Does anyone know all the issues for Political Machine ?

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Does anyone know what all the issues are in this game like

IRAQWAR and ILLEGALIMMIGRATION like they were listed in the old political machine game.

Are there any new ones and does anyone have a list of all of them ?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
The basic issues in the game are as follows:

A strong Federal Government
A strong military
Abortion Rights
Affirmative Action
Alternative Energy
Banning Public Smoking
Big Government
Capital Punishment
Crackdown on Paparazzi
Deficit Reduction
Drilling in ANWR
Expanding Ethanol Production
Farm Subsidies
Fixing Mortgage disaster
Fixing Obesity Crisis
Fuel Efficiency Standards
Gay Marriage
Gun Control
Harsh interrogations
High Gas Prices
Illegal Immigration
Invasion of Iran
Kyoto Treaty
Law enforcement
Legalizing Marijuana
Missile Defense Shield
More Jobs
More money for education
NAFTA
Outsourcing of jobs
School Vouchers
Social Security
Supporting Israel
Tax Cuts
The Environment
The War in Iraq
The War on Terror
Tort Reform
Traditional Values
Uncovering alien conspiracy
Unions
Universal Health Care
Video Game Violence
Withdrawal from Iraq

These are the basic 50 issues. There are others depending on which scenerio is played. You can also add more issues with a text editor. :D
Reply #2 from PolMach Forums Top
Wow that is great!

Where file did you find all those under so I can look at them and edit them with my text editor ?
Elemental: Reforged
Reply #4 from PolMach Forums Top
Ok the file name is MainIssues.PM2IssuesXML .

Code: xml
  2. <Issue>
  3. <Tag>ISSUENAME</Tag>
  4. <Display>Issue Display Text</Display>
  5. <Image>Generic</Image>
  6. <Icon>gfx\Ad_Images\Ad_Generic_G.png</Icon>
  7. <Description>Description of Issue.</Description>
  8. <Default_Party_Importance PartyID="Left">#</Default_Party_Importance>
  9. <Default_Party_Position PartyID="Left">#</Default_Party_Position>
  10. <Default_Party_Importance PartyID="Right">#</Default_Party_Importance>
  11. <Default_Party_Position PartyID="Right">#</Default_Party_Position>
  12. <Default_Party_Importance PartyID="Indy">#</Default_Party_Importance>
  13. <Default_Party_Position PartyID="Indy">#</Default_Party_Position>
  14. <Party_Importance PartyID="Left" StateID="*">#</Party_Importance>
  15. <Party_Position PartyID="Left" StateID="*">#</Party_Position>
  16. <Party_Importance PartyID="Right" StateID="*">#</Party_Importance>
  17. <Party_Position PartyID="Right" StateID="*">#</Party_Position>
  18. <Party_Importance PartyID="Indy" StateID="*">#</Party_Importance>
  19. <Party_Position PartyID="Indy" StateID="*">#</Party_Position>
  20. </Issue>


Please note that the # should be in the range of -10 to 10. Also the * is the state it refers to. Example 0 would equal Alaska. You can add more StateID's if you want to change the importance of the issue with each state. By adding these issues they should show up in the create a candidate as well. I hope this all makes sense and happy modding.
Reply #5 from PolMach Forums Top
Please note that the # should be in the range of -10 to 10.

Actually, Position should be in the range of [-10,10]. Importance should never be a negative number; keep it in the range of [0,10].

An issue's Political Score is its importance multiplied by its position, so if you're against an issue you have a negative position and if you're for it then it's a positive number. Furthermore if you're "sort of" against a very important issue you would have a position of -2 and its importance would be 9 or 10. If you're strongly for an unimportant issue then you would have a position of 8-10 and an importance of 2.
Reply #6 from PolMach Forums Top
Actually, Position should be in the range of [-10,10]. Importance should never be a negative number; keep it in the range of [0,10].An issue's Political Score is its importance multiplied by its position, so if you're against an issue you have a negative position and if you're for it then it's a positive number. Furthermore if you're "sort of" against a very important issue you would have a position of -2 and its importance would be 9 or 10. If you're strongly for an unimportant issue then you would have a position of 8-10 and an importance of 2.


Ahh, I didn't realize that. Thanks for the clarification and detailed example. 
Reply #8 from PolMach Forums Top
Can you edit these files and still play multiplayer?

No.

Although, (if I remember correctly) I think we do allow it if the person you are playing against has the same version of the files.