Frequently Asked Questions for Newbies

[Slick]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Make 2 Versions of it.

I don't think that is worth the effort.

[Atrocities]

You have to edit them, and turn on the Controlled by AI button.


QUESTION

When you set up a new game, how can you engineer it so that YOU select your opponents you are playing with? When I keep adding existing races...they end up being human controlled!

ANSWER
You have to edit them, and turn on the Controlled by AI button.

[Slick]

Ruatha: I will summarize the following and add new item in the next update I am working on. Little busy right now, but should have next update in a week or so.

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=23;t=007915

[Ruatha]

[quote]Originally posted by Slick:
Ruatha: I will summarize the following and add new item in the next update I am working on. Little busy right now, but should have next update in a week or so.

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=23;t=007915[/QUO TE]

Great.

[DavidG]

1.2.2 Maintenance Aptitude
Unlike other characteristics Maintenance aptitude gives a benifit differnt that what appears at first. Increasing Maintenacne Aptitude from 100% to 110% give significantly more than a 10% advantage from normal. This will in fact decrease the base maintance paid on ships from the default of 25% of it's cost by 10% to 15%.

(PS there are a few other characteristics that I'm told work in a similar fashion. like happiness, reporduction and resistance but I'm not sure what they are)

[DavidG]

1.2.3 Reproduction Value
The reproduction value works in a similar way to the Maintenance Aptitude. Every percentage point you increase your reproduction increase the planets reporduction by one percentage point. So if you choose 110% reproduction a typical planet could increase its reproduction from 10% to 20%. Thus what seems like a 10% improvement (100% to 110%) is actually a 100% imptovement.

[DavidG]

5.9.9
Cloaked ships cannot sweep mines.

(found that one out the hard way. )