Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread: C# Edition

[nuclearslurpee]

Is this a bug?

Yes, although so far it seems that it doesn't have any game-breaking effects? Could be a weird display bug.

[welchbloke]

Can anyone point me at the calculation for what the upper and lower displacement limits are for the 'refit from' selection options? First off, I know that refitting from a 20500 tonne warship class to a 25500 tonne warship class isn't even remotely sensible or efficient. I would like to do this for RP reasons only. The 20500 tonne class doesn't appear in the 'refit from' selection for the 25500 tonne class. I know I will have to refit the smaller class to a intermediate class before refitting again to the new class. What I don't know is how to work out the the intermediate class sizes to minimise the number of refits.

Thanks in advance

Welchbloke

[nuclearslurpee]

Can anyone point me at the calculation for what the upper and lower displacement limits are for the 'refit from' selection options?

The tonnage of the new class must be within ±20% of the original class tonnage. In your case, a 20,500-ton ship can refit into a class which has a tonnage difference no greater than 4,100 tons, so the allowed range is between 16,400 and 24,600 tons. This means that 25,500 tons is not allowed (although you might be able to refit to an intermediate class and get there by refitting twice).

I am not clear on if this difference is inclusive of the endpoints; in my experience, you cannot count on this, but it might be due to the fact that the actual ship size is expressed to several decimal places (so a 20,500-ton ship might actually be 20,499.68 tons or something).

[welchbloke]

Can anyone point me at the calculation for what the upper and lower displacement limits are for the 'refit from' selection options?

The tonnage of the new class must be within ±20% of the original class tonnage. In your case, a 20,500-ton ship can refit into a class which has a tonnage difference no greater than 4,100 tons, so the allowed range is between 16,400 and 24,600 tons. This means that 25,500 tons is not allowed (although you might be able to refit to an intermediate class and get there by refitting twice).

I am not clear on if this difference is inclusive of the endpoints; in my experience, you cannot count on this, but it might be due to the fact that the actual ship size is expressed to several decimal places (so a 20,500-ton ship might actually be 20,499.68 tons or something).

Thanks. Republic 'stretched' class it is then

Welchbloke

[trabber Shir]

Is there a way to cause / encourage a shipping line to form on a planet besides my home system?

No civilian ships have jump drives, so you need to stabilize any jump points you want your civilians to use. I think shipping lines will always build their ships at your home world, but the trade routes are not limited to starting or ending any any system in particular.

Civilian mining colonies seem to need a 10 million population colony in the system before they will form. Civilian traffic to/from a system also seems to pick up around that time, but I think that is mostly because at that size the population can consistently fill freighters with its produced and required trade goods.

I hope that is helpful, I am not entirely sure I addressed the question your were intending to ask.

[trabber Shir]

Regarding Hydrographic Extent: Does it only consider liquid water? And is there any way to get liquid water on a planet with a temperature above 100C?

At 185C, temperature factor is only 1.3, but I can't get the water availability factor below 2.0.

[Steve Walmsley]

Regarding Hydrographic Extent: Does it only consider liquid water? And is there any way to get liquid water on a planet with a temperature above 100C?

At 185C, temperature factor is only 1.3, but I can't get the water availability factor below 2.0.

Hydrographic Extent includes both liquid water and ice. You can't get liquid water on a planet with a stable orbit and a temperature above 100C. Planets with eccentric orbits can potentially have liquid water while they are above 100C, depending on the orbital characteristics.

You could use an anti-Greenhouse gas to reduce the temperature if you haven't done that already.

[lumporr]

I'm trying to set up a game with the player as a vast galactic power, and multiple NPR allies within your territory, who can expand and potentially war with one another or threats beyond the player's borders. However, it seems that I can't get an NPR to be ok with a colony in their home system, even when I set/fix the diplomatic rating at 10,000. Is the DR setting only my attitude towards them, or is it just that nobody wants aliens in their home system? Would this idea work, or would there be territory disputes between the player and NPRs despite being allies?

[nuclearslurpee]

Is the DR setting only my attitude towards them,

Yes. Their attitude towards you is hidden from you, so your only insight is the treaties they offer you. Or, you know, opening the DB.

or is it just that nobody wants aliens in their home system? Would this idea work, or would there be territory disputes between the player and NPRs despite being allies?

It could work if you don't mind popping into the DB and editing the relations every so often, although if you want the possibility for things to go sour in a "natural" way, this would make that difficult. Unfortunately, Aurora is not really set up for playing Space Crusader Kings.

[superstrijder15]

IIRC in VB6 you had to seperately assign a commander to the flag bridge of a ship if you wanted someone in overall control of a task force other than the ship captain of that ship. Is that still the case in C#? How do you do it?

[nuclearslurpee]

IIRC in VB6 you had to seperately assign a commander to the flag bridge of a ship if you wanted someone in overall control of a task force other than the ship captain of that ship. Is that still the case in C#? How do you do it?

Yes. There is a category in the list of assignment options in the Commanders window, but they must be the correct rank to make the assignment show up.

[superstrijder15]

IIRC in VB6 you had to seperately assign a commander to the flag bridge of a ship if you wanted someone in overall control of a task force other than the ship captain of that ship. Is that still the case in C#? How do you do it?

Yes. There is a category in the list of assignment options in the Commanders window, but they must be the correct rank to make the assignment show up.

I see, thanks. It is possible to automate it? I looked and all of my flag bridges were still empty.

[nuclearslurpee]

I see, thanks. It is possible to automate it? I looked and all of my flag bridges were still empty.

Not that I know of, no. Maybe Steve can add this at the same time he adds my suggestion to rework flag bridges into mini-HQs. 

[superstrijder15]

Is there a way for me to change the display flag of NPR in the intelligence window? I want to change the flag of the raiders into a pirate flag so I can give them control on the star map where they are to easily see where I need to watch out for them extra/not send any civilian ships. Their current flag is kind of similar to that of a friendly NPR.

Also, is there a way in game to make my own intelligence notes?

[nuclearslurpee]

Is there a way for me to change the display flag of NPR in the intelligence window? I want to change the flag of the raiders into a pirate flag so I can give them control on the star map where they are to easily see where I need to watch out for them extra/not send any civilian ships. Their current flag is kind of similar to that of a friendly NPR.

If you are in SM mode there should be a button to do this IIRC.

Also, is there a way in game to make my own intelligence notes?

No. In general, I find that Aurora is best played if you accept that you will need an external notepad or spreadsheet to keep track of things. Maybe I'm just old-school like that...?