Thank you, therefore it's not stock levels but likely bug or something else.

I see occasionally my exploration ships start exploring after being idle for few months or years,
I guess there is some other factor that wakes them up.

I have 60 exploration ships, 27 of which are idle.

I did a bit of investigation to figure out why and they all have one common problem,
which is that none of them is able to refuel by using the "refuel" button.

However all of them are within refuel range and none is out of fuel completely,
I can ...

First, there isn't a winning *pure strategy* in a 4x.

That's true, I corrected myself regarding that in previous post in reply to @StormingKiwi


The player has the ability to use or restrict features in a way that the AI cannot- some features the AI can't use at all- this in itself is an ...

This isn't about probability, it's about certainty. Unfair games are solved games.

Given correct play, the outcome of the game is predetermined. I.e. one player can force the result and the other cannot do anything about it.
One player always wins. Not most of the time.

Thank you, that's ...

In addition to switching renderer which is a method of a lazy person, I suggest playing with GPU options in GPU control panel.

Often you can find a setting which is a game changer.

I have a philosophical question which might or might not be better suited to philosophers, however I think gamers might be better suited to answer this than some old bearded sages who don't play strategy games :D

I will do my best to explain the concept as follows:

First, let's quickly apply game ...

As a fan of DW series I'll try to be as constructive as possible, in format of: outlining issue, expected behavior and possible solution to the problem...

I also think colony management interface is insufficient and difficult to navigate once it contains a lot of colonies.

Issue:
On large ...

Do the ambassador bonuses apply to yourself if stationed on your home planet? or do they apply only if ambassador is stationed on an alien world?


The ambassador gives full bonuses when stationed at another faction's capital, but it only applies to that faction. The ambassador can give a much ...

...
PDU's are the cheapest units, I load my invasion fleets with them as well to have less expensive invasion.
What's wrong with manually garisoning defense army? the AI troop management is not perfect anyway, it spams too much armies.


PDU's are 1500 size compared to Infantry which are 500 in ...

I should have been more detailed. I am finding that building the facilities does not equate to having their host colony retain the PDUs by having them be Garrisoned there.

The AI seems to consider PDUs invading units and are loaded despite the Troop Template for Invasion roles having 0% PDUs.

So ...

If you use lot's of area weapons you need to try and use a standoff method to engage the enemy or you will tend to hit your own ships as well. Also use fighters with long range weapons too.

With the small blast areas involved, the chance to hit any 2 spaceships is basically 0.

Hitting several ...

In this case, I have not researched anything higher than destroyers, and I have not removed the cruisers and higher from the template. Maybe if I did that this would not happen. I will find out what ship in the template is being replaced by escorts. Now I'm pretty sure it is an attack fleet ...

StormingKiwi wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:35 pm This is still an issue in the 1.0.7.9 version of the game, unaddressed in patch notes for 1.0.8.0

I don't have this issue because I always create a new fleet template consisting only of classes that I already researched.

Is it possible to automatically subscribe to topic to which you replied to?

In your User Control Panel you can set your notification preferences for the forums and threads (topics) you want to follow, but I don't see a way to be notified about a particular user replying to your post.
You can ...

Is it possible to automatically subscribe to topic to which you replied to?

AKicebear wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 2:24 pm Ideally the interface for permitted/prohibited intelligence missions should be a grid, one axis of every empire (sortable by status/reputation), and other every intelligence type.

What a genius suggestion!

thanks @Jorgen_CAB this is crystal clear now. can't wait for next update which will deal with these issues.

If you use lot's of area weapons you need to try and use a standoff method to engage the enemy or you will tend to hit your own ships as well. Also use fighters with long range weapons too.


That's what I always wondered about, but I never bothered because I use area weapons only on spaceports ...

Do the ambassador bonuses apply to yourself if stationed on your home planet? or do they apply only if ambassador is stationed on an alien world?

For example if ambassador has +4 to espionage and +2 to counter espionage:
- do these bonuses apply only toward specific race if stationed on alien world ...

Thank you for details, this GPU has been reported for problems by other people as well that I can find:
1. Windows OS may install it's own driver soon after you install official AMD driver
2. Windows updates may not like the driver due to OS patches
3. GPU settings

First thing I would do is to ...