Welcome in our CrazyOne Universe,Theo.

before u commence a "serious" Campaign,.better u made some "test" games.

We waitn a 5.50 version,a good immprovement mainly in "Colony" management..and some other bugs.

So,again,welcome and good luck "out there"..

(my english are funny..apologize,am not "native" on earth--:XD)

oh yeah. . . I was gonna ask about that.  Where is "the database" located on my computer?

In the game install directory. File is stevefire.mdb

I have not had much trouble.  I'm 80 years in so far, and it goes... REASONABLY fast.  There is 1 or 2 NPRs, and most everything else does its own thing.  I def. suggest setting to zero and let them appear as you meet them.  Explore in one direction at a time.  When you meet an alien, STOP.  If you go a warmongering route-- well, they won't slow it down much.  Cuz they be D-E-D-dead.  Turn off invaders, at first.  You can turn them on later for a fun event in your written history.

As near as I can tell, what has slowed me down the most is my civilian industry.  They have hundreds of ships.  I've addressed this in part by stopping them from building most vessels, except for quite large, quite expensive vessels.  They buy them infrequently as each one is a major investment, but each can move larger amounts of cargo.

I would reccomend that every time you upgrade your freighters, add another 10 cargo spaces.  Mine go in jumps from 5, 15, and now 25.  (but those big ones are, as I said, really expensive at 100kt each with big ol' honkin engines, CIWS anti missile tech, and armor).


ALSO:  SAVE  A LOT.

The database is quirky.  Full o' quirks.  if you back up at least 3 times per session, and before exploring a new system, you can avoid lots of buggyness.  I suggest a few nasty ugly games at first while you figure out really how to play-- being terrible at the game and playing it wrong i managed to fry the database a couple times.  I keep six backed up copies of the database on file at all times, overwriting in sequence.  This is done by CTRL+C CTRL+V ing the database and placeing them in different directories (mine are labeled 1-5)


ALSO:  whats your field in g school.  I finish G school in 10 days, chemistry.

Hello, my name is theo, I was introduced to this game through a friend.    I must say,I'm glad the internet is leading me to games I actually enjoy.   .   .   I'm growing bored of twitchy shooters and eye-candy graphics.   .   .   I like games that are like toyboxes, this certainly fits the bill.   


If you don't mind, I have a few questions:

1: This game is primarily a diversion for me whilst I while away a year or two at graduate school.   .   .   I want to produce a very long game with a detailed history (which I will probably keep to myself).    I don't intend on playing much per day (an hour.   .   .   tops) but I'd like to keep a single game running for a while.    I notice that after 30 years or so, the game starts to slow down.    I'm mostly looking at tips for how to avoid this, because I intend on playing a slow, centuries-long game.   

2: The easiest way to bypass this, it would seem, is to shut down alien races entirely.    If I set the number of NPR's generated at the beginning of the game to "0", will they still appear when I discover systems? Will THEY slow the game down?  How does the star swarm factor into this?

3: I've seen a few players suggesting the possibility of civil wars within their own vast interstellar empire.   .   .   really a cool idea, I'd like to try it.    How are folks pulling this off?

4: I assume there are people here who have already played games to 2125 and beyond.   .   .   are there any problems with doing this that I should know about? I'd hate to get six months in to an epic game and then have to give it up.    What new and interesting challenges do you give your civilization? The more flavorful the suggestion, the better.   


Anyways, This game and I are a match made in heaven.   .   .   so glad I found it, and kudos to whoever built it.