Ah! Makes sense now that you explained it. Thank you both

I don't see the downside to 'trading with foreign empires', exchanging maps or free trade agreements. I know you must have a good reason to say that, but what is it? What am I missing here?

<t> Sadly I find reading the AAR's more enjoyable than playing the game. I strongly suspect that 4x games are not my cup of tea. I got jazzed up reading Bingeling's AAR and went back to one of my several unfinished games and played for a couple of hours but the joy just was not there. I miss my ...

jp, would you give a from-the-keel-up description of one of your State-Owned mining ship designs please? The concept seems awfully handy.

If you weaponize your construction ships (and I do) you will get complaints when they refuel at foreign bases. I just ignore the complaints, but I guess it might affect your 'reputation'.

Thanks guys

<t> Woodman when speaking of the tech in a wreck you bring up a point that has been bothering me. Earlier in my current game I salvaged a MUCH advanced tech Cruiser I found abandoned. It had advanced weapons, energy storage, engines, hyper, shielding etc. All across the board but I saw NO ...

<t> Agree. The whole refueling process is infuriating! If I turn my back on a ship (no matter its orders), the darned thing flies off somewhere else to refuel, even though it has enough fuel to continue mission. As you pointed out feelotraveler, they ignore closer colonies/bases/gas mining ships to ...

Okay thanks guys. (shuffles off to re-modify Explorer and Construction ships to eliminate un-needed Troop Compartments).

So who crews the abandoned ships and bases you find?

I'm not sure what you are calling a 'probe'. I was referring to an Exploration ship. In the Ship Design I just added a 'Troop Compartment', then have it 'load troops from nearest colony' before sending it out.

<t> RD, I don't think so. I think it's enough to approach or 'investigate' to acquire the base/ship. (Seen any cute Quant ladies lately?)<br/>
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I add a troop compartment to all my explorers and construction ships to have a ready made crew for any abandoned/repaired bases or ships.<br/>
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sgsmitty, I think you have to 1) research far enough along the 'fighter'/'bomber' tree to get to carrier and 2) your construction size must be large enough to build a carrier. There may be more involved that I am not aware of. My work-around was to add fighter bays to Capital & Cruisers.

YES!!! I tried cut-and-paste with no results. I tried manual searches with no results, but when I typed in what you posted there it was! Saved games successfully transported to 1.7.0.16. Thank you for the help.

Woodman and Haree88, thank you. I guess I'm doing something wrong. I looked in "Users" and found "Saved Games" but the folder was empty. Which makes no sense, since I've saved off a game since the update was installed. Oh well....

<t> Is it normal when upgrading to lose all your saved games? I was actually in a winning position for the first time since I started playing and now I just can't find my saved games. The game folder itself was completely empty and I had to start a new game. If this is a regular thing, I just wish I ...

<r> sgsmitty, the Galatopedia has a good explanation (with graphs) but here's what I do in game. <br/>
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From the top toolbar (in-game), near the center, click on the Light bulb icon and it will take you to the Research Screen (it will probably say the process is automated and ask you if you ...

<t> I found it. Using the Design Screen, choose a design from the 'base' role to edit. When you open the 'edit' screen for the design you go to the pull-down menu for 'role' and there is the choice of 'Star Base'. From there it is no different than altering a design for anything else. When you get ...

<t> The Glactapedia only mentions Ports but I have heard others mention building Star Bases out in space and I acquired an abandoned Star Base, but there's no place in the 'all designs' for Star Bases even though it shows the one I already have. I looked through my Space Construction tree and didn't ...

Thanks Dracus. Iirc, I had the speed set on 4x. Next time I'll know better.