They work for me. What type of pirates are they? I believe only standard and mercenary pirate factions do those missions.

I am not actually sure what you would do for this in terms of gameplay. Facing and blocking attacks with the 'wedge' were the key parts in HH and you really can't do that at all in DW.

<t> the similarity between DW and Stellaris is that they are both grand-strategy takes on the 4x game, with an emphasis on exploration and empire macromanagement over tactical combat.<br/> <br/> stellaris's upcoming DLC with the 'war in heaven' will make the Stellaris endgame very similar to the Sha...

<t> stick a single missile on them and set them to max range if you want to manipulate their range.<br/> <br/> they are expensive for their punch. Fighters just arn't that relevant until gravity wells come into play, since that extends combat ranges significantly.<br/> <br/> also, while the conventi...

There's a flaw in the game that lets you locate legendary pirates just by clicking on systems and seeing if their port shows up in the box on the lower left. You can usually figure out their rough operational area by observing them, then its just a matter of guesswork.

<t> A lot of it comes down to how you design your ships. They need to be designed with a certain philosophy and then set to tactics appropriate to their equipment. Some available roles in DW, in my experience:<br/> <br/> * Long range combatant ("Archer"). Decent speed & turning, designed to alwa...

<t> there is a bare minimum of ships you want conducting a task. for example, if you are attacking an enemy fleet and you have a size 2000 goliath of pure murder, you're are kind of out of luck if they just decide to scatter or go the other way. you might have a lot of sheer combat power but positio...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Thanks lucos. That was part of the problem/solution. I actually successfully completed the game a couple of weeks ago (my daughter was married since then, so my attention has been else where ). Won the game without ever going to war with another empire. Which brings up the o...

The ways of the troop AI are mystical and capricious.

what's your private sector's income vs expenditures and cash-on-hand? it can only buy things it can afford. 10-15 mines could be crushing their budget, especially if they are upgraded with lots of defenses.

<t> No, none of that is moddable. A lot of factors in the game encourage mixed-race empires, to the point that they are mandatory to be competitive. Large enslaved populations do give you a gdp bonus though.<br/> <br/> There are a handful of mechanics that discourage them, though. I believe races ge...

despite other games working fine, a hard lock of this nature is likely a hardware fault or driver issue. can you post your dxdiag?

could use cdkey-registration to give bling and allow certain posting privileges like screenshots and posting in tech support

3% is really high for a homeworld actually. most games i am running 1% or 2%.

<t> As mentioned, when the AI looks at retrofitting a spaceport it will go up in size if the spaceport meets its population criterion. I use 2000/8000/15000, as worlds below 2000m population typically can't even pay for a spaceport's maintenance cost. Overuse of spaceports is a big way non-cheating ...

I think that option turns off other empires being able to purchase from you. I don't think there's any way to turn off purchasing from other empires.

90,000 a year is a lot of demand! Do you have lots of unfulfilled requests in your empire?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>2. Whether I automate or not, the fleets don't repair themselves! they just get attacked and damaged and then they don't repair until I manually hit repair! <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> AFAIK, the AI doesn't actually use the Repair at Nearest function for fleets. Instead, it deta...

<t> Note, a pirate faction can recover even with all bases destroyed, if they still have a construction ship and enough credits to build a base. <br/> <br/> Technically, they don't even need a construction ship; they can capture one and then build a base. However, I don't believe the AI is coded to ...

Small/large doesn't matter as much in this game, as obtaining victory depends more on filling victory conditions than controlling the whole map.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>After reducing the number of components to 252 (0-251) - the problems with ships that don't have hyperdrive - still occur. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> A lot of stuff seems to be fixed into the save file, and changes to mods won't necessarily fix issues with them. Don't count on ...