Things in SEIV I never knew about....

[Ragnarok]

I found out how to do this as well in a solo game I'm playing against the Monsters. It is really awesome to be able to do that and it saves a boatload of time.

[Urendi Maleldil]

Way points are useful, also you can set a destination waypoint from the build que of a planbet or spaceyard. That way all ships built at that location automatically go to that waypoint.

The "repeat orders" button is extremely valuable. I often use it with a planet's "repeat build" order to program a mine or sat layer to continually build up mines or sats at a warp point. Just remember to have cargo on board the ship and use "remote launch" and then "load cargo".

[capnq]

Something I only discovered relatively recently:

Select a ship, planet, etc. Right-clicking the flag in the report window brings up that empire's info.

[Grandpa Kim]

I played for years not knowing this and finally had my nose rubbed in it when I started playing PBW.

Did you know you could place more than one warp point in a sector? And they don't have to be on the edge of the system either? Boy did I feel foolish when I saw what everyone else was doing.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by capnq:
Something I only discovered relatively recently:

Select a ship, planet, etc. Right-clicking the flag in the report window brings up that empire's info.

That kind of stuff is generally only discovered by accident.

[Gryphin]

In short, when in doubt, Right Click, you knever know what you will find.

[Gryphin]

Watch out for Divide points evenly:
Start of game
Research Choose Apply Points Evenly
Select The Following to Study
Propulsion 1000
Stellar harnessing 1000
Applyed Reasearch 200,000
It will apply the same number of Research Points to each item in the que even if this number is higher than what is needed to "learn" it.

Remove the selction from Divide points evenly and it will then apply the points left to right filling each item with the right amount of Research Points utill it runs out.