Gameplay tips & tricks

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 September 22nd, 2005, 01:44 PM

Unless your enemy has shield regeneraters, that once is enough.

Alienboy · #2 September 22nd, 2005, 02:19 PM

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narf poit chez BOOM said:
Unless your enemy has shield regeneraters, that once is enough.

Too much cheese in your diet narf!

The only race that can benefit fully from that weapon is a religious race, as it tends to miss its target otherwise,.... better off with Shield depleting weapons that fire every turn I say,... but hey,... your welcome to use that weapon against my fleets any day!

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Hey,... can anyone tell me how to make "screen shots" of your game,... would love to know.!!

PS, here is a big explosion I made for my game, if anyone likes you can have.

Suicide Junkie · #3 September 22nd, 2005, 03:50 PM

Hit the Print screen key on your keyboard. This will "copy" the current image on screen.

Then open any graphic editing program, (MSPaint works just fine) and hit "paste" (CTRL-V).

Note:
The print screen key is typically found right beside the scroll lock and the pause/break key.
Also commonly found in the region near the insert/delete keys.

Alienboy · #4 September 23rd, 2005, 06:10 AM

Thanks for that, ya learn something new everyday. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_NewZeland.gif[/img]

Hmmm, wonder what happened to my big explosion???

Anyway, here it is, let me know what you think?

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 September 23rd, 2005, 12:33 PM

Pretty and good.

Alienboy · #6 November 10th, 2005, 07:08 AM

Does anyone know a little bit about Ship upgrades? On some turns I have done a lot of ship upgrades, sometimes more than 50 ships per turn. I have a problem keeping track of how much resources I need to complete all upgrades successfully. I have a resource converter facility and plenty of resources to work with. I usually find that I need more mineral resources. The problem is I can�t seem to figure out exactly how much of the other resources I need to convert to cover all my upgrades. I always seem to find that some of my upgrades didn�t go through because I have a lack of resources. Is there a way to calculate how much resources I need for bulk ship upgrades without having to write down the cost of every single individual upgrade?? [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Flag_NewZeland.gif[/img]

Wolfman77 · #7 November 10th, 2005, 12:31 PM

Multiplication is the best method I've found. if you select 10 ships that cost 5kT of minerals each, you need 50kT to compleate the upgrade. If I'm not mistaken, all ship need to be from the same class. After selecting them and clicking "retrofit" it should list the costs of each shipto the right of the class name. It would be nice, though, if it totaled them up for you.

Alienboy · #8 November 15th, 2005, 05:52 PM

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Wolfman77 said:
Multiplication is the best method I've found. if you select 10 ships that cost 5kT of minerals each, you need 50kT to compleate the upgrade. If I'm not mistaken, all ship need to be from the same class. After selecting them and clicking "retrofit" it should list the costs of each shipto the right of the class name. It would be nice, though, if it totaled them up for you.

Yeah, I agree,.. a total is necessary. I have just upgraded 70 odd ships, mostly different classes. I have tried to calculate things but I am missing something somewhere. I think that you only have the resources you have left from your last turn to work with. You might have 500000 minerals coming in on your current turn but I think that it is not accounted for with your current upgrades?? not sure really.

You also have to account for any resources you gift to other races.

Parasite · #9 December 4th, 2005, 03:43 AM

I would check the planet with the RCF again. I have had one on on repeat orders to launch sat, mines, or fighters, then when I convert resources, it gets moved up into the repeat as well. Check all the RCF planets, then check them again. If you are getting Out of Resource messages, that is almost certainly it.

A minor possibility is you are getting hit by intellegence attacks to steal or destroy them. Could this be happening? If you have any counterintel up, you should get at least notification of attacks.

The game does not say which one is out, but you mentioned that you keep track of all three. Even Organics can be a problem if you are doing SM ships or Master Computers. Check all the messages, if some high cost ones fail first, later cheaper ones may still convert.

CaptainAL · #10 December 7th, 2005, 02:04 AM

Thanks. You guys know this game inside & out so this answers my question - it isn't a bug. I read something about a scrap resource bug (maybe this thread, I forget) and that may be doing it. I am going to be very careful when cutting it close & not count on any scrap resource gains. There's a lot of good stuff in this thread that has helped me out - thanks to all contributors.