Hi everyone. I just discovered this incredible game via a random forum link from the Dwarf Fortress boards.
I gotta say, this is about the most staggering thing I've ever installed on a pc. It's more complicated that Dwarf Fortress (and that is quite a feat)! I mean, it's been YEARS since I've had a 4x game I cared about (Stars! and MOO2 were the last ones I really liked), and Aurora makes both of them look like Tic Tac Toe. I've spent the last day wading through the tutorials and playing around with the interface, and I've got a basic idea of where everything is, if not precisely what it does. I have a few questions for you vets if you don't mind.
1. What is the basic outline of how you should approach a new game? From what I can tell it's: research engines and new tech to build survey ships, appoint a governor, design civvy and survey ships and catalog your current star system while sending teams to ground survey. Then start exploring while you ramp up mining and the economy, and expand your shipyards. After that, it's build up military tech for potential hostile encounters with aliens. Is that kind of the basic idea, or am I missing something?
2. There is a LOT of stuff to remember, particularly in regards to ship design. What are the most important things to remember, that newbies like me tend to forget?
3. Are there any further tutorials besides the ones on the wiki, and if so, where?
One last thing. I hate reading off the computer screen so I reformatted all of the wiki tutorials into a nice, printable pdf file for my own personal use. If you would like, I could upload it. Makes wading through the game a lot easier with a hardcopy. I will be happy to add any other resources to it as well, if there is interest, and maybe it could eventually become something like the (really damned useful) Stars! Strategy Guide.
Thanks all