Aurora 4x
C# Aurora => Development Discussions => Topic started by: MultiVitamin on November 18, 2019, 09:38:54 AM
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Joking title aside, once C# is out and about, what's the first game you're gonna do? Myself i'll be doing 2 simultaneous first games, the first being changing my Community Game over to C#. The second I want to do either a "MonsterShipGirls" run (I asked some friends what kind of game I should do, one said Fantasy Monsters as Ships (AKA Huge dragons, Shoggoths, etc) the other said Shipgirls like Kancolle/Azure Lane. I said frakkit and combined both) or a Warhammer 40k run.
Really excited about the Ground Units stuff and can't wait to see hordes of "Zombiegirl Infantry" and "Mindflayergirl Shock Troopers" conquering planets.
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Kaiserreich in Space
Aye
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Play it. ;D
Specifically: I'm going to take take generic human race versus generic bug race and smash them together like I'm 8 years old again.
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First, I'm probably going to reread the changes list to try to figure out how all the new stuff works. Then I'll probably spend hours just playing around with ground unit design.
I usually don't flavor my games on a specific setting, but basing my first one on WH40k is tempting. Steve's campaign is really fitting the flavor perfectly, and I want to try a ground unit heavy game (using them for colony defenses instead of fleets, marine forces on large warships, etc) so it will probably fit well.
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I'm going to make a starleague era battletech campaign, to test out the new ground combat fun. Making dropship-equivalents will be entertaining too.
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I'm gonna do a game with at least two NPRs at game start and see if I can't get a real war going. With the new A.I hopefully it won't turn into a steamroll every time. Also, big opportunity to try some new things out! I think that there's gonna be a big shakeup in the meta and I want to be in on it.
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i.. i will drink the bottle "vodka" and play "Katusha" on balalayka!
Seriously - I'm losing hope of waiting for Aurora's release before my grandchildren are born. Tomorrow I'm 46 years old.
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Tomorrow I'm 46 years old.
Happy birthday! S dnem ??rozhdeniya!
My Aurora 1890 game has been ready to start for months now so that'll be my first priority. I do also want to run an Aurora 1980 campaign where Cold War doesn't stop because Trans-Newtonian tech saves USSR economy and we get Cold War turns Hot in Sol with NATO and Warsaw Pact duking it out on the plains of Mars with contemporary ground forces and so on. Definitely going to use the rules regarding habitats and space stations to build some colossal structures in both campaigns!
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Kaiserreich in Space
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Hey good idea. Kaiserliche Raummarine.
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I'm gonna do my part!
After all, the only good bug... is a dead bug.
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I'm gonna do my part!
After all, the only good bug... is a dead bug.
Would you like to know more?
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Happy birthday! S dnem ??rozhdeniya!
Spasibo!
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My Aurora 1890 game has been ready to start for months now so that'll be my first priority.
1890? Wow, don't you have spaceships before the year 2000?
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When C# comes out I'll probably be knee deep in MW5, so it might be a while before I do anything. But my first game I think I'd do a semi-authoritarian government bent on 'oversight' of the surrounding space lanes of any human populated world. Purely for the preservation of humanity of course. To do this, I'm envisioning big battlewagons fit with layered energy defenses (longest range particle beams, biggest bore plasma, and fastest firing rail), with each ship sporting a decent amount of 'unreloadable' missile launchers (probably .33x or .25x size). Each ship would be fairly independent, with the caveat of FACs, while each world is responsible for it's own small task force (probably only 1-2 mainline warships and a handful of escorts) while the main fleets are stationed at bases set up at key junctions in the lanes. Probably will make extensive use of minefields (since seeding asteroids with PDFs would presumably no longer be a thing).
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My plan is to dive right in and do a typical Earth-Corp empire type game, but I want to see how C# Aurora scales compared to VB so will likely be pushing galaxy size quite significantly beyond the 1000-14000 I normally use, plus I'll probably also throw in a half dozen NPRs on galaxy creation.
Rather curious to see how it goes on my 3700x.
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Would you like to know more?
Why yes, actually, I would. :)
I won't be playing MW5 until next year at least, if at all... I trust PGI less than EA right now, but still more than Bethesda.
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Would you like to know more?
Why yes, actually, I would. :)
I won't be playing MW5 until next year at least, if at all... I trust PGI less than EA right now, but still more than Bethesda.
Is it wrong I love Starship Troopers and still like the film? (for vastly different reasons) I often feel I'm the only one, it's either Heinlein or Verhoeven and never the twain shall agree it seems
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If I have time to play it, it will most likely be a rather generic game, just to get acclimated. Then the fun begins ;D
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Is it wrong I love Starship Troopers and still like the film? (for vastly different reasons) I often feel I'm the only one, it's either Heinlein or Verhoeven and never the twain shall agree it seems
I like both because I can understand that despite the name and other superficial similarities, they are two completely different entertainment products using different mediums and having different motivations and goals.
