Empires don't know how to refer to me after Synthetic Evolution

[Quinzal]

Considering that I didn't name my new species (insult), (insult_plural), or (compliment_plural), I'm going to assume that AI aren't fully regarded as a species or species class.

Also:

Do robots hoot? I thought they were more of a beeping kind of dude.

 

[Saviour of Galaxy]

What I found even better its that even the leaders from other races were called "Ulrra-High Humans" when I did transformation

I knew that deep inside, we were brethren souls ;] So I'm not surprise game is confused too

My proposed insult in inevitable patch: "rust bucket"

 

[Pizzarugi]

"Robot" should be an insult. Think about it, they're the first tier of automatons you can create in the game, the most primitive and clunky machines in the group. For a synth to be called a robot or droid implies they're slow and incapable of higher thought.

 

[Saviour of Galaxy]

"Robot" should be an insult. Think about it, they're the first tier of automatons you can create in the game, the most primitive and clunky machines in the group. For a synth to be called a robot or droid implies they're slow and incapable of higher thought.

Ok, you convinced me. What should be compliment than?

 

[Princess Stabbity]

Oh, I know what this is.

The "insert word here" parts are tied to species class (humanoid, fungoid, avian and so on) in localisation files. Since your primary species changed classification to synthetic, it must be that the game wants to use synthetic-specific insults and such but it can't because they are not defined there, probably because they were never intended to be playable until now.

A lot about the synthetic ascension looks like it wasn't well thought out. Desperately needs at the very, very least a quality of life pass (auto-build, the ability to convert new pops after the original ascension, probably other things) and bugfixing. And customisable portraits. I won't condemn my pretty species to an eternal existence as generic toaster heads, that's just evil.

Update: Actually, I just checked and need to correct myself. Localisation DOES have definitions (name_lists_l_english.yml) for Synth-specific epithets... which makes it even weirder. I have noooo idea why it wouldn't work... Here's an excerpt:

 #ROBOT: "Robot"
 ROBOT_desc: "Species Class has no effect on your Empire, but Robot-class Species may consider other Robots to be less alien than other Species Classes."
 ROBOT_plural: "Robots"
 ROBOT_insult_01: "tin can"
 ROBOT_insult_plural_01: "toasters"
 ROBOT_compliment_01: "elegant automaton"
 ROBOT_compliment_plural_01: "technological marvels"
 ROBOT_spawn: "immature processing unit"
 ROBOT_spawn_plural: "young automata"
 ROBOT_sound_01: "whirring"
 ROBOT_sound_02: "clanging"
 ROBOT_sound_03: "scraping"
 ROBOT_sound_04: "beeping"
 ROBOT_sound_05: "chattering"
 ROBOT_organ: "motherboard"
 ROBOT_mouth: "energy intake port"

 

[Esurnir]

I upvote rust bucket wholeheartedly

 

[Brucesim2003]

Organics are just meatbags. Pity them for they know not what they do.

 

[Nirmara]

"Robot" should be an insult. Think about it, they're the first tier of automatons you can create in the game, the most primitive and clunky machines in the group. For a synth to be called a robot or droid implies they're slow and incapable of higher thought.

Robot is also a derivative of Robota meaning Slave or force laborer. Calling your highly advanced and sentient machine Robot would be considered quite an insult for a synth.

 

[mackau]

no "shiny metal ass"?

 

[Fizztula]

no "shiny metal ass"?

That's the compliment description.

"The Koliau Soul would be a lesser federation without its incandescent shiny metal asses to shine the way."

 

[Quinzal]

That's the compliment description.

"The Koliau Soul would be a lesser federation without its incandescent shiny metal asses to shine the way."

Amazing.

 

[Saviour of Galaxy]

Robot is also a derivative of Robota meaning Slave or force laborer. Calling your highly advanced and sentient machine Robot would be considered quite an insult for a synth.

I dont know about Czech language, but "robota" is slang name for "work" in polish and has no implication of slavery.

 

[Omega124]

I dont know about Czech language, but "robota" is slang name for "work" in polish and has no implication of slavery.

This play is the reason why robots are called robots. The creator called his synthetic slave workers "robots" because he was Czech and that was the word for worker, and the name just stuck for the concept of synethic life in general.