Hello, kind-hearted Aurora players. I've been having some trouble playing this wonderfully complex 4x game.
First of all, how can I be sure that my asteroid mining ships are actually mining the asteroid I've sent them to? Maybe they would be just staying around, admiring the beauty of the universe, and ten years later I would still be waiting for the minerals to arrive.
Second, could you tell me in a short text, a very resumed text, everything you do during the first, say, 5 years? I'd really appreciate it, if it wouldn't be too troublesome.
Something like
- Survey planets.
- Select a good administrator for the Earth.
- Mine for minerals.
- Watch as the sun beautifully hides behind the horizon in mars.
Would suffice very much.
Thanks in advance,
AssassinT90.
1)You can be sure by checking the f6 page. on the upper right corner there is an assigned population tab, and if it should be set incorrectly you can correct it there. issuing a move order to the body in question works though,so I typically move ships to body, and then join any tg already there. just joining a tg should work but doesn't always.
2)
-Research basic survey capability. build basic geosurvey craft.
-Find good mines. Good = Duranium,Mercassium,Corrundium in high amounts, tritanium/vendarite/boronide in medium-low amounts, low everything else.
-expand shipyards to the point where they can support early designs(3000 tons for conventional starts, 5-10k for TN).
-research JP tech and combat tech(missiles,armor,sensors)
-upon finding good terraforming planet get terraforming modules and research.
-upon finding gas giant with good sorium amount get sorium harvester modules.
-fix boronide shortage from the above two priorities.
-build mines/automines, factories, and research labs as minerals provide taking care not to limit shipbuilding which is more immediately important usually.