UPDATED: Distant Worlds 1.0.4 Public Beta 2 Now Available

[Krippakrull]

ORIGINAL: atlana

i encountered a strange behavior, or rather lacking of a behavior;

I use one of my cruisers (usually the only one at the beginning of the game [:D]) in the beginning to roam the galaxy by hand, to investigate "strange things/coords" that pirates sell me, or that ruins tell me about.

And it happened with the 1.04 Beta 2 more than thrice that around an abandoned starbase in the middle of nowhere, that have some derelict ships floating in a non-warp zone, that i can not take ownership of them all, as it usually happens when approaching them.

Bug or design?

I got a save-game if wanted.

I too was a bit confused by this the first time I saw it, though having found other ships in the same situation you will know what to do.

Sometimes derelicts are a bit too far gone to just be boarded and started up. What's the type of ship you have that's design to get other ships and bases up and running?

[taltamir]

when you find derelict ships they will be in one of two states:
1. unharmed but abandoned.
2. damaged

If 1 is the case, you just need to get near and you get them. (sometimes it doesn't trigger, in which case you can right click and select "investigate")
if 2 is the case, you need to send a construction ship to repair it, once it is repaired you will gain control of it.

[Axefire]

Sometimes you need a construction ship to repair those ships.

[Spacecadet]

ORIGINAL: taltamir

when you find derelict ships they will be in one of two states:
1. unharmed but abandoned.
2. damaged

If 1 is the case, you just need to get near and you get them. (sometimes it doesn't trigger, in which case you can right click and select "investigate")
if 2 is the case, you need to send a construction ship to repair it, once it is repaired you will gain control of it.

Actually in case #1 I've found that you need to check it out with an Exploration ship to trigger it.


How about case #3?
I've found an abandoned ship that neither an Exploration nor a Construction ship will do anything with.
Oh, an this abandoned ship has a PRIVATE tag on it . . .

[taltamir]

Actually in case #1 I've found that you need to check it out with an Exploration ship to trigger it.

Right click and select investigate, I have used construction ships, capital ships, etc...

How about case #3?
I've found an abandoned ship that neither an Exploration nor a Construction ship will do anything with.
Oh, an this abandoned ship has a PRIVATE tag on it . . .

That isn't an abandoned ship, that is a ship that suffered heavy damage but was not finished off (most likely a pirate ran out of fuel before finishing it off and left)... that you are seeing a private tag means its probably one of your empire's private ships... you should be able to repair and have it go back on its merry way. but you can't claim it

[Spacecadet]

ORIGINAL: taltamir

Actually in case #1 I've found that you need to check it out with an Exploration ship to trigger it.

Right click and select investigate, I have used construction ships, capital ships, etc...

How about case #3?
I've found an abandoned ship that neither an Exploration nor a Construction ship will do anything with.
Oh, an this abandoned ship has a PRIVATE tag on it . . .

That isn't an abandoned ship, that is a ship that suffered heavy damage but was not finished off (most likely a pirate ran out of fuel before finishing it off and left)... that you are seeing a private tag means its probably one of your empire's private ships... you should be able to repair and have it go back on its merry way. but you can't claim it

Nope, Construction ship doesn't come up with the "Hammer" to repair it - I can "go to" it, but I can't do anything with it.

This ship is in a System that was originally inhabited by Pirates.
When I came and claimed the System I found a couple of abandoned Military ships (which I claimed & retired for research) and this ship orbiting my new Planet.

It's actually a pretty good sized ship.

[Erik Rutins]

Hi guys,

Just a quick note to say that we are getting very close on 1.0.4 Beta 3. It will probably be ready tomorrow and I expect that you will like it a lot better than Beta 2 both in terms of the latest round of changes to economic balance, further improvements to the automation and bug fixes.

Regards,

- Erik

[atlana]

actually yah, there was a glitch, could EXAMINE/INVESTIGATE, but after a reload of the save-game, it did worked (used a construction ship to get close, see if it'd repair, but gave me the INVESTIGATE option instead, which triggered ownership change.)

[Gertjan]

Hi Erik,

That sounds great. Do you care to elaborate on the automation improvements? THanks in advance!

[atlana]

hum, I can understand if the AI & game engine are calculating a specific value of a piece of technology, but...it's rather impossible (w/o cheating) to have that kind of cashflow (shown here for 3 million credits) at that stage of a game (year 2767).

There needs to be a sub routine that 'catches' such 'illogical behavior'.

[ASHBERY76]

That is their races supertech and they should not be selling it in the first place.

[Webbco]

I agree with Ashbery, why on earth would they sell their supertech this early in the game? For whatever reason?

[Gertjan]

I dont agree that they should never sell it. Everything has its price.

[taltamir]

ORIGINAL: Gertjan

I dont agree that they should never sell it. Everything has its price.

Exactly! what they should be doing is demanding as much tech from me as will fit in the 3 million envelope AND money to match....

and btw, its fairly trivial to have that kind of cash when you are winning the game to speak...

[OberonDark]

An auto refueling problem: I told my fleet to go save my mining station from imminent pirate destruction. They had about 3/4 fuel. I'm like, "yeah, go go!" They skip it and go to the gas station RIGHT NEXT TO IT to refuel, even though they have 3/4 fuel available. The gas station is destroyed and the pirate escapes. We should either be able to override auto-refuel or actually have it function when fuel is very low.

[taltamir]

ORIGINAL: OberonDark

An auto refueling problem: I told my fleet to go save my mining station from imminent pirate destruction. They had about 3/4 fuel. I'm like, "yeah, go go!" They skip it and go to the gas station RIGHT NEXT TO IT to refuel, even though they have 3/4 fuel available. The gas station is destroyed and the pirate escapes. We should either be able to override auto-refuel or actually have it function when fuel is very low.

was it a manual design? maybe auto refuel triggers based on an absolute amount of fuel rather then a percentage...

[Smitemeister]

Where is the betapatch to be found? cant find it anywhere.

[taltamir]

ORIGINAL: Smitemeister

Where is the betapatch to be found? cant find it anywhere.

At the top of the screen there is a button that says "members", between "home" and "forums"
click on it.
then login
then click on "My Games" on the right.

it will show something like:
Games Registered
Distant Worlds <date> Private Downloads

At which point you need to click on "Private Downloads", there you would find the beta patch.

be aware that while many aspects were improved and rebalanced, the 1.04 beta 1 and beta 2 are prone to crashing (much more often then 1.03). Thats why they are called beta.

[teri]

awesome game if it would be like this most of the time:

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&nbsp;and managing a >1k star empire with the one unit at a time mode

[Tyranicus]

Any word when Beta 3 is gonna be out?