It looks like the situation is worse. New system- Binary- 1 wreck at a planet for Star A and a bunch at a planet for Star B. A new contact appeared at the Star A site. Set up a Diplomacy team and they messed it up and I got communication impossible and the aliens are now hostile. (note: I read later in older thread that comms are never entirely impossible. Is this still the case? If so, how to re-open communications as this is greyed out). The hostile rammed my survey ship but destroyed himself also- so now 3 wrecks at Star A. Rescued some life pods but the commander of my ship didn't make it out and went down with the ship. Sent in an escorted salvager and scooped up the wreckage at Star A.
Used a LP point to get to the Star B planet (as my Hyperdrives don't work
). 4 new contacts (same type ship) ( Big Note: I am a total newbie at Combat). Used my 15 meson gunboats to attack one ship. The enemy might be freighters ( not firing back and not ramming). I figured out how to target and fire and getting hits. 1 minute worth of 5 sec combats at point blank range. Getting 100% hits. Each hit is also accompanied with an error. "Overflow 6 error in Applying Internal Damage" so no damage.
Note: In SM mode there is no other race listed- only my empire- maybe this is part of the problem?
Conclusion: Probable Corruption. Need to restart game.
Capabilities:
Survey and Research Good
Economy So-so
Combat Newbie
Questions:
1. If the Database is corrupted, I can just start a new game. Is it possible for the EXE to get corrupted and should I start from scratch and redownload everything?
2. Is there any way to get more info on the hostile ships and what damage is being done to their ships?
3. Economy:
Colonies
Earth 1.1 bil
Mars 40 mil
Lacille 7 mil
Gliese 832 1.5 mil
A. I don't see how other players get such a great return off the Earth-Mars run. I get civilian trade but it seems bare minimum at best. Any hints?
B. Earth and Mars are source colonists, but in general there is a growing worker shortage on all colonies. Not yet serious but could be eventually. Would it be wise to slow down expansion a bit and let the population catch up? For the next game.
The forums and wiki are an excellent source of info especially the ship examples including Steve's fleet from his latest campaign. I have a lot of "I never would of thought to design it that way" moments. Some missile examples would be nice.