SE:V Tips & Tricks

[StarShadow]

You can get lower tech research costs in the demo, just edit the (normally locked) formulas.txt file.

In your favorite text editor, switch 'Formula Low Level Cost' with 'Formula Medium Level Cost'. Switch the actual Name Field, not the formulas.

Just played a game, so I can say for a fact that it works! Have fun

[Randallw]

You can move through certain wormholes even if you don't know where they are. I told my ship to move to the enemy side of a wormhole. The ship was a few systems away. Anyway, the computer knew there was a more direct route so my ship was moving through unknown space heading for wormholes I couldn't see and using them.

[Phoenix-D]

Rather than editing the tech costs, go to the system map, press `, type alltech, press enter then press `. Presto, you've got all your reasearch done.

EDIT: a few more.

Right click on EVERYTHING. There are a number of right-click shortcut menus in every screen that will save you lots of time and effort.

Simiarly, get to know (and change if needed) the keyboard shortcuts. Much faster to hit backspace to cancel an order than wade through a menu.

Play in the highest resolution that gives you decent FPS. The UI elements are a fixed size, so the higher your resolution the less screen space they will take up.

[bearclaw]

When creating ship designs, holding Shift then Clicking will allow you to add the same component as often as you like (that's in the tutorial).

Whats not in the tutorial is if your pointer is 'empty' and you hold Shift then click, you can quickly remove components from your design without having to click, move to the left and click again.

[TurinTurambar]

*/me places "9/19/06 Time Capsule" to look back on fondly 3 years from now

[StarShadow]

I just noticed during my last game, if you switch to sector view, you can arrange any ships/bases you have in the sector! This means you can make sure your defense bases are actually close to your planet.