I’m finishing up the next release of President Infinity, but if you want to get a sneak-peek at the release before everyone else does, you can download it here
https://270soft.com/2016/01/22/president-infinity-version-ericson-2-2-3
(Link updated to official release post.)
Note: Windows only at this point. Requires you already have the game installed.
Feedback welcome!
Version details here
https://270soft.com/2015/12/03/upcoming-president-infinity-version-ericson-2-2-3/
Version will say 2.2.3.
Following changes were added to 2.2.3.
- 2016 > %s > Jan. 1st > Ohio > Kasich > -> 15%
- 2016 > %s > Jan. 1st > Arkansas > Huckabee > -> 10%
- 2016 > %s > Oct. 1st, Jul. 1st > Arkansas > Huckabee > -> 20%
- 2016 > %s > Jan. 1st, Oct. 1st > Kentucky > Rand Paul > -> 10%
- 2016 > %s > Oct. 1st > Maryland > Ben Carson > -> 24%
- 2016 > %s > Jan. 1st > Maryland > added Gonzalez Research poll from Jan. 11-16th, backdated to Dec. 31st
- 2016 > %s > Jul. 1st > Wisconsin > Scott Walker > -> 30%
- 2016 > Interviewers > removed Daily Show
- 2016 > Endorsers > S.C. > added Rep. Trey Gowdy
- 2016 > Debates > Dems > updated schedule
- 2016 > Debates > Reps > updated schedule
- Editor > fixed bug when click Polls button on campaigns that don’t have any poll data
- 2012 > Primaries > Hillary Clinton > starts ‘on’ by default
Looks great. Couple things:
Kasich leads in Ohio, but is at 0.9% in this scenario.
Also, Huckabee is only at 5% in Arkansas. Though there is a definite lack of data, I still think he’d probably be higher than that (maybe like 10-15%?)
@Kyle,
Thanks for the feedback!
Please note starting %s change with start dates – I presume you’re talking about Jan. 1st start dates.
Re Huckabee, the latest polling data available on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statewide_opinion_polling_for_the_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016
is an Overtime Politics poll, from December 2015. Unfortunately, the poll doesn’t include Huckabee in their list of candidates, so he would be in the ‘Other’ 8% data. Before that, you have to go all the way back to August, where he was at 21%.
Might put him in at 15% for Jan. and Oct. 1st.
As for Kasich, the latest poll is a Quinnipiac from Oct., and Kasich’s at 13%, which is what he’s set at for the Oct. 1st start. I’ll probably set him a bit higher for Jan. 1st.
Thanks for this sneak-peek, Anthony! 🙂
Awesome! Wasn’t sure on the Huckabee numbers, but the Kasich numbers were confusing.
2 more things I’ve noticed when playing this scenario in the past:
Is there a way to somehow keep percentages stable in early states? Often frontrunners can go down to about 1% [Trump in Iowa has a couple times.]
Also, Texas has a tendency to see gigantic downturns in momentum. In the past, I have had 3+ momentum in Super Tuesday states but seen -20+ in Texas. Is there a reason for this?
@Kyle,
It’s difficult to speak to the momentum questions without knowing exactly what was happening in the game(s) in question.
The frontrunner %s issue will be addressed once Favorability has been implemented, which is the next major feature on the to-do list.
I haven’t checked, but have you added all the candidates as possible endorsers? For instance, non-sitting politicians such as Perry, Santorum and Hillary Clinton.
Just in time for the blizzard. Excellent.
@Kyle
I suspect one reason Texas sees high negative momentum at times is because the state is so big and delegate-rich: this can lead to 4-5 candidates campaigning there in the space of two days (especially when there are 10+ in the field).
The result, if there’s a clear front-runner who’ll take fire from most candidates, is to drive his/her momentum down very quickly through attacks while barnstorming.
I think the same effect might be to blame for the way front-runners’ support plummets in Iowa as everyone attacks them. Hopefully the favorability update fixes this – if not, maybe it’s an argument for reducing the power of barnstorming events for candidates with little support. To take one example, I doubt an attack from Jim Gilmore while barnstorming would hurt Ted Cruz in Iowa as much as a super PAC hitting him with about 5,000 ratings points’ worth of ad time.
@Jonathan,
No running candidates added as endorsers in this update.
If you put Huckabee at 20% and 10% in Arkansas, I think it should be the same way for other candidates: Rand Paul should get 10% in Kentucky in October and January, Ben Carson the same in Maryland, Walker in Wisconsin, …
@Rophil,
Thanks for this – I’ll add those in as well.
@Anthony,
I keep getting bugs every time I select polls for a different year than 2016.
Why is this happening. Will this be fixed on the full release.
@Clayton,
Are you getting an error in the Editor? If so, how exactly do you generate the error?
@Clayton,
Replicated. Next to-do.
@Clayton,
Fixed in latest internal. Will be putting out another version, probably later today. Thanks for this feedback.
Latest version, 2.2.3, available for Windows. See link in post.
It is a really good update, thanks!
@Anthony very good update, very much appreciated!
@anthony
First thanks for the sneak peek of this update, and so far it is terrific.
One bug i noticed, is when I tried editing the poll numbers for the Libertarian Party and Green Party, I was met with an error. Just wanted to raise this awareness. The polls for the Primaries however are working fine though.
I downloaded the new update and each time I try to play a GE campaign I get “Access violation at address 004CDC80 in module ‘PI.exe’. Read of address 00000018.”
@Bubbles,
Thanks for this – replicated and fixed in the latest internal.
@Dylan,
Thanks for this – replicated.
@Dylan,
Fixed in latest internal.
Note that general election poll numbers currently are not used by the game. It just uses the numbers specified on the Editor Regions > Percentages screen.