Pirates likely will radically change after the next DLC... so any advice on pirate today are probably old in just a few days. Even basic pirates probably will change a great deal even if you don't buy the DLC.


Yet you were talking about how expensive it would be to pay off pirates earlier based ...

I've been playing distant worlds 2 off and on for years, and never gotten super far in.

Most recently I've noticed all my starts seem to be hampered by pirates like immediately. I'll usually start with two pirates in the same system as me, and at best only one will likely be willing to talk to me ...

It is random, as I can load old saves and continue past crash time. Will test more the weekend and fix report.

For me the game started crashing to desktop with the latest beta run that has become release 1.3.7.5. The release build also crashed now. So every version of the lates beta and the release has crashed to desktop sooner or later. I've not experiened many crashes until now. Not done any changes on the ...

Sure, if you play special settings the game might be different. I've not seen 2500/year as you say. Escorts are so weak. As I've said it is possible to deal with an agressive strong pirate, if you really want. But you will be a lot of years behind in development due to them screwing up your ...

Pay them protection money, or bribe them with gifts and then pay them protection money. Pirate bases in the same system are different, they won't attack, and you will need 8-12 frigates to kill them - escorts are useless. You may be able to work with pirate bases in the system in the dlc.


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Pay them protection money, or bribe them with gifts and then pay them protection money. Pirate bases in the same system are different, they won't attack, and you will need 8-12 frigates to kill them - escorts are useless. You may be able to work with pirate bases in the system in the dlc.


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Not tried changing rendering modes, I can test it. The default mode has worked fine for me before. I do a verify installation on new game start if there is a new beta out. I've only had these freezes/crashes with beta versions since last stable, not with 1.3.6.3 or earlier.

Still getting freezes/crashes. I would even say that every game I've played in the current beta has crashed at some time. Does not happen with the previous stable release.


Event Viewer, Application

Source: Application Error
Event ID: 1000

Faulting application name: DistantWorlds2.exe, version ...

MaximKI wrote: Sun Aug 23, 2026 2:07 pm The debris fields spawning around homeworld are an issue and should be resolved in next update.

The code give, and the code take away. My poor Mortalen who got a good start for once.

Got probably the best start ever with the new 1.3.7.0 beta. Too good in fact, probably a spawn bug or something. Just ouside my starting planed, I got a debris field with 6 ships; 1 light carrier, 1 advanced destroyer, 3 advanced frigattes and 1 troop transport. Around 2756 I had an 4k fleet, when ...

Installed beta 1.3.7.0 ran check files to reset. Got a slight rendering issue on start screen.

Nice, will test.

Beta 1.3.6.6 seems to start freezing a bit into the game as others mentioned. Done it in both games I've tested as Mortalen. Around 2790-2800 for me.

On the Steam DLC page there are two images of pirate bases and ships. Posted below.

https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3989670/ebcb6c4ec8eab47c18976d64b495318492ebe41c/ss_ebcb6c4ec8eab47c18976d64b495318492ebe41c.1920x1080.jpg?t=1784732626

https://shared.akamai ...

Thank for the new info and trailer. Looks great, lots of new stuff playing as a pirate. Looking forward to release.

Looking forward to get some news about the Securan and Naxxilian factions. Hope DLC:s still are profitable enough to get more factions.

Shadows Rising DLC will be showcased 22 July at the Slitherine Next event. Nothing for the roadmap but didn't see it posted anywhere here.
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1531540/view/715658948265377899

During the event, we will officially announce the new DLC, Shadows Rising, showcasing ...

Testing the new 1.3.6.1 version now. Good changes! Saw that you can right click to crasch research now on the popup in the infobar. Maybe added earlier but saw it now. Small additional suggestion for this, could you also make the "xx%" text green instead of white when you can crash research?

I also have 12 systems with red resources, 15 construction ships idle, and 128k in the private economy. Save and reload did not correct. Manually queueing after save and reload did correct.


I noticed this too. I had a bunch of queued resource sites, about 8 construction ships, 6 were idle "no ...