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<r> 1.9.0.5<br/>
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- new game <br/>
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- first "meet the pirates" scripted event - they threaten to attack unless I accept "truce" for -5.5k (not "protection") <br/>
- that -5.5 k tax amounts to about -66k per year in the empire summary screen.. -66k expenses <br/>
turns into 66k ...

<t> Checking formula: <br/>
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size 29.7 k<br/>
quality 84%<br/>
Native yes<br/>
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MAX_POP= 17139 M<br/>
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Formula<br/>
2.75x(2.97^2)x(0.84^2) = 17.11607436 //pretty close (higher +)<br/>
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size 27.5k ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Osito<br/>
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Thanks for the compliment, Bingeling, and thanks for the information peddroelm; I hadn't noticed that build speed was shown in a report.<br/>
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It would certainly have made it easier to produce the report had I known about the build speed ...

<r> Colony and Space port Construction speed values are showN in game: its called "SPEED" in the UI.<br/>
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For colonies is population based (with cap) that I believe is [s]900[/s]600 SPEED . (my homeworld in the sample picture has 1800 because of a wonder that [s]doubles[/s]triples it..) <br ...

<r> This is the place in the UI I would assume you can build criminal networks from (never played as a pirate) .. <br/>
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As as an empire that is where you can build planetary facilities , see the ones built/in construction and order attacks to destroy "secret" pirate bases <br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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Did you watch that planet? If they request luxuries, pirates could bring them. I have seen pirates solve AI caslon issues early on, with no smuggling mission in play... <br/>
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If you had no ships, how did you get hold of it?
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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Are you sure they had no luxuries? They can be persistent in in getting hold of them. Try getting a new spaceport up, and notice all the incoming resource transports (a lot of them can be outgoing, though), and scarce occurrence of incoming ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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Nice update <E>:)</E> Nothing really surprising in it, though
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"<I><s>[i]</s>Colony development level is comprised of two parts (as explained further below): 50% from population + 50% from luxury ...

<t> Hi peddroelm <br/>
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Answers inline below: <br/>
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1. Colony Population growth formula ? (as population is the nr.1 resource in this game) it would surely be nice to know how it works .. <br/>
(would greatly help knowing what to do with the tax rate setting -> each decrement of the ...

got to test a bit in game : [s] pretty sure the musical sign (culture) IS NOT colony development ...[/s]

Could be your latest and greatest design might be a bit too large .. Game lets your green-light manual designs that are too large to build with a simple warning ... But you won't be able to build/retrofit to them until you research bigger construction capacity ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: mikeCK<br/>
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I have a out 12 mines in the que to be built by my 8 construction ships. For some reason though, several of them will complete a project and then go idle. I switched "auto" on and off but nothing happened. How do I get a construction ship to ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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The 50% are that because they are full of Space Hippies that are just so happy (Securans). The tax-growth links are different in Shadows, but I prefer to keep AI taxes (less work, and it evens the playing field). 0 tax is nerfed, but I am not ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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What gives me chills on my back on that picture is the monstrous and growth crushingly high taxes ... Those tax levels eat into approval and approval eats into growth speed (late revelation)...<br/>
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<t> "Money is created by population, where revenue = population * (planet quality - 50%) * (planet development level) * (1- corruption as a fraction) * (1 + bonuses as a fraction) / scale factor.<br/>
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Scale factor is determined at game creation by the difficulty setting, with more difficulty ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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A few bits of inter from here .. <B><s>[b]</s>Biggest revelation is that you say colony development is the same with colony culture ...<e>[/b]</e></B> <br/>
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Colony development has a formula in ...

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1. Colony Population growth formula ? (as population is the nr.1 resource in this game) it would surely be nice to know how it works ..<br/>
(would greatly help knowing what to do with the tax rate setting -> each decrement of the tax rate always helps growth ? )<br/>
Lacking the ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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No, you did not. I exploit manual control of the military. That should be enough. I also think the civilians are well off because there is relatively few mines. The AI loves to build them (but has gotten better in Shadows, I think).
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<t> In the short starting strategy I wrote for other newbies -> I pointed towards the "Civilian Cash-flow" (and not how much they have on hand) as the main indicator to "go get more stuff" ... They have healthy positive cash-flow they can take on buying extra infrastructure and maintenance costs ...