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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V April 7th, 2002, 11:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,120
Posted By gwichman
starting a new game with players in their own system

I'd like to start a game where each player has 5 planets an all 5 of their planets start in 1 system. Seems like no matter what i try, they usually end up spread across 2-3 systems.

Is there a way...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V March 30th, 2002, 12:06 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,761
Posted By gwichman
universe size

The largest universe i seem to be able to make is large quadrant size.

Is it possible to make it larger? I know it is because i joined a game that seems to have 10X as many systems as the map that...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 2nd, 2002, 02:12 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,235
Posted By gwichman
Re: firing order during combat

ya i'm thinking the reason my ships became so preoccupied in this case was that i was taking out someone's homeworld that had a lot of population on it. Had it been a lesser world it probably...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 2nd, 2002, 12:54 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,235
Posted By gwichman
Re: firing order during combat

yes there were.. i don't want to not attack the planet.. i just thought it odd my ships felt it was such a threat and didn't care about the null space weaponed ship nearby or the spacec stations or...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 2nd, 2002, 12:18 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,235
Posted By gwichman
firing order during combat

I just had a pretty large combat where i moved my fleet into a space with a planet, 18 satellites, 2 bases, and 12 ships or so.. mym fleet had 19 ships. For some reason the ships flew in pretty much...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 8th, 2002, 02:53 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,894
Posted By gwichman
Re: Intel useless?

as far as i can tell it doesn't help. My allies and I had 6 crew inssurections total go off on the same turn against the guy with 58k intel output. He blocked them all..

After seeing that, i feel...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 8th, 2002, 12:49 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,894
Posted By gwichman
Re: Intel useless?

while i agree it "makes sense" to think of it working that way, in my experience it does not.

My current intel output is maybe 25k.. The guy attacking me constantly has 58k output according to the...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 8th, 2002, 12:03 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,894
Posted By gwichman
Intel useless?

Am i wrong in assuming intelligence is useless? Initialy it was very effective when nobody had counter intel. But ever since i got my intel up to about 10-15k production, and started doing counter...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 4th, 2002, 12:45 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,128
Posted By gwichman
Re: Message sending bug

either at the beginning or towards the beginning.. I didn't pay much attention this time unfortunetly as i was fairly certain the reinstall would work.

I didn't have message problems until well...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 3rd, 2002, 08:58 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,128
Posted By gwichman
Re: Message sending bug

well after uninstalling and erasing the shrapnel games directory, reinstalling and repatching - i ran my turn yesterday and i'm happy to say that today, both my partners got the Messages i sent to...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 3rd, 2002, 05:13 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,128
Posted By gwichman
Re: Message sending bug

true.. i removed and reinstalled SE4 and applied the latest patch. Then redid my turn and uploaded it. Guess we'll see if that helps at all when the game runs tonight. Will post results tomorrow
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 3rd, 2002, 03:23 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,128
Posted By gwichman
Re: Message sending bug

geo - thanks much for looking into it. I agree it's easy to screw up a message but in fact i've been careful all to many times. It's been going on that long. I always confirm that me empire screens...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 2nd, 2002, 09:16 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,128
Posted By gwichman
Re: Message sending bug

Yes its "TheBigOne" and my empire is "Melnibone" (player Yrrkoon).

My ships and everything else work fine. Just the Messages don't.

And it wasn't always a problem. Early on, one of the two...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 2nd, 2002, 08:25 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,128
Posted By gwichman
Message sending bug

Well I definetly have a bug i'm getting regularly in SEIV though its not clear to me what to do about it. Makes it really difficult to play.

In a MP game i'm playing, my empire can't send Messages...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 31st, 2001, 09:41 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,034
Posted By gwichman
trade disruption intel op

In our SEIV game, we've been having a ton of gifts (technology) failing. It's like the Messages dissappear. We're definetly sending them and we're definetly accepting them but then it just seems to...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 28th, 2001, 11:44 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,166
Posted By gwichman
what use is climate control facility?

it increases conditions on a planet 1% a turn.. But what good is that? It doesn't elminate the dome which is the atmosphere TYPE. Does it just make your populance happier? 1% a turn seems pretty...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 27th, 2001, 08:15 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,127
Posted By gwichman
Re: planet rioting

so only landing troops work? or orbitting ships also work?
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 27th, 2001, 07:09 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,127
Posted By gwichman
planet rioting

i have an entire system where planets are rioting. Is there any way to improve their happiness and stop the rioting or do i have to just wait? I do not have any pro-happiness facilities in the entire...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 20th, 2001, 12:22 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,267
Posted By gwichman
Re: mines and mine sweeping

hmm that brings up another question..

with satellites i can instruct a planet to build the satellites, then on the subsequant turn launch them.

Can a planet also launch mines? Or do i need to...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 19th, 2001, 11:45 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,267
Posted By gwichman
Re: mines and mine sweeping

so if theres a warp point with mines in the same square, and my opponent parks 5-6 ships there as well, will it go like this:

#1-my mine sweeping ships sweep up whatever they can
#2-if i dont...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 19th, 2001, 11:37 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,267
Posted By gwichman
mines and mine sweeping

i've got some questions regarding sweeping mines..

As far as i can see, it's impossible to see how many mines are in a square. I don't see any components that scan them (i.e. scanners) and moving...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 19th, 2001, 08:14 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,654
Posted By gwichman
Re: ship is out of supplies.. question

thats interesting as thats completely counter to what i just observed. I had 3 ships that i mothballed. All were 100% healthy and full of supplies when i mothballed them. Now this Last turn i...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 19th, 2001, 07:15 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,654
Posted By gwichman
ship is out of supplies.. question

I have a few ships that i just unmothballed. They come out of being mothballed with no supplies, even though they are sitting on a planet with resupply depots.

my questoin is, do i need to park...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 12th, 2001, 06:33 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,822
Posted By gwichman
mothballing ships?

what exactly does mothballing a ship do? Could it be used to protect a ship from being mutinied? right now i'm losing a ship a turn to mutiny.. i need to scrap all my warpships so they aren't used...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V December 9th, 2001, 07:12 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,664
Posted By gwichman
Re: defending against mutiny\'s?

so i should increase my own intel then i take it.. which counter intel should i use? i have counter intel 1, 2, and 3.. 3 takes 6.1 years to complete. am i only protected when it "completes"? or is...
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