<t> ... so actually this thread has nothing to do with allies being useless and is rather about fleet automation being wonky. Which it is - automation in this game is a recipe for disaster and frustration.<br/> <br/> You could have helped this issue by disabliing automation of fleet formation and se...

Skunkpuppy,

chances are this is because your Troop Transport is out of fuel. Military ships, including transports, cannot attack when out of fuel.

<t> The game is balanced around both the player and the AIs having the same subpar mining designs, therefore nobody getting an advantage. It's the same as if the default ship designs and the automatic retrofits designed all combat ships to never include more than one engine and one vectoring device ...

<t> No, he had issues because he's playing a very low growth race and colonized a planet that for one reason or another (most likely: too distant from other worlds, both his own and other players') is not receiving immigrants. The -20% penalty on his leader wasn't helping, of course, but that wasn't...

<t> Yet, this is evidently an example of a 100% planet not being worthwhile: He's been paying maintenance costs on that world for 50 years and it's only now starting to be able to turn a profit. Meanwhile, he spent time and money on a colony ship for that world - a colony ship that could have been b...

<t> I haven't played the Extended mod in years but the Napoar presumably remain unchanged. They have one of - or the - the lowest population growth rates of all factions. With a 12% rate, that planet is going to take a while to grow unless it receives a heavy influx of migrants. The fact that the pl...

<t> Securans are very strong, but pray you don't get attacked, because your Utopian Paradise government form absolutely can't handle that. The game doesn't have multiplayer but if it did the Securans would be *very* vulnerable to other players simply attacking them and forcing them into a war. The A...

<r> Question: Why oh why are mining ships/bases not designed optimally by default? According to Airpower's info, I need 4 mining engines/luxury extractors at tech 1 for a 100% extraction rate - anything less means I'm mining suboptimally. I could modify the designs myself and add extra engines/extra...

<r> As you can see from <LINK link="http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=173&t=46905"><s>[link=http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=173&t=46905]</s>thread<e>[/link]</e></LINK> on official forums I've setup a <LINK link="http://steamcommunity.com/groups/PandoraMP"><s>[li...

<r> It is a reasonably good game and it doesn't cost that much. There's also the prospect of the developer's promise that 'they're in it for the long haul', ie. we can expect many updates. The devs are highly active and communicate with the players.<br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: RisingSun<br/>...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Haree78<br/> <br/> Out of interest are you planning to get aggressive with the Lemeresh? <E>:)</E><br/> Looks like the Keskudons might be your next obvious target... <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> I won the game shortly after posting this by conquering the Keskudons...

<r> ... they're pretty industrious.<br/> <br/> <IMG src="http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8958/20121215001040.jpg"><s>[img]</s><URL url="http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8958/20121215001040.jpg">http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8958/20121215001040.jpg</URL><e>[/img]</e></IMG><br/> <br/> <IMG src="http://i...

My galaxy generations don't do this. I haven't ever restarted and created a new galaxy due to this problem. Is it possible the problem is on your end, a corrupted installation? Did you, for instance, use any mods that changed files?

<t> I must concur with OP: The game is extremely expensive and I think it is possible Matrix is losing sales over it. I know for a fact that anything that gets on Steam and is 'featured' gets an enormous amount of attention - but all of the many games there are all considerably less pricey than this...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: feelotraveller<br/> <br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Apheirox<br/> <br/> Interesting thread - I think it raises some questions about just how much one can customize before it essentially becomes 'putting more queens in the field'. I don't play 'to win' like thi...

<r> The problem is that if you have a <I><s>[i]</s>minority <e>[/i]</e></I>of a foreign race on a planet, a <I><s>[i]</s>majority <e>[/i]</e></I>being your own race, and you then use the enslave/exterminate policies on the foreigners, this causes the <I><s>[i]</s>entire <e>[/i]</e></I>populace to re...

<r> Haree, Hello. I thought I already did, but I apparently never got around to saying <B><s>[b]</s>thank you<e>[/b]</e></B> for your huge effort here! This goes to you other contributors to this mod as well, of course!<br/> <br/> Like Blueberry above I'm one of the 'don't really use mods' people. I...

<r> ... a thread for debating what changes to make to the current model, if any.<br/> <br/> Tax rate is a decisive factor in determining a colony's growth rate - in fact, probably <I><s>[i]</s>the <e>[/i]</e></I>most decisive one. A colony with a tax rate of 0% will grow <B><s>[b]</s>much <e>[/b]</e...

<t> I disagree that this 'messing' is a problem - or at least a main problem. If it were, what would happen is ie. the Boskara (messy race #1) should get quickly cast out and once isolated, defeated. That isn't what happens in the game, however: That Boskara empire will survive forever, even at war ...

<r> 1) It would be useful with programming to prevent head-on assaults on fortified positions like homeworld large space ports and accompanying defensive bases when a fleet is also present. Make the AI revert to targetting the fleet first to drive off the hostile fleet. Conversely, make it so that a...