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Old April 10th, 2008, 12:30 PM

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Oh, so allied ships wont regenerate supplies by just being in the same system?
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Old April 10th, 2008, 01:10 PM
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Allied ships will receive remotely distributed supplies, but a Resupply Depot can only distribute a couple thousand supplies per turn, so there's only so much to go around. The RD owner's ships have first priority, so outside of a stopping at an ally's planet, it's not very likely your ship will get anything.
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Old April 17th, 2008, 12:52 AM

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In the next version, will there be plans to improve migration?
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Old April 17th, 2008, 04:09 AM
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Default Re: Balance Mod

Short of writing a completely new script in the Events script file, the only thing one can mod about migration is the amount of the effect.

Race Starting Percent Migration := 5
Race Migration Added 1 Percent Per Population Amount := 1000
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Old May 7th, 2008, 06:59 AM
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- minor AI nations shouldn't offer intersettling treaties: as they do not leave their home system, they don't benefit from those

- AI is too eager to exchange colonization techs. Or the big nations simply demand them from the minor ones, I don't know.. . Or maybe this is ok - haven't seen the AI use remote mining ships/stations, so settling everywhere is somewhat ok to make it challenging to the human player. Problem with this: you can remote mine ressources, but you can't "remote mine" research/intel (research stations would be cool, but beyond the scope of a rebalance mod I guess)
There's a bug with colonization techs anyway. Starting with IceCol, I was offered Ice/Gas Col tech when dealing with a race which started with Rock Col and had aquired Gas Col tech. No way for an ice dweller to get Rock Col tech from other races.

- AI only uses PD 1, ever.

- planet types (values) need rebalancing (since SE3, I think ;-) ): ice worls are mostly small, gas giants are .. giants, mostly. What gives a huge penalty or boost, respectivly, to the races which have them as their home environment. As an equalizer, gas giants should be much lower on minerals/radioactives, but they're not, as it seems. And there's nothing in favour of ice worlds: maybe make them have generally ok or better conditions, so environmental resistance (or how it is called) isn't a factor for those races ?
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Old May 7th, 2008, 12:20 PM
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Default Re: Balance Mod

The planet types are actually quite balanced. The Gas Giants appear larger but that's just a graphics thing, they are created in the same ratios as rock and ice planets

The AI does research and use point defense about level 1. If you're starting a game with 0 tech points, it might take them a bit longer to start researching more levels since they are researching more theoretical techs like physics etc.
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The AI does research and use point defense about level 1.
Started with 50k research points, and it's turn 148 now.
And all AI designs I know have PD 1 only - but weapons and engine tech 3-5 !

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Default Re: Balance Mod Available for SE:V

as I was looking in the vehicule sizes file, I noticed a possible error in every carrier types:
While text is "30% must be filled with fighter bay or drone launcher" the formula is
Requirement 7 Formula := Get_Design_Ability_Percentage_Of_Hull_Space("Units - Launch", "Fighter") >= 30 or Get_Design_Ability_Percentage_Of_Hull_Space("Units - Launch", "Drone")
instead of something like
Requirement 7 Formula := (Get_Design_Ability_Percentage_Of_Hull_Space("Units - Launch", "Fighter") + Get_Design_Ability_Percentage_Of_Hull_Space("Units - Launch", "Drone") ) >= 30
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I'll change that for the next update. It'd be good for if you want to mix and match fighter bays and drone launchers on a carrier.
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Does anybody know why terran ships have fewer armor slots than other races?
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