Thanks guys. I somehow missed the slider for that setting in the options. It looks great now. I'm so glad this game has these kinds of options.

<t> Hi, I started playing Universe and was somewhat taken aback by how dense the background star field is. There are so many stars I actually find it distracting and ugly.<br/>
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<r> I don't think that the "Subjugated Dominion" diplomatic option currently works very well. This option means that the subjugated empire lost the war badly and basically have been enslaved by the winning empire. They agree to pay a small amount (10%) and you can monitor their stuff. I just don't ...

While not just include the ship type in parentheses after the ship name? Example: WryPrincess (Cruiser). There looks to be enough room for that and even if it truncates in some cases, there should still be enough information there to tell what's what.

That make perfect sense. Thanks very much, Elliot.

<t> When I load any savegame the main view screen is focused on an empty point in deep space with nothing around. The thing that was selected when I originally saved the game is highlighted in the menu on the bottom left but the view is elsewhere. If I click the 'go to selected' button, then the ...

<t> Ahh, I see. I considered using that approach but decided not to when I saw that the pics are deleted from the server after a set period of time (usually 30 days) if they are not accessed. I've run into old AARs that just have blanks in them where the screenies should be due to that and it irks ...

Very nice AAR! [:)]

How do you embed multiple screenshot files like you are doing into a single post? When I try to do that, it says you are limited to just one per post.

Amen!

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I use GIMP (it's free!) for picture editing

This is what I use. It's a great free program and is always being improved. It has good help files as well.

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Yeah, our kitties actually don't trust any type of frogs as far as ...

Hey thanks Keston. That's actually a very nice little strategic analysis. I'm going to use some of that. I also like 'catfighters' and the 'mouse cluster'. Good stuff that I'll have to work in there. [:)]

<r> Our proud pusses have been building troops and ships. How many of each will they need to spring an alpha attack on the evil frog home worlds? <br/>
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<r> And a second new race is there as well.<br/>
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<r> Revelation of the territory map of the good frogs also reveals the presence of two new races visiting the Sakkurea home system. What grotesqueries they are.<br/>
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<r> As we had surmised, the influence sphere of the good frogs already emcompasses the entirity of the southern star cluster. We must look elsewhere for expansion. To that end, our colony ship approaches our new sentinal world to the north. Meanwhile, our own inluence sphere presses heavily against ...

<r> The evil frogs pitch a hissy fit because our colony ship is passing through their territory on its way to settle the world where our capital ship was found. We will remember their inelegance.<br/>
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<r> The good frogs offer to swap their territory maps with ours. In a fit of indolent indulgence we agree. This reveals the good frog's homeworld and shows that their influence will swallow up that cluster. We will therefore abandon our expansion plans in that directiona and instead try to make ...

<r> We have been contacted by the Sakkurea, the new empire discovered to the south. By my Whiskers! More frogs! <br/>
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At least these frogs appear to be friendly. Look, they offer us money, never a bad thing. We shall call them the 'good frogs'. The others shall henceforth be known as the ...

<r> The stress of managing the faltering economy has begun to take a toll on our leader. He has become a beancounter, checking each finacial report as it comes in from the colonies, looking for misuse of funds and hidden pork. It has increased our income from the colonies but has also increased the ...