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-----I have added and used new ship types when creating a new design. I have deleted from the list most of the stock type names. How dramatically does this affect combat if I choose Strategic?

-----Combat bug: I'm playing a stock game. My fleet of 11 Frigates attacks a Neutral Homeworld. I choose Tactical. Click Begin. It shows the opponent move first. Then my ships start moving each turn by themselves. The AI is playing mine and I'm just observing. This might be confusing to new players. Has this happened to others? I had to "Control-Alt-Delete" out. Luckily I had just saved the game; allthough I have auto save set for every two turns.

-----My "Current Total" of minerals(278669) is greater than my "Maximum Resource Storage"(270000). Have others seen this happen? I wonder what the next turns will show. My net resources per turn is +39809 Minerals. I guess I need alot more Ship Yards.

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Type descriptions don't mean anything, they're just text tags so you know what your ships are supposed to do. Strategies is what you want to look at. You can set a strategy for every design, and you can give individual ships strategies too. From what I've been told, once you know the intricacies of strategy-making, you're much better off playing strategic.

Did you accidentally select the Auto button, or did you accidentally click the Auto Resolve Combat button in the combat menu?



[/quote]-----My "Current Total" of minerals(278669) is greater than my "Maximum Resource Storage"(270000). Have others seen this happen? I wonder what the next turns will show. My net resources per turn is +39809 Minerals. I guess I need alot more Ship Yards.

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That can happen if you scrap a ship or get another one-time resource boost (gifts, perhaps? Iunno for sure) and the amount you receive is greater than the storage space you have left. If your net income is positive, it'll vanish next turn. (Oh, and instead of just building more shipyards, maybe you could also consider building a heck of a lot more storage - you might end up needing it later on, and in any case, it's always handy in case you need to manufacture a lot of ships fast.)

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Thanks Strategia In Ultima.I may have selected the auto button but I doubt it.

The excess "Current Total" was I believe from a Neutral accepting my request for their surrender. I must have received resources as well as the technology and planets.

I am building shipyards, and storage, and more research facilities. My net minerals per turn just continues to grow. It's now at 42807. My storage is at 494458 of 590000. I'm at level II storage and about to complete level II mineral extraction wich I began early. My total ships is only 58 (starting Light Cruisers now). My number of colonies is 17. My total space yards is only 20. It is year 2405.6 (stock game). I guess my empire is extremely affluent and worry free. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

-----I assume that the Mega-Evil Empire function will be present in Space Empires V. Is it still quite drastic where everyone declares war on you? Even a neighboring weak empire that will be destroyed?

It would be better if the closer empires and those in good relations to you would slowly detoriorate relations with you over many turns.

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Good bye Space Empires IV. Welcome Space Empires V.

Now if I play SEIV I feel like I'm wasting time better spent perfecting my SEV play. Do many others feel this way? I know that many claim they will continue playing SEIV for a long time to come but...really?

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Not at all. I find myself wanting to fire up SEIV instead. But I will put more time into the SEV demo just to give it a fair shake.

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I for one will continue to play SE IV until I can afford to buy a computer that will run SE V. (My current antiquated system can't.) And at the rate I'm managing to save up for that, I may end up skipping directly to SE VI. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Sick.gif

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capnq, I'm sorry to hear that. Perhaps some sort of gift will come your way. Maybe some side jobs? You're gonna be really anxious to play SEV.

-----Check out the Planets file in the game files! There are Ringworld pictures for each atmosphere of a rock, ice, and gas race. The Sphereworld has more detail also. A strip around the equator and some sort of landing pad or entrance port. The size of these details to the scale of a Sphereworld would be enormous!

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-----Official SEV site down.

Darn...

-----It's up again. www.spaceempires5.com

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-----For our main site let's all move to the official www.spaceempires5.com .

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Let's not and say we did.

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Bah, shrapnel is so much nicer...

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www.slickdeals.net

I got an HP computer (AMD 3200 - 80 gig hdd - 512 mb ram with XP Home for $550 - $300 mail in rebate)

Moved my Geforce 6600 in and bammo, a gaming PC for $250

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Thank you, Malfador Machinations, for bringing this wonderful demo of a superb game to us all.
We have been desiring more news and access to the game for many months. This demo at this time came as a complete and awesome surprise. Thank you, again, for giving us the opportunity to sample some of what we will have soon and to participate with our opinions, suggestions, and reports.

-Wade

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I'm grateful for the demo too. I'm going to buy SEV immediately, when the boxed game comes out on the local store shelves here in Canada. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I might wait till I know wether or not it's bugged, too. Never thought I'd say that, though.

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There is new SEV concept art in the "image galleries" at www.spaceempires5.com.

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..ok, the Cue Cappa just got a lot creepier.

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Not really. As long as it's symbiotism and not parasitism, it's not any creepier, except by association.

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Has anyone here played Space Rangers 2, Rise of the Dominators? What are your opinions of the gameplay, story, and general atmosphere?
I have bought it and installed but I have not invested much play time for it.

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Happy Birthday, Narf! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Cake.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Balloons.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/MusicalNote.gif[/img] http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Thanks. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

62 minutes until my birthday in Canada, though. I'll be 27.

...Man, I feel old.

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Happy birthday, Narf. Just don't start telling us how old 27 is. (looks furtively from side to side) Some of us are twice that.

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Oh, I know. I still feel old. My back is bad, my knees aren't too great, my sanity is literally questionable...

I know there are people worse off. Doesn't make me feel better.

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Age and sanity have nothing to do with each other. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/stupid.gif

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You try feeling energetic when your mind breaks down.

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Which thread has that recent post with the link of the funny, space, computer animated movie preview? The poster said some thing like "funny in a space sort of way".

I'm not finding it in search.

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Nevermind. It was here www.spaceempires5.com under "Funny in a Sci-Fi Sorta Way" and this is the video: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...=label%3Afunny

It's an animated all-CG short produced by Imageworks and Sony Pictures.