Newbie Questions. For the love of GOD: help me. *whimper*
Wow. I've had this game for a while now but never really had the time to play. Thanks to the blizzard that hit the Boston area Last Monday, I finally had the time to get into it.
Whoa. I finally have a game worthy of being called Master of Orion III (MOO2 is a classic, SEIV is a KEEPER.). I never thought I'd see a gam! Every time I play, I feel like I'm in a Grand Space Opera. The politics, the ships, the races and the options. Gawd this game is HUGE. I could go on, but MAN I need some help! I've looked through the htm manual but it seems a bit... skimpy... I've also looked through most of this site and found answers for some questions so I'll just post the ones I couldnt get an answer for:
1. Is there a list of every weapon and planetary facility in the game some place and what to research to get them? I don't know how best to spend my research points if I don't know whats available. I don't get to play much so I can't memorize what works best. I did look through the txt files but I don't understand the myriad of numbers after each component and its not laid out for easy viewing.
2. What do I have to do to make the other races happy? I will usually have a couple of other races in good treaties, just to have them end the treaty later on, sometimes shortly after they were "Brotherly" toward me? Should I give regular tribute? Just say "Hi" every once in a while? ("beware strang warp points!" hehe)
3. Do cloaked ships trigger mines?
4. I took over a small race that has 4 or 5 weapon platforms on each planet. Being a heavy fighter user, I don't want them, they get in the way and at this point they are WAY obsolete. So the question is: how do I scrap them? I can't see how.
5. If I set the minister of Population transfers to ON, will he automatically move conquered races to breathable planets to maximize them?
6. How do people here play against other people? Is there a multiplayer realtime game in SE4? (I'm not home or I'd look, sorry) but assuming there is, what is the most popular way to hook up and play against others? Some of the most fun I had in MOO2 was on my home LAN against my brother....
I'll think of more later. Thanks for the help!
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