Change Log for v7.00 Discussion

[Prince of Space]

Steve, I like the new display wrecks option. Is there a similar option for anomalies? Or could there be an option to display them in the same box?

[Frick]

So I just started a game and ran out of fuel in the Lord's year 2028.  I did put some additional fuel storages on the generated freighter designs, but still. 

6. 5 shall be most welcome. 

[83athom]

You mining Sorium and have Fuel Refineries active? Or are you just using more that your producing (not meant to rhyme all the time [dangit])?

[Frick]

You mining Sorium and have Fuel Refineries active? Or are you just using more that your producing (not meant to rhyme all the time [dangit])?

Aye to both of them.  Annual production 4m litres, game starts with 12m in the reserves, building refineries like there's no tomorrow.  Build some long range survey ships and that reserve is gone, at least if you just modify the generated ships. . .  They're set to be pretty fast and quick on the surveys.

I realized I've been on 6. 21 for some time (for some reason, I thought I had 6. 43 but I must have gotten the files confused), in the old game I expanded more agressively and didn't had any problems with fuel until I had colonies several jumps from Earth and had sorium harvesters sucking Jupiter dry.  Still learning tho, haven't played (that) many hours. 

[Din182]

Don't use Military Engines for survey ships. Since they are almost always moving at top speed, they tend to guzzle a lot of fuel, so it's more important to have fuel efficiency than power. And since you don't need to carry nearly as much fuel, you can a same size ship almost as fast.

[Frick]

Don't use Military Engines for survey ships.  Since they are almost always moving at top speed, they tend to guzzle a lot of fuel, so it's more important to have fuel efficiency than power.  And since you don't need to carry nearly as much fuel, you can a same size ship almost as fast.

Yeah I started to toy around with the ship designs and the pregenerated survey vessels were pretty inefficent it turned out. 

Anyway, another idea, or maybe it's already possible somehow: move between systems with double click on a jump point, if possible.  In the system map view I mean.  Easier than scrolling through the system list.

[alex_brunius]

I have added some extra columns to the SM Comparison window (which lists high level stats for player races).

Shipyard capacity is now split into Naval and Commercial, shipping tonnage is split into Naval, Commercial and Civilian, Fuel Refineries have been split out from factories and I have added a Fuel Stockpile column.

Should probably not be called "Naval Shipping Tonnage", but just "Naval Tonnage". Shipping suggests it's to do with just moving stuff from point A to B.

Might be the same for Commercial too ( since you can have a few other functions then shipping present here like geo survey and terraforming ).

[Zincat]

All of this is really good. Makes me wish we could play some beta version or something. The new interrupts.... and the new detection rules.... Fewer jump points per system... I'd really want them

[davidr]

Steve ,

Are NPR survivors , rescued by a player , all still classified as POW's , regardless of the relationship between the player and the NPR ?. Will there be any means to repatriate friendly survivors rather than keeping and interrogating them ?

DavidR

[Steve Walmsley]

Should probably not be called "Naval Shipping Tonnage", but just "Naval Tonnage". Shipping suggests it's to do with just moving stuff from point A to B.

Might be the same for Commercial too ( since you can have a few other functions then shipping present here like geo survey and terraforming ).

Good idea. Changed as suggested.

[Steve Walmsley]

Steve ,

Are NPR survivors , rescued by a player , all still classified as POW's , regardless of the relationship between the player and the NPR ?. Will there be any means to repatriate friendly survivors rather than keeping and interrogating them ?

DavidR

I think they probably are classed as POWs. No way to repatriate at the moment - though it could be added.

[Rich.h]

I think they probably are classed as POWs. No way to repatriate at the moment - though it could be added.

I can confirm this time any pod rescued that is not of your own empire results in POW taken, regardless of your relations. I discovered this after trying to actually rescue a friendly NPR pod hoping to take the survivors home, to my surprise the chaps volunteered to work on my penal colony instead, perhaps the was a bout of El Nino back home and they didn' want to risk it.

[MarcAFK]

I've rescued thousands of NPR crew and unloaded them at a colony, I couldn't see anything happening with them so I just added pop to the colony for the survivors.
However I've noticed I have 6421 crew available which seems rather excessive, perhaps maybe they are being rescued?
I have an academy level of 2, which grants 10 officers a year, my training level is set at 5 and I'm on year 12. I appear to be getting 9 crew per 5 days, which would give me something like 7500 crew since the game began. This fits in well with what I have, but it would be nice if rescued friendly or allied crew joined your officers, rescued hostiles becoming POWs. Neutrals joining your population maybe? Or maybe a chance of some joining your crew, or population, or POW depending on relations.

[alex_brunius]

This fits in well with what I have, but it would be nice if rescued friendly or allied crew joined your officers, rescued hostiles becoming POWs. Neutrals joining your population maybe? Or maybe a chance of some joining your crew, or population, or POW depending on relations.

Adding to pop is probably not worth coding, alien officers or crew joining does sound awesome though.

Now we just need a reason to put scientists on ships aswell + a few bridge officers and we almost got ourself Star Trek 

[Kaiser]

Any idea when 6.50 will be released? sorry but I miss Aurora