Nvm. It turned out to the the base game, that was the problem. I managed to fix it.

When I try to start the game, the loading screen appears briefly, then disappears and nothing happens. Any idea what I can do to get the mod working?

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: General Patton<br/>
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I brought up fleet formations in Beta testing, but it wasn't built in at that point. As far as moving a sub-light speed, if it was allowed, it would have a negative effect on your fuel supply. Don't want to run dry in a fight....GP
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<t> Basically I have noticed that whenever I want my fleets to engage something, they ALWAYS use hyperdrives and arrive in a circular formation around the target. Needless to say this almost NEVER the way you'd want to attack, so my questions are:<br/>
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Is there actual formation options in ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Retreat1970<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>If this is true, then what I have been doing all along should be working. I have it on Defend, Sector, and Auto, and what them to do exactly that. Respond to attacks within the that range (the large blue circle as shown on ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Retreat1970<br/>
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No. A defense postured fleet will not respond to attacks outside its set range. Example: If your fleets range is set to home base plus system, then it will react to targets only in that system (not any nearby stars). Make sure to click ...

<t> All of this is nice and all. But how do I then achieve what I want. In the passed, setting a fleet to "defend" "sector" and "auto" resulted in what i wanted. That my fleet would set on their homeworld, until something, somewhere in the sector range were attacked or an aggressor should up in it ...

<t> So in my current game, I have 5 planets, all neatly fitting inside the "sector" posture of a fleet. So I just made one massive defensive fleet, and it worked just fine... For a while<br/>
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At this point in the game, my fleet more or less ignores all attacks. There posture is "Defend ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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Short answer: You can't.<br/>
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You have discovered the main, micro management way, spam orders to do something else. You can for instance give a fleet a chain of order to for instance attack each mine in a system in turn, and then for ...

<t> So I have gotten off to some battling in my current game, and I have noticed something very peculiar. I was attacking a system with a fleet, and no matter what posture or mode I put the fleet in, as soon as what I ordered destroyed was destroyed, they would start warping around in small groups ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Hattori Hanzo<br/>
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and that happen in all your Distant Worlds games or only in a particular one ?<br/>
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anyway it's really strange.. <br/>
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it seem that you have the right "Empire Policies Boarding & Capture" options selected, so maybe can ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Retreat1970<br/>
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Auto constructors work surprisingly well, but never as good as manual control of course.<br/>
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A pure repair ship isn't possible. You could try designing a ship with a construction yard and no plants, but it would never work on ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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As far as I know, there is no way.<br/>
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When it come to repairs, I usually don't bother with them. They can limp back to a spaceport for repairs, and if they lack hyperdrive they are scrapped. If I feel like honoring a brave force ...

<t> A simple question. How do I get construction ships, or how do I make a ship type, that will automatically repair stuff, but not also automatically build stuff?<br/>
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I play full manual, and it seems that the only way to get the auto repair (by putting a construction ship on auto), will ...

ORIGINAL: Hattori Hanzo

can you be more precise and describe what's happen immediately after capturing a civilian ship ?

They start acting like normal private sector ships, transporting shit from one place to another

<t> So I have comeback after a good year away from the game, and playing this game definitely isn't like riding a bike xD<br/>
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How do I force captured civilian ships to retire? I have the following under Empire Policies Boarding & Capture:<br/>
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"Enlist captured Civilian ships into ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bingeling<br/>
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You can put them weak and distant.<br/>
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At game start you can go into the editor and remove the spaceport of the nearest crews. I would not recommend using the editor to solve situations that happen in the game, though. <br/>
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<r> Like the title askes: Is there a way to delay the pirates from spawning, instead of having them spawn at the start of the game?I think it ruins the game somewhat, that they are there immediately, as I tend to start a pre-warp. Its been a while since I played last, but I'd like to have a game ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bebop Cola<br/>
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Pick up your troops, yes. Abandon the planet, no.<br/>
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That is, if by abandon the planet you mean relinquish ownership of it. It's a feature I'd like to see, though.
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Is it then possible bomb the ...

Is it possible to pick up your people on a planet, and abandon it?