Frequently Asked Questions for Newbies

[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. )

[Rexxx]

8.7.3
Never use cloaking devices or stealth armor on armed warp point defending satellites. If you do it the passing enemy will not be engaged in battle.

To quote a post from Baron Munchausen (September 2002) which I unfortunately found after I learned about this fact the hard way:

"If even ONE satellite in a stack has stealth armor or other cloaking ability then the whole stack gets treated as cloaked when enemy units come through the warp point -- regardless of whether it is actually cloaked or not. So the whole purpose of the satellite stack on your WP is defeated. I've complained many times to MM about it. He can't seem to find what causes it. If you have sats with cloaking ability sitting on a WP you'd better have something ELSE there to trigger combat when the enemy comes through the WP. A base, ships, something."

The problem still exists in v 1.78.

[Slick]

Originally posted by DavidG:
5.9.9
Cloaked ships cannot sweep mines.

(found that one out the hard way. )

I can confirm that problem with unknown minefields. Rumor has it (and there are references that hint at it in history.txt) that a cloaked minesweeper will uncloak to sweep a KNOWN minefield. I still haven't tested this one yet. May or may not work the same way. Has anyone tested a cloaked minesweeper on a known minefield?

Slick

[ January 19, 2003, 17:46: Message edited by: Slick ]

[Fyron]

That change might have been made for AIs...

If it works for humans, just go add a minefield marker everywhere there might be mines.

[Slick]

I just learned this one the hard way.

4.3.8 Beware: If you have a planet on "Repeat Orders" and it has a Resource Converter, and you are playing a simulaneous game, when you give the order to convert resources, it will go into the "Repeat" queue and will be executed every turn until the order is cancelled.

[couslee]

Originally posted by Slick:
General question: For links, should the FAQ stand alone with the information imported so that the whole thing can be saved off as a simple text file.

Maybe I am mis-understanding this and being a complete computer N00bie, but wouldn't you get that .txt using the printer friendly Version of the thread? Just sent the print order to your HD instead of your printer. you could then edit out the irrelevant Posts leaving the FAQ in tact.