To all having the Failed to Initialize problem. Can you run an experiment for us and report back the results? 1) Change your display to 1024x768 16bit color. 2) Run political machine in a window (Modify the shortcut to say "PolMachine.exe w" This may solve your problems. If it does, please let us know so that we can incorporate the necessary changes into the next patch. Thanks
BloodyHeap and biggyfred, Try running the game in a window. This may help. Edit the political machine shortcut. Add the "w" parameter to the startup. ex: PolMachine.exe w Joe
Jaguar, 1) You could go two ways with this. a) Let him have THIS issue. Push 2 or 3 other issues to make them important. This will lessen the overall effect of his 1 issue. Kind of like out shouting the guy and spreading FUDD. b) Raise your stance and/or lower his on the issue. It's an important issue and you can either get on par with his stance, or lie through your teeth, turning this issue against him. 2) Endorsements are
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Jeffrey, I haven't tried, but I think you could win if you put the extra points into the proper areas. For instance, if your fundraising ability is high, this can overcome the low money problem. Low experience is easily overcome by increasing other attributes and playing to those attributes. Low stamina is a hard one to overcome though. I imagine that it would be a very tactical game. Without the stamina to run around the country and
Tony, The -5 means that the candidate is [slightly] against an issue and the +7 means that the candidate is for an issue. You compare this with how the people of the state feel. If they are for an issue and you are for an issue, you are getting their vote. The higher the absolute value of the number, the more you care about it. So, if are a republican and you are -25 on an issue and the republicans in the state are +25 on the issue, you've pre