Not sure why but these will not work for me. When i try to start a new game it just gives an error pop-up "Cannot start game".
Going back to standard and the game works fine again - any ideas?

<t> Ive found that a smaller universe, less stars, more AI is the key to the type of game you mention.<br/>
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It brings in more competition for fewer resources, also set AI to be more aggressive.<br/>
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None of these really solve the 'problem' though as we could really use an options ...

<t> Another quick question.<br/>
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On the research screen it lists the total research potential for your empire ... but the manual isnt really clear on that. Is that total potential per category or all categories combined.<br/>
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ie if the total potential is 600 is that 200 for per ...

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Made a quick mod for the human faction, it gives 43 new custom characters (spys, scientists etc). Most images are taken from the new EVE online character creator.

Readme included with instructions for use (its easy).

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<t> Just a quick question on asteroid belts (the mass grouping of asteroids).<br/>
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Do mining stations have a 'range' ie if I build a station in the middle of a belt will they mine all the nearby rocks, or is it just the main rock that was targeted when giving the build order?<br/>
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<r> Just a quick update, decided to go ahead and support the dev by buying the 3 pack. Figured that was the best way to encourage some work on the fonts issue <E>:)</E> And the wee Matrix sale helped too.<br/>
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Its a great game, gives me a headache squinting at some of the text though <E ...

<r> The font size has been one of the things keeping me from this game. Have had some eye problems the past few years which leave really small text harder to read than normal. It seems a few games recently have had this problem (shogun2 was another with some text just tiny), and developers show zero ...

LOL, got to love how a little competition helps bring the prices down. Makes me wish more of Matrix games were available elsewhere

Wow, didnt expect this kind of price.
Sorry guys but IMO you're pricing yourselves out of a lot of potential new customers.
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But good luck and all that, might check it out if it shows up in a future half price sale or something.

<t> It's done that since release sadly, most often you will see it when selecting an air unit for the first time ... it will either jump to the next air unit or if the one you selected is at the end or the only air unit it will just jump back to the base screen.<br/>
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Once it has done ...

<r> One thing of note from the review ...<br/>
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What 4x univerese is this guy living in? We get 50+ FPS and RTS games a year, 10 or 20 RPGs ...

Also remember that bombing missions against bases/cities/units count as 1 recon, so all those bombing missions weren't totaly wasted
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<t> Whats wrong with both? Does it have to be 'either or'? ;p<br/>
There are 50 million (aproximated) beer and pretzel games out there, but the huge complex games are VERY few and far between. And every one that gets made I cheer madly even if I dont play it. It's just nice to see people invest ...

Guess I was looking at the cost of leader.
How is the cost to change calculated? I cant figure out the basis ie I chose a leader with a higher point cost but he costs less than one with a lower point cost.

<t> Just noticed that the listed political point cost for changing the leader of an air group is way below the actual point cost.<br/>
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Had a chinese group and went into the choosing a new leader screen, chose a leader with a listed cost of 1 ... the actual point cost was 15. Tried this with ...

<t> It's quite simple ... and clear cut ;p<br/>
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Any unit with MDL (maximum detect level) greater than 0 is drawn on the map.<br/>
Any unit sighted by an aircraft gets MDL increased by 1, 2 or 4.<br/>
So a TF sighted by a scout a/c has at least an MDL of 1.<br/>
Again, any unit with ...

<t> Subs sightings may or may not get an icon ... depending on detected level I guess. Surface TFs&nbsp;ALWAYS get an icon if they are deteced at all&nbsp;&nbsp;... the higher the detection level the greater accuracy in the mouse over text etc<br/>
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So if a report comes in of a '9 ship ...

<t> The thing is it also applies to exactly where an enemy TF MAY be, ie round philipines etc but the fact that an icon is never placed for a bogus report means you can ignore them too .... when you (and your staff ;p) SHOULD be taking them seriously. But the game removes the very thing that WOULD ...

<t> One thing that detracts from the overall effect is that these mistaken 'sightings' never put a ship icon on the map display, kinda spoils the effect if it is so easy to see the difference betweem a real sighting (a ship icon is placed on the map) and a false sighting (no icon is placed on the ...