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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-photos-evidence-life-mars-ohio.amp
--- Gentlemen.
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That... Looks like a stretch. I'll reserve judgment until confirmation comes out.
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I honestly don't know.
It really depends on how busy I'll be playing Stellaris 3 and Crusader Kings 5.
;-)
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@Deutschbag
--- It's fake, but I thought it was topical and funny to Starship Troopers. :P
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Is it wrong I love Starship Troopers and still like the film? (for vastly different reasons) I often feel I'm the only one, it's either Heinlein or Verhoeven and never the twain shall agree it seems
I like both because I can understand that despite the name and other superficial similarities, they are two completely different entertainment products using different mediums and having different motivations and goals.
Yeah I'm much the same. I also have a habit of reading Starship Troopers followed by Forever War, which kind of gives the flavour of WW2 vs Vietnam (the Old Mans War series also tickles that particular fancy)
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I 100% agree and it's only natural, the authors being from different generations. Henlein was a desk warrior in the US Navy as well so he never saw actual combat, only read and heard about it, which definitely influenced his thinking and shows clearly in his early books, whereas Haldeman served as a combat engineer in the US Army and was wounded in Vietnam. Of course, the different sociological and political discourse around WW2 and Vietnam affected both. Haldeman has gone on record saying that he didn't write Forever War as a rebuttal to Starship Troopers, he admits he was influenced by it and it definitely shows.
the Old Mans War series
Yeah, Scalzi is definitely one of my favourites.
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I've been watching Battlestar Galactica for the 10th time. Going to attempt another run to set up a game in the same setting.
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Such a shame the conclusion of Battlestar Galactica was such an utter disappointment.
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@Deutschbag
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I would assume that the quasi-religious nonsense in the final season combined with the ridiculous ending of humans being transplanted on Earth as aliens who have forgotten their real past. I know I was disappointed with that.
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The ending definitely could have been better. Ronald Moore's main issue was that he integrated fake mysteries into BSG's DNA that he never had any intention of exploring, much less explaining.
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I would assume that the quasi-religious nonsense in the final season combined with the ridiculous ending of humans being transplanted on Earth as aliens who have forgotten their real past. I know I was disappointed with that.
Precisely this, yes.
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Nah, you folks are all wrong. When they finally get to Earth, and discover it's a blasted and irradiated ruin, and realize that "all of this has happened before; all of this will happen again," and realize that they are making all the same mistakes all over again because of 'human' nature (even the Cylons), it's a very powerful message.
It was three-and-a-half seasons (plus miniseries) of great television.
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Two seasons of great television, so we'll have to agree to disagree.
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One-and-three-quarters seasons.
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I only really watched a few episodes of battlestar galactica. I loved the episodes i did watch though. My favorite was when the blond was locked up in jail, she was so engaging and just really appealed to me as a character in that moment.
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My take on BSG is that it is almost entirely great up until the very finale. The fourth season easily has the most low points of the series but it has some very compelling moments anyways, especially the mutiny, and is overall pretty alright up until the point that Athena's daughter gets kidnapped. Roslin's death still got me, though.
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Can we please spoiler anything pertaining to the end of BSG? I for one never made it to the end, and there's a small chance I might in the future.
Thanks,
John
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answering to the OP's question
I would finally put that couple of meters of rope on my balcony left by the previous owner to use and hang myself. Because after gaining the holy grail of 4x games, there's nothing to look forward to anymore.
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answering to the OP's question
I would finally put that couple of meters of rope on my balcony left by the previous owner to use and hang myself. Because after gaining the holy grail of 4x games, there's nothing to look forward to anymore.
There's that famous Finnish humour.
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Can we please spoiler anything pertaining to the end of BSG? I for one never made it to the end, and there's a small chance I might in the future.
Thanks,
John
Dude, you realize the finale aired almost 11 years ago? Forgive me for saying so, but your reasonable expectation of not being spoiled passed quite a long time ago.
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answering to the OP's question
I would finally put that couple of meters of rope on my balcony left by the previous owner to use and hang myself. Because after gaining the holy grail of 4x games, there's nothing to look forward to anymore.
Hold the rope for just a bit longer after it is released friend. As alongside gaining access to the holy grail, so too do others, which results in epic stories, great designs and who knows, maybe some ship fanart? There's also later content updates to it that Steve may do as well.
Don't go off with a cup 10% filled ;)
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Can we please spoiler anything pertaining to the end of BSG? I for one never made it to the end, and there's a small chance I might in the future.
