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My money is on a few construction ships set to Auto.<br/>
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It's one reason why the early part of the game I leave them off...
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I'm getting relatively late into the game, but that could be now that you ...

<t> I don't think that really addresses my problem, though. If it were a simple case of losing money, sure, but it's hard to even tell if I'm actually gaining or losing money at this point.<br/>
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At one point during a game month I'll have 10,000 credits, then later in the month I'll be 15,000 ...

<t> Nope, I don't think I was building anything. It's not something that happens once in a while, either. We're talking game years of this money oscillation. No fuel costs either, at least none displayed in the empire summary screen. According to the expansion planner screen, I have ample supplies ...

<t> I've been playing Distant Worlds for a bit over a week, and I like it, except for one particularly frustrating behavior. Eventually my games will get to a state where my available funds will oscillate wildly between -10K credits (or worse) and +10K credits (or more), on roughly a monthly basis ...