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Old September 20th, 2006, 12:33 PM

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Default Re: SE:V Tips & Tricks

"That just happened to me. Any reason why you can move your planet? Further for the enemy to go?"

Strange, I wasn't able to move mine, only the ships/bases in the sector.
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Old September 20th, 2006, 06:02 PM

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Here's another tip..since we can now move objects (bases/ships) around to place them in sector view, and sats aren't viewable/moveable, turn frigates into floating weapon platforms (no engines) by giving them long range weapons, and placing them strategicly around your planets or warp points.

Edit: Yes I know that they won't be able to get to the warp points without engines But you can either build them at the warp point or (and I think this is the better option), build them with engines then retrofit them at the warp point .
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Satellites can be viewed and moved in sector view.
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Old September 20th, 2006, 06:59 PM
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Well unless its a bug, not only satellites can be moved this way, ships as well can be moved around...so you could use the uber frigate sized orbital weapon platform...or if you wanted to be devious, you could use a freighter, and with the right kinda of mounts, could mount alot of large weapons, and have a bunch of free armor, via the cargo bays...

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Old September 20th, 2006, 07:00 PM

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Really? I couldn't even see them in my game.
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Old September 20th, 2006, 07:53 PM
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They're pretty small...
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Old September 20th, 2006, 08:22 PM

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Default Re: SE:V Tips & Tricks

To expand on my earlier tip for low research costs (which was promptly upstaged by the alltech cheat ), most of the game settings (that are greyed out in the demo) can be changed by going into settings.txt...for example, to start with 3 planets, rename 'Starting Planets Player Low' to 'Starting Planets Player Medium' (and vice versa)..
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Have the cheat codes been posted? If not perhaps we should post them.
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They're pretty small...
Ridiclously small, actually. Seems Aaron listened to the Starfury "all the ships and sats are too big!" complaints.
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Old September 25th, 2006, 04:03 PM

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Default Re: SE:V Tips & Tricks

nah they are good. there just needs to be a way to see them. maybe a glowing arrow above them?
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