More beginners questions

Kling · #1 April 6th, 2002, 10:19 PM

Thanks a lot for the answers. Now I have a few new ideas... Null-space technology seems very attractive later in the game.

In gold, what is the default (ie un-modded) setting for fighters encountering minefields?

Phoenix-D · #2 April 7th, 2002, 01:21 AM

Just keep in mind that Null-Space does pretty low damage. 60 every three turns. If your opponent is heavy on resources, it's great..but if you ONLY use null-space, he can counter by desining ships that are all weapon.

Phoenxi-d

Kling · #3 April 8th, 2002, 08:05 PM

Ah. It only fires every three turns... Gah. Will have to think about this. So many decisions...

Meantime, another question. I recently took over an abandoned empire in a multiplayer PBW game, and noticed something strange. In the construction dialog, some of the designs were greyed because I did not have the technology to build them. How can you create designs that you do not have the tech for?

Suicide Junkie · #4 April 8th, 2002, 09:42 PM

The only way that you will get designs for tech you haven't researched is if the data files have been changed,
OR
if the empire saved its designs along with the race, and those designs are from the high tech endgame times.

If your empire's experience is quite high, the second option is very likely.

Kling · #5 April 8th, 2002, 09:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
... if the empire saved its designs along with the race, and those designs are from the high tech endgame times.

Empire experience is above 30k, but it is well into the game (like turn 130) and I suppose that those experience points might as well come from this game.

How does experience work? (In pre-gold Versions) Is the empire saved at end of game and you get additional points to spend on abilities?

capnq · #6 April 8th, 2002, 11:48 PM

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How does experience work? (In pre-gold Versions) Is the empire saved at end of game and you get additional points to spend on abilities?

The empire is never automatically saved that I know of; you have to save it yourself.

There are rumored to be benefits from experience, but no one has ever figured out what they are. The only thing that it's definitely known to affect is the descriptor of the race's age.