Thanks,
John
Dude, you realize the finale aired almost 11 years ago? Forgive me for saying so, but your reasonable expectation of not being spoiled passed quite a long time ago.
Yes I do realize it. OTOH, how hard are spoiler tags to put in? I'm sure that I'm not the only person on the board who hasn't seen the ending (for whatever reason - maybe they're young) but who might see it at some point in the future. Personally, I make it a point to try never to put unlabeled spoilers out for anything - not everyone has seen everything and especially in a forum like this you're almost sure to have someone reading your post that doesn't know the thing you're spoiling. So my goal in my request was to raise the consciousness of people that they might be messing things up for others in a way that's easily avoided.
Thanks,
John
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Gonna start a game with a NPR on planet X and have some inner solar-system wars. I might set up 1 invisible NPR at game start too, so I don't just meet a just spawned NPR after my Sol takeover but instead a NPR which has grown over time. Planning on having the starting research be 0 to slow down the start especially with a potentially hostile NPR in Sol.
Gonna try mostly fighters (small fast ones with a fighter pod attached as only weapon) I really wanted to make spinal mount railgun battleships but that's gonna have to wait I guess.
Can't wait till it releases!
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I'm going to A S C E N D.
But in all seriousness, I'm going to set up my science fantasy novel in it, and play from there. Gonna be pretty awesome as the construction rules are finally flexible enough to realize my designs from it.
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I'm going to A S C E N D.
Beware those cheap, plastic, fake Amulets of Yendor. . . and the inevitable Gnomes-with-a-wand-of-Death!
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Beware those cheap, plastic, fake Amulets of Yendor. . . and the inevitable Gnomes-with-a-wand-of-Death!
I was thinking exactly the same thing :)
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I'll begin the true conquest of the Universe by the only species that matters - ours
MWAHAHAHA
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Ich bin Schnaps drink-drink, Guarmoschka spielen-spielen !
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About a week ago my thinking was: Bannerlord will keep me occupied until Aurora arrives. My thinking now is it cannot come soon enough. ;D
And I will do this: Go colonize (or terraform if feasible) first good candidate in a nice system. I am very salty that I was not born in a time where discovering new planets that a human could easily live on is not a thing.
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Ahhhhhh the hype is too real, I can't handle it.
I'm going to run, like, six different campaigns. Standard run of the mill united Earth campaign; Kaiserreich in space; modern-world extrapolated forward to 2100 or something with a bunch of NPR earth nations; alien invasion scenario...
I want to just, hibernate until release.
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Heh, I had a similar idea. Wanted to base a game off a game of Axis and Allies I had with some friends. Smashed them as Axis both times ;D
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Apologies for the slight OT for this thread but couldn't see a better place.
I'm new to Aurora and was drawn in by the detail in the wiki and just in the last few hours the amazing AARs/Fiction as well as having a taste for depth and the arcane :D.
As a new player is it worth waiting for the new version (C#) rather than learning the current version or is it more of a port than a totally different experience?
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Considering the new release is (hopefully) just a few days away I would personally wait for that. But the basics of the game will anyway be the same so if you start poking around a bit in the current version it would still help you get into the new one quicker once it is out.
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Wait for the new version, which is due out any week now.
C# Aurora has changed just enough mechanics without changing terminology to completely confuse a long-time player, never mind a new person trying to learn how systems work.
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I predict an explosion of "let's plays" and "how to plays" and "I don't understand this aspect" posts, videos, and wiki edits as soon as C# Aurora launches. You'll have dozens of people trying to figure out all the same things you are trying to figure out, at the same time, and folks on this board are great at helping each other.
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Its been a long time since I've run a bog standard default TNE campaign. Though the new low tech stuff looks interesting, I'm still on the fence about which one I shall run.
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I'm going to go for a standard non TN start and stick with the policy of not going back to any prior saves in order to appropriately simulate my Federation fumbling their way to the stars as I work through all the new rules and interface. I expect to be dealing with plenty of marooned ships, troops with no supplies and horribly inefficient naval structures etc - can't wait!
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I'm going to go for a standard non TN start and stick with the policy of not going back to any prior saves in order to appropriately simulate my Federation fumbling their way to the stars as I work through all the new rules and interface. I expect to be dealing with plenty of marooned ships, troops with no supplies and horribly inefficient naval structures etc - can't wait!
Usually how I run most my Aurora games. It's half the fun!
Aye.
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I said what I'd do in the OP, but with time comes more interesting ideas.
One of which ideas is to test to see exactly how many NPRs and Systems my computer can handle for how long before the game bogs down.
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i will build ships with as much officer roles of them as possible, every ship function that can be enhanced by an officer will be fittet with modules providing space for said officer.
Warships, Scouts, Traders, Troop Transports, Space Stations, every one will have more then just the commander onboard.
