Started a new game as Boskaran, pre-warp.

Once the new Explorer ship was built, I did my usual by manually controlling it. There was an asteroid field around the home planet. Clicking on the asteroid didn't work. I tried right clicking and did not get the menu. I tried to move the explorer ship and ...

CTD crash while playing (started 1.0.6.4 and upgraded to 1.0.6.6)

Reloaded game and played past where crash happened so could not re-create.

Some good points.

Faction demands: Factions are SUPPOSED to be unreasonable - they want what they want. I do agree that once you say NO to them, they should never ask again (or have a very long cooldown before asking again).

Militia: Yeah, not sure why it is scripted at turn 2. I often say NO to ...

I play a lot of games without any turned on.
I will turn one on occasionally to "mix it up" - usually Cults.
But I never turn them all on at once.

If I preview small5.ttf in the fonts directory of Shadow Empire
It says:
Font Name: Space Grotesk Light
Version: Version 2.000
OpenType Layout, TrueType Outlines, OpenType Font Variations

Where I got it, I don't remember.

Steam beta 1.0.3.0. New game, prewarp, not far into the game (1 tech researched - skip drives). Game then crashed.

No, your crew systems should show up in the top left list as an available component. Do you have it the filter set to show all available components?

One of the first things I do is add more crew onto Mining stations, Starports and Research stations to make it harder for the pirates to invade.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> Unfortunately, I've not selected foreign council and get nothing to use, card wise<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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You do know that you can create councils at any time?<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> The remaining one leads a coup and I'm forced to resign.<e>[/quote]</e ...

No activation. But if you want Dastactics icons and the terrain mod, you download the combined file. Look for the combined dastactics/terrain mod file. You can't download separately as they overlay each other.

Right, the fonts. There is a font directory. Go to Graphic mods and look for Simple Font Enhancement thread.

Game is very deep. I'd recommend watching some Youtube vids - like DASTACTICS. You can see all gameplay and decide for yourself.

In the game, under PREFS, Gfx and Resolution, you can scale things.

I'm sure he is very busy on Ardennes Offensive. Once that releases then he probably will have more time for SE.

Yeah, I have a 38" monitor (3480x1600). My buddy has a 49" monitor...

The days of 14" monitors are long over.

The game would have been much better with a couple more zoom in levels...

I learned early on (Thanks Raiders and Slavers) to always recruit a MG brigade. I rename it "Garrison <city name>" and leave it at the capital.

You can also get Rebels from different events - like the AI computer one. Piss off the AI and get to deal with Rebel Sentinels.

Yeah, some tweaking of start positions is needed.

My last start had 3 Majors south of me all starting withing 3 hexes of each other:

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Thought it was a crazy setup.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> I have been watching Das Tactic videos<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Das did a set of beginner vids months ago when the game was first released.<br/>
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The game has altered somewhat since then but they are mostly correct. He goes through the beginning turns and also ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>copied the 'ARIAL' font file & renamed it 'SMALL5' (caps work & lets me know I did somethin<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Thanks for that.<br/>
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I too found the default font a little hard to read.<br/>
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I tried Arial for awhile but I found I could download ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> giving an indication of what effect the different choices have as you go along <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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That's right. If the results were a panel was on every design panel and as you added/changed features, it updated, the UI would be a million times better. That way ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: KarisFraMauro<br/>
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I've been hearing about an option for extending AI turn time, basically making it smarter in exchange for taking longer turns, but haven't seen that box anywhere. Is it in a newer update? Maybe I just didn't notice it...
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