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VB6 Aurora => VB6 Mechanics => Topic started by: thisischrys on October 02, 2014, 02:03:08 PM

Title: Event Log question
Post by: thisischrys on October 02, 2014, 02:03:08 PM

So some NPR action was slowing down my game.   I am no longer seeing that in the log, but the game is still giving me way smaller ticks than what I choose.   (Fiddling with Sub-pulse does nothing)

It just shows me the smaller increment without any reason why.   Is there a way to check what is going on? Never seen this behaviour before.   Already started a new game and a few months in the same thing happened. 

Title: Re: Event Log question
Post by: Jorgen_CAB on October 02, 2014, 02:23:42 PM

It most likely are an NPR fighting the Precursor or Swarm, it should go away after a while...

One trick I have used is to start the game without any AI generated and with 0 chance to spawn any AI, only the Precursor or Swarm can appear. Then, after I have a decent sized empire I'm happy with I would use space master and generate a three to five good systems and then one powerful NPR in each of them. Still with 0 percent chance to spawn new NPRs. Once I have meet a few of them I could spawn a few more not so powerful NPRs in a few new systems to populate the galaxy some more.

That way you will not experience slowdowns until you have a lovely empire that is developed and you will have allot to do so waiting between turns will not feel like a waste of time since you are not waiting years between things you want to do.

Just a few tips...

Title: Re: Event Log question
Post by: thisischrys on October 02, 2014, 02:25:36 PM

I haven't played since a year or so ago, but in the past when that was the case it always showed in the log.     
It said slowing down sub-pulses due to fleet formations, or some other reasons.      Now it just says nothing.      Is this normal?

Title: Re: Event Log question
Post by: alex_brunius on October 02, 2014, 03:30:21 PM

Are you talking about the log exported as SM to text files or the standard log?

Title: Re: Event Log question
Post by: thisischrys on October 02, 2014, 03:33:11 PM

In the Event Updates screen.

It's just weird before it always gave a reason why, now it doesn't.

Title: Re: Event Log question
Post by: Whitecold on October 03, 2014, 01:46:45 AM

Quote from: thisischrys on October 02, 2014, 03:33:11 PM

In the Event Updates screen.

It's just weird before it always gave a reason why, now it doesn't.

Are you in SM mode or not? The regular empire log does not show everything.

Title: Re: Event Log question
Post by: thisischrys on October 03, 2014, 02:01:29 PM

Yep with SM enabled.

Title: Re: Event Log question
Post by: Garfunkel on October 03, 2014, 07:51:04 PM

Then it is NPR vs NPR as SM doesn't show those.

Title: Re: Event Log question
Post by: Bgreman on October 10, 2014, 02:31:08 PM

Quote from: Garfunkel on October 03, 2014, 07:51:04 PM

Then it is NPR vs NPR as SM doesn't show those.

Designer mode does, if one has the password for it.

Title: Re: Event Log question
Post by: MarcAFK on November 16, 2014, 12:28:24 AM

The log on your hdd shows it even without designer mode.