Also i would love to try out ground combat, i think that the more granular approach on army layout and troop composition will give far more meaning even to guard posts with their humble ground army and STO support.
Also i would like to try out diplomacy, as in VB6 i never quite understood it and either eradicated or got eradicated
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What I will do when C# finally arrives is stop checking here every 5 minutes to see if it has launched yet. :P
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I will be travelling back to my home country this Friday night, landing on Sat morning. They will put me in quarantine for 14 days.
Hope I got something to do when it starts. *hint hint*
;)
PS : No hurry, I got other things to occupy myself with as well, hehe
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Can't wait.
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Does someone plan to stream his first ours with C# for lightweights like me to learn a few tricks?:)
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i will build ships with as much officer roles of them as possible, every ship function that can be enhanced by an officer will be fittet with modules providing space for said officer.
Warships, Scouts, Traders, Troop Transports, Space Stations, every one will have more then just the commander onboard.
Also i would love to try out ground combat, i think that the more granular approach on army layout and troop composition will give far more meaning even to guard posts with their humble ground army and STO support.
Also i would like to try out diplomacy, as in VB6 i never quite understood it and either eradicated or got eradicated
In VB from my experience it just matters how Xenophobic the alien race is. You pretty much initiate communications and assign the highest Diplo team you can form to them and don't fly ships in their systems (hard to tell in VB what is an alien system sometimes tho).
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Does someone plan to stream his first ours with C# for lightweights like me to learn a few tricks?:)
I actually have been thinking about doing that for a while. But the lack of "graphics" didn't really appeal stream wise :P
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I think my first game will be very plain. One, maybe two NPRs from the get go (not starting in the same system) with a very low chance to generate new ones. 300 systems max to keep the universe at a reasonable size.
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cry
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I'm doing an East vs West game set in 2034 where the world is in recovery from a much worse version of our current virus that wiped 1/3 of the planet.
Most of Africa and most of Asia vs the America's, Europe, Oceania, and a splattering of other countries. This gives about a 3. 0B to 2. 4B split respectively. Hopefully all goes well and I get a good test of early game tech, ground combat, and some moderate pressure to push out of Sol.
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Aparently tuck my grandkids to sleep, boot up my newest quantum Computer with galactic internet access and run 2020 computer emulator..
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Maybe do one of those video meetups which are getting popular now while we are all playing it for the first time.
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My first play through will be a 2100 Conventional+ start (SM added TN tech and nothing else) with a post-WW3 world where China defeats the US in a naval fight in 2021 and gets expansionistic, ends up in a three way war with the Russian Federation and India which turns into general nuclear exchange in 2050. Pandemic and nuclear winter causes huge die off of population world wide and survivors unify under a European/Japanese led Federation with former North American states as junior partners. TN theory is discovered in Stockholm and the newly formed United Earth Federation seems to go off world.
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My first play through will be a 2100 Conventional+ start (SM added TN tech and nothing else) with a post-WW3 world where China defeats the US in a naval fight in 2021 and gets expansionistic, ends up in a three way war with the Russian Federation and India which turns into general nuclear exchange in 2050. Pandemic and nuclear winter causes huge die off of population world wide and survivors unify under a European/Japanese led Federation with former North American states as junior partners. TN theory is discovered in Stockholm and the newly formed United Earth Federation seems to go off world.
So the Nobel committee saves the human race? I like it.
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My first play through will be a 2100 Conventional+ start (SM added TN tech and nothing else) with a post-WW3 world where China defeats the US in a naval fight in 2021 and gets expansionistic, ends up in a three way war with the Russian Federation and India which turns into general nuclear exchange in 2050. Pandemic and nuclear winter causes huge die off of population world wide and survivors unify under a European/Japanese led Federation with former North American states as junior partners. TN theory is discovered in Stockholm and the newly formed United Earth Federation seems to go off world.
So the Nobel committee saves the human race? I like it.
I like that setup. Not that implausible too! ;D
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I'm thinking of doing a Tiberium Sun themed game.
GDI til' I die.
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I'll probably make a few custom naming theme with my conlang and then use that as a setting.
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I dont know realy. . . not sure if a 'Humanity needs to escape gravity well and live solely out of starbases' is entirely possible :P The second thing thats gonna happen is I'am going to turn up looking all hollow eyed at work the next morning :P
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Apparently the answer is "Not sleep" for me as it just got released: I have yet to go to bed and it's 7 am for me. Good thing it's the weekend (though if it weren't I'd have gone to bed rather than check the site and see Steve make a new Installation topic).
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turns out it's "Not play" because the font size and color scheme is frying my brain. I really hope Steve does something about it soon.
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It helped me t o pass a lot of time under lock down. It arrived jut in time!