Frequently Asked Questions for Newbies

Suicide Junkie · #1 October 29th, 2002, 09:48 PM

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how does the game calculate distance between star systems? I am trying to create an excel spreadsheet but my formulas are not matching what the game shows.

Pythagorean Theorem!

3 squares across plus 4 squares up equals 5 squares diagonally.

capnq · #2 October 29th, 2002, 10:54 PM

And one square on the Galaxy Window is 10 light-years.

Desdinova · #3 October 30th, 2002, 02:36 AM

thanks. it was the distance each square covered that was throwing me off, now the spreadsheet matches. next time i will use a new thread for questions like this.

metro637 · #4 October 30th, 2002, 07:35 PM

What I want to do is set up a game with only human races. If the human race colonized the galaxy the had some sort of collapse and several civilizations started to recolonize. I propose using the Colonials, Earth Alliance, and etc. how do I do this?

kalthalior · #5 October 30th, 2002, 08:05 PM

You would choose the races you want to play in the game setup as if you were playing them yourself and switching them to the "computer player" option and "use race style". Beyond the Colonials, B5 EA and stock game Terrans, you could use the 2 Star Wars and 4 or 5 Star Trek Federation shipsets as well.

Arkcon · #6 October 31st, 2002, 05:58 AM

Topics like this come up often ... thought I'd put this thread back on track. I don't know really where this stuff should go, but anyway ...

5.5 Repairs and Retrofitting

5.5.## If you fleet a space yard ship, you can't select the ship for building, but it continues to build what it was building. You can access the ship from the constrution queue (button with the wrench on it) to alter the queue.

5.5.## Attempting to move a space yard ship that is building something results in an error message and no movement, building continues.

5.5.## Cloaking a space yard ship is possible, but it instantly clears the ship's build queue, with no warning. The space yard ship switches to repair mode, and the icons change. No building is possible, the cloaked ship does not appear in constrution queue.

[ October 31, 2002, 04:01: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

metro637 · #7 October 31st, 2002, 05:21 PM

Can someone tell me how to integrate these mods to my program?