I have been watching these forums very closely for the past year or so in anticipation of the sequel. I can't wait to hear when the big reveal will be!

ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN

I feel like the game needs to be built around modding from the start of development. It could just be too difficult or time-consuming at this point for Elliot to truly "open" the game up to modding to any significant extent.

OH. MY. GOD.

It is finally here ladies and gentlemen. I haven't touched Distant Worlds 2 since the day it launched because I found the inability to mix multiple hull types in fleet templates so extraordinarily stupid for a game encouraging ship design as much as Distant Worlds 2 does... But now ...

However, I can confirm that work is progressing quite well and, most importantly, on schedule.


This is fantastic news to hear, especially considering 2023 is only right around the corner, as PanzerCro mentioned. Nonetheless, I still encourage you to let the project cook for as long as need be ...

I appreciate that you've created a "suggestion thread", but it's not an official means to make suggestions and I don't see any reason to bury this in that thread.

As an old Chinese proverb goes, "being in the right does not depend on having a loud voice."

Suggestion Thread https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 1&t=380513

Suggestion Thread https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 1&t=380513

BTAxis wrote: Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:50 pm You do have control over it. In the designs screen there is a column for retrofits. You can click on the text in this column to switch each design to either manual or automatic retrofitting.

LOL. I stand corrected. I'm not sure how I forgot about this, but I did! Thank you...

When I design new spaceports, research stations, or other bases in space, my structures automatically begin retrofitting to the new design. I never told them to do so, and I play completely manually. I still double-checked in the automation policy settings, but couldn't find anything to prevent my ...

How would I go about removing all the races which aren't the fully-fleshed out seven factions? I'd rather play in a galaxy where ALL races can also be empires. It just feels like the correct thing to do, and should be more immersive.

Essentially, how do you remove entire races from DW2?

Global queues are great and everything for players who like to watch the computer play their game for them... but the complete removal of individual ship queues in favor of global queues is a giant middle finger to manual players. I can't believe the game didn't release with ship queues...

This is such a fucking oversight, to be honest...

A thread for all your silly suggestions.

I'll start. There needs to be an interface size between Standard and Small. Standard is too large, where too few things are listed in the "Control Center" panels. Small is too small, with me having to squint to read things at 1080p. A happy medium would be ...

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Personally, I hope this mechanic gets changed in the future to make it more intuitive.
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The simplest solution would be to simply color quality as green when suitability is positive, but red when negative ...

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However, I have a video of actual gameplay providing a concrete example to support what I have written<br/>

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My initial argument was against the statement of yours which describes "...quantity [being ...

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In practice, quantity is better than quality, so more ships will overcome a single ship even if that single ship has greater military strength than the fleet combined, to a point.<br/>

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This is absolutely not ...

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Sorry to keep on about this but I do want the game but my macine does not not meet the minimum spec. I've been told Steam will give me back my money if it won't work but I don't trust them, don't even like to use steam if i can absolutely ...

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Very pleasantly surprised about the price...
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Yep, completely caught off guard by the pricing. Hopefully the lower price will draw in more customers and ultimately earn Matrix more than what $60 would have. Having ...

DW2 seriously does not need a manual. The galactopedia was already more than enough to get a general understanding of the game, and the new tutorials will only make the lives of new players that much easier. And I haven't even mentioned automation...