Frequently Asked Questions for Newbies

[capnq]

Is there a way to Save a Que and then Load it for another Planet?

This is already in the FAQ, under Construction (section 4.4.6). It's spelled queue.

Is the list saved globally to be able to be used in any/all games or is it just for the current game?

Current game only. [Edit] Correction: Geo reports that (F2) Game Menu/Save Empire saves the queues as well.

Is the list static or dynamic regarding upgrades? i.e. Do I have to make another list when I research another facility upgrade or is the queue updated automatically?

Static, at least for ships and units; I'm not sure about facilities. Upgraded ships/units need a new saved queue.

Can I add ships or is it limited to facilities?

If you can build it, it can go in a saved queue.

If possible, what happens if an obsolete ship is called?

If the ship or unit is still shown on (F3) Designs when you turn off "Hide Obsolete", it will be inserted normally; if the obsolete design has already been purged, you get an error message: "We don't have the design for &ltitemName&gt."

Is there error checking if I try to build too many facilities?

Yes.

[ December 21, 2002, 20:54: Message edited by: capnq ]

[Quikngruvn]

Thanks, Slick!

Quikngruvn

[Slick]

...Income generated from remote mining is not shared with your trade partners. So if you were a race that got a lot of it's income from remote mining your allies would be potentially getting less benefit from the treaty than you, even though if you both had equal economies...

...Confirmed, racial characteristics have no effect on remote mining...
Geoschmo

Reformat and add as paragraph 4.6.8

[capnq]

1.1.1.1.2 Organic Weapons
Organic weapons cost organics and fewer minerals, which effectively makes them cheaper to build and maintain. Seeking Parasites are seekers with a reload of only 2. Small Electric Discharge is one of the best fighter weapons.

1.1.2.2. Crystalline Weapons
Crystalline weapons cost radioactives. Crystalline Torpedos (Seeker; Reload 2) and Shard Cannons ignore armor.

5.1 Attack & Defense Ships
These designations only matter to the AI. Defense ships will stay in the AIs claimed territory. Attack ships will go anywhere.

5.2 Support ships
Some useful types of support ships are: "tankers" with lots of supply storage and supply generation compononets, "tenders" with Repair Bays or Space Yard components, and "point-defense ships" with lots of Point - Defense Cannons and at least one other weapon. "Hospital ships" with Medical Bays are used to stop plagues.

9.2 Spaceports

9.2.1 [Add:] Planets in a system without a spaceport are marked with a red spaceport icon, and on (F5) Colonies/Production, their output is shown in parentheses.
[Add to Natural Merchants:] Your homeworlds will have an extra Mineral Miner Facility or Research Center in that slot.

[ December 21, 2002, 21:43: Message edited by: capnq ]

[Fyron]

Organic weapons cost organics and fewer minerals, which effectively makes them cheaper to build and maintain.

Not exactly. They can be actually more expensive (costing more total resources), especially when you get to BBs and larger, which can cost more organics than minerals. You should say they cost fewer minerals, and can be built in fewer turns. They require fewer minerals for maintenance, but cost more organics.

[capnq]

10.6 The possible treaty states, starting from the "lowest" are: War, Non-Intercourse, None, Non-Aggression, Subjugation, Protectorate, Trade Alliance, Trade & Research, Military Alliance, Partnership.

10.6.1 Some AI have a limit on the highest treaty to which they will agree. Nothing you can do will change this.

I'm not sure this is correct; I think that limit is on what they'll offer, not what they'll accept.

Someone needs to verify how Subjugation and Protectorate work; I can't remember who has to offer the treaty. The game does not automatically check which side is "stronger" when the offer is made.

[Slick]

Originally posted by capnq:
10.6 The possible treaty states, starting from the "lowest" are: War, Non-Intercourse, None, Non-Aggression, Subjugation, Protectorate, Trade Alliance, Trade & Research, Military Alliance, Partnership.

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10.6.1 Some AI have a limit on the highest treaty to which they will agree. Nothing you can do will change this.

I'm not sure this is correct; I think that limit is on what they'll offer, not what they'll accept.

Someone needs to verify how Subjugation and Protectorate work; I can't remember who has to offer the treaty. The game does not automatically check which side is "stronger" when the offer is made.

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From Default_AI_Politics.txt:

Highest Allowed Treaty := Partnership

Therefore I am sure this is correct. Different AI's use race-specific politics files and can and do have settings below Partnership.

I also have verified (prior to posting the info) that the offering empire is the dominant empire in a Protectorate and Subjugation Treaty.

Thank you,
Slick