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Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 2nd, 2001, 05:25 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,071
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Question on Analyzing Ships for Tech

There is a meesage in the log if the analysis is succesful. The log is in the group of upper right buttons just below the planets and between the Empires and Empire status buttons. If you don't look...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 1st, 2001, 08:17 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,484
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Catastrophies...some thoughts

If you choose the religious racial trait they have a facility that reduces the chance that bad things will happen in that system its called a fate shrine. And as someone said long ago the good events...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 1st, 2001, 10:04 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,058
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Space Combat - Observations and Questions (Aaron/Richard take note)

The best way I have found to make this work is put weapons and heavy shields or armor on your boarding ships and let them fight with the rest. Another way used fairly often is have all larger...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 1st, 2001, 04:03 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,445
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Multiple shipyards

Actually the game looks for abilities not the names of facilities. If you give something a spaceyard ability it won't work with an existing spaceyard no mater what the name of the facility is. Now...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 1st, 2001, 03:40 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,502
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Traitor

I have been looking at it also. They have some good ideas and some bad ideas from my point of view. I hope it works because I would like to see how the religions for example spread to other worlds. I...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 1st, 2001, 03:29 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 7,312
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Ship size vs. weapons

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by apache:
Again, I will say that relativity is unproven. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thats why they call it a theory....
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V February 1st, 2001, 03:10 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,471
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Ringworld PDB

How about a weapon that destroys the galaxy slowly from the center out. It takes hundreds of turns and you have to fight your way through the systems as your home systems are destroyed one after the...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 31st, 2001, 10:19 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,664
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Maintaining formation and other whines

Heh I don't think there is any reason to be embarrassed because something is not obvious or spelled out in the manual in this game. There are so many options and different way to play this game I...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 31st, 2001, 09:59 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,664
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Maintaining formation and other whines

You break fleet formation by going into the Orders menu. The clear group assignment removes the selected ship from the formation and the clear all group assignments removes all ships from the...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 31st, 2001, 09:47 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 6,044
Posted By Tomgs
Re: A newbie writes:

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jon Brave:
What about these 3 points from a previous post I'd still like answered, please?

Seems to me then...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 31st, 2001, 10:10 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 7,312
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Ship size vs. weapons

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Aub:
Hmm, according to the Einstein there is no way they can know it is coming. Information cannot travel...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 31st, 2001, 09:49 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,669
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Have you ever been Experienced?

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Noble713:
I think the fleet bonus affects every ship in the fleet. Isn't this in Malfador's...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 31st, 2001, 02:57 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 10,908
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Atmosphere

There are no gas giant none pictures in the files so it can't change to what doesn't exist.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 30th, 2001, 10:03 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 7,059
Posted By Tomgs
Re: A thought on killing planets

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Spoo:
(unless you are of the philosophy, "If I can't have it, no one can!!").

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You mean...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 30th, 2001, 05:30 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,674
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Realism (of a sort)

Yes but its the same question if my one resource converter is on one side of the galaxy with storage containers all over the galaxy how does every single resource get to that converter get converted...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 30th, 2001, 02:44 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,674
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Realism (of a sort)

I have converted 3M each of Organic and Radioactive into Minerals on the same turn the question that would be on my mind is how did those 4.2M (6M x 70%) KT get to all of those worlds all around the...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 30th, 2001, 02:25 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 6,044
Posted By Tomgs
Re: A newbie writes:

One other note it takes years for climate control facilities to have any effect. On good and mild planets I have seen them turn to Optimal after 6 to 10 years but unpleasatnt worlds in that time...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 30th, 2001, 02:04 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,157
Posted By Tomgs
Re: More newbie stuff

They only "cheat" if you give the AI a bonus in the game set-up. That will allow them to research faster than normal. How much faster depends on how big a bonus you give them.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 29th, 2001, 10:40 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,276
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Man, this game is great ...

The Xiati are not a neutral race. To me they look like punkers with staples in their head and mouth.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 29th, 2001, 10:35 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,669
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Have you ever been Experienced?

Ship experience increases to hit and defence values. I have yet to see any benifit from fleet experience. I wrote to Malfador about this but so far I have not had a reply.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 29th, 2001, 10:07 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,960
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Need Quadrant Type Info

One other important difference is that ancient galaxies have more black holes.
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 29th, 2001, 07:07 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,391
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Phased Polaron too easy to research?

There are still some reasons to research other weapons especially if you have the organic trait. The range of the PPB isn't the best in the game (however it is very good) and range can be as...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 28th, 2001, 10:16 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,330
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Sats not being launched in combat

Yes but this changed because they used to self launch in combat. I really liked that better especially on the turn that the sat's were built they were already useful. Also I see satellites in cargo...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 28th, 2001, 10:13 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,280
Posted By Tomgs
Re: Resupply at Bases and Help Modders! - I cant get my Resupply Depot Component to work.

You will be finding new things out all the time in this game especially if you start modding. I haven't spent much time modding lately because I was playing the tournament and most of my mod ideas...
Forum: Space Empires: IV & V January 28th, 2001, 10:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,565
Posted By Tomgs
Re: AI Files (Borg, Cardassian, Army of Light) + some Component Mods

Aren't transport ship traditionally higher tonnage than war ships? You don't need the type of hulls that war ships do (note I am no expert here just going by gut feel so I could be wrong). Cargo and...
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