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Posted by: skoormit
« on: Today at 11:44:50 AM »

Quote from: AlStar on Today at 10:42:32 AM
I don't know if I could stand playing with the way you've got your map setup - too many long connections cutting across the entire map; like the Afbull connection to whatever system you've got just offscreen to the top left, or the Aha system connecting to AKA in the top left and way off down the bottom left. Unfortunately, there's just not much to be done with what we've got - I suspect we'd need an actual 3d grid to make sense of it all.

LOL.
Yes, the long connections are annoying, but there's literally no way to arrange that map without having any.
Try to shorten one, and another will appear.
Posted by: AlStar
« on: Today at 10:42:32 AM »

Quote from: skoormit on Today at 08:41:27 AM

I always aim to minimize the number of intersecting JP paths, but there's only so much you can do.

See the attached for some suggestions. After you do those, you might notice some further easy adjustments.

Don't worry: the longer your game goes, the more fun it gets. See the other attached for an example.
Those suggestions look good - as you say, they should at least reduce the overlap.

I don't know if I could stand playing with the way you've got your map setup - too many long connections cutting across the entire map; like the Afbull connection to whatever system you've got just offscreen to the top left, or the Aha system connecting to AKA in the top left and way off down the bottom left. Unfortunately, there's just not much to be done with what we've got - I suspect we'd need an actual 3d grid to make sense of it all.

Quote from: paolot on Today at 10:26:01 AM
Maybe it's me, but I cannot find a way to promote the civilian administrators.
I need a planetary admin of level x, but the ones at level x-1 have better parameters and I don't find how to promote them.
As far as I know (and this could well be wrong), they'll naturally self-promote as long as there are free governorships of a higher level available; it just might take some time. I think there's a way to force-promote them if you turn on SM mode.
Posted by: paolot
« on: Today at 10:26:01 AM »

Maybe it's me, but I cannot find a way to promote the civilian administrators.
I need a planetary admin of level x, but the ones at level x-1 have better parameters and I don't find how to promote them.
Posted by: skoormit
« on: Today at 08:41:27 AM »

Quote from: AlStar on Yesterday at 06:50:35 PM
I've been playing with my galaxy layout, since I just found a connection that joined the far western side of my map with the far eastern side.

Does anyone with a better sense for these things have any idea how to make this constellation of jumps not be a total rat's nest?

I always aim to minimize the number of intersecting JP paths, but there's only so much you can do.

See the attached for some suggestions. After you do those, you might notice some further easy adjustments.

Don't worry: the longer your game goes, the more fun it gets. See the other attached for an example.
Posted by: Steve Walmsley
« on: Today at 06:32:38 AM »

Quote from: AlStar on Yesterday at 06:50:35 PM
I've been playing with my galaxy layout, since I just found a connection that joined the far western side of my map with the far eastern side.

Does anyone with a better sense for these things have any idea how to make this constellation of jumps not be a total rat's nest?

You just need to move them around a few at a time and try to figure it out. It's usually a fun problem to solve, trying to get the best layout. This is my current campaign, which has quite a few loops.

Posted by: kyonkundenwa
« on: Today at 12:40:40 AM »

Quote from: AlStar on Yesterday at 06:50:35 PM
Does anyone with a better sense for these things have any idea how to make this constellation of jumps not be a total rat's nest?
Move the systems into an arrangement with the least number of offensive links. And then SM-delete those offending links.
Posted by: AlStar
« on: Yesterday at 06:50:35 PM »

I've been playing with my galaxy layout, since I just found a connection that joined the far western side of my map with the far eastern side.

Does anyone with a better sense for these things have any idea how to make this constellation of jumps not be a total rat's nest?
Posted by: Steve Walmsley
« on: Yesterday at 10:16:23 AM »

Quote from: themousemaster on Yesterday at 07:56:45 AM
Quote from: skoormit on April 23, 2024, 08:45:09 AM
Quote from: vorpal+5 on April 22, 2024, 07:10:53 AM
An easy one for you veterans!

Is Fuel Production not in fact Fuel Productivity? This would change my priorities ...

Not sure what you mean.

The Fuel Production technology determines the base number of liters per year your race produces with a single Fuel Refinery installation or Sorium Harvester ship module.
Actual production of a given Fuel Refinery is modified by the Production bonus of Planet and Sector governors, as well as the Manufacturing Efficiency Modifier of the population.
Actual production of a given Sorium Harvester ship module is modified by the Mining bonus of the Ship commander and of the appertaining Naval Admin commanders.

Regardless of tech or bonuses, production requires one ton of sorium for every 2000 liters produced.

Uh oh... there goes my mind again.

So fuel creation on a PLANET is modified by personnel production bonuses and NOT personnel mining bonuses, but fuel on a SHIP is modified by personnel mining bonuses, but not personnel production bonuses?

I've been sabotaging my own fuel for so many playthroughs... :(

Yes, on a planet, the refineries are producing fuel from already mined Sorium, so its a production bonus. Orbital harvesters are mining the Sorium to turn into fuel, so its mining bonuses (strictly speaking they are also refining it, but the mining is the primary task).
Posted by: themousemaster
« on: Yesterday at 07:56:45 AM »

Quote from: skoormit on April 23, 2024, 08:45:09 AM
Quote from: vorpal+5 on April 22, 2024, 07:10:53 AM
An easy one for you veterans!

