I'm told the next Dev Diary will be posted this Wednesday

Hoorray! Thanks Erik.
Gravillex looks impressive!

Oh well. I hope beta-test runs smoothly, there's not so much bugs and stuff to re-do and everything is okay in general.

DW1 graphics is ok. I run it with a self-made mod though (assembled from half-dozen other mods); I replaced some elements of the UI, some ships (mostly from the old version shipsets) and planets, and it's alright for me.
DW2 graphics is ok as well, as I can tell.

Isn't it abstracted already by colony maintenance fees?

<r> Whoa, there's a questions squall it seems; Let me add some <E>:)</E><br/>
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1. I'm curious about the soundtrack - would it switch tracks randomly (as in the first part) or there's some kind of built-in music player to switch tracks manually if desired?<br/>
2. Not sure if it was asked ...

Oh, WOW! Finally-finally-finally!..

Check the Expansion Planner (left side of the upper panel).

LeFoureur, oh, silly me Now it works properly.
Awesome thing, really. All shall bow down before your holy skillz [&o]

<r> It launches now [:)]<br/>
1) How can I see components image preview? Small window is always blank.<br/>
2) I made a component, press "Add" and...<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>************** Exception text **************<br/>
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Cannot found the way "C:\DW ...

It would be nice to have imagesets for each planet type depending from quality. E.g. low quality ocean worlds will be red/yellow, desert ones may look like barren rock planets etc.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Screen error please<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
Sure [:)] <br/>
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<IMG src="http://i61.fastpic.ru/big/2014/0619/b6/0567e0ba69d6c55f8566d25b5f2b41b6.png"><s>[img]</s><URL url="http://i61.fastpic.ru/big/2014/0619/b6/0567e0ba69d6c55f8566d25b5f2b41b6.png"><LINK_TEXT text="http ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>- savegame and settings folder location is now standardized to "My Documents\My Games\Distant Worlds Universe" (this remains the same across version updates) <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>- now send a message to an empire when one of their colonies is lost to ...

Still crashes. Win 7, admin launch.

It crashes for me - System.InvalidOperationException.

Thanks, BlackAlpha. [:)]

<r> IMHO:
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ARM - Armor <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
5 on civilian ships, 10-20 on military and mines, >20 on defensive base.
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>CMP - Commerce Center <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
Only Ports, Mines and Resorts need them, and they require only 1. Bonuses do not stack ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>LeFoureur<e>[/b]</e></B>,<br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Every government type should have normal research, but some might modify these programs, which would might take percentages of your budget or flat amounts if that isn't possible.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
It's already in the game: finding research bonus locations, building ...

IIRC landscapes should be 240x180 to be displayed correctly.

Wow. That's incredible amount of work, and it's totally amazing.