Realistic unit building

[Jubala]

Just edit the cost of the basic troop anf fighter hulls. If that doesn't make it cheap enough for you, lower the cost of small components as well.

[Aussie Gamer]

I agree that the overall caost of non-ships cost way to much, but considering that 30 fighters can destroy easily a cruiser, but in real life that is true as well any way.

It should be cheaper to produce the units, I wrote to Aaron about that problem and ask him if there was a way to put in a building that that speed up prduction, such as a fighter base etc, he said that it was a good idea. So hopefully it might get in the game some day.

[Triumvir Emphy]

what is up with this realistic thing, there is no such thing as a real "space fighter" so we really don't know what it would look like or how big it is.

The size in kt's of a fighter is 15 to start. So the fighter is 1/10 of a small ship, hence you get to build 1 ship a year or 10 fighters,...

to hell with realism, how about keeping game balance,...

[JDC]

One idea that would speed up early games would be a library of early ship designs that a player could import to new games. I growed tired of building the same designs in the early game.

Jim Cibb

[JDC]

One idea that would speed up early games would be a library of early ship designs that a player could import to new games. I growed tired of building the same designs in the early game.

Jim Cibb

[Sinapus]

If you save your empire, it will record whatever designs you have that are not obsolete, IIRC.

I found it handy to start a game at high level, then design some ships I tend to use (like colony ships) and save the empire. Then when I start a game with that empire it will be in there, just unbuildable until I get the right tech for it.

Pre 1.27, though, it had a nasty habit of making your ship designs vanish if you added other players into the game. Hopefully, something mentioned in the history files has fixed that problem.

[Instar]

JDC: Save your empire file. Its in the menu.