Hello! I realize this thread is very old, and that DW 2 is out and everything. I still prefer this game. Anyway, just wanted to report on a pretty severe problem I've noticed with the terraforming. I love the feature, but the problem is it slowly (and constantly) increases the population cap... whic...

Does it have any effect? I wouldn't think it does. I tried Google already and didn't turn up any results.

<t> Yeah, Torpedoes work very well. They actually home in a bit, unlike the physical projectiles. Even on 4x speed they find their mark. And they seemed to do just as much damage as the phasers, if not more. And this was only with 100 torpedoes, vs 200 phasers! 200 torpedoes would be very very good....

Yes, well I've figured out that the Death Ray is terrible because it's considered a projectile... it misses, a lot. Just like the rail guns. I'm worried the torpedoes will do the same thing but I finally got them teched so I'm about to try them.

I have to run it at 0.25 sometimes (basically, if it's lagging, you're gonna be missing shots), but I'm able to take on several carriers now. Even if they get through my shields, my max tech armor is doing God's work.

Oh yeah, phasers do good work. When those suckers fire, the carrier goes from fully healthy to badly damaged. I'm curious to see how the torpedoes will compare.

Interesting point, the Rail Guns are twice the size for roughly the same amount of damage. I suppose that's because they bypass shields. I will still do a 200 v 200 comparison.

But they use SEVERAL TIMES the power, requiring more reactors, so that's the balance I suppose.

Alright, I removed the phasers and tried 200 Massive Rail Guns. They are very disappointing. Can barely damage a single carrier. Trying 200 phasers next.

<t> 0.25 doesn't seem strictly necessary, but 0.5 does seem a bit better than 1x. Now that 500 point defense is absolutely CHEWING through their fighters. Now I'm trying to figure out what main weapon I want to use. I'm trying rail guns, phasers... it will be a while before I can tech those torpedoe...

I've just noticed something else! The speed you're running the game at has an effect on projectile accuracy. Specifically the point defense. If I run it at normal speed, it absolutely destroys the fighters. But if I bump it up faster, those fighters just keep flying through my station.

<t> Well, my space ports are like 95% combat oriented at this point. I have 10 docking bays and 25 construction yards, small change compared to everything else I have on them. I'm not really concerned about that. I'm just glad I'm actually getting somewhere with the point defense. I'm continuing my ...

I tell you what, 500 Terminator AutoCannons is doing an absolute number to those fighters! I guess I just needed more of them. That's an absolutely absurd number though. It takes 30 hyperfusion reactors to power this base. I just watch the fuel fall as it operates lol

I mean 100 of anything is already completely overkill, right? Do I need to stack even more?

<t> Right now I'm trying to figure out what will even effectively do damage, to anything. I have a lot of hours in this game (609), but these carrier swarms have always been the bane of my existence.<br/> <br/> So far it seems like my fighters are the only things really doing effective damage. I've ...

<t> Hmm no I haven't messed with the defense bases. I've just been trying to design a single OP space port. One problem I've run into is that tractor beams will only pull things in to the edge of your model/selection circle. So if you have a huge circle, i.e. a massive space station, then it won't p...

<t> Hey everyone. So I'm playing with the Beyond Extended Universe mod. I have already tried using Google and looking up other threads of people talking about this. I have tried several things already. I've got a game going which I'm just using to experiment with. I have a station that's under const...

<t> No, it's an issue with the mod.<br/> <br/> I finally got the idea that regardless of what I changed in the files, the reason it didn't work is because everything was already set into motion. I'm 99% confident it's because of an intelligence mission completing to incite a revolution. Obviously, t...

<t> Hey all. So first I'll admit that yes my game is modded (Beyond Extended Universe Alpha) and I know the mod is the problem.<br/> <br/> I've been using this mod for about 5 years. This is the 2nd time I've had this issue in all that time. Maybe because I kept restarting games before they got too ...

<t> Edit: Well what do you know. A simple restart is all it took to fix it. I probably should have bothered to at least do that first. Still though, I wonder why they disappeared. I had tried saving and reloading, straight from ingame and again from the main menu. Neither of those fixed the problem....

<r> Thank you as well for your response.<br/> <br/> I'm actually going to try and keep this one fairly short.<br/> <br/> I'm not going to try to specifically refute your points. Because really- and I almost said this at the end of my last post- everything we've both been saying has been nothing more...