Unknown. No values in the text files. Maybe Roger knows.


When you start a custom game you get to set Colony Influence Range which in my current is only set to 105%. Wonder if it's this?

To my recollection, Colony Influence Range only affects the size of the territorial claim 'bubble ...

<t> Distant Worlds doesn't have a concept of minimum range for most weapons - the only ones that even arguably have a minimum range are area weapons, but that's more of a preventative measure against friendly fire which was introduced relatively late in the game's development, if I recall correctly ...

<t> If you aren't playing Distant Worlds: Shadows or Distant Worlds: Universe, then to my recollection pirates using the player empire's obsolete warship designs is expected behavior, as it keeps their ships moderately up-to-date without (normally) giving the pirates anything too powerful. Also, if ...

<t> If I recall correctly, there's a couple of settings that affect how aggressively ships respond to hostiles:<br/>
- In Empire Settings, there is a Ship Battle Caution Factor. I don't recall what this does off the top of my head, but based on the name I expect it makes ships more or less willing ...

<t> Note: I don't play with RetreatUE and don't know what it changes.<br/>
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If you have a diplomatic penalty due to poor reputation (which I think is somewhat likely if you've been invading a lot of independent colonies), that particular modifier should go to zero over time, and if you can ...

It's lost.

You should only need to install Universe.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: boolybooly<br/>
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I was hoping that any ship with docking bay could transfer fuel to any other ship. I enjoy emergent type gameplay, like Stars! from way back and Space Empires.
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They can, but the fuel has to be stored in a cargo ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Miletkir<br/>
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Starting with Master of Orion, spies are present in virtually every game of this type because they dramatically expand and alter the gameplay in such an important way beyond just the race to military strength that, to me, not implementing ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Galaxy227<br/>
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As much as I want to agree with you Siddham, I personally think that the sequel to DW:U shouldn't remove systems that are as <I><s>[i]</s>integral<e>[/i]</e></I> to the playing experience as characters. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
I can't say ...

I have also tried out old empire / prewarp starts a couple of times.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Siddham<br/>
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If there isn't a mine (fuel source) in the system I dont see how a Star Base can help?
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Energy-to-Fuel Converter - not that that's really a viable way to produce fuel early on, seeing as it's buried at the end of the ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: stuart3<br/>
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I get this issue as well. Researching Enhanced Resource Exploration, which I always research very early as a matter of policy, cures it for me. I don't know why.
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Probably, it cures the issue because the increased ...

I don't believe so.

If I recall correctly, pirates will only spawn over unoccupied fuel sources, so if you can put mines over all the nearby caslon and hydrogen sources you might be able to block them from spawning in your core territory.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: CaesarAug<br/>
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Ok, so Impulse, Cruise, Sprint are all sublight ship speeds,<br/>
with the only warp speed being the Hyper, correct?
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Yes - though note that Cruise, Sprint, and Hyper speed can all be limited by available power.<br ...

Try creating a new design and adding armor to it before you add anything else, then order that design built in the storm cloud. It may also help to improve your Construction Yard components in the Energy and Construction tree so that they can assemble the station more quickly.

<r> I wouldn't say that the empire AI is broken on the Shadows start, but it can certainly have quite a bit of trouble getting off the ground in the face of a strong pirate presence. Some things you might try:<br/>
- giving one or two of the more distance AI empires an advanced start to have a bit ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Hattori Hanzo<br/>
hi Aeson, what do exactly mean with your last sentence ? <br/>
I'm not sure of having clearly understand the concept, can you please explain it to me ?<br/>
thanks !!! [:)]
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Does the image below explain it?<br/>
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<r> Empire Priority - what resources your empire wants, based on what it has and what it needs<br/>
Galaxy Priority - what resources everyone in the galaxy, taken as a whole, want, based on what everyone has and what everyone needs.<br/>
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Personally, I almost always look at Galaxy Priority ...

<t> The damaged derelict in the home system on the prewarp start? I don't usually bother with it unless I have nothing else that I want my construction ships to be doing. It doesn't have a hyperdrive so it's not all that useful outside of the prewarp era, and it's usually far enough from the ...