@mordachai Couldn't agree more about the impossibility of "balancing" all weapons. I wholeheartedly agree that the real goal is that there is some viability to all choices depending on strategy. No dead end lose traps. No single auto win only correct option.

The only point you made which I didn't ...

@Akicebear... the early techs in the mod are much cheaper than vanilla, and the late techs are more expensive. Keep that in mind when trying to perceive the impacts of "slower research". Maybe start a game with the mod deactivated on level 7 research, check an end research time for a level 8 ...

BUG: There is a FTR stealth component (size 5, I space stealth sheath 20% and 25% version) which is usable on starbases in the current 1.1.0.6 build, but other than that a completely flawless playthrough. Very enjoyable.

QUESTION: Are you in process on a weapon balance pass? That one section alone ...

1.1.0.6 is the best build released thus far, in my experience. Full game from start to finish and not a single crash.

Scott, when you check DW2>data>logs for the most recent crashdump file, what is the reason for your crash? (big picture)

I am having an unavoidable crash due to "determine stock levels" out of bounds, for example, in 1.1.0.3 with XL mod Steam Workshop, but I can't confirm if it's just the beta or ...

Tried going back to an earlier autosave and manually designing without ever using an Energy to Fuel converter before the research completed.

Game still crashed at about the same timestamp of played time.

Same error "determine stock levels".

Same crash. Unavoidable and game ending once it has occurred. This crash seems related to Energy to Fuel converters and stock level interaction somehow. I had just upgraded starbases to use this component. For the record, I'd be fine with making Starbases not ABLE use reactors at all (only energy ...

I appreciate your detail oriented, well balanced work. Thank you for making my well wasted time more enjoyable.

In the ship design screen only 3 things add global "ion defense". Multiple copies of a particular global ion defense type do not stack, only the best in each category. The best global ion defense value from a shield, armor and the "ion shield". All other ion defense is "component ion defense" which ...

TL;DR 8 max ion damage from a gravitic storm, 4 from ion storm

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In the current DW2-XL 1.8.3 compatible build v1.6.1, it is possible to get the Inertialess Thrusters Artifact, which gives the Inertialess Thruster Technology for research (even though all other thrusters are removed from the tech tree). Since there are no thrusters, the technology hangs at 1 day ...

Enjoying your changes. Looking forward to the next version. Especially appreciate the thoughtful work with the tech tree.

For my 2 cents, I like terraforming expensive, and enjoy the high research endpoint of 55% which allows a choice to go vertical (become more "dense" in a smaller space volume ...

Just wanted to verify that the errors caught by ioulaum are spot on. Thanks for your attention to detail.

Probably just a 1.0.2.8 issue. Was very frustrating though! I said bad words.

OK, so I can't possibly be certain if it's a version 1.0.2.8 thing, or a problem with the modding methodology itself.

I can start a new game. I can save and load a new game. I can exit the program and reload that newly saved game.

However, my 12 hour play session... none of my savegames will load ...

Mod program works great.

Verified 10 static energy colony modules, bonus income from admin, constructors x 2 work.

Engines, and reproduction rate need a "replace all value() with value" and then they work as well (to conform with the 1.1 syntax changes in the github documentation).

Amazing work! This will simplify re-modding the very fast game releases so much!

Looking forward to testing this modding methodology out. Immediately.

TY @iunnrais for doing a yml for my changes! My changes were slightly different than iancmtaylor's, but now I have both to test and modify.

From an AI ship design perspective, seems like
"if ship has 1 engine slot, add one engine"
"if ship has 2 engine slots, add one engine, one thrust component"
"if ship has >2 engine slots, add one engine, one thrust component, do (other necessary things), return here if space for more engines.

Of ...

I tried out the set of changes below. It seemed to be a good balance. I really hope you figure out a way for the AI to use 1 thrust engine per ship. It seems like there's no point in there BEING thrust engines if they are never used! Maybe we can get this onto the "to do" list for the game once it's ...