Slick

Dracus · #1 April 4th, 2002, 10:14 PM

exploding star is a random event. It my happen 10 times in a game and it may happen never in a game. Just don't pick catastropic events and it will never happen. Randomise is part of the fun.
You get the message and you have 3 years to move as much pop and ships from the system as you can.

If you use my events file, then it may even happen without warning.

[ 04 April 2002: Message edited by: Dracus ]

Slick · #2 April 4th, 2002, 10:27 PM

newbie guide you say? where can that be found?

Slick · #3 April 4th, 2002, 10:28 PM

BTW: thanks guys! what prompt and great response! I can't wait to get home from work!

dmm · #4 April 4th, 2002, 10:36 PM

Boarding warning:
I believe that crew quarters count as half a defense station, or something like that. So if you board a light cruiser (1 crew qtr) with a level 1 boarding party, then you always succeed. But not so with a cruiser (2 crew qtrs). You need a level 2 or two level 1 boarding parties.

My numbers may be wrong here (someone correct, please) but the main point is that larger ships and stations are harder to board, even without defense stations. If you don't know this ahead of time, you get a nasty surprise.

Suicide Junkie · #5 April 4th, 2002, 10:36 PM

Val: The red guys wear shields, the blue guys have guns.
Guns = attack
Shields = defend

PS: crew quarters provide the equivalent of 16 troopers/turrets, for defense only.
If you're looking at the components.txt, 16 troopers equals 4 points of boarding ability.

The boarding parties level one provide 20 troopers, or 5 ability points. Which ever side has the most wins. Unless there is a self destruct and the defenders are overwhelmed. Then both sides lose

[ 04 April 2002: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

capnq · #6 April 5th, 2002, 01:16 AM

A few points that haven't been addressed:

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It seems that you always want to keep stored counter-intel points and never complete a counter intel project; and that points are deducted from this “bank” when enemies try to perform intel projects against me. Is this right? . Are points stored in counter-intel 2 worse than counter-intel 3?

Yes, that's how they work. There's also a 20% bonus on intel defense (this can be modded in Settings.txt). The chief difference between Counterintel 2 and 3 is that 3 can hold more points. If you "finish" a Counterintel project, it "fails" and you lose the stored points.

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How do waypoints work? Can I chain them together? How do I move a ship on a really long trip and have it automatically resupply along the way?

You can set waypoints with the hotkey < alt >-< number >, and send a ship to a waypoint with < ctrl >-< number > You can chain them together by ordering the ship to move to each one in the order you want. (Hotkey V will show you the ship's current queue of orders, and < del > will clear the orders if you make a mistake.) To get a ship to resupply along the way, set up the waypoints so that the ship crosses the sector where the resupply facility is.

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Which are the good ministers to use?

There aren't any.

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How do I upgrade 1 facility at a time or 1 planet at a time? If I hit “upgrade facilities” it upgrades ALL my facilities everywhere and depletes my stored resources.

You can go to the planets' construction queues and put some of them On Hold, then turn them back on individually as the other planets' upgrades finish.

chewy027 · #7 April 5th, 2002, 01:42 AM

i don't know the exact link to the newbie guide, but I know its around here somewhere. I'm sure one of the members would be able to point you in its direction

PS: welcome aboard