing some mobs first.   A couple have 2 cities - most have 1.

Not sure what the secret cult is - but intrigued.

I apparently have something else that breaks pioneers since I'm not seeing a pioneer resource as mentioned in XD9_pioneers.   Doesn't seem to be impactful, but not 100% sure what its supposed to do.   cost .33 PPE per pioneer - so 1 total per group?

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or SD could fix it so that when you don't have the master quest victory condition set then you don't get the master quest wildland popping up...

though....I suppose none of us can really argue...we all bought the game already. Anything SD does is 'extra' in their eyes. I was just hoping for something more...polished...

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I Agree. The main problem I find is that is too intrusive and not emersive enough.

Similar to the way the Dragon's Eye quest is scattered around the map, it would be nice if the master quest did the same thing. Each step along the way and concluding each harder and harder quest, you open up the next 'gate'...but the gate's are not physical...they are more like the seals in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Once all the 'gates' are opened, the massive, elaborate, how ever they want to do it, prison to the pit of lost sould emerges out of the ground. (ps...HUGE cutscene here). Who cares what it destroys (like Curgen's Volcano)....you're in it to END the game. Then you tackle on the big, bad, HARD to beat bossman at the end. You are victorious. HUGE cutscene here!

I'd play that. (hope Brad reads these modder threads too)

I'd agree with that - even without the cutscene.  The master quest has always been a quick gameover/want to finish since its so easy.

Not that it matters - metadata isn't captured at the profile level or stored anywhere.

Primal - really liking the mod(s) so far -

I don't understand dual classing - can't get it to trigger on a custom SOV

I now understand pioneers - very cool (although I'm breaking it with another mod with pioneer trait, it works when I select the default unit)

Beer!

Unrest seems almost too easy to manage now - may remove some of your unrest modifiers for future games.

My level up trait window is all messed up - but think that's because of other various mods so no worries

The new spells/transmutations and such are awesome - do kind of wish they could be organized better since they do add a bit of clutter.  Would rather have the functionality though so its all good.

Had started a new game, hadn't met the AI yet - hoping their doing well.  Not exactly sure how I'll tell if its improved short term but looking forward to it.

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Very nicely done. With hope, SD will take this and expand upon it adding in a few more bodies. (centaur, medusa, etc)

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Primal,

 First of all, thanks for your continual work, really appreciate it!

Question:

Does current games in progress use new mod files, or does games capture the mods directory on creating a new game. So I have a game in progress, I was wondering if I update to your 1.6b version if it will impact my current game or only once a new game gets created.

Thanks.

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Primal,

I started a new game with 1.6b and now about half the goody huts I pop does not show me the item I received and does not give me the option to Equip the item.

It's still in my inventory, and I can go there to equip or trade. (Most BMB items does not have an image, but I had that issue before 1.6b.)

It's not game breaking, since I still get the items, just a little annoying.

I don't recall having this issue with 1.6a.

I am using the following mods and one of them might be causing this issue:

XtraDeconstruct

Patchwork

Black Market Bazaar

Champion Bonanza

Necro Rev.

All DLC's

Not sure if anyone else is having similar issues.

Thanks.

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I can see what you mean, but having the common/uncommon popup for equipping in "easy" kills and quests during the early game perhaps makes some sense. Since at the time, you're not going to have any rare, etc, items.

Would be nice if we could place automatically in inventory anything that's significantly lower in stats than what that champion already is wearing. I doubt that's possible, however, but it does get annoying when you need to briefly consider what to do with your sixth rusty plate mail while wearing something much better. Wouldn't mind pounding it down into scrapmetal or making it into a something better, but we don't have that ability. Yet.

As usual, by the way, excellent job. This is one of two mods out there (the other is CoS) that I couldn't do without.

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Is that rating for the PotR patch a composite of all versions of that patch? Or is it just a rating for a particular version of it? If it's a composite, then people could be downloading it repeatedly when you've updated the patch.

I'm still a bit confused by the system, admittedly. My Oblivion mod has as of now 3,260 unique downloads, and 4,555 downloads in total. Don't people have large drives these days? Why would roughly 1300 folks need to download the same archive more than once? Given that it's only been updated one time, why not store it?

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I see it from time to time. But to help answer your question there may be 1300 people who played Oblivion intensely for awhile, then stopped removing everything from the computer (due to boredom or the computer exploded on them), thus when they get the Oblivion itch they may download it again. Also, it could be a corrupted download on their end... internet fails from time to time. SO, who knows how they actually count this stuff.

Or it could be some guy downloading the file over and over and over again....just to mess with him.

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Or many cases of multiple personality disorder. Or obsessive compulsives.

It was strangest for me at first, because with a couple of weeks my mod had more than ten times the regular versus uniques. The ratio drastically changed later, but I had to wonder why so many people were re-re-re-re-downloading.

The truth may never be known. Indeed, it may be the kind of truth that humanity would be better off not knowing.