One thing that still confuses me is that the editor has an option to load a character image that defaults to the Desktop, but won't load anything - possibly just not anything outside the game folder. Does anyone know what's going on with that?

<t> I just recently discovered that the editor - in theory - offers the ability to assign individual portraits to characters. However, so far I have not been able to actually make use of that. Whenever I try to assign a portrait to a character, the character's portrait (foreground) is displayed as ...

Wow, that looks beautiful! Looking forward to this!

<t> Also, ships need to stop leaving fleets at their own accord. That's currently the one thing that annoys me about this otherwise great game - despite having fleet management set on manual and the ships non-automated as well, they still leave the fleet I assign them to after a while. Some of them ...

I agree - since the "we want your stuff" modifier is pretty heavy, there should be a "please don't throw your stuff at me" modifier as well, around the point when the stronger empire has, say, twice as much firepower assembled in their fleet as the smaller one.

Cool AAR. Interestingly, your guys have exactly the same logo as my Core Union (also Humans). Must be something about that thing and colour combination that shouts "Generic Human Democracy!"

<r> I pretty much automate everything to a degree once my empire is set up. I do mingle sometimes, but most of the time I only take control of one fleet during a war, see if I can make an impact on the great whole that's happening around me <E>:)</E><br/>
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Also, ilovestrategy: The fleet AI ...

<t> Actually, I found the Shields to be not to bad... but that might be because I'm more of a pilot and usually don't command Capships - and that I know where to hit them (Turrets ahoy!)<br/>
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In Response to John: Well, Character-Based doesn't necessarily mean character-centered. Sure, the ...

<t> Seeing as there are not many people playing this game in MP despite its potential I have remembered something I did with a couple of friends in X-W vs T-F: A Multiplayer campaign. This would work that way: a group of game masters keep track of the star systems controlled by the two parties whose ...

pretty amazing, now we just need to find out what "gathering storm" is [:D]

I am right now at Day 12 of the Highland Campaign and the "Solus Victory" event has occurred. Usually, the Invasion Event should be triggered within the next 5 days afaik, but it seems that until day 20, nothing has happened... is there anything I might need to do to trigger it?

Well you don't necessarily need too much management. Simply knowing that one of your fellow pilots has fallen in combat or promoted or has a better killboard than you would already be a major motivation.

<t> First of all: I honestly think that Starshatter is a game with great potential, especially as it seems that the Graphics engine is being developed even further. I truly enjoy playing it, but in comparison to semi-dynamic campaigns a la Wing Commander, it is lacking something. So what would that ...