Request for Aid - Evil Genius.

[xyzzysqrl]

I'm gonna lay this out up front, get it on the table for discussion.

I am ASTOUNDINGLY bad at strategy games. I have no idea what I'm doing. When Evil Genius came up on the random draw, I almost went "NOPE!" and tossed a second roll. I didn't, however. I set the game downloading, I grabbed the "Unofficial Steam Patch And Bonus CD" because I am always in favor of having patched to the highest version of whatever, and I started reading the manual.

The manual said things that were varying mixes of Obvious ("In this game, you are an evil genius."), Useful-sounding ("You should probably cloak your organization in a veil of secrecy so agents will report back that nothing is happening.") and completely incomprehensible. ("Here is a tutorial on Traps. Using traps is simple, you just blah blah yakkity schmackity twiddle-tee-dee toodle-doo figure 1 hummybummy AND THEN YOU WILL BE INVINCIBLE FOREVER AND WIN THE GAME.") The only way to learn, I decided, is by DOING.

So. Starting the game (as usual I am on Easy) you get a little above-ground shack, three minions and a henchman, and a mountain to carve into. ... Oh FUCK, I know this. This is Dwarf Fortress. Oh god I'm so boned. ... Oh well. STRIKE THE EARTH!

There is a lot of striking the earth. I build quite a lot of things, actually, and it's going well up until I hit a weird issue.

WEIRD ISSUE NO LONGER EXISTS.


With this particular issue solved (my doorknob permissions were making it illegal for anyone to leave the base) I can continue playing.

Well, damn.

I'll get back to it!

Comments

[relee.livejournal.com]

There is definately a lot of Dwarf Fortress in Evil Genius, though EG is a much simpler game.

I don't have the Steam version of Evil Genius, so I'm not sure I'd be able to test your thing. Could you possibly show a screenshot of what it looks like when it says that? There's a few things that could cause that and I'm pretty sure I can explain it if I can see what's going on.

[vulpisfoxfire.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. The only potential thing I *might* see is that in the second screen shot, the only visible entrance to the base is set at lock level 4 (which means noone but the EG can enter and exit, and if you had a henchman they'd be guarding it). Set it to lock level 2, and see if it keeps complaining? *peers more* Yeah, lock level 4 in the first screenshot, too. In order to build anything, minions have to be able to get to the helipad in order to take money out to pay for stuff and to collect dynamite, building materials, and item crates to bring inside.

[xyzzysqrl]

Yeah, this was it.