lizphairphreak 0 Report post Posted January 21 In the past, I was able to play as Not Seeking or Undecided as a third party candidate, but now after updating, it says that a candidate has to be "Declared"-- is this a part of the update or something I can get around? I really enjoyed playing as Not Seeking and seeing how I could build a third party campaign later in a primary season. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
admin_270 82 Report post Posted January 21 @lizphairphreak Each party requires at least 1 candidate who is decided, because otherwise a party might end up with 0 candidates, and that causes an error. You can still set a candidate to Undecided or Not Seeking, just not all the candidates for a given party. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patine 35 Report post Posted January 22 21 hours ago, admin_270 said: @lizphairphreak Each party requires at least 1 candidate who is decided, because otherwise a party might end up with 0 candidates, and that causes an error. You can still set a candidate to Undecided or Not Seeking, just not all the candidates for a given party. What about turning off individual parties for a game entirely? Is that still an option, or does this new mechanism prevent that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
admin_270 82 Report post Posted January 22 Yes, parties can be turned on or off. The problem from the game engine's perspective is when a party is turned on, but there's no actual candidate for that party (no one decided). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilight 2 Report post Posted February 4 On 1/21/2019 at 12:20 PM, admin_270 said: @lizphairphreak Each party requires at least 1 candidate who is decided, because otherwise a party might end up with 0 candidates, and that causes an error. You can still set a candidate to Undecided or Not Seeking, just not all the candidates for a given party. I don't like that. I like starting campaigns with everyone undecided to see who will jump in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
admin_270 82 Report post Posted February 5 @pilight I understand that, and it might be changed in the future to allow for a party with no decided candidates. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lizphairphreak 0 Report post Posted February 5 4 hours ago, pilight said: I don't like that. I like starting campaigns with everyone undecided to see who will jump in. I agree because I enjoy that too, and also playing from the outside to leverage media in support of candidates vying for a nomination.. setting the playing field closer to my ideal to enter the race. But I also had my fair share of problems when playing this way, and like Anthony said, that may have been a cause of problems. I’d rather have it so I could make a blank candidate with no resources/ballot access as a “primary challenger” than have persistent problems.. for now at least Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
