<t> Yes, the wand tool can be a pain to set up correctly. You can usually get it to work successfully by playing around with the tolerance, but sometimes you have to just cut them out manually with a polygonal lasso tool. Fortunately you don't have to be perfect at cutting them out, since you'll be ...

<r> Oh wow, those are pretty neat.<br/>
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It should actually be quite easy to do. You'd just need to carefully cut them out in an image manipulator (GIMP is free, but Photoshop is better) and then make a few minor changes to make them suitable for Distant Worlds. <br/>
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<t> Fueling is a pain in the butt and will probably be as much of an enemy to you as any of the rival empires! Like somebody has already mentioned, it is a good idea to make sure that civilian and military ships use different fuel. I like to use hydrogen (fusion generators) for military ships and ...

<t> Hello again, and thank you all for your kind replies.<br/>
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But yikes, the ol' 32 bit program problem? I still have nightmares about The Sims 3. I took a look at the Distant Worlds executable and it already has large address awareness apparently.<br/>
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Can you tell me more about ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>(Vain artist credit is a mental minefield, however, which is why I never share any of these custom races with anyone. Not worth the drama/headaches, IMHO)
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Ain't that the truth! Every time I add content to a game, it's invariably a hack-job of other ...

<t> Hello there, folks! I have a question about the number of AI empires you can add at game setup.<br/>
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In vanilla, you can add a maximum of 19 AI empires at setup. However, I have noticed with the Extended mod that you can add a great number more-- up to 37, I believe. If you then switch ...

<t> So the Shakturi blew their own homeworld up after I captured it... lol. Best part is I had like 700 ships sitting nearby (nice job intercepting, guys!) who then destroyed apparently all of their planet destroyers.<br/>
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But seriously, really not enjoying this. Completely ruined what was ...

<t> Ah, that's excellent. Thanks!<br/>
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So it looks like I might be okay after all. I managed to capture one of the wealthiest planets in the galaxy, so suddenly I have enough money to support like a dozen more fleets. My income cashflow is +400k even *without* the Shakturi's fancy-pants ...

<t> Okay, last quick question: can you change unit behavior (e.g. 'retreat when shields at 20%') by any way other than redesigning the ship and then retrofitting the fleet? I decided to fight them, but I lost the battle because my ships kept running away instead of standing their ground.<br/>
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<r> Hello again guys, thanks for all the replies! There are some pretty good ideas you've had. I think I might try my luck taking them on... although for sure I'm going to create a backup save. <E>:P</E><br/>
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Looking at it, my technology situation isn't *that* bad, I suppose, although I'm ...

<t> The problem is it seems like it's game over no matter how I approach them. Either I invade them right now and it's gg, or I let them spawn worlds destroyers and it's gg. The galaxy is so undeveloped that I only have a military strength of 25,000-- and that's double what the empire in 2nd has ...

<t> Hey there!<br/>
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I'm currently playing my second game. The Shakturi have turned up and are doing their 'Eruktah Refugees' thing. I'm looking for advice on how to deal with them. What's frustrating is they're basically inside of my borders!<br/>
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How does it play out if you leave ...

<t> Hey guys, I'm having some problems getting a mod to work. It's very basic: it just replaces the human ship images with another set posted on this forum. Like the guy above, I've placed it in the Customization folder and selected it in-game... it tells me the theme is active. But when I load into ...

Wow, thank you for the warp speed reply!

It's a shame that you can't have it randomly choose from a selection of portraits, but never mind! Thank you for providing an alternative! :3

<t> Hello!<br/>
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I've been researching how to add more race pictures to the game and from what I've seen so far, each race has two images representing its characters. They're essentially the same image, although one has a transparent background and one does not.<br/>
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Mods that add ...

I have a question! Is getting the 'Way of the Ancients' government part of the Shakturi storyline?

<r> Okay, progress report!<br/>
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In the end, by the time the 'Eruktah' turned up, everywhere had been more-or-less colonized, meaning that they spawned in to a system that I used to own, but that had recently been wiped out by a silvermist. Seeing as they were immediately blockaded by my ally ...

<r> Thanks for your replies! In regards to performance, the game is still running very smoothly, although we'll see how it looks when the map is a little more filled up!<br/>
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Oh man. I started a game before reading you guys' messages. It's pretty overwhelming, and now I'm kind of fearing the ...

<r> Hi!<br/>
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I'm new to the game and I have a couple of questions. I've been reading these forums and replaying the tutorials for a while, and feel just about ready to start my first game!<br/>
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First of all, what difficulty should I start with? What does difficulty even change? I ...