Start of a new game, all 3 resources involved were at 0.8

<t> Ok, you've inspired me to do some experimentation.<br/>
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I started a new game, and immediately added a new design with 100 basic reactors and nothing else. Projected ship cost was 12,503, maintenance cost 5,161.<br/>
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Next, I multiplied the number of each material in a reactor by ...

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<t> How does the game calculate the cost of a ship? I can't see any thing except the materials needed to build each component.<br/>
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Am I correct in assuming that the game works out the total amount of materials needed to build all the components in the ship, then multiplies them by the cost ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: stuart3<br/>
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I get this issue as well. Researching Enhanced Resource Exploration, which I always research very early as a matter of policy, cures it for me. I don't know why.
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Yep, that fixed it. If that is a requirement, it would ...

<t> These are the things I would like to see added to the game.<br/>
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- Separate ship class and role - <br/>
Military ships should come in size classes progressing from smaller ships like frigates, through destroyers, to cruisers and then battleships. Role could then be more of a tactical ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Retreat1970<br/>
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I think it's the design templates where it gives a max amount of components a design can use.
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Thanks, I can work it out from those.<br/>
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Anyone have any thoughts on my second question, about adding ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Shogouki<br/>
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A ship with the resource profile sensor will identify what type of gas a nebula cloud contains just like resources on planets and asteroids. Not sure why it wouldn't be identified if the explorer that you sent there was equipped with a ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Retreat1970<br/>
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I think (if I remember) the AI already does this. The AI limits sizes according to classification and they use such ships accordingly (well sometimes). It's the human players that design their ships to be mega weapon frigates not the ...

<t> How do i find out what resources a gas cloud has?<br/>
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I've sent an exploration ship to explore gas clouds, but when I look, it still lists resources as unknown. I can't find anything in the tech tree which says it lets you identify gas cloud resources, and after searching online and in ...

<t> Thanks for answering. I don't care somuch about the graphics, what I want to do is change the maximum ship size, ie how many components can be fitted, so that the different ship types are more different in how they play, like cruisers being bigger and having more weapons than frigates for ...

<t> A second question, which is probably being massively over-ambitious, but I might as well ask...<br/>
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Would it be possible to add some kind of "ammunition storage" to the game? Add storage components to ships and have missiles and projectile weapons deplete these as they fire.<br/>
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<t> Hi there,<br/>
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I am new to DW, and have done no real modding before, my "modding" experience is limited to tweaking a couple of values or removing a line in simple config files for games like Dwarf Fortress. So I am here because I'm hoping someone with a bit of real experience and ...