Is Fuel Production not in fact Fuel Productivity? This would change my priorities ...

Not sure what you mean.

The Fuel Production technology determines the base number of liters per year your race produces with a single Fuel Refinery installation or Sorium Harvester ship module.
Actual production of a given Fuel Refinery is modified by the Production bonus of Planet and Sector governors, as well as the Manufacturing Efficiency Modifier of the population.
Actual production of a given Sorium Harvester ship module is modified by the Mining bonus of the Ship commander and of the appertaining Naval Admin commanders.

Regardless of tech or bonuses, production requires one ton of sorium for every 2000 liters produced.

Uh oh... there goes my mind again.

So fuel creation on a PLANET is modified by personnel production bonuses and NOT personnel mining bonuses, but fuel on a SHIP is modified by personnel mining bonuses, but not personnel production bonuses?

...

I've been sabotaging my own fuel for so many playthroughs... :(
Posted by: Steve Walmsley
« on: April 23, 2024, 05:45:30 PM »

Quote from: skoormit on April 23, 2024, 12:21:29 PM
Do NPRs terraform anything?

I've never seen an alien ship with a terraforming module.
I don't think I've ever seen an alien planet with a terraforming installation (although I have recovered them from ruins).

NPRs do terraform, but usually use ships rather than installations.
Posted by: pedter
« on: April 23, 2024, 05:38:46 PM »

Quote from: vorpal+5 on April 23, 2024, 01:58:50 PM
Quote from: skoormit on April 23, 2024, 08:45:09 AM
Quote from: vorpal+5 on April 22, 2024, 07:10:53 AM
An easy one for you veterans!

Is Fuel Production not in fact Fuel Productivity? This would change my priorities ...

Not sure what you mean.

The Fuel Production technology determines the base number of liters per year your race produces with a single Fuel Refinery installation or Sorium Harvester ship module.
Actual production of a given Fuel Refinery is modified by the Production bonus of Planet and Sector governors, as well as the Manufacturing Efficiency Modifier of the population.
Actual production of a given Sorium Harvester ship module is modified by the Mining bonus of the Ship commander and of the appertaining Naval Admin commanders.

Regardless of tech or bonuses, production requires one ton of sorium for every 2000 liters produced.

Thanks, you answered my question! It could have been that a refinery always uses 20 tons per year. Without technology, this leads to 40000 liters a year, but with the next tech, it would be 48000 (so a bonus productivity/efficiency).

Ah, I see now - production would be throughput while productivity would be efficiency. To rearrange the punchline above, the efficiency is fixed and is always 2kL per ton, while the throughput per module or installation improves with technology. Thankfully, once an appropriate sorium giant is found, the efficiency is largely irrelevant.
Posted by: pedter
« on: April 23, 2024, 05:33:37 PM »

Quote from: skoormit on April 23, 2024, 12:21:29 PM
Do NPRs terraform anything?

I've never seen an alien ship with a terraforming module.
I don't think I've ever seen an alien planet with a terraforming installation (although I have recovered them from ruins).

I haven't seen any terraforming installations with an NPR either. I have, however, seen an entire line of ships that carry two or three terraforming modules depending on design iteration. I can't confirm if they actually terraform however; they were on the move between jump points when I turned them into wrecks and I didn't checked around to see if any atmospheres had actually received work.
Posted by: vorpal+5
« on: April 23, 2024, 01:58:50 PM »

Quote from: skoormit on April 23, 2024, 08:45:09 AM
Quote from: vorpal+5 on April 22, 2024, 07:10:53 AM
An easy one for you veterans!

Is Fuel Production not in fact Fuel Productivity? This would change my priorities ...

Not sure what you mean.

The Fuel Production technology determines the base number of liters per year your race produces with a single Fuel Refinery installation or Sorium Harvester ship module.
Actual production of a given Fuel Refinery is modified by the Production bonus of Planet and Sector governors, as well as the Manufacturing Efficiency Modifier of the population.
Actual production of a given Sorium Harvester ship module is modified by the Mining bonus of the Ship commander and of the appertaining Naval Admin commanders.

Regardless of tech or bonuses, production requires one ton of sorium for every 2000 liters produced.

Thanks, you answered my question! It could have been that a refinery always uses 20 tons per year. Without technology, this leads to 40000 liters a year, but with the next tech, it would be 48000 (so a bonus productivity/efficiency).
Posted by: skoormit
« on: April 23, 2024, 12:21:29 PM »

Do NPRs terraform anything?

I've never seen an alien ship with a terraforming module.
I don't think I've ever seen an alien planet with a terraforming installation (although I have recovered them from ruins).
Posted by: skoormit
« on: April 23, 2024, 08:45:09 AM »

Quote from: vorpal+5 on April 22, 2024, 07:10:53 AM
An easy one for you veterans!

Is Fuel Production not in fact Fuel Productivity? This would change my priorities ...

Not sure what you mean.

The Fuel Production technology determines the base number of liters per year your race produces with a single Fuel Refinery installation or Sorium Harvester ship module.
Actual production of a given Fuel Refinery is modified by the Production bonus of Planet and Sector governors, as well as the Manufacturing Efficiency Modifier of the population.
Actual production of a given Sorium Harvester ship module is modified by the Mining bonus of the Ship commander and of the appertaining Naval Admin commanders.

Regardless of tech or bonuses, production requires one ton of sorium for every 2000 liters produced.