I want to make my own autodesigns, but I do not want to mess up a ny of the other races... so I think I will make my own race from scratch

Cool I'll give it a try.

In game

Doesn't the research bonus apply empire wide?

Regardless in early game I build one each lab on HW and a Large Spaceport. This is nice 200k in each of the three areas.

<t> The worst thing as a new player is that u realize just when the game is getting good *poof* you win! Up the racial victory condition thresh-hold to 100%, and add at least 60 years till victory is what I suggest. Victory is really not what the game is about... also longer games give you opportuni...

I would love a button to launch all fighters on patrol! Launching them one by one is a pain!

Someone help me perhaps... what is the proper setting if I want my designs upgraded with newer components but not changed? Every time I design custom minign stations the shtako ai ruins it!

Yes this can happen, and has happened to me. I would stop building manually and tell the constructor to repair instead. This sent it on a mission to pick up more materials.

Due to the new addition in 1.9.0.5 when you capture a pirate base at an independent colony, it explodes! This is unintended obviously as this addition was put in to prevent capturing spaceports over planet in early game :/

If you are anal you could just assign 1-2 escorts to each station.

Hmmm are these characters built into the data files or randomly generated?

Guys, the fact that both of those things can happen is awesome! [&o]

Long ago I started making a Sots mod. I got as far as making about 30 pic files of Human ships from screenshots I took in game. But boy did it get tedious.

I been griping about this also.&nbsp; If you need all kinds, why even make the distinction? Can someone come up with a scenario where you would specificlly install an uneven number of these?

C# is fine for game development.&nbsp; Just look at XNA.&nbsp;

The game should be fine tracking everything if it's tweaked properly.&nbsp; But I'm not sure how the game treats multiple cores.&nbsp; That could be one problem.

S.R. Hadden: First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price?

I consider this a feature

Depends on size of the ship. Small ones i retire, big ones i tend to keep around for a while.

<t> Indeed. In mean time I use my own role bonuses.&nbsp; Like frigates are my first defensive ships, max space / current tech and no troops bays, while destroyers are similar but with troop bays.&nbsp; Escorts are always smaller and faster, and I dont fleet them, so they escort. &nbsp;<...

I would love it if we could have explosions by race, so that we can make different explosions for each race, based on what the aliens breathe