<t> just so you know everything is looking fine in 1.05beta for colonization. I love you how put 60 then 100 mil so theres still a reason to get one of the advanced techs even if the double growth rate is broken. As for the caleph. You could probably just put the tech back to where it was or you can ...

by the way, I ran into the fact that ships do indeed take resources to build and I ran into it HARD. Glad to see the guy who told me that was mistaken =P

I just want to say this mod is really good

That's what I was told when I started playing the game. That you just paid the price for the resources when building the ships, not that actual resources were consumed in the production of ships... If im wrong, good!

<t> just a comment about that. I could be mistaken but I dont think you need spareports to have large cargo. They share the cargo of the planet they are on. I'm not sure if that is unlimited or what but you don't need ANY cargo bays to build a spaceport thats built at a planet. I'm not sure about ...

<t> will do later today, im streaming some beyond earth at the moment. i always have tech trading off, i usually turn the shakturi off too to make it more of a traditional 4x game but ill definitely leave them on at your wishes. Is there anything in particular that you would like my to test? A ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Icemania<br/>
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As a result of the concerns raised on the Caleph I've run some test games with 1.04. Full Auto, 4X speed and all pop-ups suppressed, Normal difficulty so a level playing field, Restless Aggression, Very Cheap Research so the game moves as ...

I'll gladly help test changes, and with anything else you would want!

well for one thing hes using a version of the mod that isn't released to the public yet....

<t> i agree with a lot of what you said. I may be ignorant but I find the exploitation part of this 4x to be pretty lacking. It's one of the reasons I consider this game more to be a grand strategy game than a 4x game. Are strategic resources even used when you build ships? I don't believe so, right ...

<t> just some quick math regarding the colonization while im waiting for my hair to dry before walking out in the 15 degree F weather to go to the liquor store lol.<br/>
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The double growth rate is MUCH more powerful than the colonization tech that starts at 100m (if it worked =P).<br/>
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<t> im not the mod creator but... maybe try first installing the AI mod as linked in the first post. Then try unzipping/copying the files over from the mod that you want to splice in (the one youre asking about). If it tries to overwrite anything say no. That will keep the AI mod intact by ...

<t> Ok thanks. I'm only rolling with like 5 constuction ships on a default map and I have all the story events turned off so theres no need to repair large fields of ships or anything and I can still queue them to repair my ships etc it's probably safe to turn them on auto. 20-30 construction ships ...

<t> actually I found my post but I can't post links. This illustrates what im talking about. The caleph are the strongest empire in this game, yes. But they aren't THAT strong militarily. Economy is what drives your military, the economy rankings should more or less run along the military strength ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Icemania<br/>
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Something like this perhaps BG.<br/>
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Apart from the structural changes, the research for each planet type is half the cost. I've reduced the storage research required by one tier. So colonisation of different planet types will be ...

<t> i didn't mean i was ranting about you man, i meant i was ranting about the guy not getting around to fixing the tech or even acknowledging the bug in 6 months. I don't have a single problem with you, but stuff like that is frustrating. When I said creator I meant the creator of distant worlds ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bebop Cola<br/>
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While the player controls how many mining stations are built, maintenance for the stations are paid for by the Civilian side of the economy.<br/>
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I'm no expert on the economics of the game, but here is how I understand it:<br ...

<t> Im recording a 2nd lets play with your mod and I rant pretty hard about the fact that there was not even an acknowledgement of a bug that shouldnt take much more than adding a "2*" somewhere in the code (if its more complicated than that then theres much much much bigger problems with the game ...

<t> oh and also, re: the double growth bug.<br/>
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I'm going to assume modding isn't this flexible in the game (considering the effect is broken to begin with) but could you do something like:<br/>
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Each of those adv colonization techs unlock a building that can be built for 1 credit ...

I think this is an important issue that should be looked at. If it is indeed broken it makes 5 expensive techs in the AI mod completely useless (aside from terraforming). I'm not familiar with the vanilla tech tree off hand but its making at least 1 tech there completely useless as well.