[Fyron]

Originally posted by oleg:
Are you sure about it ? I always thought settings.txt is red only once, when game is generated . For example, can you change the max. number of ships per player in mid-game ?

Yes I am sure. That is another setting that is only read when the game is created. And, it is just the default value, able to be altered in-game when you create the game (not mid-game though). Try changing population mass or base fleeting settings.